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Windows president tries to calm fears of Win 7 critical bug

Microsoft's Windows Division president Steven Sinofsky tried Wednesday to tamp down a growing roar that Windows 7 RTM has a critical flaw that can shut down the OS by running a simple command. Read full story

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