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- (Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA, www.microsoft.com) The most successful and influential software company. Microsoft's software and Intel's hardware pioneered the PC and revolutionized the computer industry. Founded in...
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- Vista is taking body blows
- I've been on a bit of a blog and RSS hiatus the past couple of days and have been working my way through tales of destruction and distress (the 365 outage, not Lindsay Lohan's latest episode), news, and views. In my reading, there's a recurring theme that beats louder all...
- Blog posts 2007-07-25
- Share OneNote notebooks online
- OneNote has long had the ability to create shared notebooks but a newly released OneNote powertoy from Microsoft developer Dave Tse allows you to export a OneNote notebook as an interactive website. Even better, the project has been deposited at CodePlex for community input and enhancement. The exported notebook is,...
- Blog posts 2007-07-07
- Vista isn't Me2, it's Win95 + 12 years
- In certain circles, it’s become fashionable of late to refer to Windows Vista as Windows Me2. It’s the second-worst insult you can hurl at a Microsoft program (the worst is to compare it to Microsoft Bob, neatly summarized as “7th place in PC World Magazine's list of the 25 worst...
- Blog posts 2007-06-28
- Codeweavers 10-step program
- Codeweavers, the company behind CrossOver, an engine that provides Mac and Linux users the ability to install and run some Windows applications without a Windows install or license, have just released a 10-Step Program for Computing Nirvana. It's a very tongue-in-cheek poke at Microsoft and the dominance they enjoy over...
- Blog posts 2007-06-26
- New OneNote Powertoy adds search and replace
- Daniel Escarpa has just released a new Powertoy for OneNote that adds a basic search-and-replace feature to the application. I've long wished for this ability in OneNote. The add-in currently supports text only (no support for searching against pre-recognized text which makes sense in a certain way since what would...
- Blog posts 2007-06-23
- Patch Tuesday: 7 bulletins, 18 flaws, all critical
- Its an all-critical Patch Tuesday.Microsoft has just released seven advisories -- all rated critical -- with patches for at least 18 vulnerabilities affecting the Windows operating system, the widely deployed Office productivity suite and the dominant Internet Explorer browser.Five of the 18 vulnerabilities affect Windows Vista.The batch of updates includes...
- Blog posts 2007-05-08
- Botnet herders pounce on Windows DNS RPC flaw
- Online criminals have pounced on the unpatched Windows DNS Server service vulnerability, using the security hole to seed and replenish for-profit botnets.The latest twist in the ongoing attacks comes less than a week after Microsofts pre-patch advisory provided clues for hackers to write and release detailed exploit code.Anti-virus researchers have...
- Blog posts 2007-04-17
- How to turn off RPC management of DNS on a large scale
- In an advisory issued earlier today, Microsoft issued several workarounds/mitigations for the Windows DNS server service zero-day attacks, including a recommendation that network admins completely disable remote management of RPC capability for DNS Servers.The recommendation included instructions on registry key edits but if youre in charge of a large-scale Windows...
- Blog posts 2007-04-13
- Microsoft: Beware of .HLP files
- Microsoft is urging Windows users to be very careful when opening ".hlp" attachments.The warning follows the release of exploit code for possible new zero-day bug in the Microsoft Help subsystem, which is used to display files with the ".hlp" extension. The proof-of-concept code, posted at Milw0rm.com, provides instructions on how...
- Blog posts 2007-04-11
- Microsoft knew of Windows .ANI flaw since December 2006
- A private security research outfit says it notified Microsoft about the animated cursor (.ani) code execution vulnerability since December 2006, a full four months ahead of yesterday's discovery of Internet Explorer drive-by attacks.According to Alexander Sotirov, chief reverse engineer at Determina, his research team discovered and reported the flaw to...
- Blog posts 2007-03-30
- The lazy person's guide to adjusting your PC for daylight saving
- Who cares if your PC is an hour out of sync with the rest of the world for a few weeks starting this Sunday? It only matters if it has to synchronize with other PCs. Unfortunately, of course, most peoples PCs do, even if only to set up appointments or...
- Blog posts 2007-03-09
- Symantec: Vista's UAC prompts can't always be trusted
- Microsofts implementation of the UAC user account control mechanism in Windows Vista continues to take a beating from security researchers. Less than a week after Polish hacker Joanna Rutkowska raised an alert for design -- and implementation -- bugs in the default no-admin component, a member of Symantecs Advanced...
- Blog posts 2007-02-20
- Will Google Apps for Enterprise be on target?
- In “Will Google launch Apps for Enterprise soon?” earlier this month, I underscored how Google is stepping up its case for Google Apps, Google Apps for Enterprise, that is:“Dave Girouard, vice president and general manager, Google Enterprise, addressed the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council last week, warning of an IT crisis...
- Blog posts 2007-02-18
- MS Patch Tuesday: 12 bulletins, 6 critical, 20 vulnerabilities
- Microsoft's Patch Tuesday train rumbled into security central with a full load today: 12 bulletins with patches for at least 20 vulnerabilities in a wide range of widely used software products.Six of the 12 bulletins are rated "critical," Redmond's highest severity rating.As expected, there are fixes for gaping holes...
- Blog posts 2007-02-13
- Vista upgrade could lead to woes
- Reports are circulating that the upgrade versions of Windows Vista wont allow users to "clean install" the operating system. If this turns out to be true then its time to image your old Windows XP and Windows 2000 systems, buy Vista Ultimate or Business or by the full version...
- Blog posts 2007-01-29
- Thanksgiving Special - Amazon to sell Xbox 360 core system for $100
- If youre in the market for an Xbox 360 then heres a deal that you might be interested in. Today, starting at 11 am PST, Amazon.com will be selling the Xbox 360 Core system for $100, thats an amazing $199 off the standard price!Numbers are limited so youll need...
- Blog posts 2006-11-23
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- Don't doubt Deputy Dan
- Well, it would seem that Tom Ptacek may have figured out something to do with Dan Kaminsky's earlier DNS flaw, and this may actually be the vulnerability to fear that we had originally heard. Let's just say this, I've read Tom's postings on the Matasano blog for quite some time...
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
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