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    The latest beta version of the software maker's Windows Media Player 9 Series isn't shy about letting consumers control the amount of information they choose to share.

  • Can you trust "trusted computing"?

    Does trusted computing enable more secure data storage, online business practices, and online commerce transactions, while protecting privacy and individual rights?

  • What's in a name? Not Palladium

    Microsoft has dropped the code name of its controversial security technology, Palladium, in favor of this buzzword-bloated tongue twister: "next-generation secure computing base."

  • Decoding the lessons of Slammer

    Mike Nash, vice president of Microsoft's security business unit, takes stock of the software maker's war on worms and viruses.

  • Microsoft and Yahoo to go public on privacy policies?

    Microsoft and Yahoo are set go public on their privacy policies after the controversy surrounding search giant Google's data-retention strategy.

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  • Can you trust "trusted computing"?

    Does trusted computing enable more secure data storage, online business practices, and online commerce transactions, while protecting privacy and individual rights?

  • Microsoft's role in ID theft

    Peter Cullen, the company's chief privacy strategist, explains how Sender ID can take a bite out of spam and phishing.

  • Ten security laws you can rely on

    Microsoft's Security Response Center gets many thousands of calls for help with security problems. Here are the top ten laws, gleaned from those calls, that you can guarantee will crop up time and time again.

  • Google: Gunning for desktop space

    In moving beyond Web search to the desktop, the company faces a slew of challenges: controversy over privacy, technical hurdles and the rivalry of Microsoft among them.

  • How Service Pack 2 affects Wi-Fi

    When it comes to wireless networking, Windows XP Service Pack 2 has managed to improve ease of use but does the mega patch cause any problems with wireless connectivity?

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  • What's in a name? Not Palladium

    Microsoft has dropped the code name of its controversial security technology, Palladium, in favor of this buzzword-bloated tongue twister: "next-generation secure computing base."

  • Windows XP gets Wi-Fi security upgrade

    Microsoft has updated its XP operating system so network managers will be able to assign each user with a separate encryption key.

  • How to improve your Outlook

    For many of us, Microsoft Outlook is as much as part of the workplace as cubicle walls and funny grey carpet. But perfect it's not. Here are some fixes for its most frustrating flaws.

  • EU plans to avert tech eco-disaster

    The information technology boom and bust of the 1990s is leaving a lot more than worthless shares and frustrated investors in its wake; it is producing a mountain of electronic waste as technological advancements make computers and other devices containing toxic products obsolete at an increasing pace.

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