Ryan Naraine

In a deal sure to bring smiles to the faces of enterprise security pros, Microsoft and Cisco Systems plan to integrate technologies and push for an industry standard to power network security and health policy compliance. In recent years, the two firms were heading in different directions, with Cisco pushing its Network Admissions Control (NAC) […]

Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser dominance may be slowly eroding, but businesses are still creating Web sites and applications exclusively for IE users. According to the latest numbers from Web analytics firm WebSideStory, IE usage has slipped almost 2 percent over the last quarter, as surfers migrate to Mozilla Firefox and Opera. But the early adopter […]

LinkedIn, the business networking service created by former PayPal executive Reid Hoffman, believes it can duplicate the eBay business model of collecting revenue from a small percentage of power sellers. The company, which offers tools that connect friends to friends of friends, on Wednesday announced the closing of a $10 million second round of funding, […]

Microsoft released its October batch of security advisories Tuesday with a slew of “critical” patches, including a monster fix for the Internet Explorer browser. In all, the software giant issued 10 advisories, seven rated “critical” and three with the lower “important” rating. In addition, Microsoft re-released the MS04-028 bulletin to correct newly discovered issues for […]

The SANS Institute has released its annual list of the top 20 Internet security vulnerabilities, pinpointing Web servers and services (Windows) and the BIND Domain Name System (Unix) for containing the most dangerous security holes. For the first time since creating the list five years ago, the SANS Institute (SysAdmin, Audit, Network, Security) split the […]

Less than a year after acquiring the ZeroDegrees business networking service, Barry Diller’s InteractiveCorp is set to release a revamped version with built-in Search Engine Optimization (SEO) features. ZeroDegrees, which is expected to exit a beta period at the TechXNY show in New York this week, now integrates user profiles with an internal linking technology […]

Microsoft has released a critical update to fix a Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) installation problem caused by a third-party adware program called T.V. Media. The software maker said T.V. Media, which styles itself as a permission-based contextual marketing network, disrupts the successful installation of SP2 and other critical updates. Microsoft said PCs with […]

Microsoft used the TechXNY conference spotlight to lift the curtains on the new MSN TV 2 Internet & Media Player, branding the device a “complete overhaul and replacement” for the MSN TV Internet receiver. The software giant’s MSN TV unit said the broadband device is expected to hit retail outlets by mid-October and will offer […]

A security hole in Apple’s QuickTime media player could put users at risk of buffer overflow attacks, the computer maker warned in an advisory. Apple released a fix for the QuickTime issue along with patches for seven other flaws in the Mac OS X that could lead to security bypass, exposure of sensitive information, Denial-of-Service […]

Online superstore Amazon.com has expanded its Web Services platform for developers, adding a new service for access to the Alexa database and increased access to the Amazon E-Commerce Service 4.0. The new Alexa Web Information Service (AWIS), which is available as a free beta, gives developers access to data collected by the Alexa Web Crawl, […]

It looks like Google is set to roll out some new Gmail features, one of which is support for the Atom syndication format. The company added a button to some Gmail accounts Monday that clicks through to an Atom feed, although aggregators did not recognize it. However, the button does provide a glimpse into Google’s […]

Hoping to drive users to its new MSN Search service, Microsoft announced it will release a new beta of its messenger client with an embedded search bar. Due Monday, the move signals a more aggressive approach to winning the competitive search war. The limited beta of MSN Messenger 7.0 will include a search box at […]