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Windows Vista and XP Head To Head 364

thefickler sends in an article comparing Windows Vista and Windows XP in the areas of security, home entertainment, GUI, parental controls, and networking. The author clearly believes that Vista wins across these categories.
User Journal

Journal Journal: LOL

At the end of the USC-UCLA game, a few of the UCLA players were asked a couple of questions. One of the guys says "They overlooked us; they thought they were on their way to the national championship. Lee Corso; Kirk Herbstreit; we had another thing coming! Thank you, and that's all I got to say."

User Journal

Journal Journal: Gizmo or Gimmic?

Gizmo or Gimmic?

I recently installed Gizmo Project, because of all the hype regarding the "fact" that you can supposedly make free calls to selected countries. I thought, "wow, great...no longer need to purchase VOIP credit to call home". As always, there is a catch! I soon came to read the FAQ regarding the '"All Calls Free" Plan', afterall, I was excited and wanted to know what it was all about. Rather, I came to learn that the whole thing is a way to entice people to move to Gizmo P

Media

Submission + - MacDonalds pretexted to strip search employee

An anonymous reader writes: ABC's 20/20 has a piece about a manager fooled into strip searching a young female employee. The naked girl is then sexually abused by the manager's fiance, who claimed to be "just following the orders of the policeman on the phone" (includes MacDonalds' camera footage of the offenses). Not only are store surveillance cameras used to document the abuse, but Walmart security cameras and purchase records were used to find a prison guard suspected to be the caller.
User Journal

Journal SPAM: Keith Olbermann responds to Newt Gingrich's comments 1

Special comment: Free speech, failed speakers and the delusion of grandeur

Keith Olbermann responds to Newt Gingrich's comments about free speech

SPECIAL COMMENT
By Keith Olbermann
Anchor, 'Countdown'
Countdown

Updated: 7:34 a.m. PT Dec 1, 2006

Here, as promised, a special comment about free speech, failed speakers and the delusion of grandeur.

Microsoft

Submission + - Vista designed to be preloaded with malware

SlinkySausage writes: "Trojan horses masquerading as 'cracks for Vista' are starting to appear on pirate boards. More worrying though, Microsoft has confirmed that Vista's image-based install process is designed to allow third-party software to be slipstreamed into the installation DVD. Great for corporate deployment of Vista with software pre-installed, but also a huge benefit for malware writers, who can distribute Vista images with deeply-rooted malware."

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