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Microsoft draws fire for stealth test program


Company has turned Windows users into guinea pigs by sending an unfinished antipiracy tool out as a "high priority" update.
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Microsoft security chief looks beyond Vista


Ben Fathi expects his engineering expertise to have a positive influence on security at the software giant.
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Security chief looks beyond Vista


Ben Fathi expects his engineering expertise to be a positive influence on security at Microsoft.
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Start-ups let customers run the show


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Worm wriggles through Yahoo mail flaw


JavaScript flaw allows worm to send itself to other Yahoo Web mail addresses when the user merely opens the e-mail.
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Microsoft: Zombies most prevalent Windows threat


Scan finds that more than 60 percent of compromised PCs are infected with bot software.
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A growing racket over iTunes


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Worm wriggles through unpatched Yahoo flaw


JavaScript flaw allows worm to send itself to other Yahoo Web mail addresses when the user merely opens the e-mail.
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Novell plugs Bandit for ID management


Bandit project will create a set of open-source components for services that use identity data in online transactions.
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Spam: Made in Taiwan?


Junk e-mail rose in May, most of it served up from Taiwan--and the death of Blue Frog was a factor, CipherTrust says.
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Microsoft to ease up on piracy check-ins


Antipiracy tool will reduce check-ins to biweekly, instead of after each boot-up, and will stop checking-in entirely later this year.
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No fix for 'critical' hole in Windows 98, ME


Repairs would require so many changes to the older OSes that it might break applications, Microsoft says.
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Symantec pays $36 million in tax spat


Tax bill is still less than the IRS had asked for. But the security company's not off the hook yet.
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Tech fuels radio's rebound


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