Microsoft fixes bug in Windows Live file-sharing service
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| Bug 'accidentally moved' users' files into trash folder
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=software&articleId=9052159&taxonomyId=18&intsrc=kc_top
http://tinyurl.com/398ano
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Microsoft shipped OneCare unfinished?
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| Since shipping in May, OneCare has failed industry tests and exposed
| users to attack because of a security flaw in the antivirus engine.
| The application also incorrectly flagged Gmail as a virus and in some
| cases quarantined or even deleted complete in-boxes when a single
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| e-mail was laden with a virus.
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http://news.com.com/2061-10789_3-6168629.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
Microsoft "learning" from WGA failures, but the lesson should be: kill it
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| The other problem with WGA is that its very name is oxymoronic: there is no
| advantage for users who pass WGA's tests. Microsoft attempted to add a carrot
| to go with its WGA stick by tying it to certain products (such as the first
| releases of Internet Explorer 7—subsequent versions have had their WGA
| requirement removed), but for all intents and purposes, passing a WGA check
| brought no additional benefits to the end user. Fixing WGA's flaws may not be
| enough here: Microsoft should really take a long, hard look at whether or not
| WGA is really necessary at all.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071126-microsoft-learning-from-wga-failures-but-the-lesson-should-be-kill-it.html
http://tinyurl.com/2vevrs
Microsoft WGA validation servers down
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| It just goes to show that MS DRM infections and inbuilt malware are
| unacceptable. If you buy anything with activation, you are simply wasting
| money. Avoid Vista like the plague, it simply isn't worth it. If today is not
| a warning sign in big red letters, I don't know what is.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=41924
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