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Friday, November 24, 2000

Sidetrack

Friday, November 24, 2000
by Heng-Cheong Leong

Before someone you love buy that 1GHz Wintel PC, consider this: "noise levels of 50 decibels or higher [is] more than enough to raise your blood pressure and affect your productivity." And we all know how much heat that processor is generating, right?

Wintel

Security Holes Found In Windows Media Player
by Infoworld
Microsoft on Wednesday issued a patch for two security flaws in its Windows Media Player software that could allow malicious users to run programs on other users' PCs.

MS: How PCs Shipped Without Windows Will Destroy Your Life
by The Register
In a propaganda page aimed squarely at its OEM customers, Microsoft goes to considerable lengths to blacken the reputation of what it terms "Naked PCs."

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