Responding to pressure from corporate users, Microsoft Friday pulled free software from the Web that allowed users sharing Windows PCs to shield information from other users in a private folder.

Microsoft has introduced Private Folder 1.0, free software that lets people store sensitive data on their home or work computers in a password-protected folder. Private Folder 1.0, which is saved to a ...

Your digital files, from photos of your family to your financial records, are likely to be very important to you. So it’s essential that they’re well secured ...