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Tech News From July 28 to August 1, 2005
Microsoft Tightens Piracy Policy
Updates hinge upon software validation. [eWEEK Technology News 8/1/05 9:01 AM]

Hackers Hit Windows Genuine Advantage
Days after Microsoft launched Windows Genuine Advantage anti-piracy program, hackers found a way around it. [CRN.com Daily News August 1, 2005]

Windows Vista, IE7 betas leaked
Also: New solar system world has a moon. [CNET News.com 7/30/05 12:49 PM]

Windows Vista: Where's the Buzz?
Is this the end of Microsoft's OS dominance? [PC Mag: John C. Dvorak 7/30/05 12:49 PM]

Net-Crashing Vulnerability Described
Update: Several sites post details of Black Hat talk detailing patchable flaw in Cisco routers. [PCWorld.com - Latest News Stories 7/30/05 12:49 PM]

PCBurn: Ubuntu 5.04: Hardware & Installation
"Ubuntu Linux aims to be a clean user-centric distribution with a simple install and usable defaults..." [Linux Today 7/30/05 12:49 PM]

Black Hat: Hunting bugs, finding holes
At security conference, researchers dig into flaws and fixes--and one gets into a dust-up with Cisco. [CNET News.com 7/29/05 11:40 PM Security]

Sophos bug highlights wider anti-virus flaws
Window of vulnerability… [The Register 7/29/05 9:25 AM]

Mac OS X 10.4.2 (#12): Mail.app 2.0.2 -- last resort for Comcast mail sending issues; Spotlight not finding files with asterisks
Mail.app 2.0.2 -- last resort for Comcast mail sending issues Over the past week we've covered a number of solutions for two key issues facing users of specific ISPs (particularly Comcast) [MacFixIt 7/29/05 7:25 AM Late-Breakers]


Mac OS X 10.4.2 (#11): Response from Symantec regarding Norton AntiVirus preventing FireWire drive unmounting; more
Response from Symantec regarding Norton AntiVirus preventing FireWire drive unmounting Yesterday we reported that in some cases, the "Auto-Protect" component of Norton AntiVirus (NAV) can… [MacFixIt 7/28/05 3:30 PM Late-Breakers]