| Thursday,
October 6, 2005
Today Microsoft also released a white paper detailing its security
technology investments and road maps. The paper is available at
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/enterprise/default.mspx
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Steve Ballmer Details
Microsoft's Security Strategy
REDMOND, Wash., Oct. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/
-- Today in Munich, Germany, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp.'s chief
executive officer, and Mike Nash, corporate vice president of the Security
Technology Unit, outlined Microsoft's companywide strategy and product road
map for helping secure the breadth of its customers from home PC users to
businesses of all sizes. As part of its comprehensive security strategy,
which focuses on a defense-in-depth approach, Ballmer announced Microsoft's
plans to release Microsoft(R) Client Protection, a solution to help protect
business desktops, laptops and file servers from current and emerging
malware threats. In addition, the company announced the creation of the
SecureIT Alliance, which will further enable participating security partners
to efficiently integrate their solutions with the Microsoft platform to
build new security features and products for the benefit of their common
customers.
"At Microsoft, we're investing heavily in
security because we want customers to be able to trust their computing
experiences, so they can realize the full benefits of the interconnected
world we live in," Ballmer said. "With the continuing onslaught of malware,
viruses, phishing attacks and other kinds of Internet fraud, creating a more
secure computing environment requires a concerted, long-term effort on the
part of all technology companies, as well as customers and governments."
Microsoft's Security Strategy
Recognizing there is no single solution to
resolve all security and safety issues, Microsoft has taken a multipronged
approach to security, with efforts to better secure its platform in three
key areas: making the right technology investments, providing customers with
clear prescriptive guidance, and partnering closely with the security
industry, governments and law enforcement.
"Customers are telling us what our research
shows: the nature and complexity of online threats and attacks are
continuing to evolve, and hackers, thieves and pirates are getting more
sophisticated," Nash said. "At Microsoft, we believe customers have the
right to know what software is running on their machine, how it got there,
its purpose and how to remove it if necessary. To help our customers combat
the evolving threats and to have those rights protected, we are taking a
holistic approach to security that includes developing new technology,
partnering with the industry, and keeping customers as educated as possible
about how to stay ahead of the latest threats facing them." <snip>
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Tall women upwardly mobile By Nigel Hawkes They
may chase a career and have fewer babies, but it's not because tall girls
can't find a mate
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0%2C%2C2-1811662%2C00.html
TALLER women aim higher in their careers and
attach less importance to having children than shorter ones, according to a
new study.
The taller a woman is, the less maternal her
personality and the less broody she feels about children, say the
researchers, Denis Deady, from Stirling University, and Miriam Law Smith, of
St Andrews University.
Taller women aim for fewer children, and put
off having their first for longer, the research found.
But they set more store by a career than
shorter women, and are more competitive.
The two psychologists, who have published their
findings in the journal Personality and Individual Differences, questioned
1,220 women - 679 of them aged between 20 and 29, and 541 over the age of
45.
The average height of the women surveyed was
just over 5ft 5in - higher than the average for the UK, which is 5ft 4in.<snip>
Roberta is 5 10 1/2. We have four boys. But she did have quite a career
and her reading program is still the best
thing out there for teaching kids to read.
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