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• Forrester: Windows 8 faces uphill battle as corporate desktop

  By Tim Greene | 17 May, 2013 12:34

  Windows 8 faces an uphill battle to become a standard corporate operating system because many businesses are in the midst of or have recently completed the move from Windows XP to Windows 7 and don't have the stomach for another transition anytime soon.

• New Mac spyware found on Angolan activist's computer

  By Lucian Constantin | 17 May, 2013 12:04

  Previously unknown Mac OS X spyware, signed with a valid Apple Developer ID, has turned up on the laptop of an activist from Angola at a human rights conference in Norway.

• Windows 8 won't hit critical mass in enterprises, Forrester says

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 16 May, 2013 18:39

  Windows 8, the most significant upgrade to Microsoft's operating system since Windows 95 and one of the most important products in the company's history, will not achieve enough adoption in enterprises to be considered a standard, according to Forrester Research.

• Google issues YouTube ultimatum to Microsoft as Hatfield-McCoy feud heats up

  By Gregg Keizer | 16 May, 2013 17:01

  Google yesterday sent a cease-and-desist letter to Microsoft, demanding that its rival remove the YouTube app built for the Windows Phone platform.

• Windows 8 isn't New Coke, says top Microsoft exec; it's Diet Coke

  By Gregg Keizer | 15 May, 2013 19:47

  Frank X. Shaw, Microsoft's head of corporate communications, has defended his company's Windows information disclosure strategy, denying that Microsoft has adopted Apple's "cone of silence" approach to imparting news.

• Windows 8 update: Scarcity of touchscreens is hurting Windows 8

  By Tim Greene | 15 May, 2013 19:36

  Along with whatever other problems Windows 8 faces, Microsoft partners interested in making machines that show the operating system off to best advantage are handicapped by a short supply of touchscreens, the top Windows executive says.

• Dell slashes its Windows RT tablet price by $US200; XPS 10 now sells for $US300

  By Matt Hamblen | 15 May, 2013 17:58

  Dell drastically cut the online price of its Windows RT tablet, reducing the price by $US200 to $US299.99 for Dell XPS 10.

• Microsoft votes for free Windows 8.1, collects kudos

  By Gregg Keizer | 14 May, 2013 20:48

  Microsoft today announced that Windows 8.1, the update later this year for Windows 8, will be free to current users of the operating system, confirming analysts' expectations.

• Windows 8 app store fails Top 10 test

  By Gregg Keizer | 14 May, 2013 18:05

  Microsoft's Windows 8 app store failed a test touted by a former Microsoft manager and distinguished engineer as a way to determine an ecosystem's relevance.

• Microsoft commits to secure coding standard

  By Tim Greene | 14 May, 2013 17:13

  Microsoft says its coding practices and its corporate management structure both comply with an international application security standard to encourage secure software development.

• Windows Blue will be free upgrade for Windows 8 customers

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 14 May, 2013 15:39

  Microsoft's Windows 8 update, code-named Windows Blue, will be formally released as Windows 8.1 and will be free for customers who have the new OS installed.

• Microsoft to squeeze more devs into BUILD

  By Gregg Keizer | 13 May, 2013 20:36

  Microsoft today said it has increased the head count for its June developers conference, and will sell the extra tickets Wednesday.

• Microsoft Patch Tuesday targets multitude of Internet Explorer faults

  By Tim Greene | 09 May, 2013 20:39

  Microsoft is issuing critical security bulletins this Patch Tuesday that affect all versions of Internet Explorer and deal with an exploit that attackers are actively working.

• Microsoft rushes IE8 zero-day fix into next week's Patch Tuesday

  By Gregg Keizer | 09 May, 2013 19:26

  Microsoft today said it will issue 10 security updates next week, two rated "critical," to patch 34 vulnerabilities, including the zero-day bug that has been used by cyber criminals to poison "watering hole" websites in attacks aimed at U.S. government workers.

• Best case, Mozilla's Firefox for Windows 8 will ship in October

  By Gregg Keizer | 09 May, 2013 15:11

  Firefox for Windows 8's "Modern" user interface (UI) will likely wrap up development this fall, Mozilla said on its website in a best case-worst case schedule.