Gregg Keizer

Microsoft Corp. has advised Windows users not to use Safari for Web browsing until either Apple or Microsoft releases a security patch. Apple has nothing to say for now.

European regulators who are investigating allegations Microsoft has abused its market-leading position with Office, welcomed the software company's decision to add support for Open Document Format and PDF next year. But its investigation still continues

The Asprox botnet has a new executable file that installs as a service called Microsoft Security Center Extension. Find out how it spreads

If you are still on XP, you can upgrade to Service Pack 3 from Windows Update, but it does not install automatically. Read Computerworld

A Malaysian Web site that nailed Vista SP1's release-to-manufacturing (RTM) date last month says the service pack for Microsoft's last OS will arrive in the second half of next month. Plus: Have you signed the SaveXP.ca petition yet?

Microsoft announced in some markets, prices for Vista will drop by as much as 50 per cent. It

Of the nearly 800 IT decision-makers polled by CDW Corp., 49 per cent cited security features as the benefit of most interest to their company, school or government agency

A pair of prerequisite files that modify the latest version of Windows' install components is temporarily shut down, but the company has yet to offer a fix for users. And for some, this is not a new problem