A Sydney, Australia-based journalist, Michael Lee covers a gamut of news in the technology space including information security, state Government initiatives, and local startups.
A seamless Microsoft remote desktop experience between your Windows Phone and Windows desktop? It isn't happening.
Electrical devices used to more quickly and accurately diagnose heart attacks and strokes may come into trial in 2015, with a lecturer at the University of Sydney being awarded a $100,000 grant from Microsoft to fast track his research.
Microsoft is urging administrators to patch their machines after it discovered a vulnerability that could allow hackers to take complete control of PCs running Windows and potentially pave the way for the next Conficker worm or worse.
Although Microsoft struck a massive blow at the Kelihos/Hlux botnet last year, Microsoft's ally in the strike, Kaspersky Labs, has now found new variants of the Kelihos bots, calling into question whether the operation was effective.
The man viewed by many as instrumental in guiding the fate of Windows, Steven Sinofsky, has decided to try his hand in the VC industry, joining Andreessen Horowitz's board.
Microsoft has accused a former employee of a Russian antivirus firm of being responsible for operating the Kelihos botnet.
Microsoft is now on the hunt for a new CIO after Tony Scott resigned to follow up on his own personal projects.
Microsoft's Patch Tuesday has neutered a number of critical vulnerabilities, but Google has pointed out that there is still one hole currently being exploited in the wild.
Microsoft is set to pay over US$1 billion to purchase enterprise social network firm Yammer, according to a report.
The increasing rate of change in IT, and the proliferation of devices such as smartphones and tablets, has meant that developers and system architects need to rethink how they approach security, access and control, according to Microsoft chief technical officer services Norm Judah.