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Worst Windows flaws of the past decade

Though Microsoft and the entire software industry have labored tirelessly to handle zero-day exploits and to develop protocols for reporting potential security problems, we've seen and experienced several colossal security meltdowns thanks to the humble Windows bug. These errors, buried in millions of lines of code, have steered great corporations and turned the tide of fortunes. It's high time they got the credit they deserve. Here are the worst Windows flaws we've endured since the introduction of Windows 98.

| Feature | Security | Windows | 10/06/08 at 3:53 pm |


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Microsoft gives OEMs XP downgrade disks for 6 more months

Microsoft will provide hardware partners with media to let their customers downgrade from Windows Vista to Windows XP for six months longer than it originally planned, the company confirmed Friday.

| News | Windows | 10/06/08 at 11:42 am |


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Windows 7 Nonsense Heating Up

I expect Microsoft to spread FUDge everywhere about Windows 7, for all their typical reasons.



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Microsoft delivers three Vista Ultimate extras

Microsoft Tuesday unveiled three free downloadable add-ons for Windows Vista Ultimate, the first time in five months that the company has refreshed its "Ultimate Extras," once a chief selling point for the operating system's highest-priced edition.

| News | Windows | 09/24/08 at 1:53 pm |


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