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Major software producers like Microsoft are moving relentlessly towards medialess software, where resellers and consumers alike will download the software and pay for the license by credit card. From Microsoft’s point of view, this cuts out the distributors...
Microsoft has released both Vista and Windows server 2008 SP2 today and are available for down load. Before installing SP2, users should ensure that SP! has already been loaded. SP2 will be released through Windws automatic update, but if you need it...
No sooner did Microsoft make Windows 7 RC available for download, than pirated versions began to appear through Torrents and news groups. The only problem is that they are infected with malware Trojans aimed at recruiting the infected computer to a criminal...
Microsoft have announced the release to manufacturing (RTM) of Service Pack 2 (SP2) for both Vista and Server 2008 . The main benefits that Vista SP2 brings are faster searches, it will support Bluetooth 2.1, easier WiFi connection and provides the ability...
Rumours in the trade suggest that Windows 7 RC may come out as early as May 5 th for the public. The rumours, unsubstantiated at present, seem to follow the release of a screen shot from Microsoft’s Technet website taken over the weekend. In the screenshot...
Windows Home Server Power Pack 2 has been released by Microsoft to fix identified problems and to improve certain functions such as content streaming and remote access configuration. It has also added Italian as a supported language on hew home servers...
What ever your opinion on the rights or wrongs of how IE8 renders websites produced for previous versions, whether it is anti competitive to bundle it with Vista, it would appear that Microsoft is preparing to release it imminently. If you go on their...
We reported on February 24 th that PDF file could be infected and would crash Acrobat Reader and Acrobat. Adobe has now issued a patch for Adobe Reader 9 and Acrobat 9, while patches for versions 7 & 8 will be released by 18/3/9 and for reader 9.1...
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A critical vulnerability in Internet Explorer is being actively attacked by cyber criminals, Trend Micro reports. Although Microsoft issued a patch to seal this last week, it is still vulnerable by reverse engineering the patch. Although the attacks are...
Public downloading of Microsoft's Windows 7 beta will stop on February 10, but you will have until the 12th to complete your download according to the Windows 7 team blog . While this deadline does not affect MSDN and TechNet subscribers, who will...
Microsoft is urging users to download the KB958644 Security update , to help stop the spread of Conficker. According to the BBC today, the worm uses a weakness in the autoplay function in Vista and early versions of Windows 7 beta to load from infected...
In late November 2007 a new .DLL worm was detected as WORM_DOWNAD.A. Also known as Conficker and Downadup has been able to build the largest botnet on record thanks to the length of time it is taking network administrators to apply security patches. Despite...
That Windows Server 2008 R2 beta and Windows 7 beta share much of their core code explains why they were released at the same time. Virtualisation support and desktop migration are two of the main features of R2, but it also takes advantage of the enhanced...
When Steve Ballmer announced that Windows 7 beta was available when he opened the Consumer Electronics Show in last Vegas on Thursday, a little did he know that once again Microsoft was about to stumble over a brick of its own making. Despite the fact...
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