Google and Microsoft fail to patch up security row

Decision to publish details of non-critical flaw in Windows 8.1 before release of fix prompts angry response from Microsoft A war of words has broken out between technology giants after Microsoft accused Google of putting consumers at risk by publicising a vulnerability in its Windows code.The row centres on a fix for a flaw discovered in Windows 8.1 by Google on 13 October and reported to Microsoft. Continue reading...