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Originally posted by frign View PostWhat this leads to is the thought: Why force the hardware-vendors to implement a "security"-mechanism when the actual problem is the OS it is bound to? Isn't it Microsoft which should fundamentally change the security-model of their still-based-on-NT-OS to fullfil contemporary security-demands?
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Originally posted by mjg59 View PostIf you believe that Linux is somehow immune to the types of attacks used against Windows, you're wrong. http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename...=CVE-2013-1848 was last month, for instance.
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Originally posted by Sonadow View Post(anecdotal example: in my country, more and more people are asking for touchscreen enabled notebooks even though they plan to wipe Windows 8 and replace it with Windows 7)
Originally posted by Sonadow View Postand Office 2013 will finally use the OOXML Strict specification which they pushed to be recognized as a standard some time back.
I only can say WOW!
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Originally posted by frign View PostYes, but this requires the user to run malicious code in the first place. And most common sense prevents this from happening, even if you ignored the fact that OpenSource is generally safer and faster in regards to fixing security issues.
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Originally posted by frign View Posteven if you ignored the fact that OpenSource is generally safer and faster in regards to fixing security issues.
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