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Windows 7 Family Pack Discontinued
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| Microsoft pulls multi-license discount
| offer as holiday shopping kicks into gear.
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/windows/operatingsystems/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=222001027
Microsoft kills Windows 7 Family Pack promotion
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/20725.cfm
Why Microsoft shouldn't kill the $150 Windows 7 Family Pack
http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/12/why-microsoft-should-let-the-150-windows-7-family-pack-live.ars
Microsoft Puts The Kibosh On Windows 7 Promo
http://www.crn.com/software/222000951;jsessionid=MV1ME023YGHFLQE1GHPCKHWATMY32JVN
Microsoft takes heat for killing Win7 Family Pack
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/187455.asp?from=blog_last3
Microsoft's Non-Family Values
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/12/microsofts_nonf.html;jsessionid=PRFX2FLVYGO1VQE1GHPSKHWATMY32JVN
The excuse is that it "sold out" (well, it doesn't actually need to be manufactured, it's
just digital licensing):
Microsoft: Windows 7 Family Pack 'Sold Out'
http://www.infopackets.com/news/business/microsoft/2009/20091211_microsoft_windows_7_family_pack_sold_out.htm
Recent:
Analysts: 2010 will see surges in Windows 7 malware and application exploits
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| Sweden-based computer security firm Lavasoft
| predicts that trends in the creation and
| deployment of malware will change in 2010,
| toward newer models of cyber crime.
|
| The release of Windows 7 will cause a large-
| scale shift in the production and distribution
| of malware, which overwhelmingly tends to
| target Microsoft products because of their
| widespread use. New versions of Windows require
| new versions of malware, to better target the
| incautious enterprise users that are the bread-
| and-butter victims of cyber criminals.
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http://www.mxlogic.com/securitynews/web-security/analysts-2010-will-see-surges-in-windows-7-malware-and-application-exploits355.cfm
Is Microsoft Overhyping Security In Windows 7?
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| Microsoft has been aggressively marketing
| the security improvements in Windows 7, but
| some security experts believe this strategy
| could leave the software giant open to some
| unpleasant repercussions.
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http://www.crn.com/security/221601336;jsessionid=1PUCNFDYQWQKVQE1GHPSKH4ATMY32JVN
Microsoft patching zero-day Windows 7 SMB hole
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| Microsoft on Friday said it is working on a
| fix for a vulnerability in the Server
| Message Block file-sharing protocol in
| Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 Release 2
| that could be used to remotely crash a
| computer.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10397759-83.html
Microsoft acknowledges Windows 7 security threat
http://www.examiner.com/x-5258-Detroit-Technology-Examiner~y2009m11d12-Microsoft-acknowledges-Windows-7-security-threat
Microsoft confirms first Windows 7 zero-day bug
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| The zero-day vulnerability was first
| reported by Canadian researcher Laurent
| Gaffie last Wednesday, when he revealed the
| bug and posted proof-of-concept attack code
| to the Full Disclosure security mailing list
| and his blog. According to Gaffie,
| exploiting the flaw crashes Windows 7 and
| Server 2008 R2 systems so thoroughly that
| the only recourse is to manually power off
| the computers.
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http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9140858/Microsoft_confirms_first_Windows_7_zero_day_bug
Microsoft being a Onecare
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| For starters, it uses an ActiveX control -
| Internet Explorer required in other words -
| that's annoyingly hard to install. You get
| warnings galore from Windows 7's UAC and IE
| about popups and do you really really really
| want to install something that has the
| potential to roger your system well and
| truly?
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http://www.geekzone.co.nz/juha/6933
Microsoft issues first Windows 7 patches
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| Microsoft's massive security update last
| week included patches for nine Windows 7
| vulnerabilities, far fewer than were issued
| for Windows Vista and Windows XP.
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http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=6C9A9B1E-1A64-6A71-CE31A080914EC95C
Windows 7 is 'insecure', warns F-Secure
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| The new operating system's Windows Explorer file manager still misleads users
| about the true extension of a file, said Patrik Runald, chief research
| advisor at Helsinki-based F-Secure.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/security/cybercrime/news/index.cfm?RSS&newsid=14648
Windows 7 Fail
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| Windows 7 RC is out today.
|
| This is great news.
|
| Because surely by now they've fixed Windows Explorer.
|
| You see, in Windows NT, 2000, XP and Vista, Explorer used to Hide extensions
| for known file types. And virus writers used this "feature" to make people
| mistake executables for stuff such as document files.
|
| The trick was to rename VIRUS.EXE to VIRUS.TXT.EXE or VIRUS.JPG.EXE, and
| Windows would hide the .EXE part of the filename.
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http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00001675.html
Microsoft patches first critical bug in Windows 7 beta
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| Microsoft Corp. patched the first critical vulnerability in Windows 7 Tuesday
| as it rolled out an update that fixes three flaws in the new operating
| system's kernel.
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http://www.itworld.com/windows/64099/microsoft-patches-first-critical-bug-windows-7-beta
Experts: Windows 7 at risk from legacy flaw
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| For example, malicious code writers could name a 'virus.exe' file
| as 'virus.txt.exe' or 'virus.jpg.exe', he said. Windows Explorer would then
| hide the .exe part of the filename, meaning that the user would only
| see 'virus.txt' or 'virus.jpg'. Additionally, virus writers would change the
| icon displayed with the file in Windows Explorer so it looked like the icon
| of a text file or an image. Users might then click on the disguised file.
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http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39648558,00.htm
Win7 can still be exploited by hackers
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| "People typically look at the icon to know what the file is," Runald told
| ComputerWorldUK. "If it looks like a Word doc or a PDF file, there's an
| implicit trust in it, and users are more likely to click on those files, even
| if they are actually an executable."
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http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1137041/win7-exploited-hackers
Windows 7 â Itâs Vista All Over Again
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| âThere you go againâ. The Gipper said it in
| 1982, and Iâm saying it today â but about
| Windows 7, not Jimmy Carter.
|
| Because the more I play with Windows 7, the
| more I see the Vista debacle unfolding all
| over again. The commonly accepted wisdom is
| that Windows 7 is oh-so-much-better than
| Vista. Well, based on my own extensive
| testing, itâs not. Not at all.
|
| First a bit of history. Back in 2006 I was
| editor-in-chief of PC Magazine. Vista was
| coming out and we were pretty darn
| laudatory. Microsoft provided us with new
| hardware, we tested beta versions of Vista,
| and we loved it. Shortly after it shipped,
| alas, the Wow was less Now than Ow. Vista
| sucked upon release to the world for a wide
| range of reasons â not least because the
| networking and audio driver models were
| completely rebuilt in the six months prior
| to release. That led to driver problems,
| along with general instability. When I left
| PC Magazine in 2007, my parting column was
| a bit of an apology â weâd been too easy on
| what turned out to be one of Microsoftâs
| more uneven efforts.
|
| Itâs easy to get snowed. Microsoft provides
| its favored reviewers a steady stream of
| highlights, new versions, and new features
| â along with brand new hardware to run the
| new builds upon. A team of technical
| marketers inside the borg stand at the
| ready â helping the anointed work through,
| and around, any problems that develop
| during testing.
|
| [...]
|
| Weâve seen this story before. Vista was
| overhyped when it came out by everyone from
| PC Magazine to the Wall Street Journal. And
| now Windows 7 is getting the same treatment.
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http://louderback.com/2009/windows-7-its-vista-all-over-again/
Overheard: Windows 7 is just Vista with new shade of lipstick
http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/overheard/overheard-windows-7-is-just-vista-with-new-shade-of-lipstick/
Is Windows 7 Just a Vista Service Pack?
http://seekingalpha.com/article/118240-is-windows-7-just-a-vista-service-pack
Is Windows 7 just Vista in disguise?
http://www.daniweb.com/news/post975843.html
Ballmer: Windows 7 is Vista, just 'a lot better'
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9117399/Ballmer_Windows_7_is_Vista_just_a_lot_better_
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