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SET writes:
MSNBC has an interesting writeup on the shakeups in the gaming industry following Take-Two's announcement that Grand Theft Auto IV has been delayed. The article examines the problems this creates for both Microsoft and Sony, both of whom were expecting GTA IV to help boost Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 sales this coming holiday season.
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40by40 writes:
A Web application security specialist has figured out a way to launch man-in-the-middle attacks against a computer with a fully patched Google Desktop installed. With knowledge of the Google Desktop security model (a combination of one-time tokens, iFrames and JavaScript), hacker Robert Hansen figured out a way to sit between a target launching a Google search query and manipulate the search results to take control of other programs on the desktop.
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jg21 writes:
.NET Developer's Journal is reporting that the "Father of WebSphere," Don Ferguson, has left IBM to join Microsoft CTO Ray Ozzie's office. Ozzie, who efforts to rebuild Microsoft have been discussed previously on Slashdot, is gaining a man who while at Blue championed were Web services, patterns, Web 2.0 and business-driven development, a potent combo for the future that Microsoft is trying to bring into being.
