Also, without innovation, technology would never move forward. Whether the change is good or bad, things must change in order to find a better way. I am all up for innovation and the competitiveness of Microsoft vs Apple vs Linux...we are all reaping the benefits of their competition and innovations! Why stop at Win98? Why not just use Win3.1...or DOS even? Forget those, just use a Commodore 64. People think of Operating Systems as a "Finished Product". OSes are works in progress, and if people think of them that way, they may accept the changes easier, knowing there will be another major version a couple years later.

by Mal, San Diego, on Feb 03, 2007 09:10 AM, Report abuse   Reply

.....shout-hacked......HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

by meh, haa, on Feb 03, 2007 11:01 AM, Report abuse   Reply

This is THE lamest attempt to report a flaw I have ever seen. I am not an MS or Apple pusher, they are both great products, I like them both for different reasons (and Linux too!) but seriously... So, the hacker has to be physically at the computer and somehow not attract the attention of its owner. I think the dude sitting on your lap might give this effort away. For all you Mac Fanboys out there, if this is a flaw, then all Macs...and pretty much ANY OS have basically the same flaw...if a hacker goes and is physically present at a Mac and tricks the owner into opening ANY program, like say Safari...and it opens! Then well, I guess the Mac is flawed. There's got to be a line of what people call certain things flaws when it should be the common sense of the person using the OS. I really like the hard drive swap comment below...that's a good one too. One more thing...if you "trick" the user into doing anything, the user is flawed and should be educated. What's the old saying, "Fool me once..."

by Mal, San Diego, on Feb 03, 2007 08:56 AM, Report abuse   Reply

why is it that you just get used to one win operating system,the they go and change it again,give me win 98 any day

by haz, leeds, on Feb 03, 2007 05:23 AM, Report abuse   Reply

Who da thunk it!! Another Flawless O.S. brought to us by Brotha Bill. Glad I wasted my hard earned $ !! Thanks Bill !

by R. Grapes, Canal Fulton, on Feb 03, 2007 05:29 AM, Report abuse   Reply

Thats the stupidist report I've ever seen. This is even worse than the hundreds of reports about how "no one seems to care about vista" how is it no one cares when every day the articles about it MAKE THE DAMN FRONT PAGE. This is not a "hack" (though I do like the phrase "shout-hacked", its like saying someone could hack your computer if they took out your hard drive, put in another hard drive with windows...put a password on your account and set it to log off after being idle for 30 min and your safe...shit this is like publishing an article saying that Vista has been hacked because you walked up to your friends computer and logged onto his account because he didn't put a password on it. My god...why publish this. I'm sure its going to be all over the news when I get home too...

by Ian, Austin, on Feb 03, 2007 02:10 AM, Report abuse   Reply

Every time a Windows OS comes out, it has errors. Why can't they just fix them before they release it, instead of after you buy it? Long live the iMac!!

by Gary Montague, dallas, on Feb 02, 2007 05:50 PM, Report abuse   Reply

Easy fix to this. It is called Anti-VOX. We use it in amateur radio for hands free operation. The idea is you feed back some of the speaker audio to the input out of phase so you don't detect it!

by Bruce G, Plainview, on Feb 02, 2007 09:36 PM, Report abuse   Reply

I have issues with MS like everyone else but this is ridiculous. IT IS LIKE SAYING THAT THERE IS A SECURITY FLAW IN THE COMPUTER MOUSE. IF SOMEONE COULD GAIN PHYSICAL ACCESS TO THE MOUSE, WITHOUT THE OWNER'S CONSENT, THE HACKER COULD THEN GAIN ACCESS TO THE SYSTEM. IN FACT, I THINK THIS MOUSE "HACK" WOULD BE EASIER THAN THE VOICE RECOGNITION "BACKDOOR" OUTLINE ABOVE BECAUSE YOU CAN PERFORM THIS MOUSE HACK WITHOUT TALKING AND CAUSING MORE ALARM ! Ha

by Troy Henley, Columbus, OH, on Feb 02, 2007 08:42 PM, Report abuse   Reply

Give me a break, this is not a FLAW, but a clever use to existing technology. People aren't exploiting backdoors or writing code to break into computers, it's a voice control system responding to VOICE CONTROLS. It's like a universal remote working on your TV. Get a grip and choose a different word to more accurately describe this 'flaw'

by Mike, Chicago, on Feb 02, 2007 07:07 PM, Report abuse   Reply

Come on guys. Its about high time that you stop depending on other TECH sites for these kind of news articles. I read this article on a very popular site about 2 days ago. And this isnt happening for the first time. Every day I come across atleast 4 to 5 articles which have been copied from the other site.

by Sam, Mumbai, on Feb 02, 2007 06:56 PM, Report abuse   Reply

Simply press the tiny red button with the tip of a pen. Now, while holding the red button down, use your other hand to turn the green lever on the back of the unit. The lever is spring-loaded, so you'll need to hold it in place while you perform the next action. Using your teeth, open the lid by biting the front edge and lifting upward. Now, with your foot, push down on the main part of the unit. Once it's open, turn the entire unit upside-down (you'll need to lie on your back to do this--if you let go of the button or the lever, the lid will snap back into place) and shake the entire unit furiously. Your prize should drop out. If you have any problems with this simple procedure, please call technical support.

by Mark F., Seattle, on Feb 02, 2007 06:53 PM, Report abuse   Reply

old new's boring, nothing we didnt no before, and pointless, just one more way to take a stap at MS. iff someone got attacked because of this flaw they should send the PC back to the store.

by mick, milwaukee, on Feb 02, 2007 06:18 PM, Report abuse   Reply

You know I love how it is always Window's fault. I'm not saying Windows doesn't have its faults but come on! Are we going to claim that any computer than can accept voice commands is vulnerable? Because I believe speech recognition software has been around far longer than Vista. But this only gets pointed out because it's Windows.

by Adam, Rochester, on Feb 02, 2007 06:07 PM, Report abuse   Reply

Old news....... The problem was there in RC2 also..... but not rectified till now ... but anyway thank techtree to highlite this, as it is not too late........

by subhadeep, Hyderabad, on Feb 02, 2007 06:01 PM, Report abuse   Reply

Big deal man ... wonder if any of you have actually read through the advisory

by anonymouse, a, on Feb 02, 2007 05:56 PM, Report abuse   Reply