LEMON: Let the voting begin. A little late for the midterms, but it's actually early for the Oscars. And that is what we are talking about. Oscar ballots are being sent out today to more than 5,800 members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. They have less than three weeks to make their choices. Nominations will be announced January 23. Expect to see that live, of course, right here on CNN. Oscars are handed out Sunday, February 15. Let's go to biz now. Microsoft was banking on the success of its new operating system, but it looks like there may be some holes in that. Darby Dunn has the latest, live from the New York Stock Exchange. Explain that, Darby.</s>DARBY DUNN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Don, businesses started to buy Microsoft's new Vista software last month. And the rest of us have to wait until next month. But, already, the promising new software reportedly has some flaws. One computer security firm has find five vulnerabilities in Vista software. That essentially puts computer users at risk. They say the problem with the browser essentially means that users could become infected with malicious software simply by visiting a booby- trapped Web site -- Don.</s>LEMON: Oh, you don't want to get infected with malicious software.</s>DUNN: No, menacing.</s>LEMON: But Microsoft, they have been touting this Vista as security safe all along.</s>DUNN: It has. Vista is its first update to the popular Windows software in five years. And Microsoft has spent millions of dollars, branding the Vista system as its more secure product yet. It's also counting on it to help maintain its dominance in the market, amid growing competition from rivals like Google, who are also producing Web-based software.</s>LEMON: So, Darby, what are they doing to fix this?</s>DUNN: Well, the company is telling CNN that it is investigating the reports and that is not aware of any attempts to actually use the reported glitches.
Microsoft's New Operating System Flawed?