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Did XP SP1 come out in the nick? (PCWorld)
One bug hunter thinks XP SP1 came out just in the nick. Steve Gibson claims Windows XP has a hideously dangerous flaw that could cost you your files if you click on a particular URL. The good news is, according to Gibson, the new service pack takes care of the problem. He urges you to patch promptly.
NEWS
Poison applets taint JVM in IE (vnunet)
Bug trackers say the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) in the latest versions of Internet Explorer has flaws that can let attackers launch arbitrary code on a victim's system. All the victim has to do is click on a poisonous Web site or e-mail. MS is working on a patch -- users can disable Java applets until it's ready. Experts say the problem isn't with Sun's code, but Microsoft's tweaking.
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MS vs. Linux TCO -- Part 7
The letters about Windows versus Linux total cost of ownership (TCO) keep coming in! In Part 7 of reader feedback on the Linux-Windows TCO debate, Microsoft supporters voice their opinions.
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So many pop-ups, so few pop-up vendors
This could be one of the least-uttered sentences on the planet: "Pop-up ads are the coolest things ever!" When the question of pop-up proliferation popped up at Nielsen/NetRatings, researchers found that 80% of the 11 billion irritating, virtual buttinskies come from just 63 companies. And you might find this hard to believe, but pop-ups account for only 2% of the total online ad market, although they sure know how to create the illusion of unbridled ubiquity. So what company is the king of pop-up? Nielsen/NetRatings says "pop honors" go to X10 Wireless, a company that sells small Web cameras. X10 has unleashed more than one billion of the wee windows so far this year.
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