The Metro GUI is the most visible representation of Microsoft’s coming operating system. While the release of the tentatively named Windows 8 is still a year away, the company has not been shy about ...

After a week of rampant hacking at the Black Hat and DEF CON security conferences in Las Vegas, one operating system surprisingly escaped unscathed: Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8. It is looking like ...

With Microsoft Windows 8 soon to arrive, aspects of the new operating system related to anti-malware protection and other security features are getting a lot of attention. With Windows 8, Microsoft is ...

Just over a week after the botched CrowdStrike update caused millions of Windows-based machines to crash, Microsoft has published its analysis of the outage. Just over a week after the botched ...

There’s no talk of locking down the Windows kernel just yet, but Microsoft clearly wants to move endpoint security systems out of there. There’s no talk of locking down the Windows kernel just yet, ...

Windows includes several built-in security features designed to protect your data and system. But some of them—like UAC ...

Around 8.5 million devices — less than 1 percent of Windows machines globally — were affected by the recent CrowdStrike outage, according to a Microsoft blog post by David Weston, the company’s vice ...

The planned Sept. 10 event at Microsoft’s Redmond headquarters comes after the massive, unprecedented Windows outage in July caused by a faulty CrowdStrike update. Microsoft said Friday it has ...