Microsoft identifies suspected Kelihos botnet author

Software giant accuses a St. Petersburg, Russia, resident of writing malware to control and nurture the botnet, which infected 41,000 computers worldwide.

Source:
http://makin257.livejournal.com/1451843.html

Microsoft Ad Comes Uncomfortably Close to Advocating Sexting

If a man takes a picture of his bare chest and texts it to a female friend does that constitute "sexting"? Tech bloggers have been fiercely debating this question since Microsoft featured just such a sequence in an ad for its new Kin smart phone.The controversy has prompted the software giant to pull the commercial.

Source:
http://theweek.com/article/index/202080/Microsofts_sexting_ad

Did Microsoft Leave the Social Media Space

Microsoft on its part is not in talks.

People feel the software giant has run away from this space and is a big time failure. But wait a min. If you think, MS has actually left the space you are wrong.

Source:
http://socialmedia.globalthoughtz.com/index.php/did-microsoft-leave-the-social-media-space/

OracleSun Acquisition Completed

Oracle announced Wednesday it completed its acquisition of Sun Microsystems in a deal valued at more than $7 billion, a move that transforms the database and business-software giant into a hardware company as well.

Source:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20000019-264.html