Microsoft's latest operating system, Windows 7, is currently shipping with a potentially serious defect. Ahead of the product's global launch on Thursday, Germany's federal IT security agency (BSI) has issued a warning about a high-risk vulnerability in the SMB2 protocol. This can be exploited over the network to shut down a computer with a Denial of Service (DoS) attack.
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Google bets on ARM to kill both Intel and Microsoft?
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To accelerate the process of getting more people using Chrome OS and getting them using Google online services, information is coming to light from our industry sources that indicates Google may very well plan to battle Intel and Microsoft on 2 separate fronts to win the OS, browser and services wars.
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Mozilla says Microsoft browser malware can Firefox off
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Odd isn't it, how Microsoft kicked up a fuss when Google announced the Chrome plugin for Internet Explorer on the grounds that it could make the browser more insecure. Indeed, it went as far as to suggest that it doubled the potential surface area for malware and scripted attacks. Yet, amazingly, Microsoft sees no such problem with installing a plugin into the Firefox browser.
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Final Bilski Briefs Filed - Microsoft, Google, FFII, ABA, etc.
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More intriguing Bilski briefs filed. The door is shut now, so there will be no more, I gather. Both the ABA and Patently O have them all listed, and the latter includes a helpful brief blurb giving an outline of the theme of each. So read them all if you wish.
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Microsoft Accused of Blocking GNU/Linux Users
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Portuguese Web site accuses Microsoft which is denying GNU/Linux users access to sites; Microsoft takes VBA support away from Mac users
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Microsoft Continues to Snub ODF (and Why Microsoft is Losing This Battle)
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Office 2010 Starter Edition said not to support ODF but it helps OpenOffice.org adoption; Microsoft ecosystem raises issues with ODF
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Stereotype of Copying the Competition
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Mono rides the tail of Git, not just Microsoft, and the impact on its overall image is not positive
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Why Aren't Mozilla and Opera Vocal About Microsoft's EU Settlement Offer?
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Opponents of that proposal, including Mozilla and Opera, have criticized the fact that the ballot screen is found within Internet Explorer, which is still bundled with Windows, and the fact that any alternative browser must be downloaded, which many users will be too lazy to do. So why are Mozilla and Opera being so reticent in the wake of the European announcement?
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Stallman slams Microsoft's Codeplex Foundation
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It may come as no surprise to some that GNU founder Richard Stallman has launched a stinging attack on Microsoft's open source motives with its Codeplex Foundation
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European Commission Still Protects Microsoft Lobbyists
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The European Commission insists on not talking about or revealing the influence of Microsoft's panel provocateurs
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De Icaza makes light of Microsoft bid to sell anti-Linux patents
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Novell vice-president Miguel de Icaza has dismissed Microsoft's bid to sell patents that could be used to attack Linux, saying it was not a problem as the patents were now in good hands.
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Microsoft and Red Hat consummate virualization vows
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Microsoft and Red Hat have now consummated vows to love and cherish each other's operating systems on their corresponding hypervisors. The interoperability pact was inked in February of this year, leading the companies to "synchronize testing" in counterpart validation programs over the months.
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Microsoft Wins Free Software-Hostile Deal in Europe, Its Front Group ACT Pleased
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By pushing law-enforcing action to the end of term, Microsoft has successfully bamboozled the Commission
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Microsoft Still Creates Barriers to ODF
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OpenDocument Format (ODF) suffers more interferences and interruptions from Microsoft and its followers
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Breaking the dependency on proprietary software: A call to nonprofits to refuse Microsoft Windows 7
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The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today launched the next stage of its "Windows 7 Sins" campaign at http://windows7sins.org, making the case against Microsoft and proprietary software by writing to 500 leaders of the most influential nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) worldwide, asking them to make the switch to freedom-respecting free software, and to help foster awareness of the ethical impor
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