Microsoft Corp.'s Outlook e-mail client and Internet Information Services (IIS) Web server software are among the most popular applications in the world for their functions; they also happen to be the most prominent targets for computer viruses and worms

Microsoft Corp.and Siebel Systems Inc. today announced the integration of Siebel 7, the latest version of Siebel eBusiness Applications, and the Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Microsoft .NET Enterprise Server family. The agreement announced at Siebel

The Federal Bureau of Investigation and private sector security experts Tuesday warned of a sophisticated new virus dubbed Nimda, which spreads both as a worm exploiting the same vulnerabilities used by the recent Code Red and sadmind/IIS worms, and as

Microsoft Corp. put out a call for the creation of a "federated" authentication system Thursday, saying it plans to open its Passport authentication system to interoperate with enterprises, network and other service operators to deliver universal single

With Microsoft Corp.'s Pocket PC handheld operating system gaining ground on PalmOS in both Europe and the U.S., the Redmond, Wash.-based software titan Thursday confirmed rumors that it will unleash the latest version, Pocket PC 2002, on Oct. 4, 2001

Computer security organizations, ranging from the Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC) to the Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Center (CERT/CC), said Sunday they fear a relaunch of the Code

In a move that has Java developers up in arms, Microsoft Corp. decided not to ship a Java Virtual Machine for the cross-platform Java language in the recent beta version -- Release Candidate 1 (RC 1) -- of its new Windows XP operating system. Nor will

The chairman of Microsoft Corp. took the stage in New York's Hammerstein Ballroom today to unveil the highly anticipated Office XP suite, company's first big step away from desktop software and toward its .NET strategy of offering centralized software