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Adobe ships critical PDF Reader, Acrobat patch

Adobe ships critical PDF Reader, Acrobat patchTwo words:Foxit. Reader.Like MacOS, you have the added "security" layer of being a minority target. Until Foxit reaches Acrobat's market share, no one will bother much writing exploits, or even looking for holes. (Yes, also like MacOS, you may not get targeted, but...

Tags: Patches, SECURITY, Foxit, Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe Acrobat, Acrobat patch, critical PDF Reader, PDF Reader, patch, Adobe PDF

Discussion threads 2008-06-24

Adobe confirms PDF backdoor, offers unsupported workaround

Adobe confirms PDF backdoor, offers unsupported workaroundThe security cost of feature bloatA "mailto" feature in Acrobat Reader? Why, oh why? The vast majority of people who have Acrobat Reader installed only have it for those occasional times when web sites insist on providing certain documents only in PDF....

Tags: Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PDF

Discussion threads 2007-10-07

'High risk' zero-day flaw haunts Adobe Acrobat, Reader

'High risk' zero-day flaw haunts Adobe Acrobat, ReaderIn the meantimePeople can use kpdf -- the 3.5.7 version is pretty slick.more reasons to switch to Linux!only on windoze you can get such an attack.Time to switch to Linux.This is the HTML control again!From a comment on the announcement page: I would...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, SECURITY, Web browsers, Foxit, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Systems Inc., flaw, HTML, High Risk, Linux

Discussion threads 2007-09-20

Additional Resources

The sum of Microsoft's fears

The sum of Microsoft's fears1000 different directions What is MS trying to doso true ... What is MS trying to do. - Attack developers - i develop lots of small ""windows helpers""- Attack techies - I have many windows customers and install Firefox, 7zip, FoxIt, and set the default to...

Tags: OpenSource, Pliny, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-05-28

Flash (Gallery: 10 most annoying programs on the Internet)

Flash (Gallery: 10 most annoying programs on the Internet)LMAOToo Funny! You forgot AOL... Must.. takeover.. entire.. computerAnd to expand on java... You need version 1.4.2.3.22 for this program to work.My most hated ones:- Adobe Reader Bloatware- Norton (It went from ok, to horrible. Why would you need more than 60%...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, PRODUCTIVITY, Programming languages, Gallery, Java, Internet

Discussion threads 2008-05-22

News to know: Hactivists; XO-2 laptop; HP; Virtualization

Notable headlines: Dancho Danchev: Pro-Serbian hacktivists attacking Albanian web sites Over 1.5 million pages affected by the recent SQL injection attacks DoS Attacks Using SQL Wildcards Revealed Ryan Naraine: Secunia finds 'highly critical' Foxit Reader Flaw Are you wary of...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Hewlett-Packard Co., Virtualization, Network, Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Laptop Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, Sales Strategy, Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Sales Force Management, Sales, Tablets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Emerging Technologies, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software

Blog posts 2008-05-21

What is the U.S. doing about security? Part 2.

Wow that was quick.  No sooner did I get done posting my last article and I see on Wired the following story: Once again, supposedly sensitive information blacked out from a government report turns out to be visible by computer experts armed with the Ctrl+C keys — and that...

Tags: Security, Phone, FBI, CALEA, Federal Government, Telecom & Utilities, Government, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-05-20

Secunia finds 'highly critical' Foxit Reader Flaw

Secunia finds 'highly critical' Foxit Reader FlawJavaScript support is provided as an add-onFoxit reader doesn't appear to have JavaScript support by default. It's provided as an add-on.http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader_2/addons.htmHowever, Secunia isn't clear as to whether their vul affects Foxit by default, or only if it has the JavaScript add-on.

Tags: Scripting languages, Foxit Reader, Secunia, Foxit Reader Flaw, JavaScript

Discussion threads 2008-05-20

Secunia finds 'highly critical' Foxit Reader Flaw

Add the popular Foxit Reader to the list of desktop software applications to be patched as a matter of priority. According to vulnerability research outfit Secunia, there's a "highly critical" vulnerability in the alternative PDF reader software that can be exploited by malicious hackers to take complete...

Tags: Software, Desktop, Vulnerability, Secunia, Flaw, Exploitation, Tools & Techniques, Patches, Security, Management, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-05-20

Microsoft's Security Intelligence Report looks interesting if you could only download it

Microsoft's Security Intelligence Report looks interesting if you could only download itI just clicked 'download'in Firefox, and both opened up within the browser.WinXP SP2, .Net installed, FF 3beta5However, I don't think .Net makes a difference, since I am in FireFox.RE: Microsoft's Security Intelligence Report looks interesting if you could only...

Tags: Web browsers, .NET, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Security Intelligence Report, Microsoft Security, XPS, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft .NET, anti-MS

Discussion threads 2008-04-22

Hardware 2.0 - Best software applications/tools/utilities

Hardware 2.0 - Best software applications/tools/utilitiesThanksI already use a couple of these (UltraEdit, Foxit Reader) and totally agree with you on their merits. Some of the other choices also look interesting - particularly the DVD-burning ones :)Keep up the good work.Isobuster as an alternative...... to Virtual PC has the...

Tags: applications/tools/utility, Hardware 2.0, Best Software, hardware

Discussion threads 2008-04-07

Hardware 2.0 - Best software applications/tools/utilities

A few weeks ago my blogging colleague Ed Bott posted his top 10 list of favorite Windows applications.  This was an excellent list and it contained several applications that are firm favorites of mine, specifically SnagIt, Keyfinder and Process Explorer.  These applications make my daily work a lot easier.  Ed...

Tags: Application, CD, Disc, ISO, Best Software, Hardware, VMware Workstation, 7-zip, Tool, DVD, Virtual CD, Fraps, CDBurnerXP, UltraEdit, Foxit Reader, Productivity, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-04-07

Analyzing 3 months of Vista reliability data

A Windows Vista feature which I make use of regularly is the Reliability Monitor.  While being far from an ideal metric for measuring reliability, it does offer users a simple way to tell if their system is behaving or misbehaving.  The other day I looked at the data I have...

Tags: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-03-25

(Photos: Asus 8.9-inch Eee at CeBIT)

(Photos: Asus 8.9-inch Eee at CeBIT)Hey Microsoft my mom is leaving for Montana; send me one!Yes, tou have my informations. I'll give back a 'mat-black' DLL for one of these. Theisorus on this utility is it satisfies current latency running to the cpu fan; and stays below 1,710 rpm....

Tags: Linux, Operating systems, Asus eeePC, Nothing, Eee, ASUS, CeBit, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, photograph, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-03-14

A+dozen+free+%26+essential+apps+for+Windows

A+dozen+free+%26+essential+apps+for+WindowsNot a very wide appeal to these toolsThere are only 2 or 3 mentioned here that most people would find useful, but still worth mentioning none the less.Reg Cleaners tend to scare meI like the idea of cleaning registries, but for some reason or another every time I attempt to...

Tags: freeware, AVG

Discussion threads 2008-02-06

Say "No!" to bundled apps!

Say "No!" to bundled apps!Roxio Creator 9 has got to be ....... one of the worst. Not only does it push a laundry list of programs already checked. It installs several DivX programs that aren't even listed with a check box. You can uninstall them later but...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Roxio Creator 9, Linux, Apple iTunes

Discussion threads 2008-01-02

Say "No!" to bundled apps!

You've gotta be careful when you install software nowadays - you install one thing and you end up with a couple of applications that you didn't expect to get.  Welcome to the world of application bundling, and it seems that everyone is doing it nowadays. Over the...

Tags: Security Firm, Security, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-01-02

XP on OLPC: Microsoft's gambit to stay in the emerging market conversation

XP on OLPC: Microsoft's gambit to stay in the emerging market conversationAll this work on a deprecated OS?I thought Vista was the future? Active development to port XP, let's face it, a stable but very outdated OS onto the OLPC. At some point, MS will have to accept...

Tags: Operating systems, emerging market, Apple OS X, Windows/Linux, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., One Laptop Per Child project, operating system, Microsoft Windows Vista, software

Discussion threads 2007-12-06

Free alternatives to commercial software

Free alternatives to commercial softwareFoxit reader as a replacement for Adobewww.foxitsoftware.comAny alternative to Real for Vista 64?Amazon uses Real to preview tracks but I won't install that in Windows. Any alternative?RE: Free alternatives . . .I have a couple . . .ZipGenius - an Excellent Winzip Alternative that handles just...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Windows, CCleaner, Free Alternative, commercial software, software, Audacity, AVG

Discussion threads 2007-11-21

Free alternatives to commercial software

Over then next few weeks I'm bound to get my brain picked to shreds on a near infinite number of tech-related subjects.  One subject that came up extensively over the holiday period last year was what free software was available to replace commercial software.  Last year I was ill-prepared, this...

Tags: Software, Project Manager, Tool, Tools & Techniques, Productivity, Management, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2007-11-21