With a customer base ranging from consumer to corporate, and multiple platforms to support, Microsoft may release seven different editions of the next Windows OS.
Penn State University recently advised students against the use of IE. A number of small companies interviewed by InformationWeek.com are following suit, citing similar security concerns.
Microsoft on Tuesday released the year's first three security patches to Windows, including two it called "Critical," but did not patch all the vulnerabilities that have surfaced in the last several months.
A vulnerability within Microsoft's Windows Internet Naming Service has been heavily exploited since the last day of 2004, several security organizations reported.
In the first installment of this new series, Rex begins his examination of how C++ has been extended to exploit the Common Language Infrastructure platform.
Before jumping off into .NET, Peter turns to a pair of tried and tested books-Programming Microsoft .NET, by Jeff Prosise and Applied Microsoft .NET Framework Programming, by Jeffrey Richter.
