Industry observers say most Win 98 users already have the Y2K updates and other fixes included in the SE package and aren't overly interested in other SE headline features such as home networking. Win CE update Microsoft has announced it will broaden the appeal and market for Windows CE by adding greater desktop functionality and tuning the portable OS to other devices such as smart phones. Its successor, Cedar, already in the works, will add real-time communications features. Rapier is expected to ship by year's end. All the major anti-virus developers have now posted detectors and fixers for it, but many users are already waiting nervously for 'the next one' to strike.
People remain their own worst enemies.
At our office, we have a blanket policy of summarily trashing or placing in quarantine all e-mail attachments, no matter who they appear to come from. Even if the virus vulture guarding our front door gives a file the nod even if we know who sent it we view the contents of every ZIP archive in WinZIP before opening it. Various Microsoft Corp. visitors racked up more than 15,800 hits on the site in its first two weeks of operation, powering the Redmond team to first place, overall, in May. Rick James is an Ottawa New Media consultant who has used and supported Windows since the beginning.