Microsoft is contending that the reports circulating of a Black Screen of Death are not due to the security updates the company issued in November. Meanwhile, security vendor Prevx is offering users a solution to fix the problem.The so-called Black Screen of Death condition striking some Windows users is not...

Microsoft is contending that the reports circulating of a Black Screen of Death are not due to the security updates the company issued in November. Meanwhile, security vendor Prevx is offering users a solution to fix the problem.The so-called Black Screen of Death condition striking some Windows users is not...

Network World - After reversing course on Exchange 2007 support, Microsoft now says a third service pack for the messaging server that adds compatibility with Windows Server 2008 R2 will ship in the second half of next year. Pros and cons of Exchange alternatives In addition, Microsoft said it now...

Network World - After reversing course on Exchange 2007 support, Microsoft now says a third service pack for the messaging server that adds compatibility with Windows Server 2008 R2 will ship in the second half of next year. Pros and cons of Exchange alternatives In addition, Microsoft said it now...

Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday it had found no evidence that its recent security updates were causing problems with its new Windows 7 operating system, which some users said left them with a "black screen of death." See full story.

Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday it had found no evidence that its recent security updates were causing problems with its new Windows 7 operating system, which some users said left them with a "black screen of death."

US stocks climbed on Tuesday, sending the Dow Jones industrial average to its highest close for the year, as a weaker dollar boosted commodity prices and shares of raw-material producers.[More...]

There have been plenty of reports circulating claiming that Microsoft's most recent security updates are causing people to experience the so-called Black Screen of Death. Microsoft now claims that those reports are flat-out wrong. U.K.-based security firm Prevx claimed last week that the November 10 Windows security updates changed Access...

There have been plenty of reports circulating claiming that Microsoft's most recent security updates are causing people to experience the so-called Black Screen of Death. Microsoft now claims that those reports are flat-out wrong. U.K.-based security firm Prevx claimed last week that the November 10 Windows security updates changed Access...

Jason Kincaid submits:

The results are in: Bing, Yahoo (YHOO), and Google (GOOG) have all released their top search trends for 2009. We’ve been following them over the last few days, and decided we’d put them side by side to see if any interesting patterns emerged. Note that Bing’s results are US only (and Yahoo’s exclude other English-speaking properties) so we’re including Google’s US results for the most apples-to-apples comparison.

Before we draw any conclusions, it’s important to note that the methods employed are neither consistent between search engines, nor are they scientific to begin with. Aside from the obvious removal of porn and other NSFW related queries, the search engines generally ignore items that are always popular in favor of more timely keywords. I’ve included the methods used by each company below, but the theme here is “really vague”.

Complete Story »

Microsoft has announced support for Ruby on Rails RoR running on the Microsoft Windows Azure cloud platform.Microsoft has announced support for Ruby on Rails RoR running on the Microsoft Windows Azure cloud platform.At Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference PDC, Microsoft played up Windows Azure's capability to support a variety of different...

Microsoft has announced support for Ruby on Rails RoR running on the Microsoft Windows Azure cloud platform.Microsoft has announced support for Ruby on Rails RoR running on the Microsoft Windows Azure cloud platform.At Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference PDC, Microsoft played up Windows Azure's capability to support a variety of different...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Reports that News Corp and Microsoft were in talks for an exclusive deal that would exclude Google are overblown, a source close to the situation said on Tuesday. There had been reports that Rupert Murdoch, chairman and chief executive of News Corp, was considering removing the company's...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Reports that News Corp and Microsoft were in talks for an exclusive deal that would exclude Google are overblown, a source close to the situation said on Tuesday. There had been reports that Rupert Murdoch, chairman and chief executive of News Corp, was considering removing the company's...

Visit StreetInsider.com at http://www.streetinsider.com/news.php?st=p&id=5150359 for the full story.

Microsoft is contending that the Black Screen of Death reports circulating the Web are not due to the security updates the company issued in November. Meanwhile, U.K.-based security vendor Prevx is offering users a solution to fix the problem.The ?Black Screen of Death? condition striking some users of Microsoft Windows...

Customizable Video Player Lets Consumers Adjust Screen Size; Embeddable Video Can be Easily Shared on Facebook and Twitter

Computerworld - Internet Explorer's market share ebbed again last month, a Web measurement firm said today, more proof that Microsoft's release of Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) hasn't stopped desertions to rival browsers. Mozilla's Firefox, Google's Chrome and Opera Software's Opera all posted solid gains, according to Calif.-based Net Applications. Overall,...

Microsoft MSFT has confirmed that it is investigating a problem known as "the black screen of death" which seems to be affecting some Windows users, the BBC reports. The error results in a totally black screen after logging in. The company is looking into reports that the trouble is related...