Comments on: Plug-and-Play to get Better in Windows? http://cybernetnews.com/plug-and-play-to-get-better-in-windows/ Technology News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:53:50 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/plug-and-play-to-get-better-in-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-133686 Ryan Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:08:31 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/03/24/plug-and-play-to-get-better-in-windows/#comment-133686 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-133624" rel="nofollow">CoryC wrote:</a><blockquote><div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-133602" rel="nofollow">ayup wrote:</a><blockquote>What with tales of viruses/trojan horses/worms getting picked up from photo frames, I would think this’d be even more dangerous, no?</blockquote></div>Microsoft can’t protect other companies computer systems from viruses; nor should they try. How loud would people scream if an anti-virus software came bundled with Windows?</blockquote></div> Depends on the quality of the antivirus software. If it was one that was highly rated then I think it would be welcomed, and I've been wondering for a little while whether Microsoft is going to try and bundle OneCare. As much as I don't like OneCare I would like to see it bundled assuming that the subscription never expires, because I know too many people that run their computer with expired antivirus subscriptions. CoryC wrote:
ayup wrote:
What with tales of viruses/trojan horses/worms getting picked up from photo frames, I would think this’d be even more dangerous, no?

Microsoft can’t protect other companies computer systems from viruses; nor should they try. How loud would people scream if an anti-virus software came bundled with Windows?

Depends on the quality of the antivirus software. If it was one that was highly rated then I think it would be welcomed, and I’ve been wondering for a little while whether Microsoft is going to try and bundle OneCare. As much as I don’t like OneCare I would like to see it bundled assuming that the subscription never expires, because I know too many people that run their computer with expired antivirus subscriptions.

]]> By: CoryC http://cybernetnews.com/plug-and-play-to-get-better-in-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-133624 CoryC Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:49:29 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/03/24/plug-and-play-to-get-better-in-windows/#comment-133624 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-133602" rel="nofollow">ayup wrote:</a><blockquote>What with tales of viruses/trojan horses/worms getting picked up from photo frames, I would think this’d be even more dangerous, no?</blockquote></div> Microsoft can't protect other companies computer systems from viruses; nor should they try. How loud would people scream if an anti-virus software came bundled with Windows? ayup wrote:
What with tales of viruses/trojan horses/worms getting picked up from photo frames, I would think this’d be even more dangerous, no?

Microsoft can’t protect other companies computer systems from viruses; nor should they try. How loud would people scream if an anti-virus software came bundled with Windows?

]]> By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/plug-and-play-to-get-better-in-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-133606 Ryan Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:01:48 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/03/24/plug-and-play-to-get-better-in-windows/#comment-133606 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-133602" rel="nofollow">ayup wrote:</a><blockquote>What with tales of viruses/trojan horses/worms getting picked up from photo frames, I would think this’d be even more dangerous, no?</blockquote></div> That's one of the things that Microsoft would have to find a way to overcome, and I'm sure there would be a lot of security research going into doing this. ayup wrote:
What with tales of viruses/trojan horses/worms getting picked up from photo frames, I would think this’d be even more dangerous, no?

That’s one of the things that Microsoft would have to find a way to overcome, and I’m sure there would be a lot of security research going into doing this.

]]> By: ayup http://cybernetnews.com/plug-and-play-to-get-better-in-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-133602 ayup Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:56:07 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/03/24/plug-and-play-to-get-better-in-windows/#comment-133602 What with tales of viruses/trojan horses/worms getting picked up from photo frames, I would think this'd be even more dangerous, no? What with tales of viruses/trojan horses/worms getting picked up from photo frames, I would think this’d be even more dangerous, no?

]]> By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/plug-and-play-to-get-better-in-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-133600 Ryan Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:52:06 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/03/24/plug-and-play-to-get-better-in-windows/#comment-133600 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-133595" rel="nofollow">Google wrote:</a><blockquote>Less talk more action.</blockquote></div> Hopefully less popups. Google wrote:
Less talk more action.

Hopefully less popups.

]]> By: Google http://cybernetnews.com/plug-and-play-to-get-better-in-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-133595 Google Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:45:12 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2008/03/24/plug-and-play-to-get-better-in-windows/#comment-133595 Less talk more action. Less talk more action.

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