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Microsoft releases critical update for Office 2008 for Mac

Microsoft releases critical update for Office 2008 for MacCan OS X survive without MS support?That's will be the big question for the OS.How pissed would people be if MS installed IE with the patch?We have [url=http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1335] legions after legions of Apple fans apologizing [/url] for Apple's "install Safari by default"...

Tags: Web browsers, Desktops, Microsoft Office, critical update, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., Web browser, Apple Safari

Discussion threads 2008-06-24

Microsoft releases critical update for Office 2008 for Mac

Microsoft just pushed out a 153.3MB update for Office 2008 for Mac that's labeled "critical." You will get notified of the updated via Microsoft AutoUpdate the next time it phones home or you can download the patch directly from the MS support knowledgebase. According to...

Tags: Critical Update, jason D. O'Grady, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, Office Suites, Software, Apple Macintosh

Blog posts 2008-06-24

Office 2003 Critical Update: KB828041 5.0.0.96 (Windows)

Office 2003 Critical Update: KB828041 offers the highest levels of reliability available for Microsoft Office 2003. This update fixes an issue in Microsoft Word 2003, Microsoft Excel 2003 and Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 that occurs when opening a file last edited and saved in Office 2000. Under this specific scenario it...

Tags: Microsoft Office 2003, Critical Update, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software

Software downloads 2007-10-05

Patch Watch: Critical updates from Adobe, Cisco, Symantec, McAfee

Patch Watch: Critical updates from Adobe, Cisco, Symantec, McAfeeno end in sightNaraine, these endless patches, both for the OS and 3rd party apps will never stop unless we climb out of this hole and start utilizing hardware protection of code. If you disagree, you either think:1) there's simply no...

Tags: hardware, Critical Update, McAfee Inc., Symantec Corp., Adobe Systems Inc., Cisco Systems Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-07-12

Are Microsoft's update servers broken?

Are Microsoft's update servers broken?No, the WGA update is not availableAs I noted in the post, my pirated copy of Windows XP is not displaying any WGA error messages, because it can't contact the update servers to download those components!MS Server exceeded bandwidth??Could be that the updates are slow because...

Tags: Patches, Servers, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, critical update, Microsoft Windows XP, server, Microsoft Windows Update

Discussion threads 2006-08-12

Patches: Once a month is not enough

Microsoft needs to rethink its policy of stockpiling security bulletins and patches and releasing them all on the second Tuesday of each month. It doesn’t solve a problem for any customer, and it exposes an unknown number of innocent Windows users to unnecessary risk.The whole concept of Patch Tuesday started...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Critical Update, security

Blog posts 2006-03-24

Critical Update for Windows XP KB887811 (Windows)

If you install the MS04-032 Security Update for Microsoft Windows (KB840987) on a computer that is running Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1), Microsoft Windows 2000 SP3, or Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, and then you try to run OpenMG-compliant music software that includes the OpenMG Secure...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Critical Update, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2004-10-23

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Critical Update Update (Windows)

This download provides updates for three items: Year is Reported Incorrectly on a Non-Gregorian Calendar This update resolves a VBScripting problem where the year is reported incorrectly when using the Wareki or Taiwan date calendar. This problem does not occur if using the Gregorian calendar. This is not a...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Microsoft Windows 2000, Update, Critical Update, Microsoft Corp., Web Servers, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Y2K, Microsoft Office, Security, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Office Suites

Software downloads 2000-02-17

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Auto FTP Manager 4.32 (Windows)

Powerful FTP client. Use it for web site publishing and maintenance, uploading and downloading files and backing up servers. With Auto FTP Manager file transfer tasks take less time and less effort. Schedule file transfers to take place automatically on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. Back up your server...

Tags: FTP Client, DeskShare, Microsoft Windows, File, Auto FTP Manager, Servers, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-07-01

With 3.5 launch, Firefox faces new challengers

Mozilla's browser broke Microsoft IE's lock on the market. But the new Firefox 3.5 faces other serious alternative-browser ontenders. A funny thing to happened to Firefox on the way to vanquishing Internet Explorer: the Mozilla browser's success opened the door for a host of its...

Tags: Web, Mozilla Firefox, Web Browser, Google Chrome, Firefox 3.5, Performance Improvement, Jetpack, Snowl, Web Browsers, Internet, Firefox, Mozilla, browsers, Chrome, Safari, IE, Stephen Shankland, CNET News, Stephen Shankland, CNET News

News items 2009-06-30

Blu-ray's Blo-tards bite back

Someone hired the PR/lobbying firm Corporate Advocates to bite back at Storage Bits. Their message: the Harris Poll on Blu-ray was wrong about the number of homes with Blu-ray players. A fact, it so happens, I never mentioned. But blow enough Blu-smoke and people will forget what...

Tags: Robin Harris

Blog posts 2009-06-26

Mythbusters' Adam Savage hit with $11,000 AT&T bill

Mythbusters' Adam Savage hit with $11,000 AT&T billAT&T Your World, DeliveredJust don't forget to bend over and lube up before they deliver it.AT&T is a flipping joke. Hurry up and some other carrier offer the IPhone so I can leave them, my contract is up.Verizon Wirelessjust another shining example...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, AT&T Corp., Adam Savage hit, Adam Savage, MythBusters, telecommunications company

Discussion threads 2009-06-26

Why is there no Windows 7 E upgrade for Europe?

Why is there no Windows 7 E upgrade for Europe?Can't blame Microsoft for doing what the EC wanted. ntntRE: Why is there no Windows 7 E upgrade for Europe?And this is the impact of the supposedly "consumer protecting" EC. Way to go EC, you just forced us to buy...

Tags: Web browsers, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Web browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Windows 7 E, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-06-25

Are Windows stealth updates back again?

Are Windows stealth updates back again?PersonallyI think all "security" updates and patches should be automatic and there should be no option to opt-out the application of said patches.Many if not ALL of the worst viri/worm infections from the past decade wouldn't have happened if that were the case.Damned if you...

Tags: Patches, Tools & Techniques, Digital media, Windows Stealth Updates, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-06-25

Guy Kawasaki's Twitter account hijacked, pushes Windows and Mac malware

Guy Kawasaki's Twitter account hijacked, pushes Windows and Mac malwareMore details about severity of attack[i]On Windows machines, a user falling for the bait gets to a series of Web pages featuring pornographic content and, at the end, a prompt to update a video codec. That fake codec is...

Tags: Operating systems, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Apple Mac OS X, malware, Microsoft Windows, Apple Macintosh, Guy Kawasaki, attack, user interaction, disk image, Twitter

Discussion threads 2009-06-24

Critical Adobe Shockwave flaw affects millions

Critical Adobe Shockwave flaw affects millionsAnotherIt seems everytime I turn around now Adobe is having a critical flaw in one program or another. If it weren't for PDF files I think even acrobat would be gone.Windows Update...Microsoft should be working with Adobe to get this crap patched via Windows...

Tags: SECURITY, Patches, Adobe Shockwave flaw, Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe Shockwave, Shockwave, flaw

Discussion threads 2009-06-24

Critical Adobe Shockwave flaw affects millions

Adobe's Shockwave Player contains a critical vulnerability that could be exploited by remote hackers to take complete control of Windows computers, according to a warning from the software maker. The flaw affects Adobe Shockwave Player 11.5.0.596 and earlier versions. Details from Adobe's advisory: ...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Shockwave, Flaw, Shockwave Player, Adobe Shockwave Player, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-06-24

News to know: Intel-Nokia; Netbooks; Security Essentials; Oracle; Win7

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Dana Blankenhorn: Intel-Nokia deal boosts open source Jason Hiner: A Nokia, Intel partnership makes sense, but they...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Security, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Nokia Corp., Dana Gardner, Dana Blankenhorn, Microsoft Corp., Beta, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Netbook, Intel Corp., IBM Corp., Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-06-24

'Acid test' for Ubuntu on a netbook

A friend asked me to configure her netbook to my WiFi system so I decided it was time to replace the outdated operating system with a new Ubuntu Netbook Remix. At the end of last week I got the opportunity to start an "Acid Test" of the latest Ubuntu...

Tags: Ubuntu, Skype Technologies S.A., Video, UNR, Linux, Corporate Communications, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Marketing, netbook, operating system, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, J.A. Watson ZDNet UK

News items 2009-06-23

Fake Microsoft patches themed malware campaigns spreading

Researchers from Computer Associates (NASDAQ:CA) and Sophos are reporting on three currently active malware campaigns using fake Microsoft patch themes as a social engineering tactic to spread over email. The first one is spreading as an "Important Windows XP/Vista Security Update" and is offering a bogus Conficker...

Tags: Patch Management, Malware, Social Engineering, Microsoft Corp., Malware Campaign, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Outlook, Viruses And Worms, Security, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-06-18