Tuesday, August 18, 2009 2:27 PM/CST
The president of NSS Labs, Rick Moy, describes its testing of Internet Explorer 8's security against both phishing sites and socially engineered malware as sound and unbiased. Online commenters had accused NSS Labs' two papers on IE 8 security of bias because both were funded by Microsoft. Moy argues that every aspect of the research is sound.
Monday, August 17, 2009 5:00 PM/CST
Two Microsoft-sponsored studies by NSS Labs show that Internet Explorer 8 is a security improvement over Internet Explorer 6. However, with many people still continuing to use the older version of the browser, which came bundled with Windows XP, Microsoft finds itself trying to convince users to upgrade to the newer, more secure version.
Thursday, April 30, 2009 3:09 PM/CST
Commentary. The recession has caused many casualties. Good companies are gone, and talented people are jobless. I've written about many of these casualties. There is just one more story to tell....
Thursday, April 30, 2009 1:51 PM/CST
News Analysis. Microsoft is smartly using April 30's Windows 7 Release Candidate release to MSDN and TechNet to prelaunch the new operating system....
Thursday, April 16, 2009 5:11 PM/CST
Podcast. Where is Microsoft taking Forefront Security and projects "Stirling" and "Geneva"?...
Friday, March 27, 2009 12:51 PM/CST
News Commentary. If Microsoft had a Facebook account, wouldn't you want to tag it with the "25 Things About Me" meme? Now you can pretend to have....
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 10:30 PM/CST
News Commentary. What the hell is Electronic Privacy Information Center's problem with cloud computing?...
Friday, March 13, 2009 2:03 AM/CST
News Commentary. Today is the second of, count `em, three Friday the 13ths this year. What's that Clint Eastwood line, where Dirty Harry asks, "Do you feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?"...
Monday, March 09, 2009 1:36 AM/CST
News Commentary. Some days I really miss living in Washington. A new administration brings lots of juicy political speculations about new policies. Today's policy contradiction: Google....
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 12:24 PM/CST
News Analysis. The ever effervescent and positive salesman Steve Ballmer was energetic but not optomistic today. Microsoft's CEO was Mr. Doom and Gloom speaking to Wall Street analysts today....
