Computerworld - Microsoft today warned of a critical vulnerability in Internet Explorer that is already being exploited by hackers, the second such admission in the last two months. Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) and its 2006 successor, IE7, contain a ...

The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has awarded the 2009 A.M. Turing Award to Charles P. Thacker, for his work in pioneering the networked personal computer. In 1974 , while at the Xerox PARC (Palo Alto Research Center), Thacker built a ...

Computerworld - Microsoft fixed eight flaws in Windows and Office today, but passed on patching one Windows component because it cannot be automatically updated. The eight bugs patched today were far from the near-record 26 that Microsoft fixed last ...

Computerworld - Microsoft told Windows XP users today not to press the F1 key when prompted by a Web site, as part of its reaction to an unpatched vulnerability that hackers could exploit to hijack PCs running Internet Explorer (IE). In a security ...

Computerworld - Apple's iPad will fly out of stores when it goes on sale in four weeks, and will build momentum through the back-to-school and into the holiday selling seasons, analysts said today. "I expect a surge going out the door," said Ezra ...

Google may be considering pulling out of China because of Chinese governmental censorship, but over at Microsoft, it's full speed ahead. Zhang Yaqin, head of Microsoft's Chinese R ...

It seems obvious that the upcoming Apple iPad is a computer, but many people -- both Apple supporters and haters -- seem to feel passionately that it's not a computer. So what is ...

The Association for Computing Machinery has awarded the 2009 A.M. Turing Award to Charles P. Thacker, for his work in pioneering the networked personal computer.

AT&T's foray into Android phones seems almost like it is a marketing campaign for Apple's iPhone. It certainly doesn't seem to be very friendly to Google, anyway. Last week, it ...

Computerworld - In an effort to curb rising resistance in Congress to a new NASA strategy , President Barack Obama will hold a summit next month to explain his vision for America's future in space. The summit will be held on April 15 at an as-yet ...