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Microsoft’s Top 10 Milestones for 2005
Some folks seem to think Microsoft was humbled by its legal and technology challenges in 2004. But I disagree. I don’t see a kinder or gentler Microsoft emerging in 2005. More transparent, maybe. Down for the count? Heck, no! After watching the Softies for two decades, I can tell you they are hardly ready to…
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Symantec Patches ‘High Risk’ Flaws
Network security vendor Symantec Corp. has rolled out fixes for three high-risk security holes in its Nexland Firewall appliances. The flaws could put users at risk of security bypass, manipulation of data and denial-of-service attacks, according to an advisory from research outfit Secunia, which rates the vulnerabilities as “highly critical.” Symantec confirmed that the vulnerabilities…
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One-Stop Returning
You’re cleaning away papers that accumulated during the holidays and find a portable CD player that is identical to the one you use every day. It was given to you as a gift and you have no receipt, nor any clue where it was purchased. On a whim, you take the CD player to your…
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eBay to Drop Passport, .Net Support
Auction site eBay announced to members on its Web site Wednesday afternoon that it will drop support for Microsoft’s Passport and .NET Alerts by late January. Users were told that “once this takes place, the Microsoft Passport button that is currently displayed on Sign In pages will be replaced with links to a page with…
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Comair Blames Software Meltdown for Flight Delays
After troubles with its 32-year-old crew-scheduling software spawned huge holiday flight delays, Delta Airlines’ subsidiary Comair resumed its usual flight schedule in the middle of this week. But Comair is now under the glare of an investigation by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). Comair’s problems began on Christmas Day, when the failure of a…
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Microsoft: Single Sign-On Far from Dead
Microsoft on Thursday rushed to put the kibosh on talk that it was abandoning the single sign-on Passport identity management service. But even as company officials insist that Passport “will be around for a long time,” it has become increasingly clear that a series of security-related hiccups has ruined consumer trust in the Web-based tool.…
