Microsoft: Android Is More Expensive than Windows Phone
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It was all touched off by a classic bit of know-nothing blogosphere silliness: A prominent Silicon Valley blogger claimed that Microsoft's mobile business was "fatally flawed" because—get this—the software giant actually charges handset makers a small per-unit fee for its Windows Phone software. "That game is over for good," he-who-shall-remain-nameless claimed. As proof, he cited Google giving away its Android software—one reason why Android is "rapidly taking over the smartphone world." Meanwhile, Microsoft is charging about $15 per unit. How in the world will Redmond ever compete? How, indeed. As is typical of such insular, one-sided arguments, it conveniently leaves...
Published on Wednesday 8th of September 2010 01:04:45 AM
Let's Be Honest: Microsoft's Mobile Business Is A Fantasy (Windows 7 Mobile Business is flawed)
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Everyone's excited about the forthcoming Windows Phone 7 software, which Microsoft bulls are hoping will mark Microsoft's return to relevance in the mobile industry. Reviews of the software have been good, and the only major complaint is that it's a year behind the rest of the industry--namely Apple's iPhone OS and Google's Android. In the rapidly evolving smartphone world, being a year behind is a recipe for trouble. If Microsoft focused huge resources on the problem, however, it might be able to close the gap. But Microsoft actually has a bigger problem in mobile, one that threatens to turn Windows...
Published on Wednesday 8th of September 2010 01:04:45 AM
Windows DLL Exploits Boom: Hackers Post Attacks for 40-plus Apps
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Publish exploits to subvert Firefox, Chrome, Word, Photoshop, Skype, dozens more Computerworld - Some of the world's most popular Windows programs are vulnerable to a major bug in how they load critical code libraries, according to sites tracking attack code. Among the Windows applications that can be exploited using a systemic bug that many have dubbed "DLL load hijacking," are the Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Opera browsers; Microsoft's Word 2007; Adobe's Photoshop; Skype; and the uTorrent BitTorrent client. "Fast and furious, incredibly fast," said Andrew Storms, director of security operations for nCircle Security, referring to the pace of exploit postings...
Published on Wednesday 8th of September 2010 01:04:45 AM
Windows DLL Vulnerability: Microsoft Security Flaw
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Computerworld - The appearance Monday of exploit code for the DLL loading issue that reportedly affects hundreds of Windows applications means hackers will probably start hammering on PCs shortly, security experts argued. "Once it makes it into Metasploit, it doesn't take much more to execute an attack," said Andrew Storms, director of security operations for nCircle Security. "The hard part has already been done for [hackers]." Storms was referring to the release earlier today of exploit code by HD Moore, the creator of the Metasploit open-source hacking toolkit. Moore also issued an auditing tool that records vulnerable applications, information which...
Published on Wednesday 8th of September 2010 01:04:45 AM
Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 SDK downloads lag Android
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Microsoft is touting the fact that it's had about 300,000 downloads of its development tools for the forthcoming Windows Phone 7 mobile OS, which is expected to hit store shelves in the form of mobile devices in October. That's an impressive number -- until you compare it to the SDK downloads for the Android SDK over a comparable period. About three months after its November 2007 release, the original Android SDK had about 750,000 downloads. Of course, the number of SDK downloads doesn't necessarily correlate with the number of apps that actually become available. In its first three months after...
Published on Wednesday 8th of September 2010 01:04:45 AM
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