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Do Small Devices Equal Big Threat?
Is that cell phone a Trojan horse? It might be, according to a recently released report, “How to Tackle the Threat From Portable Storage Devices,” by The Gartner Group discussing the security risks associated with the proliferation of small USB- and Firewire-enabled electronics and peripherals. As as the cost of RAM chips and hard drives…
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Analysts: Ballmer’s Pep Talk Underrates Linux
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s annual e-mail update to the Microsoft troops revealed much about the Redmond, Wash., giant’s views on Linux and its other operating-system competition. In turn, we asked analysts and Linux leaders what they thought of Ballmer’s latest Linux comments. In the memo, Ballmer wrote, “We are effectively using independent studies by Forrester…
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Microsoft Short on Specifics to IE Questions
Internet Explorer users continued to hammer Microsoft with questions about the Web browser’s security during an online discussion Thursday, but they also sought answers about IE’s future support for Web standards and new features. The Redmond, Wash., software maker hosted a public chat with IE’s product and development team on its Windows XP Expert Zone…
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IE Exploit Attacks Another Piece of ActiveX
Using Internet Explorer hasn’t gotten any safer in the past few days as a Dutch security hacker, Jelmer Kuperus, pointed out yet another unblocked security problem in the popular Web browser. The latest exploit, an attack on a Windows ActiveX component called Shell.Application, is similar to the Download.Ject attack, also called JS.Scob.Trojan. In that exploit,…
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Users Balk at Software Assurance
Microsoft is facing pushback from volume licensees whose three-year Licensing 6.0 and Software Assurance plans are about to expire. Many of the Redmond, Wash., company’s volume license customers, whose contracts have expired or are set to expire, are questioning the value they got from the programs and whether they should renew. At the same time,…
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Enterprises Slow to Dump IE
The calls to dump Internet Explorer may be getting louder, but they are falling largely on deaf ears among enterprise users. IT managers and users say that while the rash of security flaws associated with IE has drawn new attention to its vulnerabilities and has led some individuals to switch browsers, enterprises are reluctant to…
