Ubuntu stability. I’m still not seeing it.

By , on 11 September, 2008

Here’s some more red meat for all you Linux fans to chew me up over. My Lenovo T60p laptop here at work continues to be annoyingly unstable and I can’t seem to figure out what the cause is. I’ve gone as far as to completely re-install Ubuntu adding in only the bare minimum of extra . . . → Read More: Ubuntu stability. I’m still not seeing it.

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Vista’s security is not quite totally useless after all.

By , on 11 August, 2008

Last Friday I wrote about a presentation on a new hack attack that was claimed to make Vista’s security improvements all but useless. A lot of tech related websites ran the story as though it were the apocalypse for Windows as an OS, but the folks ovet at ArsTechnica.com say things aren’t quite as bad . . . → Read More: Vista’s security is not quite totally useless after all.

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A new attack method may render Vista’s security useless. May also work on other platforms.

By , on 8 August, 2008

If this article at SearchSecurity.com is correct then Vista’s security system has been rendered moot for folks who insist on using Internet Explorer:

In a presentation at the Black Hat briefings, Mark Dowd of IBM Internet Security Systems (ISS) and Alexander Sotirov, of VMware Inc. will discuss the new methods they’ve found to get around . . . → Read More: A new attack method may render Vista’s security useless. May also work on other platforms.

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Microsoft uses Vista haters to demonstrate that Vista’s not so bad.

By , on 24 July, 2008

If you’ve spent much time here then you already know that I think Windows Vista is a decent operating system that is unfairly maligned. If I had a dime for every time I’ve had someone talk to me about how much Vista sucks only to say they haven’t tried it when I ask if they’ve . . . → Read More: Microsoft uses Vista haters to demonstrate that Vista’s not so bad.

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Bill Gates says Windows 7 will be out within the next year.

By , on 4 April, 2008

Looks like Vista will be joining the ranks of past Microsoft OSes such as Windows ME as a short-lived and much reviled release as word from the Big Man himself says that Windows 7 will be out next year:

MIAMI—Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates on Friday indicated that Windows 7, the next major version of Windows, . . . → Read More: Bill Gates says Windows 7 will be out within the next year.

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