Stuart J. Johnston

In the wake of highly-publicized attacks on Google China and as many as 20 other firms last week, Microsoft announced on Tuesday it will release a so-called “out-of-band” patch for the zero-day hole that made many of the attacks possible. Ordinarily, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) releases most of its patches on the second Tuesday of the […]

Datamation details the latest market share figures for Bing and where market leader Google stands. Microsoft’s share of the U.S. search market grew last month to its highest point since the launch of its Bing search engine. But that market share growth continues to come at the expense of Yahoo, rather than market leader Google. […]

Microsoft officials acknowledged that widely publicized attacks on Google and perhaps another 20 or more corporations were helped by a previously unknown zero-day vulnerability in most versions of its popular browser. Thursday, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) released a Security Advisory, warning customers of the Internet Explorer breach and providing workarounds that basically call for cranking security […]

Microsoft had planned to release Visual Studio 2010, the latest version of its flagship development tool, late in the first quarter, but then had to stop those plans because it needed some work. CodeGuru has the new release date. Visual Studio 2010 has a new ship date. Originally scheduled to launch on March 22, Microsoft […]

It looks like Microsoft has worked out the bugs. The software giant has ended the confusion over when it Visual Studio 2010 would ship, confirming a release date in April. Codeguru has the story. Visual Studio 2010 has a new ship date. Originally scheduled to launch on March 22, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) abruptly pushed that […]

Microsoft SVP Bill Veghte Source:Microsoft Following a more than 19-year stint at Microsoft, a senior executive who carried much of the responsibility for launching Windows 7 is leaving. Senior vice president Bill Veghte is leaving the company at the end of the month, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) said. Veghte, who joined the company as an associate […]

The preliminary numbers are in, and the winner in the boxed-software sales category for the 2009 holiday season is far and away operating systems — Windows 7 to be precise. That’s the early take from research firm NPD Group. According to early reports for the period between Nov. 22 and Dec. 26, boxed operating systems […]

The popularity of Microsoft’s Bing search engine appeared to be leveling off in December, but Yahoo’s market share is definitely slipping, according to the latest figures from a leading analytics firm. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Bing pulled 9.9 percent of all U.S. searches in December, The Nielsen Company said in a blog post Wednesday. That’s down […]

With all eyes on cloud computing — and figuring out cost-effective ways to leverage it for enterprise applications — Microsoft and HP are aiming to cash in by joining up in an effort to provide combined solutions. Datamation takes a look. Microsoft and HP today unveiled a three-year, $250 million partnership that aims “to significantly […]

Signs are pointing to a delayed release for Microsoft’s next installment of Windows Mobile — otherwise known as Windows Phone 7. That’s likely to be of some concern considering the booming state of the smartphone market, in which Microsoft is finding itself being outmaneuvered by rivals like Apple, Research in Motion and Google’s Android. CodeGuru […]

Read SmallBusinessComputing to find out the latest in the ongoing legal drama between Microsoft and i4i. Despite assurances last week that it would be ready on time, Microsoft missed Monday’s deadline for replacing copies of Office and Word that contain a feature that a federal appeals court ruled last month infringes tiny i4i’s patent. Instead, […]

Microsoft’s monthly security ritual known as “Patch Tuesday” is off to a slow start in the new decade. eSecurity Plant has the story on the latest from the software giant, which includes one significant vulnerability, and one Security Advisory that affects Adobe Flash Player on Windows XP. In what turns out to be a sleepy […]