Microsoft delivers huge Windows security update - Computerworld (Slow performance)

Computerworld - For the second time in the last four months, Microsoft today shipped a record 13 security updates that patched dozens of vulnerabilities in Windows. The 26 flaws fixed today were off the record of 34 set in October 2009 when Microsoft

‘WGA’ no more: Microsoft puts new spin on anti-piracy tools - TechFlash
Fundamentally the technology that appears in Windows Vista and in Windows 7 is different from what we did in Windows XP,” said Alex Kochis, Microsoft’s Genuine Windows director. “It’s different code, it’s different components, the experience is

26 Windows, Office holes patched in 13 bulletins - CNET News
In the critical Windows Shell Handler vulnerability, which affects Windows 2000, XP and Server 2003, an attack could come via a specially crafted link that appears to be valid to the ShellExecute API [application programming interface].

Microsoft’s Big Patch Tuesday Begins - PC Magazine
In one of the larger Patch Tuesdays ever, Microsoft issued 13 advisories covering 26 vulnerabilities in Windows and Office . Updates are available through the usual channels. MS10-003 : Vulnerability in Microsoft Office (MSO) Could Allow Remote Code

Microsoft says Windows 7 battery warnings are a feature, not a bug - TechFlash
In other words, someone who upgraded their machine to Windows 7 from Windows Vista or Windows XP wouldn’t have previously seen the alert. The Windows chief gives extensive background and context, and his full post is worth reading , particularly if

The latest head-to-head comparison between Windows virtualization - ZDNet Blogs
The study looked at the two main virtualization solutions on the market, as well as both 32-bit and 64-bit performance of Windows XP and Windows 7 in the virtual machines. The authors were quick to point out that this is a performance anaysis, not a

Microsoft Says Battery Woes Not Caused By Windows 7 - YAHOO!
Battery problems on Windows 7 machines are not caused by the operating system. That’s the position of Stephen Sinofsky, head of the Windows division, in a long posting Monday on the Windows engineering blog. “At this time,” he wrote, “we have no