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Adobe investigating zero-day bug in Flash

Researchers on Wednesday said they have uncovered attacks in the wild in which malicious Acrobat PDF files are exploiting a vulnerability in Flash and dropping a Trojan onto computers. Read more »

Windows 7 security enhancements

Windows 7 makes remote connectivity to corporate networks seamless, protects data on thumb drives, and offers fewer user account control prompts to bug users compared to Vista, Microsoft said on Monday. Read more »

'Less secure' Windows 7 gets some changes

In a reversal, Microsoft said on Thursday that it will make changes to the way a controversial security feature works in Windows 7. Read more »

Windows 7 beta: We like it

Windows 7 will be one of Microsoft's greatest operating systems, if it fulfils the promise shown by the unofficial beta version we have been testing for the past couple of days. Read more »

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Microsoft admits Vista UAC prompts 'need work'

Scott Charney, head of Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing division, admitted this week that Windows Vista's User Account Control (UAC) prompts are not intuitive and confuse users. Read more »

Has Windows Vista's UAC feature failed Microsoft?

Experts agree that Microsoft's Windows Vista is relatively well-protected but its security features — such as User Account Control (UAC) — have been highlighted by security experts as one reason why the operating system is far less popular than its predecessor, Windows XP. Read more »

Vista gets snubbed for XP by Windows developers

A new survey has found that an overwhelming majority of developers writing applications for Windows are ignoring Vista in favour of XP or older versions of the Microsoft operating system. Read more »

Tool shoves 'annoying' Vista security feature aside

Software developers claim they have created a tool to bypass User Account Control — an "annoying" security feature in Windows Vista, according to Microsoft executives. Read more »

Microsoft: Vista UAC designed to 'annoy users'

A Microsoft manager has said one of the security features in Vista was deliberately designed to "annoy users" in order to put pressure on third-party software makers to make their applications more secure. Read more »

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Microsoft: All operating systems should use Vista's UAC security

Microsoft Australia has defended the company's User Account Control (UAC) system as being "misunderstood" Read more »

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Configuring explicit Run As on Windows Server 2008

User Account Control changes how shell interactions are controlled by default. Bringing back the Run As functionality that we have become accustomed to is straightforward. Read more »

Kicking the tyres with Perfmon in Windows Server 2008

Over the years, there have been very few changes in how we measure Windows performance. Windows Server 2008's implementation of the Windows Reliability And Performance Monitor introduces new features to the venerable Perfmon tool. Read more »

Windows Vista RC1 reviewed

Windows Vista RC1 (build 5564) should mark the final stretch for Microsoft's new operating system, but don't be surprised if Microsoft issues one more public release candidate before making Windows Vista final. Read more »

What's new in Windows Vista?

Don't want to take Windows Vista for a test drive until you know what it has to offer? Join Windows expert Deb Shinder for a visual tour of Beta 2 as she points out some of the more dramatic changes and shares her impressions of the new OS. Read more »

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Microsoft shows off IE9 preview

This week, highlights from Microsoft's MIX10 conference and more in the Roundup. Read more »

-- posted by Staff
IE9's H.264 vote killed Ogg

In a split decision by the judges, the winner of the W3C/WHATWG video codec consensus is H.264, taking home the future of video playback on the internet while loser Ogg goes home with nothing but thoughts of what might have been. Read more »

-- posted by Chris Duckett
Google launches Apps Marketplace

Google launches and app store, while Mozilla plans to re-write its open-source license. More of this week's news in the Roundup. Read more »

-- posted by Staff