In this helpful article, Brenda Coxe shows you how to think about phishing and how to avoid being bait. With so many different scams on the Internet, it can be difficult for the average person to know what is safe and what isn’t. Phishing sites are become more common and are very difficult to detect at a glance.

Read this OutlookPower article.

There’s something about a company with the financial resources of Microsoft asking contract workers to vote on taking a paycut. But maybe I missed the item about Microsoft executives taking a cut.

Long Zheng has posted a 2 minute video showing some of Microsoft’s envisioned products in use. The video only offers glimpses of some interesting ideas.

The highest cost associated with most data centers is probably the electricity required. Now, Microsoft engineers are testing the feasibility of powering servers with Atom processors.

Microsoft’s Surface is a touch screen computer in the form of a table. Perfect for table-top gaming in a casino, if it works properly.

Machines infected with Conficker call "home" daily using a list of domains, but not all domains on the list are active. Starting Friday, some legitimate domains may become unavailable due to calls from Conficker .

Between the first, and probably only, Beta and the Release Candidate, Microsoft has decided to add 36 new features. Not all of these features will be available in all flavors of Windows 7, but you’d think they might want to do a little more testing.

While it may be necessary to upgrade, if you know what kind of errors you’ll run into, it might be easier. This article lists 10 changes that could cause you problems.

Bill Gates used to say patents would stymie the software industry, now Microsoft frequently claims "infringement" when some other company uses a piece of code Microsoft may have touched.

Researchers have found the Conficker worm so flexible and easy to re-direct, not to mention prevalent, they’re wondering if it will be sold to a "highest bidder". Just think of what someone might pay to control so many PCs around the world.