Panda Security Releases New Beta of Panda Cloud Antivirus

Panda Security is offering Amazon gift cards and licenses to people who actively test the new Panda Cloud Antivirus Beta 1.9. This beta is for Windows PCs.

Posted on: May 24, 2011 9:00 am

Microsoft Unveils Windows Phone 7.1 ‘Mango’

The update for WP7, due out later this year, is expected to include more than 500 new features. This article discusses some of the changes to expect.

Posted on: May 24, 2011 9:00 am

Will Skype Be Another Microsoft License Gotcha?

There are a lot of programs, all with separate licenses, bundled into Windows. Now that Microsoft owns Skype, will it be bundled into the OS, with yet another license that you end up paying for?

Posted on: May 24, 2011 9:00 am

Paperless 2.0 for Windows Public Beta Released

Paperless 2.0 is designed to give Windows users a comprehensive digital document solution – for home or business. You are invited to download the beta for testing and bug reporting.

Posted on: May 23, 2011 9:00 am

Microsoft accused of fudging IE9 malware blocking stats

Internet Explorer 9 has a feature called SmartScreen Application Reputation. The feature is supposed to be able to block a lot of malware. However. A researcher at Sophos says the numbers don’t add up.

Posted on: May 23, 2011 9:00 am

Syncro Soft Releases Oxygen XML Editor and Oxygen XML Author

Syncro Soft Ltd has released version 12.2 of its XML Editor and XML Author. Oxygen combines content author features like the CSS-driven Visual XML editor with XML development environment. It has support for document frameworks, XML Schema languages, XSLT/XQuery Debuggers, and more.

Posted on: May 23, 2011 9:00 am

Microsoft Windows security with EMET 2.1

EMET (Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit) is fairly new among Windows security products. While it can enhance the security of your PC, there are some compatibility issues.

Posted on: May 23, 2011 9:00 am

Part Two of ‘Secrets of SQL Server’ Webcast Series

Idera’s webcast on Microsoft SQL Server, "SQL Server, Storage and You – Part II: SAN and NAS" will air May 26, 2011. Registration is required. Earlier broadcasts can be viewed online.

Posted on: May 20, 2011 9:00 am

Microsoft’s Courier team scatters

It’s quite clear that Microsoft’s Courier tablet is dead. The employees have been moved to other units and the office has been closed.

Posted on: May 20, 2011 9:00 am

Microsoft fails to turn punters on to WinPho 7

In the first three months of this year almost 101 million smartphones were shipped worldwide. Of those 101 million, only 1.6 million ran Windows Phone 7.

Posted on: May 20, 2011 9:00 am