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Microsoft Gets Help From NSA for Vista Security

An anonymous reader writes "The Washington Post is reporting that Microsoft received help from the National Security Agency in protecting the Vista operating system from worms and viruses. The Agency aimed to help as many people as they could, and chose to assist Vista with good reason: the OS still has a 90 percent lock on the PC market, with some 600 million Vista users expected by 2010. From the article: 'The Redmond, Wash., software maker declined to be specific about the contributions the NSA made to secure the Windows operating system ... Microsoft said this is not the first time it has sought help from the NSA. For about four years, Microsoft has tapped the spy agency for security expertise in reviewing its operating systems, including the Windows XP consumer version and the Windows Server 2003 for corporate customers.'"

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  1. beware the corepirate nazi/military complex by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    who said that? they probably knew something about it?

    from previous post: many demand corepirate nazi execrable stop abusing US

    we the peepoles?

    how is it allowed? just like corn passing through a bird's butt eye gas.

    all they (the felonious nazi execrable) want is... everything. at what cost to US?

    for many of US, the only way out is up.

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  2. The NSA's next task for MS by dweebzilla · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Perhaps Microsoft will put the NSA to task on figuring out how to get IE compatible with industry standards.

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  3. Re:Tax Dollars by Martin+Blank · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Actually, you want distance from the walking dead, so .22-caliber rifles are considered superb weapons as long as they're in good shape and you're not firing from too far away. They're lightweight, low recoil, you can carry hundreds of rounds without much effort, and the rounds bounce around in the head a couple of times (if they pierce). Baseball bats and axes are last resorts, because if you have to use them, you've let them get too close. It's all spelled out in the Zombie Survival Guide.

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  4. Re:Tax Dollars by compro01 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    yes, but point 4 says "Blades don't need reloading"

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