Recent articles by Julie Bort
December 12, 2011
Love it or hate it, Microsoft is a company that brings out strong emotions in just about every IT professional. With 2011 about to end, it is time for our picks of some of smartest moves this powerful software company made this year - and some of the moves we'd say were not so bright.
November 17, 2011
Pirated software saves its users in developing countries more than $2.9 billion annually. So finds a study of manufacturers in Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe and Asia-Pacific commissioned by Microsoft.
November 15, 2011
While the world has been distracted by HP's baffling $10.2 billion purchase of Autonomy and Microsoft's surprising $9 billion buy of Skype, EMC/VMware and Google have been snapping up dozens of software companies throughout 2011.
November 14, 2011
Sixty percent of IT professionals surveyed say a certification led to a new job, and half say it gave a salary boost. But some certs are more valuable than others.
November 09, 2011
Barnes & Noble has subpoenaed Nokia and its patent-enforcement agency, Mosaid Technologies, as it defends itself against Microsoft's Android patent infringement lawsuit, according to documents filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission.
November 08, 2011
Microsoft issued its four expected patches as part of its regular release cycle, including a fix for a potentially serious worm.
November 08, 2011
Microsoft is reportedly trying to ink more deals in which makers of Android devices pay license fees while Barnes & Noble calls for an investigation into that practice.
November 04, 2011
Microsoft has released a Fix-it tool to allow Windows users to manually patch their systems to thwart the Duqu Trojan: Microsoft Security Advisory (2639658).
November 04, 2011
Seven ISVs have formed a consortium to integrate their Google Apps add-on products and offer discounted bundles, outside of Google's control.
November 03, 2011
The big zero-day exploit on everyone's mind is Duqu, or "son of Stuxnet" - but researchers don't expect Microsoft to include a patch for it in next week's Patch Tuesday. Instead, a manual fix could be out as soon as this week.
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