The AVDefender 2011 virus is a fake antispyware program designed to scare you into paying for a nonexistent AV Defender 2011 full version. Like the countless nearly identical fake antispyware pests that have come before, the AVDefender 2011 scam is no…

The Antivirus XP 2010 virus is the latest in a long line of fake antispyware threats going back through XP Antivirus Protection and Antivirus XP Pro. They may look a little different, but the scam is always the same. They barrel into your computer lik…

Internet Explorer 8 is superior to all rival browser in terms of security, revealed Kevin Turner, Microsoft Chief Operating Officer, during the company’s recent Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC)2010. “IE9 is going to be not only the most safest and secure browser in the market, which IE8 is today, it will be the fastest browser i…

Data portability, standards, ease of adoption, and developer choice are the four pillars of the Open Cloud identified by Microsoft, and outlined by Jean Paoli, General Manager, Interoperability Strategy at Microsoft, during a recent presentation at O’Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON). Paoli’s presen…

The SmartScreen filter in Internet Explorer 8 has now blocked over 1 billion attempts to download malware.

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The eight month introductory MSDN subscriber benefits for Windows Azure have been extended to 16 months.

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ARM and Microsoft have signed a new licensing agreement for the ARM architecture.

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Bing users are undoubtedly well aware of the fact that Microsoft has opted for a less traditional approach when it comes down to the home page for its search/decision engine. The Redmond company had started featuring wallpapers as the background of its search engine when it was still called Live Search, and the concept only evolved with the advent …

Google is gearing up to push the next iteration of its open source browser to Beta development stage. Google Chrome 6.0 beta has already reached the code freeze milestone, and obviously, the release of the fully-fledged Beta Build is coming next. The Mountain View-search giant hasn’t revealed a delivery deadline for Chrome 6.0 Beta, but the company doe…

The bumpy saga of the HP Slate took another turn this week with the revelation that the product is still destined to launch with Windows 7, albeit with a focus on the enterprise market.

Originally unveiled at CES earlier this year …