September 1, 2010 1:00 PM PDT
by Bonnie Cha

(Credit:
Bonnie Cha/CNET)

Windows Phone 7 is one step closer to launch, as Microsoft released its revamped mobile operating system for manufacturing on Wednesday.

With most of the internal engineering done, Windows Phone 7 OS RTM is now available to its OEM (original equipment manufacturers) and [...]

September 1, 2010 9:39 AM PDT
by Lance Whitney

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Nearing its first birthday, Microsoft’s
Windows 7 is starting to grab more customers than its predecessor, Vista, according to new stats released Wednesday by Net Applications.
For the month of August, Windows 7 grew to take in a 15.87 percent share of devices accessing the Internet, [...]

August 2, 2010 7:24 AM PDT
by Jonathan E. Skillings

Microsoft on Monday announced pricing and availability for its Office for Mac 2011 software suite.
The version of the Office suite for users of Apple’s
Mac computers is scheduled for release via retail outlets at the end of October, in two editions: Office for Mac [...]

July 29, 2010 6:39 AM PDT
by Lance Whitney

Nintendo reported its first quarterly loss in two years amid sluggish consumer demand and the effects of the rising yen.

(Credit:
Nintendo)

For the first quarter, ended June 30, the gaming company took a net loss of 25.2 billion yen ($289 million), compared with a profit of [...]

July 21, 2010 8:59 AM PDT
by Lance Whitney

New beta of Microsoft's Security Essentials 2.0.
(Credit:
Microsoft)

Microsoft released a beta of the new version of its Security Essentials antimalware software on Tuesday, sporting a few changes and enhancements.
Following version 1.0 of the free Security Essentials released in September, the folks in Redmond outfitted the [...]

June 29, 2010 9:59 AM PDT
by Lance Whitney

McAfee is tapping into the cloud for a new service designed to offer companies real-time malware protection without the need for any local resources.

McAfee said its new SaaS Web Protection, which launched Tuesday, combines the reporting capabilities from its other products with the same [...]

June 14, 2010 8:55 AM PDT
by Lance Whitney

Trend Micro has signed a deal to acquire Humyo, an online storage and file synchronization provider.

As a security company, Trend Micro sees the acquisition as a way to offer its customers secure, cloud-based storage. Humyo provides an online storage center through which people can [...]