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Submission + - Researchers blast Vista Service Pack 1

Submitted by Stony Stevenson
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.

Comment Xbox NAS? (Score 1) 802

by HardCorePawn (#21442203) Attached to: Best Home Network NAS

If you want relatively cheap hardware, you could just go buy a 2nd hand Xbox... and follow the directions here. Note that Part 1 is mainly about hacking the Xbox to run linux, and that Parts 2 & 3 get into the software setup... They're linked on the last page of the previous part (or you can click the 'NAS HOWTO' menu and you'll find all the parts towards the end of the page...

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Submission + - Drop the DRM - UK retailers beg recording industry (blorge.com)

Submitted by thefickler
thefickler writes: Consumers aren't the only ones carrying "Death to DRM" placards. UK music retailers are telling the recording industry enough is enough — that the industry's obsession with copy protection is hurting, not helping profit. Kim Bayley, director-general of the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) said that the anti-piracy technologies are not protecting industry revenue but instead "stifling growth and working against the consumer interest".
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Submission + - Microsoft admits XP has same bug as Windows 2000 (computerworld.com.au)

Submitted by Arashtamere
Arashtamere writes: Microsoft admitted late Tuesday that the recently discovered encryption flaw that Israeli researchers discovered in Windows 2000 exists in XP, its most popular product. According to the report "as recently as last Friday, Microsoft hedged in answering questions about whether XP and Vista could be attacked in the same way, saying only that later versions of Windows "contain various changes and enhancements to the random number generator." Yesterday, however, Microsoft responded to further questions and acknowledged that Windows XP is vulnerable to the complex attack that Pinkas, Gutterman and Dorrendorf (the Israeli researchers) laid out in their paper, which was published earlier this month. Apparently Microsoft and Pinkas have argued over whether the flaw was a security vulnerability, with the former denying the bug met the definition and the latter claiming it is a serious problem that — while it needs to piggyback on another, more common kind of exploit — is far from just a theoretical threat. Tuesday, even as it conceded that XP also had a weak PRNG, Microsoft continued to downplay the possibility of an attack. "If an attacker has already compromised a victim machine, a theoretical attack could occur on Windows XP," a company spokeswoman said in an e-mail. To exploit the PRNG's flaws, an attacker must have administrative rights to the PC, something that's easily obtained by most run-of-the-mill attacks, Pinkas noted."

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