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Microsoft takes down the Waledac botnet
Friday 26 February 2010
US software giant Microsoft has won the latest battle in the global war on botnets - the networks of compromised PCs that are controlled remotely by criminals - by gaining a court order to close down the domains used for the 'command and control' (C&C) of the huge Waledac botnet.
Google attackers posed as 'friends'
Friday 29 January 2010
According to a report published earlier this week, the perpetrators of the recent cyber attacks that emanated from China had sent messages to key staff at Google, Adobe and other US firms on social networks, pretending to be friends.
Bill Gates gets tweeting and blogging
Wednesday 27 January 2010
He may be the world's richest man but when it comes to social media, now he's just like the rest of us. Bill Gates, co-founder of US software giant Microsoft and dedicated philanthropist, opened a Twitter account on Saturday and then launched his own website – theGatesNotes.com – to keep the world informed of the work he and his wife, Melinda, are undertaking for their charitable foundation.
Insiders at Google China may have helped with attacks
Wednesday 20 January 2010
According to reports from Reuters on Monday, Internet giant Google is investigating whether some employees in its China office were implicated in the attacks against it and other US companies in mid-December.
Microsoft admits IE was used in Google attacks
Tuesday 19 January 2010
US software giant Microsoft has admitted that its Internet Explorer browser was used in the recent attacks on Google's networks that originated in China. In a blog post on Thursday last week, Microsoft conceded that a vulnerability in IE was used to allow hackers to run programmes remotely on infected computers.
Bing UK Launched by Microsoft
Sunday 15 November 2009
Despite rumours – reported last week by Marketing magazine – that Bing's UK launch would be delayed until next year, Telegraph.co.uk has revealed that Bing has now been rolled out to Internet users in the UK, allowing them to get localised results that are more relevant to their search.
Hotmail passwords leaked
Tuesday 06 October 2009
Microsoft has today been forced to admit that thousands of Windows Live Hotmail passwords have been leaked on line. The news was originally broken on 1 October by technology blog Neowin and, since then, messages advising friends to change their passwords have been flying around Twitter and other social networks.
Microsoft search deal with Yahoo is finally done
Wednesday 29 July 2009
Yahoo and Microsoft have clinched a deal under which Microsoft's technology will power Yahoo's search results, while Yahoo will sell advertising for both companies' search sites. The giant purple pen they used might have been a bit of a joke, but the deal signed by Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer and Yahoo's CEO Carol Bartz yesterday means serious business.
Microsoft topples Google as top UK brand
Wednesday 15 July 2009
Software giant Microsoft is this week celebrating its rise to pole position in the UK's Superbrands list. Microsoft stole the glory from last year's winner, Google , which was relegated to third position, behind luxury watch marque Rolex.
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