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Microsoft’s dual-screen booklet shows ‘face’ on web
Redmond concept artists outdo themselves More delicious rumor scraps about Microsoft’s not-yet-announced Courier tablet/e-book/ Girl Tech Password Journal have been leaked to the web.…
Continue reading »Horizontal scrollbar prompts EU gripe from 6 browser makers
With Microsoft’s EU-appeasing browser ballot rolling out across Europe over the next three months , dissatisfaction is growing with its implementation. Last week flaws in its randomization emerged— a result of ineptitude rather than malice . Today, six web browsers have petitioned the EU to complain about the overall design of the browser ballot.
Continue reading »White House Cyber Czar: “There is No Cyberwar”
Howard Schmidt, the new cybersecurity czar for the Obama administration, has a short answer for the drumbeat of rhetoric claiming the U.S. is caught up in a cyberwar that it is losing. “There is no cyber war,” Schmidt told Wired.com in a sit-down interview Wednesday at the RSA Security Conference in San Francisco.
Continue reading »Secret Microsoft doc leaks, DMCA notice fails to contain it
It’s no secret that online service providers cooperate with law enforcement agencies and will hand over personal information of various kinds when subpoenaed, subject to court order, or compelled by search warrant. What is secret has been exactly what information these companies store about their users, and what they will hand over to the authorities when required. In recent days a series of these documents have been leaked to whistle-blowing site Cryptome .
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