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Bumper fixes for Augusts' Patch Tuesday

August 8, 2008 — 8:46am ET | By Paul Mah

Microsoft is pepping a bumper crop of 12 security fixes for Augusts' Patch Tuesday this coming week. Seven of these are deemed as "critical" fixes by the Redmond-based company. These vulnerabilities... Read more...

HP: Sales of XP outstrips Vista

August 8, 2008 — 8:42am ET | By Paul Mah

One of the top PC makers, Hewlett-Packard, has revealed that the number of machines loaded with Windows XP that it is selling outstrips that of Windows Vista. On the surface, this appears to fly... Read more...

Microsoft working on Windows replacement

August 5, 2008 — 5:32am ET | By Paul Mah

Indisputably the dominant computing platform of choice, the Windows Operating System looks set to remain that way for many more years to come. Microsoft is certainly not content to take things... Read more...

China and U.S. tie as Internet attack source

June 2, 2008 — 6:59am ET

A new report finds that China and the U.S. were home to the greatest percentage of Internet attacks during the first quarter of 2008. Akamai, which operates a global server network, said the most... Read more...

Why Microsoft is quiet about Windows 7

May 27, 2008 — 7:52am ET | By Paul Mah

In a candid interview, Steven Sinofsky revealed that Windows 7 will be an evolutionary improvement over Windows Vista. In short, drivers and software that works with Windows Vista will continue to