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Microsoft

Submission + - Microsoft Warns Of Looming Digital Certificate Deadline (informationweek.com)

way2trivial writes: "That warning comes as Microsoft prepares to release an automatic security update for Windows on Oct. 9, 2012, that will make longer key lengths mandatory for all digital certificates that touch Windows systems."

" Internet Explorer won't be able to access any website secured using an RSA digital certificate with a key length of less than 1,024 bits"

"ActiveX controls might be blocked, users might not be able to install applications, and Outlook 2010 won't be able to encrypt or digitally sign emails, or communicate with an Exchange server for SSL/TLS communications."

Music

Submission + - Interesting admissions from riaa members-industry (nytimes.com)

way2trivial writes: A lot of slashdotters say the reason music sales are off is the content..
it appears so too believe the music producers (at least some of them)
in todays NY times magazine, an article with a lot of interesting attributions and commentary that the content of todays music is the problem.

I find one item to not match my idea of reality however, it reads in part "and the once lucrative album market has been overshadowed by downloaded singles, which mainly benefits Apple" and here I thought Apple made a pittance on each track- and gave the majority to the producers.... and really cleanedup with their hardware sales.... http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/02/magazine/02rubin .t.html?pagewanted=1

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