FYI…

- http://www.techweb.com/article/printableAr…_section=700027
February 15, 2005
"Contrary to expectations, Microsoft will continue to offer its anti-spyware tool for free and will revamp Internet Explorer sooner rather than later, company chairman Bill Gates said Tuesday in a keynote speech at the RSA Conference. "Blocking and scanning of spyware should be available to every Windows system," Gates said at the in San Francisco security conference, which opened Monday and runs through Friday. The Redmond, Wash.-based developer, however, will offer business-grade managed anti-spyware solutions, said Gates, "that will include rich administration capabilities. We'll have a separate administration product and license for that." Microsoft AntiSpyware, a revamped and renamed product acquired in December's purchase of Giant Company Software, has been available for download in beta form since early January. According to Gates, more than five million free copies have been pulled from its Web site…"

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