FROM THE ARCHIVEOnline and Security News Roundup, Memorial Day Edition

Discover how to make IE8 act like IE7, discover which platform renders rich internet frameworks faster, find out what Vista's User Account Control is good for, and how GPS technology is helping make smarter-than-laser-guided weapons possible.

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FROM THE ARCHIVEWhat We Should Learn from "Bad Tech August"

Every PC and Internet user should be glad that August 2007 is now history: here's why, what we've learned (and have yet to learn) about what went wrong and how to fix it.

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NewsUse a Sony USB Fingerprint Reader and Thumbdrive, Get a Rootkit Free!

Apparently unfazed by its 2005 music CD rootkit fiasco, Sony's MicroVault USM-F fingerprint reader/USB drives install a rootkit on your PC. Should you worry?

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