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Microsoft: stodgy or innovative? It's all about perception

When many people think of Microsoft, they think of a stodgy old corporation churning out boring PC software.

But is that image accurate?

Some analysts say no, and at Thursday's annual Microsoft analyst get-together they urged executives to do more to improve the company's image and to let the wider world know that it is developing great new products and services.

| News | Operating systems | Software | 07/25/08 at 5:08 pm |

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Microsoft gives Apache cash to promote open source

Microsoft on Friday expanded its support for the open-source community by donating cash to the Apache Software Foundation.

| News | Open Source | Software | 07/25/08 at 5:04 pm |

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AdaptiveMobile sees Sharp Rise in Volume of Mobile Network Virus Attacks

AdaptiveMobile today recommended to mobile operators that they step-up security for their subscribers, as they witness a steady rise in attacks. Recent analysis of data from AdaptiveMobile’s mobile operator customers suggests that two virus variants – CommWarrior and Beselo – are causing particular damage. While CommWarrior only affects Nokia Series 60 phones, Beselo attacks all smartphones, spreading via Bluetooth and MMS as a Symbian SIS installation file and is growing at four times the rate of CommWarrior.


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Open Web Foundation formed

The Open Web Foundation, a non-profit organization intended to help create an "Open Web," was announced Thursday at the O'Reilly Open Source Conference (OSCON) in Portland, Ore. Specifically, the organization is dedicated to the development and protection of non-proprietary specifications for Web technologies. The effort was announced by David Recordon of blogging tools maker Six Apart.

| News | Business | Tech & society | 07/25/08 at 1:08 pm |

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