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  • 28 March 2006

  • News: User trends drove Microsoft to Windows Live

    Customers' changing expectations are behind Microsoft's decision to offer some of its applications over the web in the form of free services supported by advertising, a company executive said yesterday.

  • News: Sites let users find and report phishing

    Security vendors are launching two sites aimed at helping people report and avoid phishing attacks.

  • News: Walkman details appear online

    Sony declined to offer an immediate comment today after images and other details of a purported new series of Walkman digital music players appeared on the internet.

  • Opinion: Protect IE and Windows from hackers

    Microsoft has fixed a nasty Windows security hole that could hand control of your computer to an attacker. The patch offers welcome relief, because dozens of exploits for this vulnerability have been in circulation for weeks.

  • 27 March 2006

  • News: Microsoft tests fix for IE bug

    A recently identified Internet Explorer security hole is now being exploited and Microsoft hopes to include a fix for it in its 11 April patch or maybe even earlier, according to a posting on a Microsoft blog.

  • Opinion: Save time and money, the easy way

    Want to burn CDs efficiently and stop paper jams the frugal way? We can help.

  • News: Russian eBay gangsters rumbled

    The online auction site eBay has helped to shut down a Russian website that was offering to sell stolen customer account information for as little as $5 a time.

  • News: Microsoft appeals against Korea antitrust ruling

    Microsoft has filed an appeal to the Seoul High Court in South Korea, seeking to reverse a decision by the country's antitrust regulators that included an order to offer versions of its popular Windows OS without its Media Player and Instant Messenger software.

  • News: Apple should copy Microsoft on security

    Microsoft's public face of security is offering Apple some friendly advice: be more like Microsoft.

  • News: Vista suffers more delays

    Further setbacks in the release schedule for Windows Vista revealed last week hint that problems with launching the OS may be broader than Microsoft has admitted.

  • 26 March 2006

  • Opinion: Security preferences

    Haol (on the PC Advisor forums) asks: I have been reading your blog and I see that you have worked for some very large companies. What I wanted to know is what antivirus and firewalls do you see on most networks? Also do you think Windows Vista will be a solid OS? Finally, have you worked with any hackers?

  • News: Analysis: software leads fight against crime

    The cornerstone IT system used by all UK police forces is the Police National Computer, created in 1974.

  • 25 March 2006

  • Opinion: Government response?

    Adrian Kennedy asks: as I'm a keen (obsessive) watcher of everything to do with security on my PC, I was just wondering if it annoys you that more is not done by the goverments and leading manufacturers in the IT industry.

  • News: Database shows police what's on file

    When Danielle Moorcroft, a 21-year-old pregnant heroin addict, was found bludgeoned to death in June 2002 in Bolton, the police knew that finding her killer would not be easy.

  • Opinion: You want reviews, we got reviews…

    Normally I like to use this column as a launchpad to explore various facets of the IT landscape, provided I can magic up a tenuous link to the products reviewed in the magazine. But this month my thought processes have become rather muddled.

  • 24 March 2006

  • News: Police deploy palm print database

    Police in England and Wales have completed deployment of a searchable palm-print identification system that over the past two weeks has already matched hundreds of prints with potential suspects.

  • Opinion: Filesharing in home network

    C Murdoch asks: I have a small home network set up with XP pro. My network is a workgroup not a domain. The network consists of an ADSL D-link 504 router, two desktop PCs and a wireless access point. One notebook and a PSP gamepad connect to the network via the access point.

  • News: Office consumer editions to be late

    The delay in Windows Vista will affect the next version of Office too. Microsoft said yesterday it will put off the consumer release of Office 2007 so it is in line with the new release schedule for Vista.

  • News: US government backs Apple against France

    The US government has taken Apple's side, condemning France's move to legislate for interoperable copy protection technologies.

  • News: Four indicted in Nigerian email scam

    Four people have been indicted and could face 30 years in prison for a variation on a popular scam in which email senders claim they're trying to transfer money out of Nigeria.

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