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Microsoft: Laid-off can keep extra pay after all

Published: April 29, 2009

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SEATTLE (AP) – A few weeks after launching the first wide-scale layoffs in its history, Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) (MSFT) admits it screwed up a key part of the plan.
First Microsoft realized that an administrative glitch caused it to pay more severance than intended to some laid-off employees. The company’s response: It asked the ex-workers for [...]


Leaked Windows 7 RC Build 7100 May Contain A Trojan

Published: April 28, 2009

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Microsoft have warned users several times that downloading unofficial releases via torrents isn’t advised, and news that some of the leaked Windows 7 RC copies contain a trojan, may make some users who rushed out and installed the Windows 7 RC build regret it.
The trojan in question can potentially open a security hole in the [...]