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  • Ex-MS security guru to dump Media Center for Linux?

    Veteran Microsoft security expert, Jesper Johansson, says he may dump Microsoft's Windows Media Center in favour of Ubuntu-affiliated LinuxMCE after struggling with DRM (Digital Rights Management) software.

  • Did Microsoft get lucky in Europe?

    The European Commission has refused to sanction Microsoft's release of Vista in Europe, but several members of the European Parliament are relieved that the product apparently wasn't blocked completely.

  • Security a work in progress for Microsoft

    Two years after Chairman Bill Gates called on Microsoft to redouble its efforts to secure its software, the company is beginning to make progress, according to customers--but much work remains.

  • VoIP vulnerability woes not over for MS

    Microsoft is still investigating which of its products are vulnerable to a bug in its implementation of the H.323 Voice over IP (VoIP) standard.

  • Are monthly MS security patches helping?

    Microsoft will release a series of security patches tomorrow in line with its new policy of releasing security fixes on a monthly schedule.

Features and Case Studies (3)

  • Sober.d prevention and cure

    What appears to be yet another Microsoft security patch for the MyDoom worm is actually a computer virus. Sober.d (w32.sober.d@mm, also known as Roca.a) is the fourth member of the Sober mass-mailing virus family written in Visual Basic.

  • Security a work in progress for Microsoft

    Two years after Chairman Bill Gates called on Microsoft to redouble its efforts to secure its software, the company is beginning to make progress, according to customers--but much work remains.

  • VoIP vulnerability woes not over for MS

    Microsoft is still investigating which of its products are vulnerable to a bug in its implementation of the H.323 Voice over IP (VoIP) standard.

Reviews (1)

  • MS: Secure computing is still a decade away

    COMMENTARY--One year ago, Bill Gates challenged his Microsoft troops to make the company's products more trustworthy. What's been accomplished? A bit. What still needs to be done? A lot.

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