Microsoft fixes Passport 'feature'

Microsoft says it has fixed an `oversight` in its Passport system that allowed an attacker to redirect the response containing a link that would allow the password to be changed to any desired email address. It suspended the feature while looking for a fix and on Friday claimed that Passport was back on its feet and secure. Microsoft suggests a simple test to see if you have been affected: if you can sign in to your account, you're all right. ...more

Price check: Tablet PCs

Microsoft's Origami project turned out to be little more than that: a project. The end product appeared as underwhelming as it was overhyped. A cross between a Portable Media Center and a Tablet PC, what is now known to be the ultra-mobile category looks a slim one. ...more

Microsoft tethers SP1 downloads for Windows Server 2003

Microsoft has released a toolkit that will delay automatic delivery of Service Pack 1 (SP1) for its flagship server product, Windows Server 2003. The SP1 software was released back in March 2005 and made available for users to download - Improved security the focus for Windows Server 2003 SP1. Four months later it will begin to be automatically delivered to server administrators starting 26 July, and this will be done through the various Windows update mechanisms: Windows Update, Microsoft Update and Automatic Updates (AU) mechanisms. ...more

UK games chart: Shadow of the Colossus makes a new number one

Need for Speed: Most Wanted is finally deposed from the top of the ELSPA UK games chart, with Sony's Shadow of the Colossus finally knocking aside the street racing game. The soul-seeking fantasy adventure game for the PS2 goes straight in at number one, with Lucas Arts's Star Wars: Empire at War, for the PC, in at number two. Need for Speed: Most Wanted is down to three. ...more

And also today (13-June-2001), for the record...

Here, in brief, are some of the day's other stories. WAP is old hat Forget WAP, that's old hat it seems. The GSM Association, apparently speaking on behalf of the major mobile phone makers and operators, has announced the Mobile Services Initiative (M-Services). ...more