Office Depot: Windows XP Apps Must Be Microsoft-Approved 

Office Depot: Windows XP Apps Must Be Microsoft-Approved

Posted by timothy on Monday March 24, @04:40PM
from the but-they-carry-non-windows-software-too dept.
An anonymous reader writes "According to an article at The Inquirer, by May 30th Office Depot will only be carrying computer products that have been certified by Microsoft and carry the 'Designed for Windows XP' logo. This may be an initial glimpse at how Microsoft could introduce Digital Restrictions Management by ensuring all retail hardware and software products are approved by Redmond."

[Slashdot]

6:42:29 PM    

Red Hat 9 To Be Released March 31

Red Hat 9 To Be Released March 31

Posted by timothy on Monday March 24, @03:37PM
from the no-april-fool's-joke dept.
Garfunkel writes "Looks like Red Hat is breaking tradition and skipping 8.1 and 8.2 and jumping directly to 9.0 RHN subscribers get it a week ahead on March 31st. Available to the rest the world a week later (April 7)." The website refers to the upcoming release simply as "9" -- which doesn't rule out future point releases, but could it be?

[Slashdot]

4:28:59 PM    

Windows Flaw Poses New Risks - Security researchers say that they have identified several additional attack vectors that can exploit the critical Windows 2000 vulnerability disclosed this week, and are urging everyone running the operating system to patch their machines.
When Microsoft Corp. released its advisory and patch for this vulnerability on Monday, it said that only Windows 2000 machines running the IIS 5.0 Web server software were vulnerable. However, researchers from Next Generation Security Software Ltd. have shown that is likely possible to exploit the vulnerability by going in through services other than IIS. - EWeek

MS Win 2K patch is here

11:54:17 AM    

AARP's New Hangout: KaZaA, Web's Mosh Pit. The computer literacy gap between children and their grandparents may be narrowing. In fact, older people now spend so much time online that the AARP, the association for middle-age and older adults, has begun advertising on KaZaA Media Desktop, software used by millions of teenagers and young adults to swap songs online. By Chris Nelson. [New York Times: Technology]

Fairly amusing, or is the linked article on 'death with dignity' a subtle hint to music swappers?

9:35:55 AM