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Microsoft Denies NSA Backdoor in Windows 7

Mrs. Mecomber — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:11:55 +0000

Microsoft Denies NSA Backdoor in Windows 7

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Microsoft Denies NSA Backdoor in Windows 7This is from Mrs. Mecomber's Scrapbook and is copyrighted material. This is eyebrow-raising. Microsoft denies it built ‘backdoor’ in Windows 7 Don’t worry, company tells users; NSA involved only in security compliance standards November 19, 2009 (Computerworld) Microsoft today denied that it has built a backdoor into Windows 7, [...]

No More Windows XP Service Packs

Mrs. Mecomber — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:17:29 +0000

No More Windows XP Service Packs

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No More Windows XP Service PacksThis is from Mrs. Mecomber's Scrapbook and is copyrighted material. I was never a great fan of those mega-monster, dialup-choking service packs from Microsoft anyway, but I guess they were necessary from time to time. Windows XP is just over seven years old now, and Windows is getting eager to [...]

Planned Obsolescence

Mrs. Mecomber — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:37:35 +0000

Planned Obsolescence

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Planned ObsolescenceThis is from Mrs. Mecomber's Scrapbook and is copyrighted material. Will someone please tell me WHY there is this great big push to shelve technology– especially operating systems? And especially Microsoft operating systems? OK, let me back off a little. There’s talk that MS will let Vista just fade away. It’s outdated, too buggy, [...]