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As it gears up to start testing a new version of its product, Redmond says it's tired of letting Marc Benioff's Salesforce.com own the conversation.
Despite longtime diagnoses that antivirus software is doomed, security will become a service for mobile devices, experts predict.
Along with the security fixes, Firefox 3.6.9 gets a new feature to help Web developers reduce clickjacking risks. Also: Chrome 6 gets bug fixes.
Survey finds China, Brazil, India, and the U.S. at top of list of countries with the most cybercrime victims.
A tweet by designer Dustin Curtis suggests that a Twitter employee has confirmed to him that, at any given moment, teen phenomenon Justin Bieber uses 3 percent of Twitter's infrastructure.
Trend Micro revamps its consumer-protection suites by wagering heavily on cloud-based protection, creating security suites that the company claims are faster at detection and lighter on system resources.
No, really. Students getting a minor in pop culture will be learning about the walking dead and how they are represented in various types of media.
A new audio data API, default hardware acceleration, and a return of some menu options that had been missing in previous betas are the keystones to Firefox 4 beta 5.
A woman is heartbroken after splitting with her lover. So she takes to YouTube and pours out her woes. Moved by her performances, her lover returns.
Using two grids of 16 microelectrodes implanted atop the brain, Utah researchers are one step closer to enabling paralyzed people to speak via their thoughts.
Philadelphia appeals court rules that no search warrant is needed for police to track Americans' cell phone whereabouts but says individual judges can "sparingly" require one.
Created as part of The Guardian's Music Hack Day, Piracy app lets users "drop" songs from their music collection in physical locations for other users to pick up later.
Apple in "active negotiations" for song samples with rights holders, but some music publishers want Apple to pay. How the negotiations fare could set the mood for negotiations over cloud music.
Google plans to host a search event featuring top executives and engineers Wednesday, and we'll provide live coverage in this post.
Social-networking site plugs a second hole that allowed spammers to automatically post to people's pages.
Computer maker will end sales this month of machines factory-downgraded to older OSes to prepare for an October deadline to halt all shipments of XP.
System software update 3.42 contains features that PS3 owners say patch the exploit used to let console owners play pirated games.
Hewlett-Packard accuses Hurd of breach of contract and potential misappropriation of trade secrets a day after he signs on to become Oracle's co-president.
Jared Cohen, known as a tech evangelist within the State Department, will be joining Google to launch a think tank called Google Ideas.
A bevy of Android devices will ultimately mean that Google's mobile OS will control largely half of the market, according to a Piper Jaffray report.
