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Microsoft to address four critical flaws on Patch Tuesday

Microsoft to address four critical flaws on Patch Tuesday
  • Posted March 8, 2013, 5:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in IT Security, Microsoft
  • Patch Tuesday is once again upon us as Microsoft is preparing to push out a bundle of security fixes on March 12. The upcoming release will consist of seven fixes, four of which are deemed critical as they could allow…

Survey: Microsoft is now cooler than it was just a few years ago

Survey: Microsoft is now cooler than it was just a few years ago
  • Posted February 22, 2013, 7:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Microsoft
  • Microsoft’s efforts to revamp their image appear to be paying dividends. A recent poll from Reuters / Ipsos shows that nearly half of all participants think Redmond is cooler now that it was just a couple of years ago. In…

Microsoft to fix critical Internet Explorer vulnerability today

Microsoft to fix critical Internet Explorer vulnerability today
  • Posted January 14, 2013, 12:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Software, Microsoft
  • Microsoft will be releasing an out-of band patch later today to fix a critical zero-day flaw affecting Internet Explorer versions 6,7 and 8. The vulnerability allows hackers to execute code remotely in the event that a user visits an infected website.

Internet Explorer zero-day flaw being used to target Gmail accounts

Internet Explorer zero-day flaw being used to target Gmail accounts
  • Posted June 14, 2012, 9:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in IT Security
  • A new zero-day exploit in Internet Explorer making the rounds has security experts from Microsoft and Google on their heels. The drive-by flaw is being used to gain access to Gmail accounts and remains unpatched as of writing, although Microsoft…

Internet Explorer trumps Chrome, Firefox, Opera in battery test

Internet Explorer trumps Chrome, Firefox, Opera in battery test
  • Posted April 6, 2012, 7:30 AM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Mobile Computing, Software
  • Internet Explorer isn't the fastest or most featured-packed browser around, but it might be the most power efficient. Hoping to determine which software would give his aging desktop replacement the longest battery life, Ciprian Adrian Rusen put IE9, IE10, Chrome, Firefox and Opera to the test...

Weekend tech reading: Meet the hackers of Pwn2Own

Weekend tech reading: Meet the hackers of Pwn2Own
  • Posted March 25, 2012, 3:18 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in NATW
  • At a Google-run competition in ­Vancouver last month, the search giant’s famously secure Chrome Web browser fell to hackers twice. Both of the new methods used a rigged ­website to bypass Chrome’s security protections and completely hijack a target computer. But while those two hacks...

IE market share slips, Facebook pulls support for IE7

IE market share slips, Facebook pulls support for IE7
  • Posted January 2, 2012, 4:18 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, The Web
  • While Microsoft was quick to announce Internet Explorer 9 gained significant ground in usurping IE8 on Windows 7, the latest numbers from Net Applications and StatCounter write a richer story than the company was willing to tell.

Microsoft starts bundling IE with Windows after anti-trust terms expire

Microsoft starts bundling IE with Windows after anti-trust terms expire
  • Posted October 28, 2011, 9:33 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Industry News, Microsoft
  • A decade ago Microsoft lost an anti-trust case that effectively “loosened” the link between their operating system and its Internet Explorer browser. Yesterday marked the end of that ruling, and the Redmond-based firm looks set to return to old tricks…

Weekend tech reading: Study says IE users have lower IQs

Weekend tech reading: Study says IE users have lower IQs
  • Posted July 31, 2011, 3:08 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in NATW
  • Study: IE users have lower IQs An online IQ assessment test was offered on our website. Most of the subjects came to the website either by organic searches from search engines, or advertisements put on various search engines for keywords targeting users who…

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