Here's an article from O'Reilly Network about the Macintosh Lab at Microsoft. Two articles in one day about Microsoft? Say it isn't so. :)
read moreTrust and Microsoft security
Which would you rather trust: A coallition of volunteers and companies who work their asses off to fix security issues and bugs as they become available, or a single company that admits to hiding vulnerability details so they have more time to fix them. I know the crackers and script …
read moreScrew the Knowledgebase, just have one entry: FFR
A Microsoft executive has come out with what he thinks is the only solution to completely rid onesself of Spyware: FDISK, Format, and Reload.
Mike Danseglio, program manager in the Security Solutions group at Microsoft, had this startling statement at the InfoSec World conference, according to eWeek, ?When you are …
read moreDRM requires more battery power
Interesting to note that playing Digital Restriction Managed (DRM) content on portable devices can suck the batteries quicker than normal media. (article here). So, now you know that DRM can cost you in more direct ways than you may have realized.
read moreSolaris just isn't Solaris without the GNU patch disk
If you've ever used Solaris, I think you'll relate to the GNU Patch Disk. When will Sun ship Solaris with some non-brain-dead utilities? C'mon, folks, these limitations have been routed around for over a decade.
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