Microsoft Update fixes Microsoft spyware?
,----[ Quote ]
| I'm not a Microsoft basher and I really love Vista (for home use).
| But I don't store sensitive data on my Vista machine. That is best
| left for my Kububtu box.
`----
http://standardextract.blogspot.com/2007/01/microsoft-update-fixes-microsoft.html
I didn't expect to read anything about Linux until I reached the end. It
seems to be growing under people's noses.
At Microsoft, a Sad Software Lesson
,----[ Quote ]
| "In my view, we lost our way," Vista's manager, Jim Allchin,
| wrote in an e-mail (later posted online) to Microsoft founder
| Bill Gates and chief executive Steve Ballmer.
`----
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/29/AR2007012901450.html
http://tinyurl.com/2uw475
Jim Allchin has retired. Bill Gates will soon depart as well. Hiring
standards at Microsoft are said to be declining.
Vista violates rights, damages environment, creates monopoly
,----[ Quote ]
| Vista, Microsoft's latest operating system released today will
| violate your rights, destroy the environment and create a monopoly,
| according to a group in the European parliament.
`----
http://pressesc.com/01170162093_vista_violates_rights_damages_environment_creates_monopoly
http://tinyurl.com/2y26zj
What went wrong at the launch of Vista
,----[ Gist ]
| (1) Apparently, the main reason to get Vista is for Ultimate Extras.
| (2) Vista is a platform for big, obvious partnerships.
| (3) Microsoft believes the perfect complement to a $300 operating
| system is a $500-a-year subscription music service
| (4) The company's taste in celebrities is slowly on the mend.
| (5) No-one had time for a full technical rehearsal.
`----
http://apcmag.com/5207/what_went_wrong_and_what_we_learned_at_the_vista_launch
Updates still require a reboot (I thought they had it fixed).
Microsoft Releases New 22 Updates for Windows Vista - eBookSpyder
,----[ Quote ]
| When I checked for updates for Windows Vista today, i got noticed
| that there are 22 ready to install updates...
`----
http://www.ebookspyder.net/vista/vista-updates.html
Trend Micro Finds More Windows Mobile Flaws
,----[ Quote ]
| Trend Micro has again discovered flaws related to Windows Mobile.
| Both of the newly found vulnerabilities are flaws in applications
| that ship by default with Microsoft?s mobile device OS.
`----
http://blog.trendmicro.com/trend-micro-finds-more-windows-mobile-flaws/
I am appending more examples, of which there's plenty.
Related:
How to crash a Windows mobile using MMS
,----[ Quote ]
| Security researchers have released proof-of-concept code that exploits
| vulnerabilities in MMS implementations in mobile phones running
| mobile versions of Windows.
`----
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/02/windows_mms_vuln/
Microsoft doesn't deny Windows Mobile flaw
,----[ Quote ]
| Microsoft has refused to deny that the most recent version of
| Windows Mobile leaves data poorly secured on handsets.
`----
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,1000000085,39284532,00.htm
Airscanner Vulnerability Summary: Windows Mobile Security Software Fails the
Test
,----[ Quote ]
| Since developers are not in a hurry to keep their users information
| secure... we feel compelled to publish - with exclusivity granted to us
| by author till August 21, 2006 - an article, that reveals various
| problems with Windows Mobile software from various software vendors!
| This article is a "must read" for any serious user of Windows Mobile...
`----
http://msmobiles.com/news.php/5474.html
Review of Windows Mobile 6.0 for PPC (Crossbow) operating system
,----[ Quote ]
| Regrettably, this world lacks miracles and this case is just another
| proof of that. The system still doesn?t offer support for several
| active windows in Internet Explorer, so that you are limited to a
| single window at a time, also profiles are missing in WM; the office
| applications haven?t been enhanced either. Nor were the multimedia
| tools. What the company has really got to do is keep on tuning
| Office Mobile, extending Windows Live, release Windows Media Mobile
| 11 and so on.
`----
http://www.mobile-review.com/pda/articles/wm-crossbow-en.shtml
Mobile phone security to outpace that on PCs [because Windows isn't there]
,----[ Quote ]
| ...it predicts the biggest mobile security market sector will be in
| the secure mobile content sector (anti-virus, anti-spam, anti-spyware
| and content filtering) with 40 per cent of the total market. The
| security threat doesn't just cover mobile viruses and malware but of
| identity theft, too.
`----
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36275
Smartphones get a firewall
,----[ Quote ]
| V3 will only run on the latest Windows Mobile 5 and Symbian 9.1
| systems though, the rationale being that as the market grows so
| fast, they will be the bulk of malware-targeted systems very soon.
|
| [...]
|
| The Windows release is out now and the Symbian one will follow early in
| 2007. The software costs $35 (£20), which includes a year's updates and
| service.
`----
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/14/trendmicro_mobile_sec/
|
|
