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Submission + - Microsoft: Google Was `wake-Up Call'

Submitted by wooha on Wednesday February 28, 2007 @03:58PM

wooha writes: Watching Google Inc. rake in advertising revenue was a wake-up call within Microsoft," the company's top technical executive, Ray Ozzie, said Tuesday. But he said Microsoft plans to do more than simply mimic Google by rolling out Web-based versions of desktop programs or following its particular search and advertising model. Ozzie, who has only made a handful of appearances since his promotion last June to replace Bill Gates as chief software architect, told analysts and investors at a Goldman Sachs conference in Las Vegas that he has been laying the groundwork for programmers across the company to build Internet-based software.

Submission + - Webmail at Work

Submitted by

rtobyr

on Tuesday February 27, 2007 @04:57PM

rtobyr writes: "I don't allow users at my organization to use any third party e-mail. When users complain, I point out that we can't control the security policies of outside systems. End users tend to think that big business will of course have good security; so I ran a test of the "Big Four:" Hotmail, Yahoo Mail, AOL/AIM Mail, and GMail. Yahoo Mail was the only webmail provider to allow delivery of a VBS script. GMail was the only provider to block a zipped VBS script. End users also tend to think that a big business would never pull security features out from under their customers. We Slashdotters know that AOL and Microsoft have both compromised the security of their customers. I don't know of any security related bad press for Yahoo or Google. Three of my Big Four either allow VBS attachments or have a poor security track records. So my Ask Slashdot question is this: If you are a network administrator, do you limit your users' ability to use third party e-mail, and if so, do you allow for GMail or other providers that you've deemed to have secure systems and repuations?"

Comment Re:Web site to check your laptop (Score 1) 170

by broekage on Tuesday August 15, 2006 @03:06AM (#15908581) Attached to: Dell Issues Laptop Battery Recall

The same thing happened to me in Firefox, with IE it took me to a confirmation page:

Thank you for placing your Battery Recall Request. Your Request Number is: XXXX You will receive an email when your Order has been shipped. Please allow up to 20 business days for delivery.

I guess just use IE to be sure...

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