Glaring Microsoft security hole exposed by KMGI.The online passwords of hundreds of millions of Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. users are exposed and vulnerable. This fact will be revealed to the public on September September: see month. 1 when New York-based KMGI Group releases its new SeePassword software. Masterfully mas·ter·ful adj. 1. Given to playing the master; imperious or domineering. 2. Fit to command. 3. Revealing mastery or skill; expert: a masterful technique; masterful moviemaking. simple and increasingly useful, SeePassword technology allows forgotten passwords to be easily and quickly retrieved. In the age of cell/fax/phone numbers, virtual/email/physical addresses and routing/ account/PIN numbers, passwords regularly get forgotten. SeePassword provides the consumer with a welcomed tool for resolving this problem. Users just drag a magnifying-glass-shaped interface over the asterisks and see the forgotten password hidden behind them. KMGI plans to distribute the software directly from the website http:// www.SeePassword.com for $19.99. "The public should have access to this technology," says Alex (language) Alex - 1. A polymorphic language being developed by Stephen Crawley <sxc@itd.dtso.oz.au> of Defence Science & Tech Org, Australia. Alex has abstract data types, type inference and inheritance. 2. |
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