Research firm Gartner is telling corporate folks to wait until 2008 to upgrade from Windows XP to Vista, Microsoft’s new version of Windows that will be available in 2006. According to Gartner: Ignore Vista until 2008 by Colin Barker of … Continue reading
News agencies are falling over backwards trying to find news about flaws, worms, and viruses that attack anything other than Windows systems. They’re having a hard time making these stories meaningful.
Continue readingNews agencies, and in particular CNET News.com, are falling over backwards trying to find news about flaws, worms, and viruses that attack anything other than Windows systems. They’re having a hard time making these stories meaningful, as in most cases … Continue reading
It’s no longer a mini-trend. Windows users are switching to the Mac. Some say it’s due to the success of the iPod; others say it’s due to malware problems with Windows. Analysts are taking note. In the Apple Insider article … Continue reading
Are copy-protected Sony BMG music CDs bad for your computer health? First, the good news: The Sony BMG protection scheme everyone’s upset about has no effect on Mac OS X or Linux systems — the CDs function as ordinary audio … Continue reading
Microsoft not only has plans to enter the anti-virus and security sectors of the software market, but also has plans to offer fee-based security services. This is bad news — simply by entering the security market, Microsoft could stall innovation … Continue reading
Two interesting stories about Microsoft hit the news today, and one wonders if they are related. First, Microsoft has sued 13 spamming operations that use zombie PCs to send out millions of spam. According to CNET News.com, Microsoft takes on … Continue reading
It’s nearly the end of 2005, and Microsoft is still having trouble securing Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003. This time the company actually hurt the ones it loves: power users who’ve tightened the security features of their … Continue reading
Expect Microsoft to issue a security fix for Windows XP after releasing the next version of Windows, called Vista. According to a news report from ZDNet France (“Microsoft confirms next XP service pack“): Microsoft has revealed plans to release a … Continue reading
Internet Explorer is still massively flawed, but if Firefox, the most popular alternative, becomes too popular, won’t it also become more vulnerable to attacks? In Mozilla faces the curse of popularity, ZDNet‘s Dana Blankenhorn rephrases the question: “Is open source … Continue reading