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While I think it's a troll rather a shill, here's some surveys:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/235986/Windows_Phone_7_Edges_Android_in_User_Satisfaction.html

http://www.neowin.net/news/windows-phone-tops-in-user-satisfaction#

http://blog.amplifiedanalytics.com/2012/07/customer-satisfaction-with-windows-smart-phones-rise-by-18/

Oh wow Alex being a FOSSie and throwing insults, surprise surprise. Hey here is a video of RMS you'll find enlightening and as a public service allow me to post some facts (with links, which of course you can NEVER provide) to give those that aren't sucking GNUoolaid some information about the product you keep championing blindly like a Moonie following his master.

How about a nice kernel exploit? Or how about the guy that wrote EEEBuntu saying Ubuntu sucks? which considering they are the current savior of Linux kinda tells you something.

How sad was it that even when a bug was spreading through OSX there were writers pointing out that's no reason to torture yourself with Linux , after all even a virus ridden OSX actually runs which is more than most distros LOL! But hey, you can always tell them they can fix it otherwise they don't need that right? LOL! And I noticed you just couldn't fricking resist screaming "Nigger!" which in FOSSie is done by screaming PaidMicrosoftShill, hey you think you could throw in one more FOSSie cliche please? Then I'll have a FOSSie Flush ROFL!

But if you didn't have cliches and your pathetic attempts at insults why then you might have to have an independent thought and realize what everybody knows that even when MSFT put out a universally reviled OS you STILL got curb stomped, does that give you ANY clues? or all they all brainwashed by those black choppers that have been following you? Hell when the Chinese were given the choice of your "free OS" or pirating Windows they chose the latter even if it meant staying on XP and using IE fricking 6, LOL! Does that ring ANY bells? A smart person would say "what are we doing wrong the other guy is doing right?" but a FOSSie who is just like a Moonie in that they blindly follow, instead says "Its all a conspiracy! They are all shills keeping the masses from true salvation!" and then you wonder why we all laugh at you because you DON'T Listen, you DON'T learn, and Torvalds could take a big steaming dump and hand it to you and you'd thank him for his generous gift. So enjoy that fresh bitchslapping loony, enjoy the fact that the world really doesn't care...but I do, I enjoy slapping you, it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy.

AFAIK the stock OS on the Nexus 7 doesn't recognise USB storage devices, which is a shame. Keyboards definitely work fine.

You have to root it, but Stickmount works on the Nexus 7: http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1093875-how-to-use-usb-drives-with-nexus-7-root/

I used to recommend people to buy their computers. I actually specifically tell people "just about anything but Apple" now.Congratulations Apple. You might have won this battle (for now, appeal pending) but I assure you that you've lost the war.

Yeah you should tell them to buy a PC with a Microsoft OS, that great paragon of morality. Maybe a Samsung Windows 8 laptop with their "innovative" new Samsung S Launcher. Or maybe it'll finally be the year of the Linux desktop.

It's not new, it's from 1995. http://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft039s-logo-is-not-new-it039s-from-1995

Get in touch with these guys: http://gauntletkeyboard.com/
They are working on a VERY EARLY prototype of a keyboard glove that looks very promising if you can look past the ugliness of the prototype.
Trying to get funding... http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1099959-help-me-get-10000-from-best-buy-for-my-invention/page__fromsearch__1
Why they don't just stick it on Kickstarter, I have no idea, but it is something I can across which could be of some use, I'm sure they would need a good test use case to show off it's benefits if this thing works.

iOS 3+ is full disk encrypted. http://www.neowin.net/news/ios-encryption-is-impossible-to-crack-by-nsas-standards

And you and him are being a idiot if you think you cant do all of that on a iPad. For one thing the iOS encryption has been ruled as uncrackable (meaning it would take way more time and effort to crack the encryption than it would be worth not that it is impossible to crack). http://www.neowin.net/news/ios-encryption-is-impossible-to-crack-by-nsas-standards For another you can inspect all communications off the iPad no problem and even block what apps are allowed on it with any of the number of MDM solutions out there including the one Apple provides with OS X Server. So no he is not being sensible and you are being a FUD loving fucktard.

The 1st real guide for that & it really works -> http://www.bing.com/search?q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000%2FXP%22&go=&qs=ns&form=QBLH

To "immunize" a Windows system, I effectively use the principles in "layered security" possibles!

http://www.bing.com/search?q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000%2FXP%22&go=&form=QBRE

I.E./E.G.-> I have done so since 1997-1998 with the most viewed, highly rated guide online for Windows security there really is which came from the fact I also created the 1st guide for securing Windows, highly rated @ NEOWIN (as far back as 1998-2001) here:

http://www.neowin.net/news/apk-a-to-z-internet-speedup--security-text

& from as far back as 1997 -> http://web.archive.org/web/20020205091023/www.ntcompatible.com/article1.shtml which Neowin above picked up on & rated very highly.

(I HAVEN'T FOUND AN OLDER (or better) ONE YET ONLINE TO DATE EITHER...)

That has evolved more currently, into the MOST viewed & highly rated one there is for years now since 2008 online in the 1st URL link above...

Which has well over 500,000++ views online (actually MORE, but 1 site with 75,000 views of it went offline/out-of-business) & it's been made either:

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1.) An Essential Guide
2.) 5-5 star rated
3.) A "sticky-pinned" thread
4.) Most viewed in the category it's in (usually security)
5.) Got me PAID by winning a contest @ PCPitStop (quite unexpectedly - I was only posting it for the good of all, & yes, "the Lord works in mysterious ways", it even got me PAID -> http://techtalk.pcpitstop.com/2007/09/04/pc-pitstop-winners/ (see January 2008))

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Across 15-20 or so sites I posted it on back in 2008... & here is the IMPORTANT part, in some sample testimonials to the "layered security" methodology efficacy:

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SOME QUOTED TESTIMONIALS TO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SAID LAYERED SECURITY GUIDE I AUTHORED:

http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=672ebdf47af75a0c5b0d9e7278be305f&t=28430&page=2

"I recently, months ago when you finally got this guide done, had authorization to try this on simple work station for kids. My client, who paid me an ungodly amount of money to do this, has been PROBLEM FREE FOR MONTHS! I haven't even had a follow up call which is unusual." - THRONKA, user of my guide @ XTremePcCentral

AND

"APK, thanks for such a great guide. This would, and should, be an inspiration to such security measures. Also, the pc that has "tweaks": IS STILL GOING! NO PROBLEMS!" - THRONKA, user of my guide @ XTremePcCentral

AND

http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=672ebdf47af75a0c5b0d9e7278be305f&t=28430&page=3

"Its 2009 - still trouble free! I was told last week by a co worker who does active directory administration, and he said I was doing overkill. I told him yes, but I just eliminated the half life in windows that you usually get. He said good point. So from 2008 till 2009. No speed decreases, its been to a lan party, moved around in a move, and it still NEVER has had the OS reinstalled besides the fact I imaged the drive over in 2008. Great stuff! My client STILL Hasn't

As much as you can (to a point as needed only of course for certain use-cases)!

Face it, I use ALL of this - I wrote it:

http://www.google.com/search?sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&site=&source=hp&q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000/XP%22&btnG=Search&gbv=1&sei=y6UxUMf5CY_g6wHT04C4Dg

& practically wrote the book on "layered-security"/"defense-in-depth" on PC's per that guide... sound cocky? Read on...

(Nice part is the above, one day getting sick of seeing malware run rampage on many folks systems, knowing I was never "hit" since 1995-1996 doing that guide? Well, turned out nice & got me paid a tiny fee on 1 spot it did well in)

It began way, Way, WAY back in 1996 or so... proof here:

I have done so since 1997-1998 with the most viewed, highly rated guide online for Windows security there really is which came from the fact I also created the 1st guide for securing Windows, highly rated @ NEOWIN (as far back as 1998-2001) here:

http://www.neowin.net/news/apk-a-to-z-internet-speedup--security-text

& from as far back as 1997 -> http://web.archive.org/web/20020205091023/www.ntcompatible.com/article1.shtml which Neowin above picked up on & rated very highly.

That has evolved more currently, into the MOST viewed & highly rated one there is for years now since 2008 online in the 1st URL link above...

Which has well over 500,000++ views online (actually MORE, but 1 site with 75,000 views of it went offline/out-of-business) & it's been made either:

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1.) An Essential Guide
2.) 5-5 star rated
3.) A "sticky-pinned" thread
4.) Most viewed in the category it's in (usually security)
5.) Got me PAID by winning a contest @ PCPitStop (quite unexpectedly - I was only posting it for the good of all, & yes, "the Lord works in mysterious ways", it even got me PAID -> http://techtalk.pcpitstop.com/2007/09/04/pc-pitstop-winners/ (see January 2008))

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Across 15-20 or so sites I posted it on back in 2008... & here is the IMPORTANT part, in some sample testimonials to the "layered security" methodology efficacy:

---

SOME QUOTED TESTIMONIALS TO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SAID LAYERED SECURITY GUIDE I AUTHORED:

http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=672ebdf47af75a0c5b0d9e7278be305f&t=28430&page=2

"I recently, months ago when you finally got this guide done, had authorization to try this on simple work station for kids. My client, who paid me an ungodly amount of money to do this, has been PROBLEM FREE FOR MONTHS! I haven't even had a follow up call which is unusual." - THRONKA, user of my guide @ XTremePcCentral

AND

"APK, thanks for such a great guide. This would, and should, be an inspiration to such security measures. Also, the pc that has "tweaks": IS STILL GOING! NO PROBLEMS!" - THRONKA, user of my guide @ XTremePcCentral

AND

http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=672ebdf47af75a0c5b0d9e7278be305f&t=28430&page=3

"Its 2009 - still trouble free! I was told last week by a co worker who does active directory administration, and he said I was doing overkill. I told him yes, but I just eliminated the half life

Just fine - I've done a number of posts on the source site already, posting portions of what I have here a ton of times (mind you, which my "skeptic naysayers" here haven't disproven a single shred of to date)... I'm just waiting for the page to update for responses I gave others there (takes time on some boards, part of what I LIKE about /. is "instant on" with posts).

It's not a "demise" by the by - MS Sec Essentials is the KEY "workaround"... so you know. There's another I posted but it hasn't come up yet there (databasepath parm in tcp/ip parms in registry & redirecting it).

You obviously also aren't aware of some of my posts over time here. I've been "into" a LOT more than hosts my man... a LOT more. I'll post some for YOUR reference after this post as an "addendum"... fair enough? Good.

Anyways:

Do I *like* what I saw on Win8 there? Heck no... especially NOT on hosts files!

However/Then again??

MS "fanboy" extraordinaire here or not??

I don't think much of Win8, due to "METRO"! Man, I've said it before - MS has to get rid of Mr. Ballmer & his crew responsible for it... too far, too fast, not enough market on PC's yet for touch screen (tablets, & phones, yes... PC OS? No!)

Not that he's some evil guy, in fact, I hear he's a hell of a NICE guy who's great @ grooming mgt. talent (& that's also from an MS mgt. man named Foredecker who posts here or did). I've said this many times here before in fact.

However - He's not a "King Billy" calibre man, who was a computer coder/technologist AND business man... that's what MS needs.

Fact is - of ALL the MS guys I am aware of, personally or otherwise?

I hope Russinovich, former "co-worker" of mine thru Sunbelt where we sold wares together takes over 1 day. We've had diff.'s over time, but he'd get MY vote.

Anyways - Pity is, Win8 "under-the-covers" is BETTER than Win7 even in a LOT of ways, such as "self-terminating services"!

(Which tuners/tweakers like myself have been into for decades, ala my guides for it from 1997 onwards, & I'd be as bold to say they WERE the 1st of their kind, as I have yet to find older ones).

Proofs: I.E./E.G.-> I have done so since 1997-1998 with the most viewed, highly rated guide online for Windows security there really is which came from the fact I also created the 1st guide for securing Windows, highly rated @ NEOWIN (as far back as 1998-2001) here:

http://www.neowin.net/news/apk-a-to-z-internet-speedup--security-text

& from as far back as 1997 -> http://web.archive.org/web/20020205091023/www.ntcompatible.com/article1.shtml which Neowin above picked up on & rated very highly.

That has evolved more currently, into the MOST viewed & highly rated one there is for years now since 2008 online in the 1st URL link above...

Which has well over 500,000++ views online (actually MORE, but 1 site with 75,000 views of it went offline/out-of-business) & it's been made either:

---

1.) An Essential Guide
2.) 5-5 star rated
3.) A "sticky-pinned" thread
4.) Most viewed in the category it's in (usually security)
5.) Got me PAID by winning a contest @ PCPitStop (quite unexpectedly - I was only posting it for the good of all, & yes, "the Lord works in mysterious ways", it even got me PAID -> http://techtalk.pcpitstop.com/2007/09/04/pc-pitstop-winners/ (see January 2008))

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Anyhow/anyways, all that aside?

My std. post on hosts, of course...

For those of you that run Microsoft Windows 32 or 64 bit? An automated hosts file creation & mgt. program:

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APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:

Sc

Wish I could spare the time to find ya a better link but I'm ass deep in work right now bro and when you type shutdown and Win 8 in Google you find 50 bazillion people having problems...gee i wonder why? Anyway this is the best I can do but el Reg reported after the CP release (maybe you should search their site) that this is indeed the default behavior and you have to use a MS KB article to disable and force "classic" shutdown. Maybe look up "Win 8 hybrid boot"? I just ain't got the time to spare friend, sorry.

"Ahem, the entire line was that group policy makes booting slower." - by UnknowingFool (672806) on Friday August 17, @08:06AM (#41022259)

No, I said disabling SERVICES via policies, or other means like a .reg file merge in a logon script (you DO know what those are, right? GpEdit allows for that, as it does parsing autoexec.bat even!) can speed up booting!

Which, of course? It does!

AND

As a bonus, it saves CPU cycles, RAM, & other forms of I/O - as well as electricity too (bonus)...

Again - YOUR READING? Needs work!

It works to speed up booting - Just as it does in Win8 with its "self-terminating services", & it's JUST LIKE what "tweakers/tuners" like myself, having written the FIRST GUIDE ON IT in existence for Windows NT-based OS knows better than just about anyone does:

I.E./E.G.-> I have done so since 1997-1998 with the most viewed, highly rated guide online for Windows security there really is which came from the fact I also created the 1st guide for securing Windows, highly rated @ NEOWIN (as far back as 1998-2001) here:

http://www.neowin.net/news/apk-a-to-z-internet-speedup--security-text

& from as far back as 1997 -> http://web.archive.org/web/20020205091023/www.ntcompatible.com/article1.shtml which Neowin above picked up on & rated very highly.

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You responded by telling them to disable rights which does not apply to most workers. So your entire point was meaningless.." - by UnknowingFool (672806) on Friday August 17, @08:06AM (#41022259)

Wrong - not RIGHTS, I said SERVICES, not rights...

Thus?

* Well - You must "eat your words" again, since your so-called 'point', as-per-your-usual, is in ERROR... due to your reading being faulty!

APK

P.S.=>

"Again, are you ever right?" - by UnknowingFool (672806) on Friday August 17, @08:06AM (#41022259)

Sure - see above (& learn to read, lol)... and of course, our "history lesson review" from OUR mutual past, below too (lol):

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"Your history seems to say no." - by UnknowingFool (672806) on Friday August 17, @08:06AM (#41022259)

Hmmm, HISTORY (you vs. me) SHOWS CLEARLY OTHERWISE, here today now, & of course, this in the past as well (again to 'refresh your memory', lol):

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Unknowing FOOL burned by the fact NASDAQ's system DOES BOOK TRADES:

http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1836934&cid=34046188

Unknowing FOOL goes down on LSE + Linux, just like Linux did:

http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1995760&cid=35231420

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Now, WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT "HISTORY", Unknowing Fool? See history, above... you vs. me!

Yes - I'd think "twice", per the above (if not this as a 3rd time, lol) before YOU even think about *trying* me again, since so far over time? Your results haven't been very good... lol, see above!

... apk

Sure - see above (

It's not censored in the pictures of the slogan that neowin has or SCM Magazine.

It wasn't that hard to search for either. However it was probably harder than the knee jerk reaction shown above.

"Can you think of an effective way for non-government affiliated denizens of the Internet to respond to such emerging scenarios where geo-politically driven cyber-conflicts have the potential to harm non-participants?" - by Doubting Sapien (2448658) on Thursday August 09, @04:21PM (#40937259)

PROTECTING YOURSELF IS "JOB #1", & if you want to do a job right? Do it yourself... & learn how to during that time, with a little help/guidance!

Read, & apply what's in the link below, to-the-letter, IF you use a Windows-based system!

(CIS tool for Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003 = FREE, & CIS Tool for Windows 7 has a 30 day trial: Trust me, you won't need it for THAT long! It makes it fun, almost like running a system performance benchmark for speed/efficiency tuning, albeit, this is for security-hardening your system instead).

This is a guide I'd written since 1997-2007 that actually works:

To "immunize" a Windows system, I effectively use the principles in "layered security" possibles!

http://www.bing.com/search?q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000%2FXP%22&go=&form=QBRE

I.E./E.G.-> I have done so since 1997-1998 with the most viewed, highly rated guide online for Windows security there really is which came from the fact I also created the 1st guide for securing Windows, highly rated @ NEOWIN (as far back as 1998-2001) here:

http://www.neowin.net/news/apk-a-to-z-internet-speedup--security-text

& from as far back as 1997 -> http://web.archive.org/web/20020205091023/www.ntcompatible.com/article1.shtml which Neowin above picked up on & rated very highly.

That has evolved more currently, into the MOST viewed & highly rated one there is for years now since 2008 online in the 1st URL link above...

Which has well over 500,000++ views online (actually MORE, but 1 site with 75,000 views of it went offline/out-of-business) & it's been made either:

---

1.) An Essential Guide
2.) 5-5 star rated
3.) A "sticky-pinned" thread
4.) Most viewed in the category it's in (usually security)
5.) Got me PAID by winning a contest @ PCPitStop (quite unexpectedly - I was only posting it for the good of all, & yes, "the Lord works in mysterious ways", it even got me PAID -> http://techtalk.pcpitstop.com/2007/09/04/pc-pitstop-winners/ (see January 2008))

---

Across 15-20 or so sites I posted it on back in 2008... & here is the IMPORTANT part, in some sample testimonials to the "layered security" methodology efficacy:

---

SOME QUOTED TESTIMONIALS TO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SAID LAYERED SECURITY GUIDE I AUTHORED:

http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=672ebdf47af75a0c5b0d9e7278be305f&t=28430&page=2

"I recently, months ago when you finally got this guide done, had authorization to try this on simple work station for kids. My client, who paid me an ungodly amount of money to do this, has been PROBLEM FREE FOR MONTHS! I haven't even had a follow up call which is unusual." - THRONKA, user of my guide @ XTremePcCentral

AND

"APK, thanks for such a great guide. This would, and should, be an inspiration to such security measures. Also, the pc that has "tweaks": IS STILL GOING! NO PROBLEMS!" - THRONKA, user of my guide @ XTremePcCentral

AND

Among others a reply from Frank Shaw (MSFT):

http://www.neowin.net/news/what-the-hell-is-microsofts-lost-decade

AFAIK, there are several issues: Windows 8 won't allow side-loading of apps on ARM computers, so Steam is going to be completely locked out of Microsoft's big ARM push, including the MS Surface tablet which might be popular. W8 also won't allow side loading of Metro apps at all (unless you are a developer or enterprise) and so if developers want to use Metro features, then they won't be able to distribute via Steam. If W8 on ARM is popular, and say 25% of sales are on that platform, then Steam is going to be a lot less useful as a distribution platform because developers are going to want to target ARM devices, and since they're forced to build and distribute via the Windows Store anyway, it becomes more work to target a dual-distribution platform. Microsoft has already stated that alternative web browsers won't be allowed on ARM, so there is little chance that they will allow an alternative distribution channel, and even if they did, they would want some percentage (30%?) of Valve's income so it's not going to happen.

Aside from ARM issues, Steam has 70%+ of the market for distribution of Windows video games. Once Microsoft have an alternative app Store it is going to be competing directly against Steam. The amusing thing is that all this fuss is over a unified distribution channel, which is a new feature for Windows but which the Linux distributions have had for almost two decades now.

Windows 7 doesn't work on ARM either.

So really, it's no different.

AFAIK, there are several issues: Windows 8 won't allow side-loading of apps on ARM computers, so Steam is going to be completely locked out of Microsoft's big ARM push, including the MS Surface tablet which might be popular. W8 also won't allow side loading of Metro apps at all (unless you are a developer or enterprise) and so if developers want to use Metro features, then they won't be able to distribute via Steam. If W8 on ARM is popular, and say 25% of sales are on that platform, then Steam is going to be a lot less useful as a distribution platform because developers are going to want to target ARM devices, and since they're forced to build and distribute via the Windows Store anyway, it becomes more work to target a dual-distribution platform. Microsoft has already stated that alternative web browsers won't be allowed on ARM, so there is little chance that they will allow an alternative distribution channel, and even if they did, they would want some percentage (30%?) of Valve's income so it's not going to happen.

Aside from ARM issues, Steam has 70%+ of the market for distribution of Windows video games. Once Microsoft have an alternative app Store it is going to be competing directly against Steam. The amusing thing is that all this fuss is over a unified distribution channel, which is a new feature for Windows but which the Linux distributions have had for almost two decades now.

The one supported by by Webkit and Gecko?

Indeed. That is already a problem?

To me HTML 5 is too ambitions and big like trying to swallow a horse rather than one bite at a time approach. I think it should be split into several versions of HTML 5,6, and 7 etc.

W3C slowed down because Microsoft refused to play along for so long and they are part of the committee. With the about face of IE 9/10 that problem should go away as all browsers rapidly race towards incorporating CSS 3 and HTML 5 features first including simply proposals that are not even draft yet!

I favor cutting off HTML 5 proposals now to finalize it faster. THen put the newer features in webkit and Gecko in HMTL 6. If people are getting giddy about HTML 6 accelerated SVG and ajax stuff it will put pressure to retire IE 8. It will be perceived as very obsolete much quicker and non compliant otherwise the corps wont leave which will mean CSS 2.1 and HTML 4 until 2019.

That thing is a thorn in our side and it will become the new IE 6 of this decade because it comes with Windows 7.

Also doing this will prevent Chrome from becoming the next non standard browser as well.

http://www.neowin.net/news/us-government-makes-jailbreaking-unlocking-and-ripping-dvds-legal

http://money.usnews.com/money/business-economy/technology/articles/2009/09/30/is-it-legal-to-copy-a-dvd

What's illegal, again? If you do it for noncommercial use (such as making a backup to your hard drive) it's perfectly legal.

Welcome to several years ago. Do try and catch up.

Arstechnica has a more comprehensive review.

Also they were kind enough to divide the new features by individual product. Word is here, so is excel, outlook, as well as powerpoint.

I just briefly went through them but the general improvements is that you can share documents with your coworkers with its cloud add ons as well as import and export your work documents with integrated skydrive from your work/home pcs. For individual programs, Excel has a new intellisense that works in cells so you can select commonly used names and formulas with a transparent window that wont obstruct your data. MS calls this ghosting. Outlook has Bing and map integration for directions and travel data as well as having a multiview pane so you do not have to close the calendar to view your todo list for example. Word, well I didn't see anything worthwhile except for some extra formatting options for brochures and other material and a souped up track it list where you can even do text messages in them for things like "Bob redo these figures - boss". Does this mean they are axing MS Publisher? They seem to be covering the same functionality. There is some other stuff that I will read later because it is detailed.

What is clear is this is surprisingly strongly aimed at corporations. MS is getting back to its strength as a groupware product that ties to corporate infrastructure.
The ones who still are holding on to IE 6/8, XP, and Office 2k3. College students or home users will not see that much improvement. Also Neowin mentioned MS is killing both Vista and XP support with Office 2013. This office suite is aimed to get those corporations dragging their feet with Windows 7.

This is a relief... http://www.neowin.net/news/classic-shell-brings-classic-start-menu-to-windows-8

Classic Start Menu and Classic Shell are about the 1st things I install after making a clean install.

Per my subject-line - It's obvious you did that to my post here http://apple.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2937419&cid=40441449

"Hmm. Without a proper hosts file, this seems pointless." - by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 25, @03:38PM (#40442927)

Hmmm - you also obviously don't READ VERY WELL, do you? My security guides for Windows list that as a MAINSTAY POINT...

E.G.-> My personal hosts file has 1,791,965 KNOWN BAD SITES/SERVERS/HOSTS-DOMAINS BLOCKED OFF IN IT, currently...

(Such as botnet C&C servers, rogue DNS servers, infected adbanners & adbanners in general, spam/phish linked servers-sites, & malware serving sites + malscripted ones are blocked off in it - specifically).

APK

P.S.=> Above all else though - your following my posts around and downmoderating them? Didn't stop my security guide from reaching this status worldwide:

The most viewed, highly rated guide online for Windows security there really is which came from the fact I also created the 1st guide for securing Windows, highly rated @ NEOWIN (as far back as 1998-2001) here:

http://www.neowin.net/news/apk-a-to-z-internet-speedup--security-text

& from as far back as 1997 -> http://web.archive.org/web/20020205091023/www.ntcompatible.com/article1.shtml which Neowin above picked up on & rated very highly.

That has evolved more currently, into the MOST viewed & highly rated one there is for years now since 2008 online in the 1st URL link above...

Which has well over 500,000++ views online (actually MORE, but 1 site with 75,000 views of it went offline/out-of-business) & it's been made either:

---

1.) An Essential Guide
2.) 5-5 star rated
3.) A "sticky-pinned" thread
4.) Most viewed in the category it's in (usually security)
5.) Got me PAID by winning a contest @ PCPitStop (quite unexpectedly - I was only posting it for the good of all, & yes, "the Lord works in mysterious ways", it even got me PAID -> http://techtalk.pcpitstop.com/2007/09/04/pc-pitstop-winners/ (see January 2008))

---

Across 15-20 or so sites I posted it on back in 2008... & here is the IMPORTANT part, in some sample testimonials to the "layered security" methodology efficacy:

---

That achieved results like the ones I requoted in my original post you quite obviously down-moderated for NO JUSTIFIABLE REASON... apkbfor years now since 2008 online in the 1st URL link above...

http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/01/15/windows-7-superbar-overview

Of the concept I illustrated here of most used = most attacked on ANY computing platform -> http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2899979&cid=40255631

(Which, from the malware maker/botnet herder's "point-of-view" MAKES TONS OF SENSE... To I.E.-> Expend more efforts where the greatest amount of returns will come from, & that is where the MOST "easy-meat noob" users are to be victimized (the most used OS platforms)).

* You can say what you wish, but it proves my point for me, easily, & with a CONCRETE undeniable example...

APK

P.S.=>

"these problem don't occur in gnu/linux (as opposed to android/linux) for a number of reasons" - by lister king of smeg (2481612) on Friday June 08, @11:51AM (#40258177)

Well, I can say (and show testimonials of it too, not just say it) the SAME about Windows NT-based OS, once "security-hardened" above the DEFAULT configuration (which I've been doing guides online for users since oh, 1997 onwards):

To "immunize" a Windows system, I effectively use the principles in "layered security" possibles!

http://www.bing.com/search?q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000%2FXP%22&go=&form=QBRE

I.E./E.G.-> I have done so since 1997-1998 with the most viewed, highly rated guide online for Windows security there really is which came from the fact I also created the 1st guide for securing Windows, highly rated @ NEOWIN (as far back as 1998-2001) here:

http://www.neowin.net/news/apk-a-to-z-internet-speedup--security-text

& from as far back as 1997 -> http://web.archive.org/web/20020205091023/www.ntcompatible.com/article1.shtml which Neowin above picked up on & rated very highly.

That has evolved more currently, into the MOST viewed & highly rated one there is for years now since 2008 online in the 1st URL link above...

Which has well over 500,000++ views online (actually MORE, but 1 site with 75,000 views of it went offline/out-of-business) & it's been made either:

---

1.) An Essential Guide
2.) 5-5 star rated
3.) A "sticky-pinned" thread
4.) Most viewed in the category it's in (usually security)
5.) Got me PAID by winning a contest @ PCPitStop (quite unexpectedly - I was only posting it for the good of all, & yes, "the Lord works in mysterious ways", it even got me PAID -> http://techtalk.pcpitstop.com/2007/09/04/pc-pitstop-winners/ (see January 2008))

---

Across 15-20 or so sites I posted it on back in 2008... & here is the IMPORTANT part, in some sample testimonials to the "layered security" methodology efficacy:

---

SOME QUOTED TESTIMONIALS TO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SAID LAYERED SECURITY GUIDE I AUTHORED:

http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=672ebdf47af75a0c5b0d9e7278be305f&t=28430&page=2

"I recently, months ago when you finally got this guide done, had authorization to try this on simple work station for kids. My client, who paid me an ungodly amount of money to do this, has been PROBLEM FREE FOR MONTHS! I haven't even had a follow up call which is unusual." - THRONKA, user of my guide @ XTremePcCentral

AND

"APK, thanks for such a great guide. This would, and should, be an inspiration to such security measures. Also, the pc that has "tweaks": IS STILL GOING! NO PROBLEMS!" -

"No operating system is 'unassailable'. " - by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 06, @09:32AM (#40231439)

See subject & I absolutely am (for now @ least vs. this particular threat, via 4 methods (patch by MS, custom hosts file blocking of "flame"'s C&C servers that are known, & security hardening my system + the OS I use)):

PROOF? Ok!

http://www.net-security.org/malware_news.php?id=2138

Flame's massive C&C infrastructure revealed - Posted on 05.06.2012:

PERTINENT QUOTE/EXCERPT:

---

"It's interesting to mention that these machines mostly run Windows XP and Windows 7 32 bit, but none of them run Windows 7 64 bit, which seems impervious against this and most other malware."

---

* Especially when "security-hardened" as I have done for Windows NT-based systems since the early 1990's:

http://www.bing.com/search?q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000%2FXP%22&go=&qs=ns&form=QBLH

RESULTS OF SUCH SYSTEM SECURITY HARDENING BY TESTIMONIAL OVER 1 YEAR BY A USER OF MY GUIDES FOR SECURITY:

To "immunize" a Windows system, I effectively use the principles in "layered security" possibles!

http://www.bing.com/search?q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000%2FXP%22&go=&form=QBRE

I.E./E.G.-> I have done so since 1997-1998 with the most viewed, highly rated guide online for Windows security there really is which came from the fact I also created the 1st guide for securing Windows, highly rated @ NEOWIN (as far back as 1998-2001) here:

http://www.neowin.net/news/apk-a-to-z-internet-speedup--security-text

& from as far back as 1997 -> http://web.archive.org/web/20020205091023/www.ntcompatible.com/article1.shtml which Neowin above picked up on & rated very highly.

That has evolved more currently, into the MOST viewed & highly rated one there is for years now since 2008 online in the 1st URL link above...

Which has well over 500,000++ views online (actually MORE, but 1 site with 75,000 views of it went offline/out-of-business) & it's been made either:

---

1.) An Essential Guide
2.) 5-5 star rated
3.) A "sticky-pinned" thread
4.) Most viewed in the category it's in (usually security)
5.) Got me PAID by winning a contest @ PCPitStop (quite unexpectedly - I was only posting it for the good of all, & yes, "the Lord works in mysterious ways", it even got me PAID -> http://techtalk.pcpitstop.com/2007/09/04/pc-pitstop-winners/ (see January 2008))

---

Across 15-20 or so sites I posted it on back in 2008... & here is the IMPORTANT part, in some sample testimonials to the "layered security" methodology efficacy:

---

SOME QUOTED TESTIMONIALS TO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SAID LAYERED SECURITY GUIDE I AUTHORED:

http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=672ebdf47af75a0c5b0d9e7278be305f&t=28430&page=2

"I recently, months ago when you finally got this guide done, had authorization to try this on simple work station for kids. My client, who paid me an ungodly amount of money to do this, has been PROBLEM FREE FOR MONTHS! I haven't even had a follow up call which is unusual." - THRONKA, user of my guide @ XTremePcCentral

AND

I know Slashdot has a really low bar for +5 insightful for comments related to 'M$', but you're really making up things here. Windows Phone has the highest customer satisfaction numbers.

http://www.neowin.net/news/windows-phone-tops-in-user-satisfaction

http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=20980

http://windowsphonenetwork.com/2012/03/pcmags-readers-choice-awards-windows-phone/

Even Siri was answering that the Nokia Windows Phone was the best cellphone ever before Apple shut it down and replaced it with a joke.

And people who could actually correct you have long past left in disgust at the extreme circlejerk inborn retardation on this site.

looks like you're both retarded
http://www.neowin.net/news/former-microsoft-pm-silverlight-is-dead

the evidence is lacking.

I think in Microsoft's defense, they know there are a metric shitton of pirated copies of Windows.

It's one thing to say some of the people who pirate wouldn't if another method was available. It's another to say that when 90% of Windows in China are pirated. At least SOME of those 90% would have paid for it if pirating weren't an alternative.

Microsoft has been on record as saying that they'd rather you pirate their software then purchase the competitors.
The real issue is stopping competition. The *AAs don't want you paying indie media producers. Microsoft doesn't want you downloading a free operating system or office suit.
This technology can just as easily target legitimate uses of bit-torrent, even if it only by stopping its use for anything.

the evidence is lacking.

I think in Microsoft's defense, they know there are a metric shitton of pirated copies of Windows.

It's one thing to say some of the people who pirate wouldn't if another method was available. It's another to say that when 90% of Windows in China are pirated. At least SOME of those 90% would have paid for it if pirating weren't an alternative.

It is well known that iPhones use too much data for no good reason.

With what servers are they communicating? The article you linked doesn't go into any detail about the kinds of traffic that iPhone 4S users generate. The press release about the study claims that the 4S is roughly comparable in data volume to high-end Android phones. Does the study itself give details about the specific types of traffic?

Honestly,
It is well known that iPhones use too much data for no good reason.
for example:
http://www.neowin.net/news/iphone-4s-owners-use-twice-as-much-data-as-iphone-4

For the last time, Apple is not microsoft and is not a convicted monopolist. Your comparison is retarded. When Apple holds ~85% share of all computers EVERYWHERE, then you can start making valid comparisons between the two.

DOJ oversight ended recently http://www.neowin.net/news/doj-oversight-of-microsoft-ends

The iPad holds about 60 to 90% of the installed base of tablets and it doesn't bans Netscape(Firefox) from even running, forget about getting trouble for just bundling Safari by default like MS did.

See this is why I love to LMAO at the FOSSies, they are so "There is but one true god!" they can't even think, its like a cross between village idiot and conspiracy nut, all rolled into one!

You want some fresh bitch slapping? Be careful what you wish for FOSSie, how about a nice kernel exploit? Or how about the guy that wrote EEEBuntu saying Ubuntu sucks which considering they are the current savior of Linux kinda tells you something. But why don't you say "Use Distro X" and then have the balls to name the X so i can show its just as big a POS, huh? BTW frankly everyone has stop giving a fuck about your OS, you aren't even newsworthy anymore really. Now its all Win 7&8, OSX&iOS, and of course Android which just shows what happens when a company bitch slaps the community and takes it away from them, why it actually fucking runs!

How sad that even with a bug spreading through OSX there are writers pointing out that's no reason to torture yourself with Linux , after all even a virus ridden OSX actually runs which is more than most distros LOL! But hey, you can always tell them they can fix it otherwise they don't need that right? LOL! And I noticed you just couldn't fricking resist screaming "Nigger!" which in FOSSie is done by screaming PaidMicrosoftShill, hey you think you could throw in one more FOSSie cliche please? Then I'll have a FOSSie Flush ROFL!

But if you didn't have cliches and your pathetic attempts at insults why then you might have to have an independent thought and realize what everybody knows that even when MSFT put out a universally reviled OS you STILL got curb stomped, does that give you ANY clues? or all they all brainwashed by those black choppers that have been following you? Hell when the Chinese were given the choice of your "free OS" or pirating Windows they chose the latter even if it meant staying on XP and using IE fricking 6, LOL! Does that ring ANY bells? A smart person would say "what are we doing wrong the other guy is doing right?" but a FOSSie who is just like a Moonie in that they blindly follow, instead says "Its all a conspiracy! They are all shills keeping the masses from true salvation!" and then you wonder why we all laugh at you because you DON'T Listen, you DON'T learn, and Torvalds could take a big steaming dump and hand it to you and you'd thank him for his generous gift. So enjoy that fresh bitchslapping loony, enjoy the fact that the world really doesn't care...but I do, I enjoy slapping you, it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy.

And as for people who run unlocked wireless routers and let anybody in the neighborhood utilize their bandwidth, I have zero sympathy.

Right, because we should expect 100% of the US population to understand network security and know how to properly secure a wifi router. Makes perfect sense!

Also, this.

"Security-By-Obscurity" - lack of users = lack of attacks. Android proves otherwise though, especially for Linux variants, where it is "king of the smartphone world", OS-wise, & is being attacked rampantly.

* So, IS it possible for Windows users to NOT see infestations?

Sure, with a bit of education & good easy to use tools to help them thru it, such as CIS Tool ( http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9018362/CIS_tool_aims_to_help_federal_agencies_check_Windows_security_settings ) &/or guides like this one I did in 2007 onwards (& I've been doing them since 1997):

http://www.bing.com/search?q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000%2FXP%22&go=&qs=ns&form=QBLH

("Layered-Security"/"Defense-in-Depth" is 'the way', & the best thing we have going vs. today's "malware-ridden-world" online... & yes, it actually works (alongside showing users who are NOT "technical computer gurus" or "security pros" some basic ideas/concepts to be aware of to help them help themselves via this concept...)

In fact, here's a quoted example of a fellow who applied it to his OWN systems, AND THOSE OF HIS CLIENTS (+ the results for over a year long period on that account):

To "immunize" a Windows system, I effectively use the principles in "layered security" possibles, per the link above!

I.E./E.G.-> I have done so since 1997-1998 with the most viewed, highly rated guide online for Windows security there really is which came from the fact I also created the 1st guide for securing Windows, highly rated @ NEOWIN (as far back as 1998-2001) here:

http://www.neowin.net/news/apk-a-to-z-internet-speedup--security-text

& from as far back as 1997 -> http://web.archive.org/web/20020205091023/www.ntcompatible.com/article1.shtml which Neowin above picked up on & rated very highly.

That has evolved more currently, into the MOST viewed & highly rated one there is for years now since 2008 online in the 1st URL link above...

Which has well over 500,000++ views online (actually MORE, but 1 site with 75,000 views of it went offline/out-of-business) & it's been made either:

---

1.) An Essential Guide
2.) 5-5 star rated
3.) A "sticky-pinned" thread
4.) Most viewed in the category it's in (usually security)
5.) Got me PAID by winning a contest @ PCPitStop (quite unexpectedly - I was only posting it for the good of all, & yes, "the Lord works in mysterious ways", it even got me PAID -> http://techtalk.pcpitstop.com/2007/09/04/pc-pitstop-winners/ (see January 2008))

---

Across 15-20 or so sites I posted it on back in 2008... & here is the IMPORTANT part, in some sample testimonials to the "layered security" methodology efficacy:

---

SOME QUOTED TESTIMONIALS TO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SAID LAYERED SECURITY GUIDE I AUTHORED:

http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=672ebdf47af75a0c5b0d9e7278be305f&t=28430&page=2

"I recently, months ago when you finally got this guide done, had authorization to try this on simple work station for kids. My client, who paid me an ungodly amount of money to do this, has been PROBLEM FREE FOR MONTHS! I haven't even had a follow up call which is unusual." - THRONKA, user of my guide @ XTremePcCentral

AND

"APK, thanks

Well, see the difference pointed here. I like SkyDrive's statement: Microsoft is granted rights

solely to the extent necessary to provide the service.

This is nice, clear and limited, and exactly matches my understanding of the relationship with the company. In contrast, Google's ToS is more vague and completely unlimited, in that that it applies not only to the services I signed for but to any new ones Google may want to develop. I have no control or knowledge what those new services may be or whether I want my data used that way. Moreover, by agreeing to Google's ToS I also have to give access to my data to any company Google decides to work with, again without my control or knowledge.

You note some people "imply" that Google may sell your data without your consent. I'd say it's a pretty reasonable suspicion, given Google's business model. You rightly point that the IP remains yours, but I think you're missing an important point: "selling your data" isn't limited to the data itself, but also to all facts that can be inferred from your files. Google can analyse your data and extract a lot of things, and that information can be valuable to all kinds of third parties you know nothing about and maybe wouldn't want to know facts about you. For example, Google may check your list of e-books and find out you're interested in science fiction, or maybe dieting, or have a penchant for fetish erotica. This is very much the type of data Google's advertising arm is interested in, and their ToS allows them to extract and sell it, while Microsoft's doesn't.

See this is why I love LMAO at the FOSSies, they are so "There is but one true god!" they can't even think, like how you at the very first sentence threw an insult and then dared to get butthurt when i slapped your dumb ass down.

You want some fresh bitch slapping? Be careful what you wish for FOSSie, how about a nice kernel exploit? Or how about the guy that wrote EEEBuntu saying Ubuntu sucks which considering they are the current savior of Linux kinda tells you something. But why don't you say "Use Distro X" and then have the balls to name the X so i can show its just as big a POS, huh? As for why the older ones? frankly everyone has stop giving a fuck about your OS, you aren't even newsworthy anymore really. Now its all Win 7&8, OSX&iOS, and of course Android which just shows what happens when a company bitch slaps the community and takes it away from them, why it actually fucking runs!

How sad that even with a bug spreading through OSX there are writers pointing out that's no reason to torture yourself with Linux , after all even a virus ridden OSX actually runs which is more than most distros LOL! But hey, you can always tell them they can fix it otherwise they don't need that right? LOL! And I noticed you just couldn't fricking resist screaming "Nigger!" which in FOSSie is done by screaming PaidMicrosoftShill, hey you think you could throw in one more FOSSie cliche please? Then I'll have a FOSSie Flush ROFL!

But if you didn't have cliches and your pathetic attempts at insults why then you might have to have an independent thought and realize what everybody knows that even when MSFT put out a universally reviled OS you STILL got curb stomped, does that give you ANY clues? or all they all brainwashed by those black choppers that have been following you? Hell when the Chinese were given the choice of your "free OS" or pirating Windows they chose the latter even if it meant staying on XP and using IE fricking 6, LOL! Does that ring ANY bells? A smart person would say "what are we doing wrong the other guy is doing right?" but a FOSSie who is just like a Moonie in that they blindly follow, instead says "Its all a conspiracy! They are all shills keeping the masses from true salvation!" and then you wonder why we all laugh at you because you DON'T Listen, you DON'T learn, and Torvalds could take a big steaming dump and hand it to you and you'd thank him for his generous gift. So enjoy that fresh bitchslapping loony, enjoy the fact that the world really doesn't care...but I do, I enjoy slapping you, it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy.

Oh and Microsoft doesn't need shills, they have YOU. Its batshit loony tunes like YOU that make the entire community look like retarded basement trolls, its YOU that gives everyone the fodder for all the "Linux is for lusers" jokes, because you sound like a religious whacko. Frankly all any Microsoft or Apple rep has to do is show posts like yours and say 'you would want you company de

> Increasingly these novice users are spending all their computing time in iOS which is even less vulnerable.

iOS was vulnerable for *weeks* from a root exploit without a patch from Apple.

http://www.neowin.net/news/apple-sitting-on-ios-exploit-fix

Not what I would call secure.

Simple: This -> http://www.bing.com/search?q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000%2FXP%22&go=&qs=ns&form=QBLH

(Just by using the principles of "layered-security"/"defense-in-depth" AND educating users... they are the "weakest link"!)

To "immunize" a Windows system, I effectively use the principles in "layered security" possibles!

http://www.bing.com/search?q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000%2FXP%22&go=&form=QBRE

I.E./E.G.-> I have done so since 1997-1998 with the most viewed, highly rated guide online for Windows security there really is which came from the fact I also created the 1st guide for securing Windows, highly rated @ NEOWIN (as far back as 1998-2001) here:

http://www.neowin.net/news/apk-a-to-z-internet-speedup--security-text

& from as far back as 1997 -> http://web.archive.org/web/20020205091023/www.ntcompatible.com/article1.shtml which Neowin above picked up on & rated very highly.

That has evolved more currently, into the MOST viewed & highly rated one there is for years now since 2008 online in the 1st URL link above...

Which has well over 500,000++ views online (actually MORE, but 1 site with 75,000 views of it went offline/out-of-business) & it's been made either:

---

1.) An Essential Guide
2.) 5-5 star rated
3.) A "sticky-pinned" thread
4.) Most viewed in the category it's in (usually security)
5.) Got me PAID by winning a contest @ PCPitStop (quite unexpectedly - I was only posting it for the good of all, & yes, "the Lord works in mysterious ways", it even got me PAID -> http://techtalk.pcpitstop.com/2007/09/04/pc-pitstop-winners/ (see January 2008))

---

Across 15-20 or so sites I posted it on back in 2008... & here is the IMPORTANT part, in some sample testimonials to the "layered security" methodology efficacy:

---

SOME QUOTED TESTIMONIALS TO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SAID LAYERED SECURITY GUIDE I AUTHORED:

http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=672ebdf47af75a0c5b0d9e7278be305f&t=28430&page=2

"I recently, months ago when you finally got this guide done, had authorization to try this on simple work station for kids. My client, who paid me an ungodly amount of money to do this, has been PROBLEM FREE FOR MONTHS! I haven't even had a follow up call which is unusual." - THRONKA, user of my guide @ XTremePcCentral

AND

"APK, thanks for such a great guide. This would, and should, be an inspiration to such security measures. Also, the pc that has "tweaks": IS STILL GOING! NO PROBLEMS!" - THRONKA, user of my guide @ XTremePcCentral

AND

http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=672ebdf47af75a0c5b0d9e7278be305f&t=28430&page=3

"Its 2009 - still trouble free! I was told last week by a co worker who does active directory administration, and he said I was doing overkill. I told him yes, but I just eliminated the half life in windows that you usually get. He said good point. So from 2008 till 2009. No speed decreases, its been to a lan party, moved around in a move, and it still NEVER has had the OS reinstalled besides the fact I imaged the drive over in 2008. Great stuff! My clien

For Windows, I've been writing up such guides since 1997 to present, ala -> http://www.bing.com/search?q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000%2FXP%22&go=&qs=ns&form=QBLH & YES, it really does work (on very common-sense principles too largely, & largely with tools ALREADY PRESENT in the OS itself).

(The originals are from 2001 -> http://www.neowin.net/news/apk-a-to-z-internet-speedup--security-text & from as far back as 1997 -> http://web.archive.org/web/20020205091023/www.ntcompatible.com/article1.shtml )

Yes - The same goes for Apple/MacOS X:

http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=12616

And, yes - The same goes for Linux variants:

http://www.bing.com/search?q=%22HOW+TO+Secure+Linux%22&go=&qs=ns&form=QBLH

* NONE OF THEM SHIP AS SECURED AS IS POSSIBLE "outta-the-box/oem-stock" is why... & as you can see? Folks in the community out there (like myself shown above) for years have been putting out guides for securing Windows (and the same goes for MacOS X &/or Linux too) - &, per the single example above from Apple? So do the oem's of these OS!

APK

P.S.=> The OEM's of these OS ship them that way so that "things just work right off" when you setup your machines & Operating Systems is my guess, but... it's "on you", as the end-users, to do the rest typically's all!

... apk

"Simple fact is, Linux is as secure as you make it, but you cannot make windows secure." - by mSparks43 (757109) on Monday December 26, @01:32PM (#38495636) Homepage

Per my subject-line above, I practically "wrote the book" on it -> http://www.bing.com/search?q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000%2FXP%22&go=&qs=ns&form=QBLH

To "immunize" a Windows system, I effectively use the principles in "layered security" possibles!

http://www.bing.com/search?q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000%2FXP%22&go=&form=QBRE

I.E./E.G.-> I have done so since 1997-1998 with the most viewed, highly rated guide online for Windows security there really is which came from the fact I also created the 1st guide for securing Windows, highly rated @ NEOWIN (as far back as 1998-2001) here:

http://www.neowin.net/news/apk-a-to-z-internet-speedup--security-text

& from as far back as 1997 -> http://web.archive.org/web/20020205091023/www.ntcompatible.com/article1.shtml which Neowin above picked up on & rated very highly.

That has evolved more currently, into the MOST viewed & highly rated one there is for years now since 2008 online in the 1st URL link above...

Which has well over 500,000++ views online (actually MORE, but 1 site with 75,000 views of it went offline/out-of-business) & it's been made either:

---

1.) An Essential Guide
2.) 5-5 star rated
3.) A "sticky-pinned" thread
4.) Most viewed in the category it's in (usually security)
5.) Got me PAID by winning a contest @ PCPitStop (quite unexpectedly - I was only posting it for the good of all, & yes, "the Lord works in mysterious ways", it even got me PAID -> http://techtalk.pcpitstop.com/2007/09/04/pc-pitstop-winners/ (see January 2008))

---

Across 15-20 or so sites I posted it on back in 2008... & here is the IMPORTANT part, in some sample testimonials to the "layered security" methodology efficacy:

---

SOME QUOTED TESTIMONIALS TO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SAID LAYERED SECURITY GUIDE I AUTHORED:

http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=672ebdf47af75a0c5b0d9e7278be305f&t=28430&page=2

"I recently, months ago when you finally got this guide done, had authorization to try this on simple work station for kids. My client, who paid me an ungodly amount of money to do this, has been PROBLEM FREE FOR MONTHS! I haven't even had a follow up call which is unusual." - THRONKA, user of my guide @ XTremePcCentral

AND

"APK, thanks for such a great guide. This would, and should, be an inspiration to such security measures. Also, the pc that has "tweaks": IS STILL GOING! NO PROBLEMS!" - THRONKA, user of my guide @ XTremePcCentral

AND

http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=672ebdf47af75a0c5b0d9e7278be305f&t=28430&page=3

"Its 2009 - still trouble free! I was told last week by a co worker who does active directory administration, and he said I was doing overkill. I told him yes, but I just eliminated the half life in windows that you usually get. He said good point. So from 2008 till 2009. No speed decreases, its been to a lan party, moved around

All merchandisers know that iUsers have more money than sense and price accordingly.

Note: this is not to say that they have a lot of money, but rather that they don't have much sense.
There is a myth that goes something like "Macs are expensive, therefore only the wealthy can afford them.". Not the case - in fact it is the opposite - these people simply do not know how to manage their money.

http://www.neowin.net/news/one-in-five-iphone-users-constantly-overdrawn>

Not sure if this is it...
http://www.neowin.net/news/one-in-five-iphone-users-constantly-overdrawn

That actively tracks ALL zeus C&C servers https://zeustracker.abuse.ch/monitor.php?filter=all & then "security-hardening" your Windows setup via CIS Tool & more (yes, they now have a Vista/Win7/Server2008 capable model of it) via this guide does the rest:

http://www.google.com/search?sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&site=&source=hp&q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000/XP%22&btnG=Search&gbv=1&sei=YU_cTsPxFOrc0QGMhMiKDg

It's been WELL rated on this website (of ALL places, considering it's so "Pro-*NIX" here)

* THE APK SECURITY GUIDE GROUP 10++ THUSFAR (from +5 -> +1 RATINGS, usually "informative" or "interesting" etc./et al):

APK SECURITY GUIDE:2005 -> http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=167071&cid=13931198
APK SECURITY GUIDE:2009 -> http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1361585&cid=29360367
APK SECURITY GUIDE:2009 -> http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1218837&cid=27787281
APK SECURITY GUIDE:2008 -> http://ask.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=970939&cid=25093275
APK SECURITY GUIDE:2010 -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1885890&cid=34358316
APK SECURITY GUIDE (old one):2005 -> http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=154868&cid=12988150
APK SECURITY GUIDE:2008 -> http://ask.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=970939&threshold=-1&commentsort=0&mode=thread&no_d2=1&cid=25092677
APK SECURITY GUIDE:2008 -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1027095&cid=25747655
APK SECURITY TEST CHALLENGE LINUX vs. WINDOWS:2007 -> http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=267599&threshold=1&commentsort=0&mode=thread&cid=20203061

* Yes, that guide's points implementation To "immunize" a Windows system, I effectively use the principles in "layered security" possibles!

http://www.bing.com/search?q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000%2FXP%22&go=&form=QBRE

I.E./E.G.-> I have done so since 1997-1998 with the most viewed, highly rated guide online for Windows security there really is which came from the fact I also created the 1st guide for securing Windows, highly rated @ NEOWIN (as far back as 1998-2001) here:

http://www.neowin.net/news/apk-a-to-z-internet-speedup--security-text

& from as far back as 1997 -> http://web.archive.org/web/20020205091023/www.ntcompatible.com/article1.shtml which Neowin above picked up on & rated very highly.

That has evolved more currently, into the MOST viewed & highly rated one there is for years now since 2008 online in the 1st URL link above...

Which has well over 500,000++ views

You won't hear an argument/debate from me on what you said, because I am in utter full agreement with it.

APK

P.S.=> Been "locking them all down" since the mid 90's in fact, per guides like these I have offered for Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/7/Server 2008 users:

To "immunize" a Windows system, I effectively use the principles in "layered security" possibles!

http://www.bing.com/search?q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000%2FXP%22&go=&form=QBRE

I.E./E.G.-> I have done so since 1997-1998 with the most viewed, highly rated guide online for Windows security there really is which came from the fact I also created the 1st guide for securing Windows, highly rated @ NEOWIN (as far back as 1998-2001) here:

http://www.neowin.net/news/apk-a-to-z-internet-speedup--security-text

& from as far back as 1997 -> http://web.archive.org/web/20020205091023/www.ntcompatible.com/article1.shtml which Neowin above picked up on & rated very highly.

That has evolved more currently, into the MOST viewed & highly rated one there is for years now since 2008 online in the 1st URL link above...

Which has well over 500,000++ views online (actually MORE, but 1 site with 75,000 views of it went offline/out-of-business) & it's been made either:

---

1.) An Essential Guide
2.) 5-5 star rated
3.) A "sticky-pinned" thread
4.) Most viewed in the category it's in (usually security)
5.) Got me PAID by winning a contest @ PCPitStop (quite unexpectedly - I was only posting it for the good of all, & yes, "the Lord works in mysterious ways", it even got me PAID -> http://techtalk.pcpitstop.com/2007/09/04/pc-pitstop-winners/ (see January 2008))

---

Across 15-20 or so sites I posted it on back in 2008... & here is the IMPORTANT part, in some sample testimonials to the "layered security" methodology efficacy:

---

SOME QUOTED TESTIMONIALS TO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SAID LAYERED SECURITY GUIDE I AUTHORED:

http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=672ebdf47af75a0c5b0d9e7278be305f&t=28430&page=2

"I recently, months ago when you finally got this guide done, had authorization to try this on simple work station for kids. My client, who paid me an ungodly amount of money to do this, has been PROBLEM FREE FOR MONTHS! I haven't even had a follow up call which is unusual." - THRONKA, user of my guide @ XTremePcCentral

AND

"APK, thanks for such a great guide. This would, and should, be an inspiration to such security measures. Also, the pc that has "tweaks": IS STILL GOING! NO PROBLEMS!" - THRONKA, user of my guide @ XTremePcCentral

AND

http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=672ebdf47af75a0c5b0d9e7278be305f&t=28430&page=3

"Its 2009 - still trouble free! I was told last week by a co worker who does active directory administration, and he said I was doing overkill. I told him yes, but I just eliminated the half life in windows that you usually get. He said good point. So from 2008 till 2009. No speed decreases, its been to a lan party, moved around in a move, and it still NEVER has had the OS reinstalled besides the fact I imaged the drive over in 2008. Great stuff! My client STILL Hasn't called me back in regards to that one machine to get it locked down

"Have the balls (or ovaries) to stand up for what you said." - by MMAfrk19BB (2029982) on Wednesday November 30, @12:09PM (#38215854)

Oh, I always do (&, lol, it'd be the FORMER here) - & the facts from reputable sites that have them documented I use, do the job for me, the best, in that regard...

Plus, pretty much everyone here knows who I am (been around here since 2003-2004) by this timeframe... many of the "penguins" around here can't stand me because I use documented undeniable current information, like in the 1st post of mine here you replied to!

(However, I imagine the slashdot editors & owners just LOVE me, because controversy generates pageviews, which I pretty much always "generate" here by using facts Penguins can't deny w/out their std. effete retaliatory trolling off topic illogical adhominem based attacks they have to resort to when they cannot disprove the facts I use, does that much, easily!)

Also, as far as registering?

Hey - I honestly don't feel I actually gain anything by having a "registered 'luser'" account here really!

(Other than losing out on granting mod points, which I can merely say "good job" in reply to folks as needed by writing it out, or, even recommending those with mod points mod the poster up).

APK

P.S.=>

"f I had mod points I would give them to you for actually linking articles that prove your point" - by MMAfrk19BB (2029982) on Wednesday November 30, @12:09PM (#38215854)

First of all: Thanks!

I've already seen it go from +1 Interesting, to 0 Interesting, to +2 Interesting (quite the "roller coaster ride" eh?) back down to +1 Interesting ratings!

(So 'feedback' is coming per your point in upward mods - the downmods are doubtless from "the Penguinista" trying to bury the documented current & verifiable facts I posted, most likely).

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"That being said, anyone who thinks that FOSS is $DEITY's gift to security by default is mistaken. Nothing is safe until someone competent configures, patches, and hardens it correctly." - by MMAfrk19BB (2029982) on Wednesday November 30, @12:09PM (#38215854)

Agreed, 110%, & I've been doing guides for securing Windows since the mid to late 1990's, & they do VERY well online:

To "immunize" a Windows system, I effectively use the principles in "layered security" possibles!

http://www.bing.com/search?q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000%2FXP%22&go=&form=QBRE

I.E./E.G.-> I have done so since 1997-1998 with the most viewed, highly rated guide online for Windows security there really is which came from the fact I also created the 1st guide for securing Windows, highly rated @ NEOWIN (as far back as 1998-2001) here:

http://www.neowin.net/news/apk-a-to-z-internet-speedup--security-text

& from as far back as 1997 -> http://web.archive.org/web/20020205091023/www.ntcompatible.com/article1.shtml which Neowin above picked up on & rated very highly.

That has evolved more currently, into the MOST viewed & highly rated one there is for years now since 2008 online in the 1st URL link above...

Which has well over 500,000++ views online (actually MORE, but 1 site with 75,000 views of it went offline/out-of-business) & it's been made either:

---

1.) An Essential Guide
2.) 5-5 star rated
3.) A "sticky-pinned" thread
4.) Most viewed in the category it's in (usually security)
5.) Got me PAID by winning a contest @ PCPitStop (quite unexpectedly - I was only posting it for the good of all, & yes, "the

"Windows has made great strides in security over the past 10 years, but that doesn't make it a secure OS." - by Enderandrew (866215) on Monday November 21, @02:19PM (#38127292) Homepage

That's when YOU THE USER have to "make it so" (ala Jean Luc Picard)... soooo, how to do THAT? Easy, with 1-2 hours of your time, ala:

http://www.google.com/search?sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&site=&source=hp&q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000%2FXP%22&btnG=Search

OR

http://www.bing.com/search?q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000%2FXP%22&go=&form=QBRE

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I've been writing guides for that since 1997 in fact, & yes, they CAN & DO actually work (e.g.-> I haven't been "hit" by a malware since 1996, & because of what's in the guide - in fact, I WROTE IT because of that (really PISSED ME OFF is why, & when that happens, with anything? If I have the means, I do something about it))...

Also, neither have my friends, family, or paying customers that apply + follow its principles.

To "immunize" a Windows system, I effectively use the principles in "layered security" possibles!

I.E./E.G.-> I have done so since 1997-1998 with the most viewed, highly rated guide online for Windows security there really is which came from the fact I also created the 1st guide for securing Windows, highly rated @ NEOWIN (as far back as 1998-2001) here:

http://www.neowin.net/news/apk-a-to-z-internet-speedup--security-text

& from as far back as 1997 -> http://web.archive.org/web/20020205091023/www.ntcompatible.com/article1.shtml which Neowin above picked up on & rated very highly.

That has evolved more currently, into the MOST viewed & highly rated one there is for years now since 2008 online in the 1st URL link above...

Which has well over 500,000++ views online (actually MORE, but 1 site with 75,000 views of it went offline/out-of-business) & it's been made either:

---

1.) An Essential Guide
2.) 5-5 star rated
3.) A "sticky-pinned" thread
4.) Most viewed in the category it's in (usually security)
5.) Got me PAID by winning a contest @ PCPitStop (quite unexpectedly - I was only posting it for the good of all, & yes, "the Lord works in mysterious ways", it even got me PAID -> http://techtalk.pcpitstop.com/2007/09/04/pc-pitstop-winners/ (see January 2008))

---

Across 15-20 or so sites I posted it on back in 2008... & here is the IMPORTANT part, in some sample testimonials to the "layered security" methodology efficacy:

---

SOME QUOTED TESTIMONIALS TO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SAID LAYERED SECURITY GUIDE I AUTHORED:

http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=672ebdf47af75a0c5b0d9e7278be305f&t=28430&page=2

"I recently, months ago when you finally got this guide done, had authorization to try this on simple work station for kids. My client, who paid me an ungodly amount of money to do this, has been PROBLEM FREE FOR MONTHS! I haven't even had a follow up call which is unusual." - THRONKA, user of my guide @ XTremePcCentral

AND

"APK, thanks for such a great guide. This would, and should, be an inspiration to such security measures. Also, the pc that has "tweaks": IS STILL GOING! NO PROBLEMS!" -

I have done my BEST to help try to educate & inform users VS. problems in security (& all OS have them, see my p.s. below regarding LINUX "fine showing" (not) recently on that very front, security, for example & for comparison!):

E.G. -> To "immunize" a Windows system, I effectively use the principles in "layered security" possibles!

http://www.bing.com/search?q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000%2FXP%22&go=&form=QBRE

I.E./E.G.-> I have done so since 1997-1998 with the most viewed, highly rated guide online for Windows security there really is which came from the fact I also created the 1st guide for securing Windows, highly rated @ NEOWIN (as far back as 1998-2001) here:

http://www.neowin.net/news/apk-a-to-z-internet-speedup--security-text

& from as far back as 1997 -> http://web.archive.org/web/20020205091023/www.ntcompatible.com/article1.shtml which Neowin above picked up on & rated very highly.

That has evolved more currently, into the MOST viewed & highly rated one there is for years now since 2008 online in the 1st URL link above...

Which has well over 500,000++ views online (actually MORE, but 1 site with 75,000 views of it went offline/out-of-business) & it's been made either:

---

1.) An Essential Guide
2.) 5-5 star rated
3.) A "sticky-pinned" thread
4.) Most viewed in the category it's in (usually security)
5.) Got me PAID by winning a contest @ PCPitStop (quite unexpectedly - I was only posting it for the good of all, & yes, "the Lord works in mysterious ways", it even got me PAID -> http://techtalk.pcpitstop.com/2007/09/04/pc-pitstop-winners/ (see January 2008))

---

Across 15-20 or so sites I posted it on back in 2008... & here is the IMPORTANT part, in some sample testimonials to the "layered security" methodology efficacy:

---

SOME QUOTED TESTIMONIALS TO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SAID LAYERED SECURITY GUIDE I AUTHORED:

http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=672ebdf47af75a0c5b0d9e7278be305f&t=28430&page=2

"I recently, months ago when you finally got this guide done, had authorization to try this on simple work station for kids. My client, who paid me an ungodly amount of money to do this, has been PROBLEM FREE FOR MONTHS! I haven't even had a follow up call which is unusual." - THRONKA, user of my guide @ XTremePcCentral

AND

"APK, thanks for such a great guide. This would, and should, be an inspiration to such security measures. Also, the pc that has "tweaks": IS STILL GOING! NO PROBLEMS!" - THRONKA, user of my guide @ XTremePcCentral

AND

http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=672ebdf47af75a0c5b0d9e7278be305f&t=28430&page=3

"Its 2009 - still trouble free! I was told last week by a co worker who does active directory administration, and he said I was doing overkill. I told him yes, but I just eliminated the half life in windows that you usually get. He said good point. So from 2008 till 2009. No speed decreases, its been to a lan party, moved around in a move, and it still NEVER has had the OS reinstalled besides the fact I imaged the drive over in 2008. Great stuff! My client STILL Hasn't called me back in regards to that one machine to get it locked down for the kid.