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    AOL to let others customize its AIM software

    <div class='quotetop'></div><div class='quotemain'>AOL said on Monday it planned to let software and service developers create their own versions of its AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), which analysts said was a significant move for a company that has traditionally cordoned off its services. The...
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    Microsoft: Vista won't get a backdoor

    <div class='quotetop'></div><div class='quotemain'>Windows Vista won't have a backdoor that could be used by police forces to get into encrypted files, Microsoft has stressed. In February, a BBC News story suggested that the British government was in discussions with Microsoft over backdoor...
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    Funny Linux Games against MS.

    <div class='quotetop'>(Call For Help Notes)</div><div class='quotemain'>Our Linux guru, Marcel, wants to talk about security today. Forgive us for poking a little fun at Microsoft and Microsoft security. We all know that Linux, by design and by its nature, is a far more secure operating...
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    Router Tips.

    <div class='quotetop'>(Call For Help show notes)</div><div class='quotemain'>You can use a combination of hardware, software and router placement to improve your wireless networking signal. Wi-Fi routers have a reach of about 300 feet line of sight (100 metres), but put walls and floors in...
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    Gartner: Wait 'til '08 for Vista

    <div class='quotetop'></div><div class='quotemain'>Companies shouldn't rush to upgrade to Microsoft Windows Vista, according to analysts at Gartner, who believe most firms could safely hold back until 2008. The majority of improvements in Vista will be security-related and most of this...
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    The Bungie XBLA game that never was

    <div class='quotetop'>(Xbox360fanboy.com)</div><div class='quotemain'>I love the Bungie Weekly Update. How else would we know the staff spends their weekends snowboarding in Tahoe and playing Halo against the Tampa Bay Bucaneers? Besides thrilling us with the details of their geek-hero lives...