Microsoft’s Kelihos botnet suspect used to work for computer security firm – naked security
Microsoft has named a 31-year-old Russian, who used to work at a firm producing anti-virus and firewall software, believing him to be responsible for attacks perpetrated by the Kelihos botnet. Andrey Sabelnikov, of St Petersburg, Russia, has … “computer security” – Bing News
Ballmer mocks Mac sales while touting Microsoft’s products (Alex Wilhelm/The Next Web)
Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web:Ballmer mocks Mac sales while touting Microsoft’s products — Today at the Worldwide Partner Conference, Microsoft took the verbal gloves off: During his keynote, CEO Steve Ballmer mocked Apple’s Mac sales numbers. He compared the number of PCs sold in the last twelve months …
Kinect: Microsoft’s accidental success story (Mike Elgan/Computerworld)
Mike Elgan / Computerworld:Kinect: Microsoft’s accidental success story — What happens when Microsoft applies a Google-like model to an Apple-like gadget? We’re going to find out. — Computerworld – Microsoft introduced a peripheral device for gaming in November called Microsoft Kinect for Xbox 360.
Microsoft’s new security risk: “cookiejacking” – Int’l Business Times
A computer security researcher has found a glitch in Microsoft Corp.’s Internet Explorer browser that he said could let hackers steal credentials to access users’ Facebook and Twitter accounts. All version of Internet Explorer store in a data file known as …
Demystifying Microsoft’s mobile operating system roadmap (Mary Jo Foley/ZDNet)
Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:Demystifying Microsoft’s mobile operating system roadmap — When Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer recently criticized Google at the D8 conference for having two different mobile operating systems, it’s surprising so few challenged the pot for calling the kettle black.
Microsoft’s patch Tuesday plethora – ZDNet Australia
Microsoft issued three critical security bulletins on Tuesday, plugging 10 holes that could allow an attacker to remotely take control of a Windows computer via a malicious media file or streaming content, or malicious web content viewed through Internet Explorer. Overall, this Patch Tuesday release …
Introducing Spindex – the Latest Exploration From Microsoft’s Labs (Lili Cheng/TechNet Blogs)
Lili Cheng / TechNet Blogs:Introducing Spindex – the Latest Exploration From Microsoft’s Labs — Last fall, with Ray Ozzie’s support and sponsorship, we started FUSE Labs, with the mission to work with Microsoft product and research teams to ideate, develop and deliver new social, real-time and media-rich experiences for home and work.
