Submission + - Flaw in GMail message routing? 1
manoffoo writes: "I was signing up for a TV channel listing service to work with my pvr software and I incorrectly entered my garbage email address of manoffoo978@gmail.com when in fact it's actually man.of.foo978@gmail.com. Upon checking the account I saw that gmail had in fact routed the message. This is a repeatable behavior from other accounts. Makes you wonder if this could be exploited to receive messages intended for someone else."
Submission + - Fired Microsoft CIO Lands New Gig
theodp writes: "Two weeks after Microsoft set an unusually public media blitz in motion by leaking news of his firing on the same day services were held for his deceased sister (obit), ex-Microsoft CIO Stuart Scott has landed on his feet as the new chief operating officer at mortgage lender Taylor, Bean & Whitaker."
Submission + - WiFi Banned at University for Years to Come
An anonymous reader writes: Dr. Fred Gilbert, president of Lakehead University, recently held a presentation as to why his university will continue to have a wireless networking ban in place for years to come. Here is a transcript of his presentation.
Submission + - Researchers blast Vista Service Pack 1
Stony Stevenson writes: A group of researchers has described Microsoft's upcoming Windows Vista Service Pack 1 as a "performance dud". Researchers from the EXO Performance Network claimed that a series of in-house benchmark tests showed that users hoping to receive a speed boost from the update will be disappointed. "After extensive testing of Release To Manufacture and SP1-patched versions of Vista it seems clear that the hoped-for performance fixes that Microsoft has been hinting at have not materialised," the group said.
