A major vendor of energy system control and smart metering systems is adopting Microsoft's Security Development Lifecycle to help ensure better security.
A conference on secure software development aims to raise the bar for attackers trying to compromise IT systems.
A researcher examining early releases of Microsoft's new operating system says Windows 8 makes it harder to exploit vulnerabilities.
Apple's CEO doesn't think people want powerful PC/tablet hybrids, but we think they do.
The FBI has drafted a proposal that would require social networking, webmail and IM sites, as well as voice-over-IP providers, to make their sites wiretap-ready, and it is asking those companies not to oppose the measure.
Infections by the persistent worm, which takes advantage of weak or shared passwords or stolen login tokens, rose in 2011, Microsoft says.
The tablet- and touch screen-friendly interface in the Consumer Preview might be familiar to Windows Phone users, but for everyone else, you're not in Kansas anymore.
Microsoft and Intel take aim at the iPad, with 32 new Windows 8 tablets expected to be released this year, according to a report.
Microsoft has announced that SQL Server 2012 has been released.
The company's Digital Crimes Unit, with an assist from the U.S. Marshals Service, confiscates servers and IP addresses and files civil charges against 39 unknown defendants.
The state's new "collaborative ecosystem" covers more than 70 agencies and is open to other public-sector organizations.
Hackers may have had the jump on Microsoft even as it released a "critical" patch for a Windows Remote Desktop Protocol flaw in March. Five million machines could be exposed.