Software giant makes the unusual step of releasing an “out-of-band” security fix for a flaw in versions 6 and 7 of Internet Explorer, deeming the vulnerability serious enough that it had to act before the next Patch Tuesday.
Microsoft touts ‘defense in depth’ as an effective deterrent after a white hat hacker last week demonstrated a complete takeover of Windows 7 running Internet Explorer 8.
After theft of a portable media device, federal student loan group Educational Credit Management Corp. notifies 3.3 million borrowers that their information is at risk.
Apple is said to be readying a new iPhone due out this summer that will run on Verizon’s CDMA network.
Redesign delivers a much more dynamic representation of the activity on Twitter, which the company wants to know is no longer all about status updates.
