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Windows XP is Listening

Posted by timothy on from the this-ought-to-freak-you-out dept.

jfengel writes: "According to Newsbytes, some Windows XP users are finding random words inserted into their text as they write. The problem is caused by XP's speech recongition system, which is turned on by default by some manufacturers. It's listening to the random noise you get even when the mic is turned off. Kind of an insight into your computer's subconscious, perhaps."

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  1. This is news? by nochops · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hmmm...
    The RedHat 7.2 errata page shows no less than 37 vulnerabilities in RedHat's latest. Why is it that there's no /. story about most of those?

    Assuming that true nerds don't use Windows, like many insist, this (see above) is the real
    "News for nerds, stuff that matters".

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    1. Re:This is news? by nochops · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      By the way, I'm developing a news site which will ridicule and bash every possible aspect of *nix, for no reason at all.

      Microsoft friendly comments will get modded up, and *nix friendly comments will get modded down, so no one sees them, kinda the opposite of what happens here.

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  2. Re:User Error is now a news story! by TheGreenLantern · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Oh, I see what they're saying now, read it wrong. Missed the point that it wasn't necessarily inputing words a user was saying, just random words (from random noise). My bad.

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  3. Re:Major Slowdown by trg83 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yeah, I hate those no hastle installs. Proofread, moron.

  4. Re:User Error is now a news story! by Dynedain · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I use a digital sound card as well...but use the analog connectors so I can utilize the 5.1 abilities in more than just DVDs/DTS/AC3 encoded sound.....

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  5. OT -- actually.... by msbitch · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You would need the comma before "because", since it is a compound sentence. (much like the one I just wrote ;)