The Microsoft’s best buy-exclusive Arc Keyboard will not be on display in stores for another couple of weeks (February 21 to be exact).

The first thing you will notice when get a glimpse of the keyboard in person is that it is smaller than what the press photos represents – basically, the same size as the average 15-inch laptop keyboard with a glossy bezel just huge enough to let you pick it up without pressing any key.

It is also undeniably attention-grabbing, with an “arc” that actually more closely resembles Apple’s Magic Mouse than Microsoft’s own Arc mouse.

Of course, most people will still prefer function over the looks when it comes to…

Microsoft has revealed a liability in Internet Explorer that can allow an invader to disclose local files on the system as HTML.

Technically, all the versions of IE are affected, however, as a practical matter only Windows XP and Windows 2000 are vulnerable due to the Protected Mode in IE7 and IE8 on Windows Vista and Windows 7 prevent the exploit. If a user were to disable protected mode they would also be vulnerable.

The exploit relies on the file: protocol and either scripting of some unnamed ActiveX control. Protected mode most likely stops the exploit because it runs the browser in a user context which has no access to the files…