While other companies have stopped charging a license fee for their mobile operating systems, some makers still like the protection from intellectual property worries offered by Microsoft’s license.

The Viira Outlook Suite provides a GTD (Get Things Done) system for Outlook and BlackBerry smartphones by synchronizing new entries and edits.

This set of free, web-based apps is now available to download. The suite will run on Windows 7 or Vista machines.

All versions of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer are said to be susceptible to an attack which can force victims to post attacker-dictated messages on Twitter. Microsoft has not yet issued a patch or workaround.

Visual Automation released version 7.20 of Secure Desktop, an Endpoint Security solution for Windows XP, Windows 7, Internet Explorer, and Mozilla Firefox. Secure Desktop 7.20 is a 32-bit application that is 64-bit Windows aware which includes Internet Explorer security features.

Microsoft lost the patent suit from i4i and was fined, however, they’re still fighting the verdict and now a number of other large companies are lining up behind them.

Security in Windows 7 is not the same as that in Vista. While there are similarities, Windows administrators need to be aware of differences in the User Account Control, disk encryption, and more.

Bidoma has released Bidoma Alert 1.2, adding support for enterprise scenarios used in BI implementations. Bidoma Alert provides an alerting solution for Microsoft PerformancePoint.

Microsoft’s 360 million Hotmail accounts are a tempting target for account hijackers. As part of their effort to increase security, Microsoft is allowing users to designate a "trusted PC" from which passwords would be set.

Since the sacking of Mark Hurd, HP has been working with a team at the top instead of a CEO. While it may not make Wall Street happy, for now, it seems to be working for HP.