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Microsoft acquires Perceptive Pixel

Microsoft and Perceptive Pixel announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Microsoft will acquire PPI, a provider of multi-touch display …

Microsoft to release nine bulletins

The Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for July 2012 contains nine bulletins, with three listed as “critical” and six listed as …

Understanding IPv6, 3rd Edition

Get in-depth technical information to put IPv6 technology to work—including networks with hardware running Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012. Written by a networking expert, …

Microsoft names alleged Zeus bot herders

When Microsoft disrupted two of the most harmful botnets using Zeus malware in March, they also filed a lawsuit at the federal district court in New York against the bot …

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 T-SQL Fundamentals

Get started with the fundamentals of Transact-SQL and learn how to write efficient and powerful database queries. With this hands-on guide, you’ll gain a solid …

Windows 8 marks the beginning of the WinRT era

Windows 8 marks the beginning of the new WinRT (Windows Runtime) computing era and the beginning of the end of the WinNT era, according to Gartner. The combination of the …

Microsoft survey exposes online bullying threat

More than half (54 percent) of children around the world worry about being bullied online, according to a new global survey released today by Microsoft. Conducted in 25 …

Splunk App for Active Directory released

Splunk announced the Splunk App for Active Directory which helps enable organizations to avoid service outages and provides proactive management and compliance reporting of …

Windows 8 will be harder to exploit

A lot of things have already been revealed about the security features of the upcoming Windows 8: there will be a picture password sign in option; a built-in antivirus …

HP secures the mobile workforce

HP announced new offerings to help SMBs prepare their technology infrastructures for a growing mobile workforce. With more than 1.1 billion mobile appliances in use worldwide, …

Compromised website serving “state-sponsored” 0-day exploit

The still unpatched Microsoft XML Core Services vulnerability (CVE-2012-1889) that allows attackers to gain the same user rights as the logged on user and execute malicious …

Unpatched Microsoft flaw actively exploited in the wild

When Microsoft released a security advisory detailing a critical flaw in Microsoft XML Core Services and its corresponding “Fix it” mitigation solution last week, …

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