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First patch batch ready for Windows flaw (Network World)
Microsoft has posted the first batches of patches for the cryptography software flaws in Windows -- this is the flaw that could let hackers create bogus digital signatures and certificates. The patches available right now are for Windows NT 4.0 and XP -- the Win2k patch isn't ready yet. The patches are considered critical.
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Microsoft exec: "There's no end" to security problems (IDG News)
Microsoft's senior vice president in charge of Windows development isn't too proud of his company's security record. Brian Valentine told a group of developers, "We really haven't done everything we could to protect our customers. Our products just aren't engineered for security." Here's a frustrating jolt of reality -- Valentine also said, "As we solve these problems, there are hackers who are going to come up with new ones. There's no end to this."
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IT tries to 'de-geek' its image
Pepsi calls itself the soft drink of a new generation. Now IT wants to be the Pepsi of the job market. An IT industry group in the U.K.is trying to shake the sector of its nerdy reputation and is going into schools to sell IT as positive, exciting, cutting-edge and cool. The target audience is early teens, the age when "geek awareness" begins and kids start deciding they'd rather be roadies for Oasis than be working on e-business standards for OASIS.
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