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Comment Why dont you just patch it? (Score 1) 97

The real problem is that organisations/the enterprise/etc.. are still THIS carefull with upgrades. My has alot of pc pools. All those still run XP.. which might be ok. All of them also run outdated versions of Firefox, Java, Flash and whatnot. (and not even like a few days outdated, it s worse. They dont even run the most current version of Fx 3.6. Why is this a problem? Because of the internet, the existance of security holes and the fact that exploting these has another dimension than 10 years before. It s organized crime these days and tons of scriptkiddies instead of just few hundred. Yes that s still original hackers around.. but those never were a real risk to begin with. So as long as you re letting a pc in your organizations network connect to the internet, having security software running on the client and the gateways just is not enough. While not being enough aswell, it s also neccesary to have all known security holes patched (if there is a patch available). PERIOD. The paradigm you may not risk to have incompatibilites and instabilities and patch more conservative might have been the right conclusion at the end of the 90s or at the beginning of the millenium. But it s different these days.Even more if your organisation is a corporation which needs to have buisness secrets protected.
Windows

Submission + - How to Make Windows XP Startup Faster & How to

ronandi writes: How to Make Windows XP Startup Faster & How to make applications start more quickly Do you get frustrated while you wait around for your slow Windows XP computer to startup? Windows XP will automatically load and startup any program that is in the startup folder whether you intend to use it or not. This article will show you how to speed up the bootup process of your PC by removing the programs that bog it down. This article details how to Make Windows XP Startup Faster and the addition of how to make applications start more quickly. The article not only tells of the known "editing startup" method, but also altering prefetch and the secret default setting in which windows always waits 30 seconds before starting up. http://binaryshadows.wordpress.com/
Microsoft

Submission + - Three Scenarios For How Microsoft's Claims

harris s newman writes: Information Week has a great article with the results from Microsofts claims about 235 patent violation claims. The article says that it will end in either: 1) Handshakes all around 2) Competition snuffed out or 3) It blows up in Microsoft's face. The article doesn't give odds on which will happen, but Linus Torvalds states that Microsoft is more likely the patent violator, given that OS theory has been around since the 1960's. Which scenerio is a more likely outcome?
Businesses

Google Maps Unveils New Local Business Features 82

dhinckley writes "Google Maps has added some new features including pictures of the front of the locations you're searching for. Additionally, Local Businesses can enter custom information about their companies including pictures, websites, what type of payment they accept, and even offer coupons through Google Maps."
Yahoo!

Submission + - Yahoo integrates IM with email program

Vinit writes: "Yahoo has decided to integrate their instant messaging service with email. The new service which follows Google's decision to include IM with mail, is still in beta and allows users to access IM from Yahoo mail. I think this decision will definitely benefit users as they'll not need to download the messaging software. You'll be able to launch a messaging session in the email program and see which of your messaging contacts are online. Yahoo mail boosts about 250 million users and Yahoo IM has 100 million satisfied users. http://www.pclaunches.com/industry_buzz/yahoo_inte grates_im_with_email_program.php"
Microsoft

Submission + - Where are all the Ferrari Acer/Vista reviews?

An anonymous reader writes: What happend to all the Ferrari Acer/Vista reviews that Microsoft had hoped for? This is what ZDNet's Adrian Kingsley Hughes is wondering.

The funny thing it, nearly two months on, I've yet to see a single review. Now, there's a chance that an odd review or two has slipped past me under the radar, but given the number of bloggers who got their hands on Acers, I'm surprised that I've managed to miss ALL the reviews (I have well over 1,000 RSS feeds in my reader). Even after a quick Google I can't find a single review (the only story that I can find is that of Scott Beale who auctioned his off on eBay and sent the proceeds to the EFF).
So where did all the notebooks go?

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