Microsoft to Add 'Black Box' to Windows

By Ina Fried

Redmond will add the equivalent of a flight data recorder to PCs. Such detailed information could rankle privacy advocates.

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235 Second Street San Francisco, CA 94105 U.S.A. [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: This 'black box' is intended to provide Microsoft with the six or seven things you had done prior to having a crash on your Windows OS. That may or may not be something desirable for users. PAT]