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- Microsoft says security programs are paying off
- Mobile phone firms woo software programmers
- Microsoft says computer buyers will receive free upgrades to new …
- Prison software sniffs out cell phone signals
- Antivirus software glitch risks clean files
Microsoft says security programs are paying off
CNET News
In estimating how exploitable vulnerabilities are Microsoft said it has had a 99 percent reliability rate. f 140 ratings in the Microsoft Exploitability Index also released last year there has only been one revision that dropped the severity of the vulnerability the company said. For the third program Microsoft Vulnerability Research (MSVR) Microsoft researchers work to find holes in third-party software. From June 2008 until June 2009 the MSVR team identified software vulnerabilities affecting 32 vendors Microsoft said. f the holes found in the outside software 86 percent were critical or important and 13 percent have been fixed while 5 percent are in the process of being resolved according to Microsoft. The MSVR team and Microsoft security researcher Billy Rios were credited with finding holes recently fixed in the Apple.
Mobile phone firms woo software programmers
San Francisco Chronicle
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Microsoft says computer buyers will receive free upgrades to new …
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
The company also plans to release a Windows 7 family pack licensed for use on up to three computers but has not yet revealed its pricing. The release of Windows 7 brings to an end the troubled reign of Vista as the monarch of Microsoft’s software kingdom. Released to business users Nov. 30 2006 with consumer versions released Jan. 30 2007 Vista quickly gained a reputation as bloated slow and untrustworthy. Despite a series of patches to improve the system that reputation persisted among enough people that Microsoft’s plans to ditch Vista’s predecessor Windows XP generated widespread protest and were repeatedly put on hold.
Prison software sniffs out cell phone signals
CrunchGear
A company called AirPatrol looks to solve illegal cell and wireless devices in prison with “Wireless Locator System” software. It’s basically able to sniff out Wi-Fi and cellular signals in a given area and pinpoint the location of those devices on a map. “WLS is the best alternative solution to the contraband cell phone problem plaguing correctional facilities across the nation. WLS wirelessly detects and pinpoints contraband cell phones and unlike RF jamming techniques is completely legal and approved for use in the United States and doesn?t interfere with authorized legitimate cell phone usage. WLS yields 24 x 7 365 days a year real-time cell phone and Wi-Fi device location details throughout a correctional facility.
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Antivirus software glitch risks clean files
San Francisco Chronicle
tmpl –> Antivirus software cuts two ways. It’s great at blocking known viruses but it can sometimes misfire mistakenly flagging clean files as malicious. That sends a computer into a tailspin trying to clean up stuff that’s supposed to be on there.