Microsoft sues over source code theft. Ouch a GE laptop theft exposes 50,000 employee's data. Microsoft has rushed out a critical fix.

The company is breaking with its monthly patch cycle to fix a flaw that cybercrooks have been using to attack Windows PCs via Internet Explorer. Malicious software can be loaded, unbeknownst to the user, onto a vulnerable Windows PC when the user clicks on a malicious link on a Web site or in an e-mail message.