Microsoft today announced that it has launched a new Web site to engage the public in discussion about major technology policy issues including privacy, security, cloud computing and intellectual property rights.
Just before Thanksgiving Day, Microsoft released a security advisory on a vulnerability affecting Internet Explorer 6 and 7 browsers, based on "new public reports."
The complaints started late last week in the Microsoft Answers forum for Windows 7. Users appear to be experiencing two distinct problems: Windows 7's installation process cutting short at 62 percent completion and endless rebooting.
Shared-services centers such as Interior's National Business Center want per-usage billing for cloud computing software, but vendors reluctant to revamp their current business models.
With the release of Windows 7 yesterday, GCN Lab Director John Breeden responds to reader comments about his review of Microsoft's next-generation operating system.
Microsoft's appeal essentially argues that a district court judge who held against it was incompetent as a gatekeeper and in striking the "delicate balance" needed in patent law disputes.
