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Longhorn Will Have Ability to Ban External Storage Devices

Posted by michael on from the no-ipod-for-you dept.

slashdotbs writes "CNET is reporting that Microsoft will allow IT managers to block devices such as USB memory keys and - shockingly! - iPods. The article refers to 'the threat posed by digital storage devices'."

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  1. Booo...Hissss... by jwthompson2 · · Score: -1, Troll

    Listen to the conspiratorial overtones...yay for anal sysadmins, awww for those wanting to take work with them...

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    Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree. -Martin Luther
  2. first mofo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    fp

  3. Yeah, but can Longhorn do THIS? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Can it fix the toner cartidge on it.slashdot.org?

    NO, but I can!

    http://shit.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/09/09/1 646203&threshold=-1&tid=201&tid=109&ti d=1

  4. Re:Here comes the SHOCKER! by keester · · Score: -1, Troll

    If I had mod points, I'd mod you -1 LOSER! Why don't you STFU, you FUD bastard!

    Mod me down, I don't give a shit.

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  5. How much do you want to bet... by macthulhu · · Score: 0, Troll

    That the only thing blocked by default will be the iPod?

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    Someday a real rain is gonna come...

  6. Re:We're sorry by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Why in the FUCK do people mod up these retarded comments?

  7. Re:Whatever by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Did you really expect a Windows dwebie to understand how a real OS works?