December 4th, 2007

News to know: So long Vista kill switch; XP SP3; Adobe; AMD; Microsoft vulnerability

Posted by Larry Dignan @ 3:47 am

Categories: General, News to know

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows XP, Eastman Kodak Co., Yahoo! Inc., Vulnerability, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Windows XP SP3 Release Candidate

Notable headlines:

Ed Bott: With SP1, Microsoft plans to ditch the Vista “kill switch”. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft to modify Windows Genuine Advantage anti-piracy scheme. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: See, complain loud enough and Microsoft will listen.

Windows XP SP3 Release Candidate goes to MSDN, TechNet testers.

Ryan Naraine: Mozilla: Critical vulnerability in Microsoft flaw-counting. Microsoft confirms man-in-the-middle WPAD vulnerability. Bruce Schneier: Security in 10 years.

Garett Rogers: Google rethinks how labels in Gmail should work.

David Berlind: Will Adobe’s new media servers mean more YouTubes? Ryan Stewart: Flash H.264 support and new pricing/availability for Flash Media Server 3.

David Morgenstern: Leopard compatibility ups and downs. WhatSize utility app revamped.

Larry Dignan: Technology’s natural state: Duopoly (or close to it). Duopoly watch: SAP and Microsoft chatter (again).

Klausner Technologies: The new NTP?

In search of…AMD quad-core Opterons. Christopher Dawson: New Intel architectures hold promise for a new crop of educational laptops.

Review: RIM BlackBerry Pearl 8130 - silver (Verizon Wireless).

Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Windows hardware leader takes a ‘vacation.’ Microsoft system builders offering Vista holiday bundles.

Fishbowl NY: News Corp. buys Beliefnet.com.
Ryan Naraine: QuickTime zero-day attacks intercepted. 3Com-Huawei deal ‘in trouble’ over China connection.

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Did anyone really expect a wireless desktop to be secure? ReadyBoost - Does anyone use it? The Hardware 2.0 survey.

Comcast to sit out U.S. 700 MHz spectrum auction.

Techmeme: Facebook Beacon partners bail.

SIA: Chip sales up 5 percent in October.

Securing Microsoft: From pain to progress.

George Ou: EFF wants to saddle you with metered Internet service.

Shorter URLs help phishers hook more victims.

Larry Dignan: Apple: Is this really a dangerous moment? Jason O’Grady: Fast Company: All eyes on Apple. Techmeme.

Yahoo’s eBay ad trips up Yahoo Mail.

Images: Coal Addiction (right). Blog: GreenTech Pastures.

Dana Blankenhorn: Bandwagon for electronic records rolls on.

Phil Wainewright: Matching platforms to ecosystems. Dana Gardner: More hints that IT systems analysis and on-demand models are coming together.

Russell Shaw: Comcast Internet to swim 128 Mbps upstream.

David Berlind: Amazon ‘Kindled’ thoughts: Should Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 be renamed to Fahrenheit 1981? Kodak responds to commentary on outrageous 4 cent per photo shipping charge.