NASA to Reconsider Hubble Decision

Microsoft Holds Off on Eolas Patent Changes

Posted by michael on Friday January 30, @08:53AM
from the now-you-see-it dept.
Walkiry writes "As reported by Reuters, Microsoft believes the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office might come to the rescue and cancel the patent that was going to force them into changing the behaviour of Internet Explorer. Maybe the Patent Office is finally getting a clue? Or is it Microsoft's long arm? Time will tell..."

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1:19:44 PM    

Officials Investigate Hack at U. of Ga.. Federal and state authorities are investigating whether hackers gained access to Social Security and credit card numbers for at least 20,000 University of Georgia students and applicants, officials said Thursday. [eWEEK Technology News]

Close to home.

8:47:17 AM    

Microsoft Advises to Type in URLs Rather than Click

Microsoft Advises to Type in URLs Rather than Click

Posted by CowboyNeal on Friday January 30, @05:03AM
from the tedious-surfing dept.
spacehug writes "In a recent Microsoft Knowledge Base article, they provide 'Steps that you can take to help identify and to help protect yourself from deceptive (spoofed) Web sites and malicious hyperlinks.' These steps include always using SSL/TLS, typing 'JScript commands' in the address bar, and typing in URLs instead of clicking links! I have a suggestion that's not in the Knowledge Base: don't use IE!"

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Apparently actually fixing IE never occured to them either!

8:41:27 AM