Windows: 'Bad vendor! Bad code!'

"How in the world did we get to this place where it's OK to be spending billions of dollars annually on debugging and patching and repairing the damage done by this totally horrible operating system?" complains reader David B. Donaldson in response to the article Microsoft downplays latest malware warnings. He continues:After ten years of this, why hasn't MS fixed their OS' permissions so that nobody's errant or devious program has access to any SYSTEM files, processes and address space?  What is going on here?

Windows: 'Bad vendor! Bad code!'

"How in the world did we get to this place where it's OK to be spending billions of dollars annually on debugging and patching and repairing the damage done by this totally horrible operating system?" complains reader David B. Donaldson in response to the article Microsoft downplays latest malware warnings. He continues:After ten years of this, why hasn't MS fixed their OS' permissions so that nobody's errant or devious program has access to any SYSTEM files, processes and address space?  What is going on here?

Windows: 'Bad vendor! Bad code!'

"How in the world did we get to this place where it's OK to be spending billions of dollars annually on debugging and patching and repairing the damage done by this totally horrible operating system?" complains reader David B. Donaldson in response to the article Microsoft downplays latest malware warnings. He continues:After ten years of this, why hasn't MS fixed their OS' permissions so that nobody's errant or devious program has access to any SYSTEM files, processes and address space?  What is going on here?

Windows: 'Bad vendor! Bad code!'

"How in the world did we get to this place where it's OK to be spending billions of dollars annually on debugging and patching and repairing the damage done by this totally horrible operating system?" complains reader David B. Donaldson in response to the article Microsoft downplays latest malware warnings. He continues:After ten years of this, why hasn't MS fixed their OS' permissions so that nobody's errant or devious program has access to any SYSTEM files, processes and address space?  What is going on here?

Throw away your PBX: Why Asterisk may be the VoIP future of your network

Low cost and flexibility are selling points for the open-source VoIP software, but is it right for your shop?

IBM announces new provisioning software

IBM has announced Tivoli Provisioning Manager 5.1, a tool designed to help with the deployment and installation of software for large numbers of servers, PCs, laptops and wireless devices.

AOL dials up developers for VoIP service

It will open up AIM Phoneline to external developers to let them create hardware devices and software applications for this Internet telephony service.

September's 'Patch Tuesday' looks to be quiet

Microsoft plans to release three security updates for Windows and Office next Tuesday. One of these is rated critical.

Microsoft exec gives his company a B+ on security

A Microsoft security executive said his company has made substantial progress on security under its Trustworthy Computing initiative. But users at this week's Security Standard conference were more cautious in their assessment.

HP spy vs. leaker (and 2356 days of Noah)

Call the Mario Brothers! It's IT Blogwatch, in which HP springs a leak, teaching us the meanings of "sub rosa" and "pretexting." Not to mention a video of some guy's face every day for 5.5 years...China Martens has the story:All's not well in the upper echelons of Hewlett-Packard ... The brouhaha relates to the sudden and unexpected resignation of Silicon Valley venture capitalist Thomas Perkins from HP's board of directors ...

HP spy vs. leaker (and 2356 days of Noah)

Call the Mario Brothers! It's IT Blogwatch, in which HP springs a leak, teaching us the meanings of "sub rosa" and "pretexting." Not to mention a video of some guy's face every day for 6.5 years...China Martens has the story:All's not well in the upper echelons of Hewlett-Packard ... The brouhaha relates to the sudden and unexpected resignation of Silicon Valley venture capitalist Thomas Perkins from HP's board of directors ...