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Operating system security is always a hotly contended subject, and last week Microsoft amped up the hype by claiming that Windows Vista and the soon-to-be-released 7 is the world's most secure OS, ...

Whenever we write about an exploitable flaw in Windows, the Apple and Linux crowds love to kick Microsoft in the shins. Microsoft users are now getting into the game as Macs become a bigger target. We ...

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Fans of Linux, Microsoft and Macs used to be able to search for information about those topics on Google using specialized search tools that narrowed the results to a focused set of highly relevant ...