The security mechanism preventing unauthorised software running on ARM-powered Windows RT tablets - such as Microsoft's Surface slabtops - can be easily defeated.The Redmond giant wanted only cryptographically signed executables, ideally those obtained from the official Windows application store, to run on its hardware....

Microsoft’s "experiment in open search", so.cl, is now open to anyone.Launched back in May amidst very little fanfare, so.cl (pronounced "social") was initially offered only to students and billed as an experiment in learning.Redmond has recanted those restrictions, today telling world+dog they’re free to pile in and enjoy...

Microsoft's Surface tablet pricing has been outed by the software giant.Earlier today, Surface pricing was posted on the Microsoft Store online site. Not long after, the page was taken down, seemingly because the pricing information was put up on the site before it was supposed to go live. Based on that screenshot, it...

Following the recent bug  that was discovered in Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7, Internet Explorer 8 and Internet Explorer 9 which makes PC's vulnerable to attack by hackers, the German government advised the public on Tuesday to stop using the browser temporarily.The security flaw, which affects hundreds...

Computer scientists warn that proposed changes in firmware specifications may make it impossible to run “unauthorised” operating systems such as Linux and FreeBSD on PCs.Proposed changes to the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) firmware specifications would mean PCs would only boot from a digitally signed image...