2006 microsoft internet security
Take cyber crime seriously, government told
News Microsoft UK's chief security advisor, Ed Gibson, has attacked the government over what he claims is a lack of effective reporting channels for internet-related crime. Microsoft has been heavily criticised in the past for the poor levels of... [02 Feb 2006]
New Vista preview comes out to play
News Other security related updates include an enhanced firewall and added security in Internet Explorer to protect against misuse of domain names with international characters in phishing scams. Microsoft on Monday released another preview version of... [20 Dec 2005]
Microsoft's latest IE fix is glitchy
News Microsoft has received "scattered reports of users experiencing odd browser behaviour" after installing the latest security update, Jeremy Dallman, project manager for Internet Explorer security at the company, wrote in a Friday posting to a... [19 Dec 2005]
New version of Firefox pops up
News Since then, Firefox has emerged as one of the most popular alternatives to Microsoft's Internet Explorer, with more than 100 million copies downloaded in the first year, more than 40 million active users and about eight per cent of the browser... [30 Nov 2005]
Don't upgrade to Vista until 2008, says Gartner
News Internet Explorer (IE) 7 will have many security improvements "to stem defections from IE to Firefox" and "has been accelerated" to be delivered in early 2006. Companies shouldn't rush to upgrade to Microsoft Windows Vista, according to analysts at... [14 Nov 2005]
SIG"2 Survey on Microsoft Windows XP on Service Pack 2 Usage & Experiences
White Paper SP2 includes a number of badly needed fixes to the Internet Explorer browser that is built into Windows, including enhancements to help prevent pop-up advertisements and "phishing" attacks. The arrival of SP2 gives enterprises large and small... [13 Sep 2005]
Windows Vista proofed against video piracy
News Vista may also make it harder to do some casual copying, such as recording internet audio. Microsoft is building unprecedented levels of safeguards against video piracy into the next version of its Windows operating system, Vista. [31 Aug 2005]
Emerging tech gets the hype test treatment
News Tablet PCs, internet micro-payments, passive RFID and videoconferencing are four technologies that are firmly stuck at the bottom of the "trough of disillusionment", according to the 2005 "Hype Cycle" of emerging technologies released by analysts... [25 Aug 2005]
Spam: Use Sender ID or we'll junk you, says Microsoft
News Dave Rand, chief technologist for internet content security at security software company Trend Micro, said: "We think Microsoft is trying to strong-arm the industry into the adoption of an incomplete and not accepted standard. [23 Jun 2005]
Kent builds £24m broadband network for schools
News The network uses services and technology from BT, Cisco and Microsoft, with Unisys providing managed services and security in a £3.7m deal. Kent's Local Education Authority (LEA) is spending £24m over the next three years to give schools in the... [04 Apr 2005]
Google to fight Microsoft with own browser?
News Having poached some of the brains behind Microsoft's Internet Explorer, according to the New York Post, speculation is mounting that following the launch of its own brand email, Gmail, the next logical step for the search giant to bring out its... [22 Sep 2004]
Gates Q&A: So what's up with Longhorn?
Comment Meanwhile, the growing popularity of Linux has begun to nibble at Microsoft's dominance on the desktop, while Google has emerged as a major competitor on the internet. Shortly after announcing that the long-awaited Longhorn operating systems will... [31 Aug 2004]
Update time: Windows XP Service Pack 2 released
News But Microsoft has been under increasing pressure to improve the security of its products, after a number of high-profile attacks this year. In addition, the update tweaks the Internet Explorer web browser to block pop-up ads on websites and to... [19 Dec 2003]
CIO Jury: Linux ready for the big time
News Martin Armitage, head of the global information organisation at Unilever, said: `"This is an evolution starting with appliance devices such as name servers, firewalls, internet sites, then to non mission critical applications and finally to large... [16 Dec 2003]
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