Tag: xp
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Microsoft needs a new strategy for its Windows platform
I have Vista installed on this laptop. I haven’t booted up Vista in weeks. Why? Because I installed Ubuntu on another partition and it is so much faster, and more secure (since Microsoft instructed me to remove Norton and then failed to get OneCare to work on this laptop). Many others are eschewing Vista, not…
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Critical vulnerabilities or a clever marketing ploy?
Microsoft released updates for critical vulnerabilities in Windows (2000, XP and 2003). This includes fixes for three vulnerabilities that “criminal hackers are already exploiting” according to Brian Krebs. The patches fix vulnerabilities which can allow remote code execution (it doesn’t come much worse than that!). Personally, I think they are trying to scare people into…