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No unfair advantage in early patches, says Microsoft
The fact that Microsoft makes patches available to some organisations -- in particular the US Air Force -- before it rolls them out to the rest of the Windows world is not "preferential treatment," a spokesperson said this week, but is only part of the closed beta test Security Update Validation Program (SUVP). More...

Microsoft says phishing bad, offers little new for defense
Microsoft this week summarised the plague of phishing attacks as the "fastest-growing form of online fraud in the world today," but offered little new in the form of either advice or technology. More...

Dumb 'qwerty' keyboard finally getting smart
 The 'qwerty' keyboard has been the subject of derision and verbal abuse ever since it made its first awkward appearance in 1872. The device has been largely neglected through the march of decades, even as computer components have advanced dramatically.
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