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Vista more secure than OSX?
Dino Dai Zovi, the New York-based security researcher who took home $10,000 in a highly-publicized MacBook Pro hijack on April 20, has stated in an interview that he thinks Vista is more secure than OSX. From your research on both platforms, is there a winner between Mac OS X…
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Vista weaknesses to be exposed
Respected security researcher Joanna Rutkowska promises to reveal new rootkit techniques for Vista, and ways to defeat it’s BitLocker drive encryption. On her blog she notes there will be a training session for “legitimate companies” during the Black Hat…
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Windows Home Server Beta/CTP Preview
Back in January, I posted a preview of Microsoft’s Windows Home Server, a product that should send shivers of delight down the spine of any home computing enthusiast. Windows Home Server, or WHS, is the product we’ve been waiting for quite a long time, and then…
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Windows XP to be retired in 2008
Windows XP will stop being available on new PCs from the end of January 2008. Microsoft is keeping to a plan to stop selling the operating system even though surveys show a lukewarm response to Windows Vista among consumers. A poll by US market research firm Harris Interactive…
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Microsoft Gives 34 Schools $25,000 Computer Lab Makeovers
Ultimate Windows Vista Celebration Sweepstakes winners from 25 states each receive 20 new computers equipped with educational software. Thousands of students in 34 schools across the nation will have the opportunity to explore the new Windows Vista™ operating system for the…
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Microsoft attacks Google on copyright
Microsoft on Tuesday launches a fierce attack on Google over its “cavalier” approach to copyright, accusing the internet company of exploiting books, music, films and television programmes without permission. Tom Rubin, associate general counsel for Microsoft, will say in a…
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Microsoft Donates to Katrina Rebuilding
NEW ORLEANS — Feb. 26, 2007 — The Gulf Coast region’s economic revitalization after Hurricane Katrina was boosted by an announcement today by Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer of $1.7 million in donations of cash, software and specialized curriculum to several nonprofit…
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How To: Slipstream your XP installation
Think of how you treat a brand-new car: You cherish and pamper it at first. You even give up your Sunday afternoons to wash and wax it by hand. Your heart skips a beat whenever you see that gleaming steel beast waiting for you in the parking lot. A newly installed version of…
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Apple’s Windows applications aren’t ready for Vista
News that iTunes for Windows isn’t yet ready for Microsoft’s new operating system emerged earlier this week, with Apple warning PC folk to hold off on a Vista upgrade pending the release of updates. Today’s tech support document names a range of additional…
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Vista upgrade invalidates your XP key
If you choose to purchase an upgrade version of Windows Vista to upgrade XP, you will no longer be able to use that version of XP. Either on another system, or as a dual-boot option. The key will be invalidated, preventing activation. View: Full Story @ TomCoyote.org