Microsoft pulled off a rare feat with Windows 7's taskbar, making it far more elegantly useful and customizable, without turning its back on everyone's well-honed sense of what it does. Dig around, though, and you'll find a few features that make the taskbar even more functional.
Microsoft late on Friday confirmed that an unpatched vulnerability exists in Windows 7, but downplayed the problem, saying most users would be protected from attack by blocking two ports at the firewall.
Where Google Chrome security fails: the password I heard mention that the Chrome OS will have some sort of encryption available a la bitlocker. If it's possible to encrypt personal data using another password or key, then it may have potential for very secure data.... And Ubuntu has an 'encrypt home directory' option, perhaps google should follow suit.
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