MySpace team battles spammers
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| Writers of malicious software used to count primarily on e-mail
| recipients to click on attachments to spread their wares.
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| As e-mail recipients got more savvy, the writers started to automate
| the process by exploiting vulnerabilities in e-mail programs,
| browsers and the Windows operating system from Microsoft Corp.
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http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/12/25/myspace.security.ap/index.html?eref=rss_tech
Apparently, customer satisfaction with Windows still declines. I wish the
index beloe could be applies to Linux, but Linux is not a product and it's
impossible to track its use.
Macs at highest point ever on consumer 'intent to purchase' index
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| As reported by InformationWeek, the IBD/TIPP Home Computer Purchase
| Outlook index, which uses a 0-100 scoring system to measure buyer
| intent, jumped 17 percent to 23 in December from November. Only
| July's 23.4 had a higher mark in the last three years, Investor's
| Business Daily said.
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http://www.macsimumnews.com/index.php/archive/macs_at_highest_point_ever_on_consumer_intent_to_purchase_index/
http://tinyurl.com/y7jxpg
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