Security rivals' reaction to word that Microsoft will make changes in Windows Vista to allay competitive concerns: We'll believe it when we see it.
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The firewall in Windows Vista will, by default, have half its protection turned off because that is what enterprise customers have requested, according to the software giant.
When Microsoft updated Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2) in August 2004, for the first time Windows included a firewall that was switched on by default.
Gartner has criticised Sony for using rootkit technology to hide its Digital Rights Management (DRM) tool, which the analyst group said meets both the 'formal and informal definitions of spyware', and is 'unacceptable' behaviour.
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