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New NEC Technology Isolates Viruses At the Core

October 09, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 17 vote(s) | No comments yet

NEC has developed a new technology for spotting, isolating and stopping viruses at the core level of its multi-core CPU. Thus, the system keeps running, while the infected core is disabled while a fix is developed ...


Scuppering pirates improves internet audio

August 09, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

A new digital watermarking system not only protects music and media files from online pirates but also ensures that the quality for legitimate users is as good as it gets.


Microsoft's FCS Only Partially Delivers the Goods

May 21, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Review: eWEEK Labs found that Microsoft's new Forefront Client Security package meets only the baseline requirements for an enterprise security solution.


Google Cautious on Microsoft Patent Claims

May 21, 2007 | User rating: 2.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | No comments yet

Chris DiBona, open-source programs manager at Google, says the jury is still out on Microsoft's recent claims that free and open-source software violates 235 Microsoft patents.


Microsoft Tool Lets the Masses Create Apps, Web Pages

May 19, 2007 | User rating: 2.9 / 5 after 16 vote(s) | No comments yet

Microsoft has announced the alpha version of Popfly, its new application creation, mashup enabling tool and social networking software for nonprogrammers.


'Halo 3' Beta Test Gets off to Rough Start

May 18, 2007 | User rating: 2.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s) | No comments yet

Microsoft Corp.'s public test of its upcoming "Halo 3" video game got off to a rocky start on Wednesday after many users found they were unable to try out the science fiction-themed shooter.


Microsoft Highlights Changes to the Windows Kernel

May 17, 2007 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 16 vote(s) | No comments yet

At WinHEC, Microsoft technical fellow Mark Russinovich discussed, among other things, how uniprocessor kernel variants were now gone from Windows Server 2008, which reduces the need for downtime.


Researcher Reveals 2-Step Vista UAC Hack

May 17, 2007 | User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 12 vote(s) | No comments yet

The technique uses social engineering to trick the victim into downloading an innocent-looking file that includes a Trojan horse attack.


Microsoft: Hardware Trends Create 'Perfect Storm'

May 17, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Microsoft is moving to 64-bit server operating systems after Windows Server 2008, company execs say at WinHEC, praising the increased performance and security of the new hardware.


Desktop Virtualization Is Starting to Expand

May 17, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

With virtualization fairly well established in the data center as a way to squeeze more out of x86 servers, top vendors, industry watchers and customers have started to turn more attention to getting that same type of potential ...


Does Google's New Tagline Imply a Shift to Enterprise Apps?

May 16, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

With a new tagline of "Search, Ads and Apps" announced May 14, and a new presentation application coming soon to complete the desktop quatrain of spreadsheets, word processing, presentation and e-mail, Google is poised to ...


Microsoft Releases Office 2007 File Converter for Mac

May 16, 2007 | User rating: 2 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | No comments yet

Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit (Mac BU) made available today a download that will give Apple users the ability to work with Office 2007's new file formats.


Microsoft: Why Not Use Your Phone as a Cheap PC?

May 16, 2007 | User rating: 2.9 / 5 after 38 vote(s) | No comments yet

While the PDA has existed as a sort of mini-PC for years, Microsoft said it would encourage phone manufacturers to formalize the transition of the phone to a mobile PC through a research initiative called "Fone+".


Gates to Tout First 100 Days of Vista at WinHEC

May 15, 2007 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

Microsoft's chairman will use his opening WinHEC keynote to talk about what Windows has done to inspire quality advances in system design innovation, including how Vista did in the first 100 days of availability.


Trojan Piggybacks on Windows Updater

May 15, 2007 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 18 vote(s) | No comments yet

Researchers discover a Trojan that uses an integral part of Windows to download files onto infected systems.


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