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Monthly Archives: July 2007

Xbox 360 costs Microsoft a billion

Friday, July 6, 2007

In the more bad news for Microsoft department, general hardware failures in their Xbox 360 gaming console will cost Microsoft an estimated $1 to $1.15 billion dollars to repair, dealing more losses to Microsoft’s already unprofitable entertainment and devices division.
For users who experience the hardware failure, dubbed “the red ring of death” by some gamers, [...]

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Bogus MS Security Bulletin MS07-0065 email

Thursday, July 5, 2007

Sophos has issued a warning of a widespread attempt to infect computers by emailing users about a bogus Microsoft security patch. If you’re unfortunate enough to install it, your computer will become infected some serious malware.
The email, purporting to be from Microsoft, has “Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-0065″ in the subject line and claims that a [...]

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