Windows Live Messenger or mass censor? No TPB links in chat
Microsoft disables linking The Pirate Bay through Windows Live Messenger and third-party applications using the protocol. A few years ago, one common attack vector for malware was to hijack messenger...
View ArticleMinecraft Creator Takes a Notch Out of Microsoft
And by the way -- Windows Store will censor apps. More on that later.So around the same time as my future of Windows editorial became published PC Mag published a related piece: Notch from Mojang...
View ArticleBradbury would approve of HTTP Error Code 451
After several years of debate, we will now have a new HTTP error specifically for sites that have been taken down due to court orders and other legal actions. Error 451, of which you can see an...
View ArticleWhat a load of codswallop; sard off Microsoft!
You might have noticed and deleted an email from Microsoft this morning, informing you of a change in their Services Agreement with you. Fortunately someone over at The Inquirer actually read the...
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