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Blogs brief Longhorn developers

Using the community-building powers of blogs, Microsoft employees provide development insights into Longhorn, long before the month-end developers conference in Los Angeles. According to Internet.com: Like a developer’s version of “Where’s Waldo,” careful readers of Longhorn-focused and PDC-themed blogs (even “official” sites in Microsoft’s own PDC Web pages) can find leaks and juicy tidbits about […]

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MSFT bundles 22 patches into one

This week Microsoft released a consolidated Windows XP update that brings together 22 critical updates into one downloadable package. On Wednesday, Microsoft released the first of its cumulative security patches covering five vulnerabilities, four deemed “critical.“

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Monitoring minors with mobile phones

Finland has proposed a law that would let parents track the movements of their young children via mobile phone, even without their consent. An official says similiar legisation is slated for introduction in the EU. Finland is the home to cell phone manufacturer Nokia.