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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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Firefox, Chrome get quick fixes

Mozilla and Google have released new Firefox and Chrome browsers to fix bugs. The new Firefox patches one critical bug across Windows, Mac and Linux platforms. For Windows, Mac, and Linux, Mozilla Firefox 3.5.5 fixes three bugs: one critical bug across all platforms, and then one lower priority one...

Tags: Google Inc., Apple Macintosh, Mozilla Firefox, Bug, Web Browsers, Microsoft Windows, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, security, Chrome, Firefox, Seth Rosenblatt CNET News

News items 2009-11-06

Oracle to fix 38 database, product vulnerabilities

Oracle has announced plans to ship a Critical Patch Update with fixes for at least 38 security vulnerabilities in a wide range of database and server products. by Ryan Naraine

Tags: Oracle Corp., Vulnerability, Storage, Databases, Security, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-10-16

Does software piracy lead to higher malware infection rates?

Dial-up connections and malware?What percentage of the world runs their Windows machines on a dial-up connection? On those machines, it can take HOURS to download routine security patches, and most people aren't that patient.It sure does . . ."The rationale behind their claims is fairly simple - users relying on...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows, security, computer, malware, software

Discussion threads 2009-10-14

Does software piracy lead to higher malware infection rates?

Yes it does, at least according to a recently released report by the Business Software Alliance BSA which basically correlates data on the known piracy rates for particular countries and their malware infection rates, using public sources. The rationale behind their claims is fairly simple - users...

Tags: Software Piracy, Patch Management, Malware, Malware Infection Rate, Infection Rate, Patches, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows, Viruses And Worms, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-10-14

News to know: Intel; Microsoft; Cisco; Google Voice; Postini; Nokia

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. Larry Dignan: Intel: Solid third quarter; Sees brighter prospects ahead Sam Diaz: Analysts interested in Intel's 2010, not just...

Tags: Google Inc., Postini Corp., Larry Dignan, Nokia Corp., Voice, Camcorder, Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Sam Diaz, Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, 3G, Data Centers, Wiki, Operating Systems, Software, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Online Communications

Blog posts 2009-10-14

Patch Tuesday: MS plugs critical IE, Windows Media Player holes

Is MS going to pay for my Gb/month overage?With ISPs grasping for profits I see the day when the "download cost" of these mega-patches become an issue!RE: Patch Tuesday: MS plugs critical IE, Windows Media Player holesWow, my Microsoft software is sure to be secure now.GOOD JOB!If only other manufacturers...

Tags: Patches, Microsoft Internet Explorer, media player, patch management, Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-13

Monster Patch Tuesday on tap: 13 bulletins, 34 vulnerabilities

Wow, FTP and SMBv2 vulnerabilities sound serious!!!I presume that by default, both of these services are on, accepting connections, and that the firewall is configured to let all of this traffic through?Not that serious -- 1. ftp is not on by default one must enable it2. smbv2 is on by...

Tags: Patches, SECURITY, Monster, SMBv2, patch management, vulnerability

Discussion threads 2009-10-08

Karmic Koala: That's One Seriously Fast Marsupial

I'm having issues with VirtualBox . . .I'm having issues with VirtualBox: Even though it worked before, lately it's claiming that "VT-X/AMD-V hardware acceleration has been enabled, but is not operational" and not allowing me to run 64 bit Ubuntu :(.RE: Karmic Koala: That's One Seriously Fast MarsupialI had some...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Ubuntu, Win 7, Ext4, Karmic Koala

Discussion threads 2009-10-01

Critical iTunes flaw exposes Mac, Windows to hacker attacks

No trolls yet? OK, Let me start.If this software was open source, geeks like me could patch it ourselves without needing to wait for some company to do it or not. So at least we would be safer. Windows is a abomination of a 32-bit DOS clone, and OS X...

Tags: Hacking, SECURITY, flaw, Mac Windows, hacker attack, Apple iTunes, window, Apple Macintosh, iTunes flaw

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

Firefox Flash patch nudge working, but...

Second best alternativeOn Internet Explorer (Vista/7) Flash executes inside the sandbox. Thus a Flash exploit will still be faced with a significant barrier before its able to run code as the logged-in user.Not so on Firefox. There is no sandbox and Flash executes as the logged-in user. Any Flash...

Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox, plug-in, Firefox Flash

Discussion threads 2009-09-17

Bing usage jumps 22 percent, now at 10 percent share

Gains are only in the US marketBing is still an insignificant player on the global scene. And if that weren't enough, Google's destined to dominate smartphone Internet searches as well. So, how much did MicroHoo Search Drop ???Article would have been better if it showed MoM market share change.RE: Bing...

Tags: SEARCH, Bing

Discussion threads 2009-09-16

4 reasons NOT to upgrade to Snow Leopard today

AV software is not compatible.For companies and universities that use NAC, there are little to no AV products that are compatible. Prior to SnowLeopard, there were McAfee and Symantec/Norton. Right now about nothing works, screwing the NAC policies for folks.Oh wait, Mac's dont get viruses. LOL ...

Tags: Scanners, Operating systems, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, AV Software, Disk Utility, operating system, Robin, Snow Leopard, hardware, scanner, Time Machine, Apple Macintosh, software

Discussion threads 2009-09-14