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Thursday, February 26, 2004

Microsoft Plans WinXP "Reloaded"

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday February 26, @05:36PM
from the gotta-reinstall-every-month-or-two-anyway dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Looks like Microsoft changed their minds and are planning a new OS release before Longhorn. They are calling it XP Reloaded."

[Slashdot]

7:34:24 PM

Head to Head: Red Hat vs. SuSE (NewsFactor). NewsFactor - In the battle for commercial Linux supremacy, there are two heavyweights slugging it out: Red Hat (Nasdaq: RHAT) and SuSE. But picking a winner is a difficult call and, in the end, may come down to a matter of personal preference. [Yahoo! News - Technology]
7:30:52 PM

"Virtual desktop manager" patent granted to Microsoft. Microsoft gets another software patent and, not surprisingly, another programming community is disgusted. [Ars Technica]

Actually, MSFT has only applied for the patent. The application is from October 2003, so there is plenty of time to fight this one. Slahdot has the following:

Microsoft Seeks Patent On Virtual Desktop Pager

Posted by timothy on Wednesday February 25, @09:37AM
from the enlightenment-anyone dept.
ihabawad writes "Microsoft has a patent on file for this really cool new technology called 'virtual desktops' where you see a 'pager' on the screen. Read all about it by searching under "Published Applications" for patent #20030189597 at the US Patent and Trademark Office. You know, I had a dream that I was using such a thing once; what was it called? -- yes, FvwmPager! Weird, eh?"

7:24:46 AM

MyDoom.f Spreads, Deletes Files . MyDoom.f continues to spread, security experts said Wednesday, and unlike other variants of the persistent MyDoom, it can wreak havoc on the infected machine by randomly deleting files, including documents created with Microsoft Word and Excel. [InternetWeek]
7:20:22 AM

MyDoom.F Deletes Files, Adds RIAA to DDoS Targets. MyDoom.F is the first version of the malware to delete files from a user's hard drive, wiping out Microsoft Word and Excel files and adding DDoS capability targeting www.riaa.com and www.microsoft.com. [Netcraft]
7:19:28 AM

Dell Factory Installs Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3. Beginning today, you can purchase new Dell PowerEdge servers with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 ES factory installed. Accompanying this release is a new version of OpenManage Server Administrator which supports RHEL3. Dell Precision Workstations have been available with RHEL3 WS since November. [Dell Linux Blog]
7:16:44 AM

New Netsky variant reported. Once launched, the Netsky.C worm installs its own mail server on a user's computer and begins sending infected e-mail using addresses it collects from the infected hardware. [Computerworld News]
6:40:58 AM

Fresh Worms Attack E-Mail, Internet Explorer, User Data. NetSky.C, a k a Moodown.C, and MyDoom.F worms on Wednesday hit Net users hard, and launced a denial-of-service attack on an e-mail security vendor. [eWEEK Technology News]
6:40:05 AM

We've got a date for BloggerCon II -- April 17. [Scripting News]
6:39:31 AM