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Windows 7 boosts location based services
News That said, it was so cumbersome that few people have enabled such location-based information or built services on top of them. Microsoft does give a range of control options, such as turning off location services by... [10 Nov 2008]
Firefox 3.1 coming soon?
News Developer Chris Double wrote in his blog: "The backend has been committed to the main Mozilla source code and is enabled by default. Developers working on the next version of Firefox aim to release a... [07 Aug 2008]
Avoid Vista until 2008, business users told
News The annoyance would come from such features as User Account Control, which is to be enabled by default and lets users run Windows with fewer privileges. New security features in Windows Vista will... [08 May 2006]
Vista beta in a spot of bother
News Sullivan said the software giant could have been more upfront about the service being enabled but stressed that beta releases are precisely for trying out new features. After investigating the traffic for SANS, Bakos... [19 Aug 2005]
Virus writers target Windows Vista feature
News He warned that if Microsoft ships Monad with Vista and it is enabled by default this could lead to an "outbreak of scripting viruses". Microsoft may choose to ship the tool as an add-on or disable it by... [05 Aug 2005]
Protect yourself from 'Google hacking'
News Network enabled physical security systems, such as web cams and digital video capture systems, should be moved onto private networks that are not addressable from the internet," said Collins. According to Heiser, the web... [14 Jan 2005]
Microsoft patches 22 security flaws
News The key thing here is that these are not [generally] enabled by default. Oliver Friedrichs, senior director of Symantec's security response centre, said three vulnerabilities could lead to a Sasser-like... [13 Oct 2004]
iTunes gears up to take over your mobile
News Apple and Motorola have announced a deal that will let customers of the iTunes digital music transfer their music onto the mobile handset maker's next generation of MP3-enabled phones. Under the agreement, Apple will... [27 Jul 2004]
Intel and Red Hat team for Linux security
News In a discussion on the Linux kernel mailing list after Molnar posted the patch, Linux founder and leader Linus Torvalds asked how many programs wouldn't work using with NX enabled. On hearing the number was low, he then... [07 Jun 2004]
Linksys Wi-Fi router flaw found
News The default configuration on the products he tested used version 2.02.7 of the firmware, and they enabled access to the configuration page via ports 80 and 443. Cisco Systems has issued a patch for a... [07 Jun 2004]
Exchange Server hole allows email spying
News For the moment, the company is advising customers to keep Kerberos authentication enabled, as it is by default and may issue a patch or more information when its investigation is complete. However,... [25 Nov 2003]
Mac OS X flaws exposed
News In the event a system is running with core files enabled, attackers with interactive shell access can overwrite arbitrary files, and read core files created by root owned processes. The first details "systemic" flaws in... [29 Oct 2003]
Watch out for Bluetooth sniffers
News People are often unaware that Bluetooth is enabled on their devices and the security features are often inactivated. The program allows an intruder to identify neighbouring Bluetooth-enabled devices. The... [15 Aug 2003]
Microsoft reaches new Windows milestone
News The internet feature is not enabled in the newest leaked Longhorn, while the others are tied to specific user accounts. In its default setting, the sidebar adds to the Windows desktop a search option,... [29 Apr 2003]
'Most businesses have vulnerable servers'
News The advisory also pointed out that companies may not even know they are running Sendmail because it is enabled by default in many Unix and Linux distributions. A serious flaw has been found in Sendmail... [31 Mar 2003]
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