Microsoft confirms OneCare zaps Outlook, Outlook Express e-mail
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| Microsoft Corp. has acknowledged that a bug in its Windows Live
| OneCare security suite has been causing users' e-mail to vanish
| from Outlook and Outlook Express.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9012499
So that's in addition to having the worst performing product in terms of
malware detection, accoring to two studies which said it failed.
Related:
Windows Live Onecare beta ate my hard disk
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| So when the 90 day trial expired, he thought it well worth the
| $90 or so which Microsoft asked for a licence. When he rung up,
| he was surprised to be informed that the Beast isn't yet selling
| the product outside America.
|
| So he was suddenly left with an XP machine that was defenceless
| and with plenty of data that was now unreadable.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36111
Microsoft Bug Pumps Up Web Ad Costs
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| Microsoft Corp. said Friday it fixed a glitch in its online
| advertising platform that overcharged some merchants by hundreds,
| and in some cases thousands, of dollars.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070223/microsoft_adcenter.html?.v=1
Microsoft using early Vista users as guinea pigs?
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| Interesting to read in the International Herald Tribune this week
| about Microsoft hitting a 'crisis of confidence' with its new Vista
| operating system.
|
| [...]
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| Sounds familiar? Your bet - it's almost an exact re-run of the
| security issues that affected Windows XP in its earliest days.
|
| Microsoft wouldn't be using its Vista users - as it did with XP -
| as guinea pigs, now would it?...
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http://securityblog.itproportal.com/?p=646
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