Search giant Google and the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency are investing in a company working to track Web-browsing behavior
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft discloses retail pricing and release plans for Office for Mac 2011
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A Google program manager last week announced the company was changing its software development methodologies to speed up stable releases of the Chrome Web browser.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has adopted a variant of its "responsible disclosure" policy for reporting security flaws in its software, the company announced
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Exploits using Windows XP as an attack vector will grow this year, according to security experts commenting on Microsoft's "Security Intelligence Report Volume 8"
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    After a year of working on security steps to comply with federal government regulations, Google today launched Google Apps for Government
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A council of global IT CIOs, in conjunction with research group Gartner Inc., has released a "code of conduct" for solution vendors on IT maintenance issues.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
    
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    As Adobe Systems applications face increasing security threats, Microsoft is stepping up to lend a helping hand.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    New zEnterprise mainframe and systems architecture lets mainframe, Power, and x86 systems share resources, be managed as single, virtualized system
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Dell is warning many of its customers of potential malware embedded in a set of server motherboards. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Inconsistent metrics have led to inconsistent results
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft issues security advisory about Windows vulnerability associated with shortcut icons on USB drives
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The majority of Internet security threats come from unpatched vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat/Reader and Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft last week released the next version of a free tool that provides upgrade advice for those using the company's flagship software products.