Gregg Keizer

Hackers are using Windows shortcut files in conjunction with the Stuxnet malware, according to Microsoft Corp. A Sophos official warns users of USB flash drives

Falling in love with features touted in leaked slides likely to end in heartbreak, according to Directions on Microsoft analyst Michael Cherry. He added that the beginning of the development cycle features a wide range of ideas that end up being scrapped before final release

Software company fixes 17 flaws in Reader and Acrobat, and in the process gets kudos for the rush job rn

Google defends Web apps support as war of words continues. A spokesperson for the search giant said that there are resellers who provide higher levels of support, including end-user support, for Google Apps

Slate-style devices will outsell netbooks by 2012, Forrester forecasts. Another firm, DisplaySearch, offered up even short-term estimates in the tablet-versus-netbook battle

The upgrade went smoothly, if somewhat slowly, for most. Some users complained that back-ups of their iPhones were taking much longer than usual

The company added a third Trojan signature to baked-in antivirus scanning. It is the first update to Snow Leopard's malware scanning feature in 10 months

The Help Center flaw is Microsoft's eighth zero-day this year. The company said it has seen no active in-the-wild attacks exploiting the vulnerability