Microsoft Turns To Open Source

Sorry to disappoint you guys but for the last few days, I was having a hard time looking for possible stories to share with you regarding office software suites.I've been rummaging the drawers of the world wide web and at the same time I've been racking my brains for ideas. But then again, I can't find any interesting stuff to chronicle here in my trusted blog. I really don't know what's happening, because every time I check online articles, print magazines and newspapers I always see the same stories printed again and again like the same picture in different angles. I don't want to bore you with the same topic, because that would not be interesting to you anymore, right? Sheesh, are we going to blame the stupid brain vitamin that I drank last night or my pitiful lack of research? Whichever you prefer, but as for me I think it's more of the brain vitamin's fault than mine, hehe!

Anyway, I managed to pick up some news about the computer world from my trusted issue radar, that's why I guess I'll have a week's worth of topics to tackle in this blog. So if you're ready, because I'm actually itching my hands to lay you the cards, brace yourself for our first explosive, and exclusive gossip, uhm, I mean... story. Microsoft, the hardened software giant that you knew ten years ago, five years for me, have employed the aid of an open source security feature
to intensify the security of Windows Vista against possible computer abusers. The Address Space Layout Randomization which is used in open systems like PaX and Exec Shield has been installed in Vista as their tactic to prevent attacks on the new operating system. Malware, spyware, adware, and some viruses will be having a difficult time to attack the system since ASLR transport the function entry points around the memory of the machine making its location hard to predict. Does this mean we no longer need a firewall security system for our machines since there's a lesser threat from hackers and other pests?