Users have expressed their opinions on Win8. And it appears Microsoft may be paying attention. They’ve posted a screen shot of a slightly re-designed Apps screen.

It seems that many small businesses, those with fewer than 250 employees, have a high rate of security breaches from web use. GFI’s WebMonitor can help secure your network by letting you filter and monitor web traffic.

Log Parser Lizard version 2.1 works with Microsoft Logparser 2.2 to provide access to IIS and W3C log files, log4net files, XML files, CSV and TSV files, as well as Windows Event log, the registry, and Active Directory.

Yesterday Microsoft released patches for the month of October. Included were fixes for nine flaws rated "critical", eight of them for Internet Explorer.

OpenVPN Technologies Inc. suggests using their Private Tunnel software to protect your data from the BEAST (Browser Exploit Against SSL/TLS). Private Tunnel encrypts your data to prevent snooping.

If you visit Microsoft’s site, called Your Browser Matters, it will check your browser for security weaknesses. Well, some browsers. IE 9, predictably, gets a top score. If you dig deep enough, you can get an explanation of the rating system.

Researchers at Microsoft have discovered that most malware removed by the Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) requires user interaction. Less than six percent of malware on infected machines appears to have come from "exploits".

After the earthquake and tsunami in March, Microsoft was concerned about continuing operations in their data center 140 miles away. To ensure uninterrupted service, the company moved millions of mail accounts and other data to another facility.

In yet another turn-around, Microsoft is announcing that Zune HD is dead (again). The product will "live on" as part of Metro in Windows phones, Win8, and Xbox 360.

Icons from no-longer-used programs may still be in the Windows system tray, that little area in the lower right corner of your screen. This article explains how you can get rid of them.