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  • Technical glitches mar Gates' promotion of "digital lifestyle"

    01/06/2005 5:57:14 AM PST · by mental · 95 replies · 1,496+ views
    DenverPost.com ^ | Thursday, January 06, 2005 | Denver Post news services
    Las Vegas - Despite technical glitches that prompted jokes and guffaws, Bill Gates promised Wednesday that Microsoft Corp. would help millions of consumers stay seamlessly plugged into a world of digital music, movies, video games and television shows. In his keynote speech at the International Consumer Electronics Show, Microsoft's chairman said broadband Internet access and the falling price of data storage are compelling people to put music, photos, movies and other aspects of their life into a digital format. But while promoting a "digital lifestyle," Gates showed how vulnerable consumers are to hardware and software bugs. The address was made...
  • Windows XP users Phelled by new Trojan [Symantec bulletin, SP2 no protection, will see 2 IE popups]

    12/30/2004 12:42:15 PM PST · by Mike Fieschko · 279 replies · 6,441+ views
    The Register ^ | Dec 30, 2004 | Ashlee Vance
    A new Trojan horse - named Phel - that punishes users of Microsoft Windows XP operating system is in the wild. Security software firm Symantec has issued a bulletin warning Windows XP users to be on the look out for the program, which is distributed as an .html file. The malicious code can attack systems running XP Service Pack 2. The vuln was first found in October, and Microsoft is busy trying to catch up to it. "Microsoft is taking this vulnerability very seriously, and an update to correct the vulnerability is currently in development," the company told ComputerWorld....