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1. Comment - IE, Mozilla Teams Claim Anti-Phishing Crown

   (Nov 15, 2006 - 10:24 PM)

   You show me a study showing one thing, ill show you a study showing something else. Studys are subjective, and the supposed 'independent study' putting firefox in front, is no more independent than the one put forward by Microsoft. The fact of the matter is, both products offer effective anti-phishing functionality and both are virtually equally effective in my opinion. And yes, as the person stated below, people that are targeted by phishing aren't the type of people that read Betanews articles. And enough of the Microsoft bashing. You're entitled to an opinion, but dont slander Microsoft because you don't like their product. If you dont like it, don;t use it. Even boast the product you do use, but theres no need for the anti-Microsoft retoric that constantly dribbles from the mouthes of you so-called 'Open-Source junkies'. Enough is enough!
   
   FYI: I run Internet Explorer 7, recently uninstalling FF2 purely because I like the interface and cannot live without the OS interoperability that IE7 offers. Good job Microsoft, you've delivered an outstanding browser.

2. Comment - Vista, Antivirus: What If Allchin's Right?

   (Nov 13, 2006 - 7:52 PM)

   You are all missing the point of this story entirely. It's quite succintly saying that, if you're not an idiot, and don't go clicking YES to inquiries made by Vista, then you are essentially safe from System Killing viruses and malware because the Operating system wont let things run 'WITHOUT THE USERS PERMISSION' and thats the key phrase. You can still quite happily destroy your computer with enough careless OK boxes im sure, but you have to tell it that its okay to do so.
   
   As for the MP3 virus, do you not look at an attachment before opening it? HMM.. EXECUTABLE FILE? FROM SOMEONE I DONT KNOW? HMM. WHATS THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN. Sheesh. For real? Come on, Microsoft have gone to the 9th degree on safety for this OS. Credit where credit is due. I would quite happily run Vista without AV, for 3 reasons
   
   1. Ive seen the efforts that have gone in to make vista as secure as it is.
   
   2. I always read dialog boxes before accepting/denying them.
   
   3. Every antivirus application ive tried with vista has been resource hungry, and did nothing but bombard me with prompts about allowing certain applications access to the system. I ignored them all with the exception of the ones Vista told me to watch.
   
   Guess what, my system is still 100% stable and virus free.
   
   That is my 2 cents. (Australian cents)

3. Comment - Encrypted Seagate Hard Drives Could Enable On-board DRM

   (Oct 30, 2006 - 9:17 PM)

   I think it's flawed as a concept.. The era of the magnetic disk is gone anyway. I don't even know why they still invest money in the technology when the future is solid state. Hello!! *KNOCK KNOCK* Wake up Seagate!! Quit living in the 1970's. And there's no way a user is going to choose a drive that locks down their ability to effectly function freely on their own private computer, when other manufacturers will produce hardware without DRM. Don't cave Seagate! Stand up for the little guy.