NSS Labs is a self-governing entity with business in many areas unrelated to this, but it’s important to note that the study was funded by Microsoft. “Social engineering malware,” is the most important form of malware these days. The basic idea is that the user is lured into visiting a web site and downloading malware [...]
04.19.09 | Software Review | Computerexpert
MIX09 announced a new lease from the Microsoft Translator team, the same group that is responsible for Live Search Translator as well as the Translate with Windows Live accelerator in IE8. The Microsoft Translator webpage widget is available as a technology preview to MIX09 attendees as well as anyone else who can get their hands [...]
04.16.09 | Computer News | Computerexpert
After IE8 was released at MIX09, Microsoft sent out an e-mail its testers announcing the RTW build and thanked them for their hard work. Microsoft said that all “Postponed bugs are now active for consideration in the next version of Internet Explorer,” the software giant also told testers that bugs could still be filed, but [...]
04.15.09 | Computer News | Computerexpert
Let’s look back a week ago when Microsoft was in the news: Running the Windows 7 beta on a MacBook. Windows 7 may still be in beta but it is good enough on a Mac. Whether you prefer a separate partition or a virtual machine, Ars assists you in installing Microsoft’s latest OS on Apple’s [...]
03.19.09 | Software Review | Computerexpert
Two bloggers reported on Wednesday that a just-leaked build of Windows 7 lets users remove Internet Explorer (IE), the first time that Microsoft Corp. has offered the option since it integrated the browser with Windows in 1997. The move could have been encouraged by recent charges by the European Union that Microsoft has stifled browser [...]
03.15.09 | Computer News | Computerexpert
