North Korea’s official news agency announced today that the military’s planned missile test had been put on hold because of “problems with Windows 8.”
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Free Software Foundation founder and noted weird-beard Richard Stallman has called upon Linux advocates to reject the Ubuntu distribution, claiming the latest version contains dangerous “surveillance code.”
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One former Microsoft staffer who worked with Sinofsky and other executives said his relentlessly aggressive style exasperated other leaders and may have alienated too many people, including his mentor Gates.
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French security researcher firm Vupen claim to have already developed a reliable windows 8 exploit, just days after the launch of latest edition of Microsoft’s flagship operating system
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“…The big problem is that Windows 8 is configured to immediately tell Microsoft about every app you download and install. This is a very serious privacy problem, specifically because Microsoft is the central point of authority and data collection/retention here and therefore becomes vulnerable to being served judicial subpoenas or National Security Letters intended to monitor targeted users….”
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Two Brazilian air force pilots could find themselves in trouble after they zoomed past the Supreme Court building during an air show and every window on its facade shattered.
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Using rogue security certificates, the virus is able to exploit Microsoft’s Windows Update service to infect unsuspecting computers.
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Many ISPs have been ordered to block their customers’ access to the website, and recently Microsoft joined in on the action by stopping people sharing its location with others. Microsoft’s Windows Live Messenger (MSN) now refuses to pass on links to The Pirate Bay website, claiming they are unsafe.
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In Windows 7 or Windows 2008, in the folder C:\Windows\Installer\ there are many installer files (from already installed applications) with what appear to be random names. When run, some of these installer files (like Microsoft Office Publisher MUI (English) 2007) will automatically elevate privileges and try to install when any Windows user executes them. Since the applications are already installed, there’s no problem, at least in theory.
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So now we can be spied upon behind our PC. Great.
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