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To encrypt or not? That is the question

Insight Encryption hasn't become the privacy panacea it was once promised to be for e-mail, but it's making headway on hard drives. Here's why it isn't mainstream, yet.

Friday, October 17 2008 06:56 AM

Tags: Authentication and encryption, Data security, Security applications/tools, Security Management, PGP Corp., Microsoft Corp., Data, Microsoft Windows Live, Encryption, e-mail

Windows boss weighs in on version 7 plans

Insight newsmaker In an interview, Bill Veghte talks about Windows 7 and gets a little protective of Vista while telling consumers his company's software is a good deal when money's tight.

Friday, January 23 2009 08:48 AM

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Software engineering/development, Product development and design, Microsoft Corp., Security, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Advertisement, Windows Boss

Microsoft sues over IM spam, phishing

News Lawsuit alleges that two companies used its Live Messenger service to poach users' contacts for spam and to send them to phishing sites.

Saturday, July 18 2009 04:35 PM

Tags: Legal, Instant messaging, Spam and phishing, Phishing, Security Team, Microsoft Windows Live, Spam, Attack, general counsel, Seattle

Windows Vista RC1 (build 5564)

Product Reviews Windows Vista RC1 (build 5564)

Sunday, October 19 2008 03:36 AM

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Live, User Account Control, Microsoft Windows Live OneCare, Microsoft Windows Vista, Password, operating system, Windows Vista RC1, Individual Password-protected Account, Windows Photo Gallery

Google up, Microsoft down in November Web searches

News Web searches rise again for Google in November and drop again for Microsoft as U.S. searches overall increase, Nielsen says.

Tuesday, January 06 2009 09:22 AM

Tags: Web sites, Search, Best strategies, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Live Search, Search, Google Inc., Microsoft Windows Live, Yahoo! Inc., News.com

Windows Live aims to be more social

News Microsoft wants to unify its disparate communications tools with a common set of contacts and concepts, such as news feeds and profiles, borrowed from the world of social networking.

Friday, November 14 2008 12:30 AM

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Web services, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Live, Storage, Amazon.com Inc., software, MSN Hotmail, Facebook, blogging

Microsoft snaps up Office.com domain

News It could serve as a handy address for Microsoft's Web-based productivity suite, but the software maker isn't saying just how it will use the domain.

Friday, August 07 2009 10:48 AM

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Business applications, Microsoft Windows Live, Domain, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, e-mail, Apple Safari, TechCrunch, Microsoft Office

Windows Live gets its social makeover

News Microsoft's social networking-infused makeover of Windows Live, detailed last month, begins to show itself publicly.

Wednesday, December 03 2008 05:42 AM

Tags: Domain names, Web sites, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Live, Storage, social networking, Facebook, photograph, Microsoft Windows, blog

Windows Live Search to be rebranded Kumo?

News Microsoft has taken control of the domain name and is reportedly directing internal traffic to the test site.

Monday, November 24 2008 12:06 PM

Tags: Search, Branding, Domain names, Web sites, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Live Search, Microsoft Windows Live, Yahoo! Inc., TechCrunch, Microsoft Windows

Microsoft opens up Live Mesh

News Anyone with a Windows Live ID can now sign up for the synchronization services, which lets users share data across multiple PCs.

Wednesday, July 16 2008 10:46 PM

Tags: Utility computing, Data services, Data Management, Business applications, Software, Web services, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Live, Apple Macintosh, software company

MSN revamp to include stronger Bing ties

News In addition to freshening up the portal's look, Microsoft also wants MSN to drive more traffic to the company's Bing search engine.

Monday, June 22 2009 10:03 AM

Tags: Search, Web sites, Hewlett-Packard Co., PC Company, Microsoft Windows Live, Google Inc., Search Engine, Dell Computer Corp., banking, MSN

Bing balloons into public view

News Microsoft's big bet on search begins to be publicly available, with opinions rolling in fast and furious.

Monday, June 01 2009 03:06 PM

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Search, Acquisitions, Microsoft Live Search, Microsoft Windows Live, Google Inc., Video, Advertisement, Search Result, Search Technology

Yahoo drops its Briefcase

News The online storage Briefcase service is shutting down, and Yahoo is warning users to download or delete stored files before the cut-off.

Sunday, February 01 2009 02:28 PM

Tags: Data centers, Storage management, Storage software, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Google Picasa, Microsoft Windows Live, Yahoo! Inc., Storage, Storage software

Phishing attack hits thousands of Hotmail accounts

News Several thousand user account credentials have been posted on a public Web site as a result of a phishing attack.

Wednesday, October 07 2009 09:36 AM

Tags: E-mail clients, E-mail servers, Spam and phishing, PC security, Data security, Phishing, E-mail Account, Microsoft Corp., software, Pastebin.com

Microsoft to release free security software soon

News Software maker will release its Microsoft Security Essentials "in the coming weeks," according to a note sent to testers.

Tuesday, September 22 2009 10:14 AM

Tags: Data security, PC security, Authentication and encryption, Security, Antivirus Software, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Windows Live OneCare, antivirus, Facebook, Microsoft Windows