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Microsoft backs down over rivals' Vista access (2006)
has announced it will give security software makers technology to access the kernel of 64-bit versions of Vista for security-monitoring purposes. But its security rivals remain as yet unconvinced.
Microsoft has announced it will give security software makers technology to access the kernel of 64-bit versions of Vista for security-monitoring purposes. Led by Symantec, the world's largest antivirus software maker, security companies had publicly criticised Microsoft over both Vista features and also talked to European competition officials about their gripes. The long-awaited successor to Windows XP is slated to be available to large business users next month and the general public in January.
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