Microsoft pushes anti-AutoRun update at XP, Vista users
Microsoft last week changed how it delivers an update that disables AutoRun, a Windows feature that big name worms, including Conficker and Stuxnet, have used to infect millions of PCs.
Microsoft last week changed how it delivers an update that disables AutoRun, a Windows feature that big name worms, including Conficker and Stuxnet, have used to infect millions of PCs.
Novell Thursday shipped software for managing enterprise Linux servers made by Novell and Red Hat, taking its systems management approach to a higher level.
Apple is offering security experts a copy of the developer preview of Mac OS X 10.7, aka Lion, and asking them for feedback.
The London Stock Exchange has called an urgent meeting next week with price data vendors, in an attempt to solve the <a href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/it-business/3261816/london-stock-exchange-price-data-failures-emerged-immediately-at-millennium-launch/">serious market stock price irregularities</a> appearing on traders' screens since the exchange launched its new trading software.
As anticipated, Apple today refreshed its MacBook Pro notebook line, turning to Intel's new Sandy Bridge chip architecture and adding a new connectivity technology dubbed Thunderbolt that transfers data at speeds up to 10Gbps.
Apple will hold an event next Wednesday, March 2, where it will likely launch the next iPad, analysts said today.
Microsoft has prohibited developers from using GPLv3-licensed open source software in any application distributed on the Windows Phone Marketplace. But Redmond is pushing mobile application developers to use packages based on an open source license created by Microsoft.
Microsoft yesterday downplayed the threat posed to Windows users by a recently-revealed vulnerability, saying that it was unlikely the bug could be exploited to compromise a computer.
A security researcher yesterday disclosed a new unpatched bug in Windows that some experts believe could be used to remotely hijack a PC.
A security researcher yesterday disclosed a new unpatched bug in Windows that some experts believe could be used to remotely hijack a PC.
Microsoft on Monday began pushing the release candidate of Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) via Windows Update's automatic delivery service to users already running the unfinished browser.
The battle among mobile operating systems may garner a lot of headlines, but it seems network quality is still the most important factor for smartphone users.
<a href="http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1034262">VMware is telling customers</a> that two <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/windows.html">Windows</a> 7 security patches have left the VMware View <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/112409-vdi-desktop-virtualization-cheat-sheet.html">desktop virtualization</a> client unable to access the View Connection Server, which brokers the connection between a user's computer and a virtual desktop.
IBM today unwrapped a variety of <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/020311-rsa.html">mobile security initiatives</a> to help corporate customers better protect and manage the mass of intelligent devices coming to their networks.
Microsoft today announced that it had wrapped up work on Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1), and would start delivering the major upgrade on Feb. 22 through Windows Update.