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- News to know: Google Apps; Vista UAC; Microsoft Echoes; Comcast; Dell
- Notable headlines: Garett Rogers: Google App Engine pricing a disappointment Ed Bott: Dear Microsoft: Please get UAC right this time Sunbelt Blog: Microsoft: What we got here is a failure to communicate Larry Dignan: Dell delivers: Is a...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Facebook, Dell Computer Corp., Comcast Corp., Vista UAC, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Netbook, Microsoft Windows, Enterprise Service Bus, Telecom & Utilities, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Middleware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-30
- News to know: Microhoo; Taming Vista UAC; iPhone; Google; CIO Sessions
- Notable headlines: Ed Bott: Fixing Windows Vista, Part 2: Taming UAC. Images: Taming Vista's User Account Control right Larry Dignan: Microhoo: Wall Street gets antsy Mary Jo Foley: XP SP3 delayed by glitch New test releases...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Vista UAC, Jason O'Grady, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, 3G, Operating Systems, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Blog posts 2008-04-30
- Should Apple be making fun of Vista UAC?
- Should Apple be making fun of Vista UAC?Microsoft Partner: Vista less secure than XPOK, George, here's someone who knows what they be talkin' 'bout:[url=http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Microsoft_partner_Vista_less_secure_than_XP/0,130061733,339274261,00.htm]fyi[/url]KaperskyClueless CriticsIt amazes me, reading comments and other articles, just how many people miss the point of UAC.Missed hypocrisy?Maybe you missed the point of George's article, which...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Vista UAC, UAC, Microsoft Windows Vista, password, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS X
- Discussion threads 2007-03-19
- Should Apple be making fun of Vista UAC?
- Windows Vista UAC User Account Control has an additional security feature called Secure Desktop that hardens the UAC privilege escalation prompt, but some people seem to be upset with this feature because they say it's annoying. Apple has even gone as far as making a new TV commercial out...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Operating systems, Apple Computer Inc., Vista UAC, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Macintosh, escalation
- Blog posts 2007-03-19
- BeyondTrust makes standard user usable in Windows
- Its a well known fact that almost all IT organizations run their client Windows (typically 2000 or XP) computers in full administrative mode which violates the fundamental security model of least privilege. The simple reason for this is that running Windows 2000 and XP in standard user mode is...
- Tags: Desktop, Infrastructure, Vista, Security
- Blog posts 2007-03-08
- What the UAC 'hole' is really about
- Fellow blogger Ryan Naraine had a blog "Hacker, Microsoft duke it out over Vista design flaw" where he reported on a disagreement between elite researcher Joanna Rutkowska (Singapore-based Coseinc) and elite programmer Mark Russinovich formerly Sysinternals and acquired by Microsoft. Ive spoken with both of these people and...
- Tags: Desktop, Security, Vista
- Blog posts 2007-02-14
- Hacker flags 'very severe hole' in Vista UAC design
- Hacker flags 'very severe hole' in Vista UAC designThere are plenty of programs that don't need installationI just copied a 10 GBs of Counter Strike and played it without an install or ever triggering UAC. I downloaded uTorrent the best BitTorrent client and it ran without needing a UAC...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, ease of use, UAC, installer, Administrator Privileges, software, Vista UAC, security
- Discussion threads 2007-02-13
- Cancel or Allow? Good poke at Vista UAC
- Cancel or Allow? Good poke at Vista UACBritish Apple AdsThe new series of Apple ads for the UK market are also worth a watch. http://www.apple.com/uk/getamac/ads/Ya think that's funnyIt's even funnier if you've played Doom. UAC is Union Aerospace Corporation, a huge greedy multinational conglomerate that owns the demon-infested research bases...
- Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Apple Macintosh, Vista UAC, UAC, Apple Inc., advertisement
- Discussion threads 2007-02-06
- Cancel or Allow? Good poke at Vista UAC
- The latest "get a Mac" ad from Apple is pretty amusing. In it, PC is accompanied by a security agent who interrupts everything he says describing what hes saying and asking for permission to proceed. If youve used Vista you get it. UAC is continually popping up asking whether...
- Tags: Mac, Vista, Windows
- Blog posts 2007-02-06
- Missing the true impact of Vista UAC
- Missing the true impact of Vista UACCouldn't handle it George?"This means that Mozilla Firefox which has had a significant history of exploits could be programmed to run in protected mode in Windows Vista."Significant...So what's IE? A plethora of exploits?UAC Similarities to sudo su su sudioUAC is akin to the 'sudo'...
- Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), UAC, security, Vista UAC
- Discussion threads 2006-07-05
- Missing the true impact of Vista UAC
- There were plenty of stories last week about Microsoft's plea to not turn off Vista's UAC security feature and plenty of criticism that UAC is dead before Vista even arrives. Not only is this foolish because UAC is still being refined, but it's missing the bigger picture of how...
- Tags: UAC security, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Blog posts 2006-07-05
Additional Resources
- Are there really too many Windows editions?
- Ask any Windows pundit about all the different versions of Windows Vista that Microsoft offers and you'll invariably get the same response. There are too many! Consumers are confused! It all needs to be simplified! To which I say: Be careful what you wish for. The case for reducing the...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Edition, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Symantec shows Microsoft how to do UAC
- Security company Symantec has released a tool that helps to make Vista's UAC User Account Control feature clearer and less of a pain to use. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Symantec Corp., Norton Co., Microsoft Corp., Tool, UAC, Productivity, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Symantec shows Microsoft how to do UAC
- Security company Symantec has released a tool that helps to make Vista's UAC User Account Control feature clearer and less of a pain to use. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Symantec Corp., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, uac, vista, norton, microsoft, security
- Image galleries 2008-10-10
- Netbook returns blamed on Linux 'teething problems'
- Higher return rates for Linux-based netbooks don't necessarily reflect badly on the open-source operating system, according to Ubuntu backer Canonical. The return rate on Linux-powered netbooks may be higher than that for Windows netbooks, but this isn't necessarily a bad thing for Linux, according to Canonical. ...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Software, Matthew Broersma ZDNet.co.uk, netbook, Windows XP, MSI Wind, Asus Eeee
- News items 2008-10-10
- News to know: Apple's $800 laptop; MS and Mac Patch Days; Vista Home for business
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Mac OS X Patch Day: 40 security flaws fixed MS Patch Tuesday heads-up: 11 bulletins, 4 critical Ed Bott: Look who's buying...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Laptop Computer, H-1B, Notebooks, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, David Grober
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Look who's buying Vista Home Basic (hint: it's not home users)
- Who's buying new PCs with Windows Vista Home Basic? Judging by the name, you'd assume those OS editions would be loaded on underpowered machines for starving students and penny-pinching families. But you'd be wrong. Based on my observations of the PC market over the past year or two, I think...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., PC, Microsoft Windows Vista, Small-business Buyer, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- Opera bitten by 'extremely severe' browser bug
- Buried in the flurry of feature-related news surrounding the release of Opera 9.6 is the fact that the update fixes an "extremely severe" vulnerability that could expose Opera users to code execution attacks. According to an Opera advisory, which is not mentioned anywhere in Opera's giddy press...
- Tags: Opera Software, Web Browser, Applet, Rohlf, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- News to know: IBM earnings, Blackberry Storm, WiMax arrives, Oracle+ Primavera
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: IBM reports early. Profits up 20 percent, full year estimates reaffirmed. Larry Dignan: IBM: Beats earnings target but... Times are officially...
- Tags: Touch Screen, Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, RIM BlackBerry, Earnings, IBM Corp., E-mail, Keyboards, Microsoft Windows, WiMAX, Monitors & Displays, Online Communications, Hardware, Peripherals, Operating Systems, Software, Wireless, Components, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- USB Controller ("USB)
- Disable USB ports of PCs running Windows Vista, XP, 2003 with 2 exceptions, keyboard and mouse. Features: Software disables the detection of USB Drives inserted. Disables write feature on the drives. Content from USB Flash drives can only be copied in this mode. This is a stand-alone program. Does not...
- Tags: USB Controller, Program, USB Flash Drive, USB, ID Services, Flash Memory, Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals
- Software downloads 2008-10-09
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