Microsoft
Get help with (some) Internet Explorer problems
Recently, I had to deal with a problem involving Internet Explorer crashing on a family member’s computer and I discovered that Microsoft has a self-help site available for dealing with Internet Explorer problems. The site says:
When you try to use Internet Explorer, it does not work quite right. Internet Explorer may work for a while, [...]
Preliminary look at Internet Explorer 9
Microsoft has been working on the next version of Internet Explorer and has released a few details. Stephen Shankland at CNET reports:
For those who doubted that Microsoft was serious in its effort to re-engage with the Web, it’s time to put the skepticism aside.
At its Mix conference in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Microsoft gave [...]
The secret history of Windows
Following up its collection of opinions on the future of Windows, Technologizer has a story, The Secret Origin of Windows. Tandy Trower, who was the product manager who ultimately shipped Windows 1.0, tells the story.
The future of Windows
Windows just had its 25th birthday and it’s interesting how much talk there is about the future of Windows. Of course, the growth of mobile platforms and the perceived decline of the desktop model for personal computing has a lot to do with it. There is also more recognition that a cumbersome and complex Windows [...]
Unpatched security hole in IE6 and IE7
Microsoft has warned of another as yet unpatched security problem in Internet Explorer 6 and 7 (but not IE8).
Video on the soul of Microsoft
CNET has a program about Microsoft at its feature called Reporters’ Roundtable that I found worth watching. Rafe Needleman interviews three people who are very familiar with Microsoft. Robert Scoble and Don Dodge are former Microsoft employees and Ina Fried is CNET’s Microsoft expert. These three have informative and interesting insights into how things [...]
IE8 still incompatible with many Web sites
When Microsoft made Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) more compatible with Web standards, it ran into problems caused by its own past attempts to impose non-standard software on the Internet. As I wrote when IE8 was new:
It has always been Microsoft’s strategy to impose proprietary software and methods wherever possible. This may have worked on the [...]
Microsoft proposes quarantine and tax to fight botnets
There’s been a big meeting on security going on in San Francisco. It’s the RSA Security Conference and Microsoft Vice-President Scott Charney gave a keynote address with some new proposals for increasing security on the Internet. CNET reports on a quarantine suggestion:
–In his keynote at the RSA security conference on Tuesday, Scott Charney, Microsoft’s corporate [...]
Beware fake Microsoft security software
Microsoft is warning about malware masquerading as anti-malware. It is called “Security Essentials 2010″, not to be confused with the real Microsoft Security Essentials. The Microsoft Malware Protection Center gives details.
What Microsoft didn’t want you to know
What got Microsoft’s hackles up when Cryptome published the document, “Global Criminal Compliance Handbook,” that a previous post reports about? What was it that Redmond didn’t want us to know? It seems that the details of the information that Microsoft collects about us is a touchy subject. In fact, Microsoft may know more about us [...]
Microsoft closes down botnet
I don’t agree with Microsoft’s action in closing down Cryptome (previous post) but I heartily approve of the company’s actions against spammers. The busy legal staff has managed to get a US court order closing a spam botnet. BBC News reports:
Microsoft has won court approval to shut down a global network of computers which [...]
