Researchers have been working on software known as Block All Drive-By Download Exploits (BLADE) in response to the increase of malicious website. Early tests have shown the software to be effecting in blocking drive-by malware installation.

Way back in the dark ages of WinNT, printer pooling was used to load-balance print jobs. Surprisingly, the feature is still available in Win7.

At one point, Microsoft owned the browser market with more than 90 percent of desktops running Internet Explorer. Things have changed drastically since anti-trust decisions required the un-bundling of IE from Windows.

Microsoft is still getting ready to enter the tablet market, which Apple currently owns. But does Steve Ballmer’s promise of Windows tablets by Christmas merely mean the display of another prototype?

Microsoft is challenging the computer security community and ISPs to provide a way to prevent computers infected with malware from connecting to the internet. While this sounds nice, without network access, how do you service such machines?

You can buy software suites and either end up with more than you need, or not quite enough. Or, you can download free and open-source applications to do just what you want or fill in the gaps.

Goldman Sachs has given Steve Ballmer a vote of "no confidence" by downgrading Microsoft’s stock rating to neutral.

Vista was a flop. Windows 7 is a success, especially with new systems. But. People aren’t giving up their XP desktops.

PDF to Word version 2.3 converts PDF documents for export to MS Word RTF or DOC format. Designed as an alternative to Adobe Acrobat, PDF to Word will convert PDF files to documents that can be edited in any word processor.

Microsoft has announced the date for release of their new mobile operating system. After the short life of the Kin smartphones, Microsoft is having to reassure partners they’re behind this effort.