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    Nic Riv

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  1. Comment - The battle ahead: Google Chrome OS vs. Microsoft 'Windows 8'

    (Jul 8, 2009 - 10:53 PM)

    Funny how unfair this battle will be fought, seems like Microsoft has a tought battle to fight and might lose it if everyone else gangs up on them just because they are successful. This article was great... i love it.

  2. Comment - The battle ahead: Google Chrome OS vs. Microsoft 'Windows 8'

    (Jul 8, 2009 - 10:53 PM)

    Funny how unfair this battle will be fought, seems like Microsoft has a tought battle to fight and might lose it if everyone else gangs up on them just because they are successful. This article was great... i love it.

  3. Comment - Video: Xbox 360 Interface in Action

    (May 23, 2005 - 11:20 PM)

    "edited by blakegrover
    May 23, 2005 - 4:46 PM
    Really in the consoles there has never been a need for bug fixes before microsoft started developing their games :) looks like they are planning that the xbox 360 will have more bugs in it and they won't be testing the games as much ;)"

    Really blakegrover? There are three reasons why you are making such comments... 1. Either you are an ignorant idiot 2. You are a Microsoft Hater 3. You are the most narrow minded person there is... check PS2 and any other console out there and you are sure to find different revisions aka Bug fixes.

    One another note there is no such software that's bug free and this is coming from a Professional System Programmer.

  4. Comment - MS to Offer Windows Antivirus, More

    (May 15, 2005 - 6:13 AM)

    [FEWT] i see that you like to give you opinion but don't try to make your opinions facts when your points don't factor out if you were to consider every factor. How has every OS has been able to manage making it a bullet proof OS?

    All apple fanboys i know swear to their life that the macOS X is impenetable but those are just opinions... there is no such thing that an OS is hack proof. It's true Apple closes many ports/services that can be taken avantage of, where as in the Windows environment these ports/services are taken avantage of because by default it has those ports\services open/running which should be no problem to a geek.

    But I ask you...
    if you are in this website i would like to assume that you are pretty tech savvy but correct me if i'm wrong... if you are... then you should be able to make your windows OS (if you use one or if you were to use one) safer to any threat. The notions that Mac's are hack proof and never had a virus. If you ask me go ahead and go to Norton and look for MacOSX viruses and you are sure to find a few[http://www.symantec.com/search]. The thought that MacOS X are hack proof is foolish, because last time i check MacOS has contant updates to fix bugs/exploits/vulnerabilities ....(Go here http://www.pcmag.com/art...2/0,1759,1813926,00.asp ....) As you can see they have quite a few exploits and vulnerabilities just like windows have... same with Linux but not to the mass market(Windows).

    The fact of the matter is that Hackers don't often take avantage of these exploits/vulnerabilities of MacOS X or Linux is because their malicious reasons to exploit a mass user base that MacOSX or Linux don't have. In Addition Linux Users are more tech savvy because of the complexity the OS have and yes Linux by default is safer but not hack or virus proof. If I were to hack into a MacOSX\Linux Machine it wouldn't be known to the public because overall it did not affect the mass market. Just as crimes in really bad neightborhood are not reported in the news unless they are a prominent area.

    I'm not here to hate on any of the OS such as Linux or MacOSX but i hate the fact that so many people cry out loud that MacOS X\Linux are hack proof and virus proof when indeed that is only an opinion not a fact. I use Solaris and WindowsXP and I love both OS but neither are invinsible to anyone who wants to hack it.

    So please don't talk out of your ars and perhaps you can say that MacOSX/Linux are not targetted as Windows is by hackers/crackers/wanna be hackers(majority of malicious hackers).

    On the note of MS competing in the anti-virus software i think that it will only benefit us since these antivirus would be enhanced and improve more on their tasks. I'm sure that with MS as a competitor many Anti-Virus software firms will get their act straight and provide a top of the line product in order to compete.

  5. Comment - MS Switches Gay Rights Position, Again

    (May 7, 2005 - 11:38 PM)

    IN RESPONSE TO FEWT POST
    posted by fewt
    May 7, 2005 - 9:15 PM

    Fewt i definitely respect you, since you
    can come with intelectual replys to many
    post here at betanews.com. But I as an
    individual don't respect Mr. Bush regardless
    of him being the president. Everything i've
    stated can be proven to be true. Unfortunately,
    Mr. Bush has not earn my respect. nuff said!!!