Random news

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute

Bits of news to bookmark for myself:

Messenger Plus bundling spyware in it’s install.

Microsoft introducing security certifications. -Like there aren’t enough certs to choose from? 🙂

MS looking to simplify patch management.

Dell drops prices on Axims -The Axim is a really good PocketPC for the price and the price keeps getting better. Looks like Dell is out to gain a huge chunk of market share, and they will probably succeed.

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