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Submission + - WPA bug in Vista, is that a security problem? (microsoft.com) 1

Submitted by

Anonymous Coward

on Thursday August 02, 2007 @09:25PM

Anonymous Coward writes: "Many people, such as me-said-the-idiot, or maybe all, cannot connect to a WPA protected WiFi network with Vista. So many will have to use an unsecured network configuration in order to go online. Practically all new PC laptops sold now are bundled with Vista, so this could well become the biggest and easiest to exploit security leak.. Many posts on MS forum http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx? PostID=481371&SiteID=17 but apparently it still isn't considered a problem by MS.."

Submission + - Converting from XP to Ubuntu (ittoolbox.com) 1

Submitted by

madgreek

on Thursday August 02, 2007 @09:20PM

madgreek writes: "Here is a short story about my switch to Ubuntu from XP at work. I have been Microsoft free for 3 months now at a Microsoft heavy shop. Few people know I am using Open Office and Linux. I create countless documents that people open using Word, Excel, PPT and nobody can tell that they were created using Open Office. http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/eai/madgreek/archives/o pen-source-and-microsoft-free-17339"

Submission + - Dell Punishes Workers By Closing Call Center

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 02, 2007 @08:36PM

An anonymous reader writes: After employees at Dell's Roseburg, Oregon call center filed a lawsuit about violations of state and federal labor law Dell responds by closing the call center and stating "the closure has nothing to do with a lawsuit filed by employees of the Roseburg center in February". This act in itself seems to be another violation of labor law due the closure being a retaliatory act.

Submission + - Apple holds out on resellers 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 02, 2007 @08:32PM

An anonymous reader writes: Anecdotal evidence from Australian consumers indicates Apple are holding back stock from their resellers, while shipping from their online store in record time. A workmate ordered a MBP 8 weeks ago from a reputable reseller who has been saying each week 'apple say they have no stock, they won't tell us when our orders will be filled', yet people ordering from the Apple online store are receiving their laptops within 1-2 business days. My workmate canceled his order on wednesday and ordered online, he just received his laptop today (friday), after phoning the reseller they still have no word on when stock will be coming through. Forum posters from around the state indicate similar issues.

Submission + - Former National Security Boss: Bush Admin Leaves H (eweek.com)

Submitted by Jeremiah Cornelius on Thursday August 02, 2007 @08:20PM

Jeremiah Cornelius writes: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2165158,00.as p

Submission + - A Statistical Analysis of Redshirt Fatalities 1

Submitted by wiredog on Thursday August 02, 2007 @08:51AM

wiredog writes: An analysis of whether red shirted crewmen on the Enterprise really are likelier to die and, if so, how. It points out that, during the 5 year mission, 13.7% of the crew died.

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