" It broke me from my adoring dream state and restored the sense of Whiskey Tango Foxtrot that I rightly and wrongly associate with Windows."

IE and responseXML

Two security researchers have developed a new technique that essentially bypasses all of the memory protection safeguards in the Windows Vista operating system, an advance that many in the security community say will have far-reaching implications not only for Microsoft, but also on how the entire technology industry thinks about attacks.

I have finally decided to take the plunge. Last night I upgraded my Vista desktop machine to Windows XP, and this afternoon I will be doing the same to my laptop.

parallels

for windoze

- david pogue