[Am-info] Never mind The Matrix ...

[Erick Andrews]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/comment/story/0,12449,1087012,00.html
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Bill Gates's movie spoof did not compensate for Microsoft's
lacklustre product line-up at this year's Comdex show, writes Jack
Schofield  [The Guardian]

                             Monday November 17, 2003 

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So what was new? Well, Mr Gates said Microsoft would add SmartScreen
spam-blocking to all its mail software, including Hotmail. Anything that 
cuts down spam is good, of course, but it is not exactly a new idea.

Mr Gates also showed some server software that would help companies 
to install patches to block viruses. Again, that is something companies 
will welcome, though they would probably prefer Microsoft to ship 
software with fewer security holes in the first place.

And the piece de resistance was a search utility called Stuff I've Seen, 
which was demonstrated by one of Microsoft's senior researchers, 
Susan Dumais. This watches what you are doing and intelligently pops 
up Google-style references to other things you have seen, whether in files
on your hard drive, in your email or on the web. It looked wonderful. 
However, if it ever appears, it will most likely be in Longhorn, the next 
version of Windows. That is unlikely to arrive until 2006.  

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Erick Andrews