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What’s in a name? For Microsoft, there’s an added sense of confidence in its abilities to ward off spyware from users' PCs. It might seem like a cosy, family-run business, but as David Quainton discovers, Next Generation Software has earned a global reputation Enterprises can look forward to cheaper antivirus and anti-spyware software after Microsoft enters the desktop security market next year, industry experts predict. Security researchers with Authentium have found a way to circumvent the Patchguard security technology that Microsoft has built into the 64-bit version of its forthcoming Windows Vista operating system. SurfControl has claimed that it has nothing to fear from Microsoft Vista and that it is “business as usual” for the filtering company. While the largest IT security vendors continue to attack Microsoft on the new kernel patch protection in its Vista operating system, many of their competitors are coming forward to defend the software giant. After several weeks of heated fingerpointing from major security firms about getting locked out of Windows Vista, Microsoft has slightly switched course with two key security features in the soon-to-be-released operating system. Microsoft will sell six different versions of its soon-to-be released Windows Vista operating system. Hackers have created a worm that exploits Microsoft vulnerabilities, including one that was only announced last week. Symantec has reported a number of vulnerabilities in Windows Vista in its third report on the new OS. Although the two companies are partners, Symantec is now in direct competition with Microsoft following the latter's move into the anti-virus space. Mozilla has accepted Microsoft's offer for the two competitors to work together to ensure Mozilla's Firefox web browser and Thunderbird email suite work more seamlessly on Redmond's upcoming Windows Vista operating system (OS). Microsoft has extended an olive branch of sorts to Mozilla Corp., inviting its developers to Redmond to ensure Firefox and email suite Thunderbird will run on its upcoming Vista operating system (OS). Microsoft announced this week the minimum and premium system requirements for the next generation Windows Vista operating system. Though Microsoft has made drastic security improvements within its upcoming Vista operating system, there will be some usability hiccups within its new security features and plenty of room for security developers to sell aftermarket products, the Yankee Group said this week. A team of Gartner analysts predicted this week that Microsoft will not meet its current release schedule for the upcoming Vista operating system. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer let slip today that the company could potentially delay the consumer version of its Windows Vista operating system beyond the projected January launch date. Microsoft made Windows Vista beta 2 available to the wider public today for PC users interested in testing the next generation operating system. Among the new security features in the beta 2 version of Microsoft Vista is a new backend defense against buffer overrun exploits, according to one Microsoft security expert. Microsoft’s chief executive said today that he doesn’t expect a lawsuit filed by Symantec against the software giant to delay next year’s planned release of the Vista operating system. Microsoft’s Windows Vista platform suffered another release delay, as the computing giant announced yesterday that most versions of the OS won’t be made available until next year due to quality control concerns.