EDITOR'S NOTE

Good morning,

It's not the first time that Aussie Microsoft watcher Long Zheng's writings have gone global.

This time around it's about a possible security hole in the Windows 7 beta.

The flaw is said to enable someone to disable user account control (UAC) protections without the user knowing. It's easily fixable, according to Zheng, and the blog has now elicited a response from Microsoft, too.

-- Ry Crozier

TODAY ON ITNEWS

By Shaun Nichols | February 02, 2009

A prolific Aussie blogger is warning of a possible security hole in the latest beta version of Windows 7.

By Sylvie Barak | February 02, 2009

It would appear Google has its own Loch Ness monster, with mysterious sightings suggesting the existence of Google GDrive, Google's mythical online storage service.

By Rosalie Marshall | February 02, 2009

Two PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) auditors stand accused of helping Satyam chairman Ramalinga Raju to inflate the company's profits by 50.4bn rupees (US$1 billion) in a scandal that is now commonly referred to as 'India's Enron'.

By Sylvie Barak | February 02, 2009

Intel has proved itself to be pretty good at building netbook platforms, so it's decided to have a go at building netbook software too.

By Sylvie Barak | February 02, 2009

Microsoft has reasserted itself in the so-called 'browser wars' with the release of a new add-on for rival Mozilla's open-source Firefox browser.

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