Category: microsoft
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Windows Security
I see that Microsoft's new OS, Vista, has a <a href="http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,21488395%5E15306,00.html">large security vulnerability</a> dealing with of all things the animated cursor. I thought that Vista was supposed to be so secure that we didn't have to worry about such things. <br />n<br />nIt appears that this vulnerability not only affects Vista, but it affects XP…
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New Offering
I find it interesting that it is being reported that Dell might be thinking about offering their computers with <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070306/tc_nm/dell_linux_dc">Linux installed instead of Windows</a>. I think this is really a positive move for Dell. Linux is so much more robust and stable than Microsoft products that is only makes sense.<br />n<br />nThis idea came…
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Pay As You Play
Microsoft has a new idea. Instead of selling you a copy of Windows to run your computer, they want you to <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=31850">rent a copy</a> and keep making you pay for it over and over again. This is supposed to help the poorer people access computers.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Microsoft has been reluctant to lower the price…
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Memory Hog
I hope you have lots of memory in your computer if you plan on upgrading to Microsoft's new system Vista when it comes out.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=30128">Vista set to swallow 800MB of RAM </a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A chap who managed to sneak a peek at the Vole's internal beta version 2 of Windows 53xx informed us…