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Windows Home Server patch is out

Windows Home Server patch is out by ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley -- Hewlett Packard now has its hands on the Windows Home Server (WHS) update for which it decided to delay its MediaSmart Home Server, according to HardwareGeeks.com. Watch for more information from Microsoft next week on the post-RTM WHS update.

Online couple cheated with each other

A married couple who didn't realise they were chatting each other up on the internet are divorcing.
Sana Klaric and husband Adnan, who used the names "Sweetie" and "Prince of Joy" in an online chatroom, spent hours telling each other about their marriage troubles, Metro.co.uk reported.

The truth emerged when the two turned up for a date. Now the pair, from Zenica in central Bosnia, are divorcing after accusing each other of being unfaithful.

"I was suddenly in love. It was amazing. We seemed to be stuck in the same kind of miserable marriage. How right that turned out to be," Sana, 27, said.

Adnan, 32, said: "I still find it hard to believe that Sweetie, who wrote such wonderful things, is actually the same woman I married and who has not said a nice word to me for years".

How to install 145 operating systems on one PC

So you think you're pretty hot because you figured out how to load Windows XP and Ubuntu on your PC, huh? Or maybe you've even gone so far as creating a triple boot machine with XP, Vista, and a Linux distribution. Well, one JustLinux forum member has you beat. And by beat, we mean he finished a marathon in the amount of time it took you to cross the street.

JustLinux member saikee has posted details of his system that boots 145 operating systems. That includes 3 versions of DOS, 5 versions of Windows, and 137 flavors of Linux. He created 152 partitions on 4 hard drives to get his system up and running. And he probably has the longest GRUB menu you've ever seen. We're guessing the slowest part of the boot process on this system is the amount of time it takes to find the operating system you want to use.

There are obviously very few practical reasons anyone would want to load 145 operating systems onto a PC, but we have to say, we're pretty impressed anyway. It's kind of like climbing Mount Everest because it's there. If you had licenses for 8 MS operating systems, the ability to download as many Linux distributions as you'd like and way too much free time on your hands, wouldn't you do the same thing? No? Oh, well, nevermind then.

http://www.downloadsquad.com/2007/09/13/how-to-install-145-operating-systems-on-one-pc/

Long-term storm clouds brewing over AT&T, Verizon Wireless

Long-term storm clouds brewing over AT&T, Verizon Wireless by ZDNet's Larry Dignan -- A series of events is happening, or about to happen, that threaten the business models of big wireless carriers such as Verizon Wireless and AT&T. Keep in mind that these storm clouds are just now building and the story will take years to play out. And don’t expect financial upheaval to appear just yet. But [...]

Another MS Surface Computing Video

Confirmation of stealth Windows Update

Confirmation of stealth Windows Update by ZDNet's Adrian Kingsley-Hughes -- I can now confirm that the stealth Windows Update that I blogged about yesterday actually exists - because I've detected its presence on a machine at the PC Doc HQ.

Sensitive government e-mails leak through Tor exit nodes

Sensitive government e-mails leak through Tor exit nodes by ZDNet's Ryan Naraine -- The hacker behind the recent public disclosure of 100 sensitive government/embassy e-mail accounts says he aimed packet sniffers at five Tor exit nodes to capture the confidential information.

Critical Microsoft Agent flaw hits Windows 2000

Critical Microsoft Agent flaw hits Windows 2000 by ZDNet's Ryan Naraine -- The most serious vulnerability covered in Microsoft's September patch batch is a remote code execution issue in the way Microsoft Agent handles certain specially crafted URLs.

Skype for Windows worm reported: here’s what to do

Skype for Windows worm reported: here’s what to do by ZDNet's Russell Shaw -- Just in via a Skype blog posting from Skype’s Villu Arak: Skype has learned that a computer virus called “w32/Ramex.A” is affecting users of Skype for Windows. Users whose computers are infected with this virus will send a chat message to other Skype users asking them to click on a web link that can infect the [...]