There is chatter going on that we will withdraw the plans to deploy IE 7 through Automatic Update. I am in Redmond at the moment and talked to the IE 7 team. At the moment it is planned to release IE 7 to Web this month and it will be on AU after this...

I am usually not writing here about other companies (especially competition) but I could not resist here - even though I will not comment too far. Apple shipped a virus with the Windows software of their iPod - sh.. happens. But now, look at their...

Cool stuff: We just announced that we will add Group Policy support for WPA2 on Windows XP SP2. Wireless gets more and more secure. Read the Advisory: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/917021.mspx Roger

Failing to protect customer privacy can lead to an erosion of trust. Over the last several years, Microsoft has established extensive internal guidelines for developers that help them protect customer privacy, give them a view into customer expectations...

Very interesting article about Restore Point Forensics in Windows XP http://windowsir.blogspot.com/2006/10/restore-point-forensics.html -Urs

We heard a lot of statements regarding our Kernal Patch Protection technology. There are companies at the moment investing a lot of engery in spreading myths that are simply wrong. Now it is time to clean up and answer this. Stepto published an excellent...

Our IE team just posted the message to their blog that IE7 will be released on XP this month. Therefore it would make a lot of sense for you to get ready - especially everything that is Internet facing was to work as we will release IE 7 through Microsoft...

I know that you know that Jesper has been with Microsoft. But I want to share his view with you anyway on the whole McAfee, Symantec discussion: http://msinfluentials.com/blogs/jesper/archive/2006/10/04/Security-Vendors_3A00_-Microsoft-is-making-Vista...

That's really cool: We start to package all those cool tools we aquired over the last few months into one package for Vista (available under Software Assurance only). Have a look at this announcement in the Vista blog: http://blogs.technet.com/windowsvista...

I knew that I had another post today, as I awaited release of IE 7 today. I did a little research before I did this post and what I liked was from the California Astrology Association. I quote from here: http://www.calastrology.com/lucky7.html Those...

I just wanted to inform you that the distribution of the Security Updates is delayed. According to the MSRC Blog: Due to some network issues experienced on the Microsoft Update platform, the October security updates released today are not yet currently...

No, I am not bored but at the moment I am finding quite some interesting information.... There was some analysis going on within Microsoft (by Jeff Jones) regarding vulnerabilities. If you want to have a detailed look at the data, go to Jeff's blog...

Really exciting news: Windows Defender was released to web today! It is available for consumers in German, English, and Japanese. Additional languages will follow soon. You can get it here: http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software...

IE 7 hit just the web and the first claims of a vulnerability appeared. It is actually true that there is a vulnerability but not in IE 7 but in the underlying Outlook Express. For more information, please read Christopher Budd's statement in the MSRC...

I am in Redmond at the moment and I am unable to follow any discussions in Swiss news but I just saw this article in Sonntagszeitung http://www.sonntagszeitung.ch/dyn/news/multimedia/674264.html (sorry for the French speaking colleagues but it is in German...