Linux, Open Source, & anti Microsoft news
The latest rotten deeds of Microsoft may be found below, mixed within positive Linux and Open Source news.[02.08.2010 - 08:39am] - news.cnet.com
Linux servers, especially for file systems and non-Exchange e-mail, continue to grow. Throw in the notion of cloudlike systems that are effectively operating system-agnostic, and this move seems even less logical. [...more]
[02.06.2010 - 09:32am] - news.bbc.co.uk
A 17-year-old bug in Windows will be patched by Microsoft in its latest security update. The February update for Windows will close the loophole that dates from the time of the DOS operating system. [...more]
[02.06.2010 - 09:32am] - arstechnica.com
Last week, Microsoft posted a slew of non-security updates for Windows 7. Unfortunately, according to a thread on Microsoft TechNet, the update (KB977074) is actually breaking the stability and reliability of the operating system. [...more]
[02.05.2010 - 08:51am] - infoworld.com
"Our investigation so far has shown that if a user is using a version of Internet Explorer that is not running in Protected Mode an attacker may be able to access files with an already known filename and location," Microsoft said in a security advisory. [...more]
[02.04.2010 - 08:42am] - www.theregister.co.uk
Security researchers have defeated vulnerability protections baked into the latest versions of Internet Explorer, demonstrating that it's possible to poke holes in a safety net that's widely relied on to keep end users safe from drive-by exploits. [...more]
[02.04.2010 - 08:41am] - www.techtree.com
This move comes after the increase in the popularity of likes of Android OS from Google and the iPhone OS from Apple who had slowly started stealing the limelight from Symbian. [...more]
[02.04.2010 - 08:41am] - www.techeye.net
Microsoft's IE6 is no longer the world's most popular browser after a series of security scandals have lead to it being deleted from European machines. [...more]
[02.04.2010 - 08:41am] - www.betanews.com
This Silicon Valley insider, who for five years evangelized Microsoft, has taken on the true tone of conversion -- a man filled with new Apple and Google religion. His conversion to the new faith is nothing short of tech evangelism disaster for Microsoft. [...more]
[02.03.2010 - 08:46am] - www.theregister.co.uk
The decline in market share for Microsoft's browser came despite what should have been a fillip produced by the sale of new PCs running Windows 7 during the last three months of 2009. [...more]
[02.03.2010 - 08:46am] - www.theregister.co.uk
Opposition to the UK government’s continued endorsement of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 6 continues to mount, after a petition was submitted to Number 10 yesterday. [...more]
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