March 2, 2018 / 2:48 AM / Updated 23 minutes ago

BRIEF-Microsoft announces new updates to protect against Spectre and Meltdown

March 1 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp:

* MICROSOFT SAYS UPDATE ON SPECTRE AND MELTDOWN SECURITY UPDATES FOR WINDOWS DEVICES

* MICROSOFT SAYS WILL MAKE AVAILABLE INTEL MICROCODE UPDATES, THROUGH THE MICROSOFT UPDATE CATALOG Source: bit.ly/2t5QV0z Further company coverage: