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Microsoft admits to Vista flaw
Microsoft is investigating a security vulnerability which affects Vista, its newly launched operating system. Read more »
Microsoft to deliver patches by the dozen
Microsoft on Tuesday plans to release a dozen security bulletins, including a "critical" one for its own anti-spyware and other security products. Read more »
Minor issues surface after IE 7 launch
Reports of a security bug are flawed, Microsoft says. However, there are some compatibility woes and Microsoft servers are buckling under high IE 7 demand. Read more »
Microsoft: Sorry for OneCare fiasco
Microsoft Australia has apologised to users who have lost their entire Outlook and Outlook Express e-mail archives due to a flaw in Windows Live OneCare. Read more »
Microsoft exec labels XP hack 'frightening'
"Enlightening and frightening" was the phrase used by a Microsoft executive to describe a hacking demonstration on a Windows XP system by two British e-crime specialists. Read more »
Microsoft blames users for OneCare fiasco
In an interview with Munir Kotadia, the software giant denies Windows Live OneCare automatically deleted quarantined e-mail files, contrary to users' claims. Read more »
Apple plugs eight QuickTime holes
Apple on Monday released updates to its QuickTime media player software to repair eight serious security vulnerabilities. Read more »
Harvard University researcher punished for finding bugs
French security expert Guillaume Tena has lost an appeal and been fined in a closely watched case which could have widespread ramifications for the way security researchers publish information about flaws in products. Read more »
Antivirus insecurity at Black Hat confab
Experts are warning that the popularity of antivirus software could turn the defensive measure into a security risk. Read more »
Code to exploit Windows graphics flaw now public
A sample program hit the Internet on Wednesday, showing by example how malicious coders could compromise Windows computers by using a flaw in the handling of a widespread graphics format by Microsoft's software. Read more »
Features (3)
Gosling looks down Sun's open road
James Gosling discusses Sun's decision to release Java under the General Public License, whether open source is more secure than proprietary software, how IT departments can cut development costs, and why Microsoft still owns the desktop. Read more »
Open, closed source security about equal?
Proprietary programs should mathematically be as secure as those developed under the open-source model, a Cambridge University researcher argued in a paper presented in Toulouse, France. Read more »
Windows XP SP2 -- test your applications
Learn about the plethora of security enhancements included in Windows XP Service Pack 2, as well as how these security features could impair the functionality of some applications. Read more »
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Social news start-up Streem shuts downSydney social news start-up Streem will shut down this afternoon, according to a heartfelt notice posted on the site this morning by its founder Elgar Welch. Read more »
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Space pr0n, patent karma and Yang out -- Club Builder
On Club Builder this week: how NASA plans to get the Internet into space, Jerry Yang is out the door at Yahoo and Brendan Eich discusses javascript engine competition.