Thursday, March 1, 2007

PC World - Vista's UAC Warnings Can't Be Trusted, Symantec Says Windows Vista's User Account Control (UAC), a system that Microsoft says makes the new operating system safer from attack, can be spoofed and shouldn't be completely trusted, a Symantec researcher said on Wednesday. Ollie Whitehouse, an architect at Symantec's advanced threats research team, first used a blog entry Tuesday to point out how a hacker could use a file included with Vista to disguise the UAC warning dialog in the color associated with alerts generated by Windows itself. 10:19:06 PM

Real ID Act Deadline Pushed Back to 2009. Real ID Act Deadline Pushed Back to 2009. "We will work closely with states to implement these standards and protect American's privacy against identity theft and the use of fraudulent documents." [GT: Security and Privacy] 8:53:08 PM

U.S. Bill Proposes E-Health Records Incentives. U.S. Bill Proposes E-Health Records Incentives. Doctors would get $3 for every patient signed up to use an electronic health record under terms of a new House bill introduced today. [PC World: Latest Technology News] 7:19:07 PM

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