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Submission + - Is IE8 really better at malware? (pcmag.com) 1

Submitted by medv4380 on Monday August 17, 2009 @04:41PM

medv4380 writes: I recently read an article that stated that IE8 Tops Blocking Malware.
Internet Explorer 8 wiped the floor with the other products in the malware tests, blocking 81% of live threats. Firefox 3.0.11 was closest at 27%, with Safari 4 at 21%, Chrome 2 at 7% and Opera 10 beta at 1%. NSS Labs says that they confirmed that this protection is identical in Firefox 3 and 3.5, as well as Opera 9 and 10.

I was curious how accurate this could actually be. It has been my experience that I run into more actual malware threats (mostly unwanted activex controlers) using IE then I have in any other browser. After reading bits of the report the "malware" they were referring to was the Social Engineering kind of malware. I'm not sure if this is an honest way of reporting malware security, but then I'm of the mindset that malware distributed though the "Click Here for Viagra" as malware for dummies.

Am I crazy or are they right about IE?

Submission + - Microsoft Ordered to stop selling MS Word

Submitted by Michael on Wednesday August 12, 2009 @04:21PM

Michael writes: Microsoft Corp. has been ordered to stop selling several versions of its popular word-processing software, Word, in the U.S. after losing a court battle with a Toronto-based company.

A Texas judge issued the injunction Tuesday and awarded small Toronto technology firm, i4i, more than $290 million US in damages, ruling Microsoft wilfully infringed on the company's 1998 patent for software that opens up documents using the XML computer programming language.

As much as I dislike Microsoft I hate this kind of patent abuse even more.

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