Pocket PC security under fire Research firm Gartner maintains Microsoft operating system lacks basic protective features.

(From South China Morning Post)

Byline: anhthu.phan@scmp.com SOFTWARE Anh-Thu Phan

Microsoft's Pocket PC operating system for handheld computers has major security issues that will block its widespread adoption by business, according to research firm Gartner Group.

Accusing the software firm of not taking enterprise security seriously, it said "some of the most basic security features required by an enterprise are noticeably lacking in the Pocket PC".

The research report highlighted seven issues Gartner said should be addressed by Microsoft, whose software runs on the majority of the world's desktops and has been making its way on to handhelds.

Pocket PC has yet to dominate the …