Microsoft fixes critical flaws in Windows, IE, Edge, Office
Microsoft fixed more than 40 vulnerabilities in its products Tuesday, including critical ones in Windows, Internet Explorer, Edge and Office.…
Review: SQL Server 2016 boosts speed, analytics
Microsoft calls SQL Server 2016 the “biggest leap forward” in the 27-year evolution of the SQL Server database. As we’ll…
The next billion: How to best serve the Internet’s new users
One billion. That’s how many new people are expected to start using the Internet in the course of 2016. With…
IDG Contributor Network: 5 critical updates and the end of QuickTime for June Patch Tuesday
A few months ago, we saw the end of Oracle JAVA Plugin support, and now we see the end of…
U.S. company's China employee allegedly stole code to help local government
The U.S. has charged a Chinese national with economic espionage and theft of the source code of a clustered file…
IDG Contributor Network: Kast launches in the U.S. to take on Slack. This might not end nicely.
You might not have heard about Kast before; I certainly hadn’t before its email arrived in my inbox. Apparently, Kast…
Rhapsody decides the Napster brand is no longer toxic in the U.S.
The Napster name, once synonymous with illegal music sharing, is now respectable enough to carry the flag for one of…
Safari 10 to turn off Flash by default
Apple’s Safari browser is driving another nail in the coffin of Adobe Flash by no longer telling websites that offer…
Free network software might radically change how routing works
Radical new ideas are hitting network technology these days. On Tuesday, one startup promised to make switches fully programmable. Another,…
The future of Office may lie in 'decomposable' documents
Microsoft wants you to spend less time thinking about Office and more time getting things done. An executive who helped…