Windows Security Upgrade Set for Launch

 As Microsoft Corp. prepares to launch its biggest security upgrade ever to Windows, dubbed Service Pack 2, the company is trying to strike a difficult balance between making things safe and making things work. It's a tough job that is eliciting grumbling from companies whose applications could require major changes and glee from security experts who say any software product that doesn't work wasn't secure enough in the first place and needs to be fixed. 'I hope it breaks more things than it's already broken,' said Russ Cooper, senior scientist at TruSecure Corp. That's because Cooper believes the free SP2 update, which will be released next month, is badly needed in the ever-rowdier world of Internet-connected computing and a good wake-up call for other companies that also need to improve security functions. [more]...