Vista More Secure than Linux and Mac OS X

June 25, 2007 · Filed Under Security · Comment 

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Is Windows Vista and XP really secure than Linux and Mac OS X? According to Microsoft’s Security Technology Unit Jeffrey Jones, Vista and XP are indeed better than the other OS, or so it seems.

One of the reason for such a high number of vulnerabilities is the fact that other OS like Linux and Mac comes bundle with tons of softwares that do not exist in Vista or XP, for example operating system like Linux tend to bundle with word processing programs and image editing programs, to include these security holes together with the OS is very unfair, that would be like including Microsoft Office’s security holes together with Vista and XP.

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Switching Homepage to Google in Safari

June 15, 2007 · Filed Under Silicon Valley · Comment 

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Have your tried the Safari for Windows version? Now, try changing the homepage to www.google.com, it appears that Safari doesn’t want you to make the switch to Google, anything but Google. I’ve tried switching over to msn.com and yahoo.com and it works perfectly without any warnings.

The likely reason is that Apple gets paid by Google whenever someone uses the Safari’s search field on the upper right hand corner, pretty much like how Firefox get paid with their browser.

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