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Cyber-criminals are continuously switching tactics, even going offline to work the phones, to trick users into a scam. Users hand over credit card information or download malware thinking they are actually fixing a security problem, said security researchers. In the antivirus cold-calling scam, call centers...

Norton on Wednesday announced its 2011 versions of its Norton Internet Security suite and Norton Antivirus software. Norton also announced a new application–Norton Power Eraser–that is designed to remove the increasingly common fake antivirus malware. New features for Norton’s 2011 product...

Microsoft has decided to give every one of its employees a free smartphone running Windows 7 Phone, which could put the reported 10,000 iPhone users at Redmond in a quandary: which handset to use? The decision, which emerged from via the usual social media channels from the company’s Microsoft Global...

Everyone is still reeling from the recession, and cash is tight–not, perhaps, the best time for Microsoft to launch a new version of its ubiquitous Office productivity suite. Nevertheless, with Office 2010, Microsoft continues to refine the dramatic overhaul that it began with the 2007 editions, while...