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- SunSpider JavaScript Benchmark - XP SP2 vs. Vista SP1
- SunSpider JavaScript Benchmark - XP SP2 vs. Vista SP1XP is Faster!So in all cases except one, Windows XP with 256 MB of RAM and a much slower processor was actually faster. Wow! I want to know what the numbers would have looked like with the quad core machine...
- Tags: INTERNET, Web browsers, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, SunSpider JavaScript Benchmark, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft
- Discussion threads 2008-03-11
- Microsoft provides workaround for IE 6-Patch standoff
- Microsoft has provided a workaround for those who saw their IE 6 on XP nuked by the software giant's latest batch of patches. This issue emerged last week almost immediately after the patches landed. The problem: Microsoft's patches nuked IE (I suppose that's one way to boost...
- Tags: Service Pack 2, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Web Browsers, Patches, Security, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-12-19
- Firefox or IE? Strange answer to security question
- Firefox or IE? Strange answer to security questionStatistics explanation[i]However, when client honeypots with these browsers surfed to a list of about 30,000 known exploit servers, [b]the URLs that resulted in a 0.5735% of successful compromises of Internet Explorer 6 SP2[/b] did not cause a single successful attack on Firefox 1.5.0...
- Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, security, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, IE6 SP2, Service Pack 2, Web browser
- Discussion threads 2007-08-27
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 - Cumulative Security Update 1.0 (Windows)
- This update eliminates all known security vulnerabilities affecting Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Internet Explorer 6, and addresses the "Incorrect Content-Disposition Handling Can Cause IE to Execute Code Automatically" security vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2 and 6, and is discussed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS01-058. Download...
- Tags: Service Pack 2, Vulnerability, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Security Update, Security Vulnerability, Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5, Web Browsers, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Security, Internet
- Software downloads 2001-12-14
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- Windows 7 to hit PCs in 2009 - Does this alter your buying plans?
- Windows 7 to hit PCs in 2009 - Does this alter your buying plans?Retrofitting my Vista boxI bought my new PC about 3 months ago with the idea that I would be upgrading the OS to Windows 7 once released and stable. I wonder how many other people are considering...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Windows 7 RC, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, PC
- Discussion threads 2009-05-12
- Microsoft aiming to deliver Vista SP2 before Windows 7
- Microsoft aiming to deliver Vista SP2 before Windows 7You must be new around here.Providing details, specifics, or examples is not the way anti-Vista people work. They'll just re-word their vague "examples" and then start up with the personal attacks if you don't accept them.I sometimes get similar issueswhen I change...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Vista SP2, Service Pack 2
- Discussion threads 2008-10-15
- Sony Bravia Internet Video Link (DMX-NV1)
- The moment Sony's Bravia Internet Video Link (also known as the BIVL or DMX-NV1) was announced last year, we knew the product would face an uphill battle. What could Sony's proprietary video streamer offer that you can't already get from Apple TV, Xbox 360, Sony PS3, Vudu, or the Netflix...
- Tags: Video on demand (VoD), Corporate communications, TV & Home Theater, TVs, Cable, Broadband Internet, BIVL, Sony Corp.
- Product reviews 2008-10-02
- Critical WMP, MS Office bugs on Patch Tuesday swat list
- Microsoft today announced plans to ship four security bulletins next Tuesday (September 9, 2008) to cover worm holes affecting Windows users. All four bulletins in September's Patch Tuesday will be rated "critical," Microsoft's highest severity rating. A "critical" rating is used to rate a vulnerability that can...
- Tags: Windows Media, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- MobileMe
- MobileMe is the successor to .Mac, Apple's subscription service for publishing photos and other personal content to the Web. It's expected to be released this week along with the 3G-enabled iPhone.Apple will automatically migrate .Mac users to the new service starting at 6 p.m. Pacific on July 9, when accounts...
- Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Outlook, Groupware, MobileMe, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc.
- Product reviews 2008-07-09
- Microsoft XP SP3 on track to RTM on April 21
- Even though I vowed I was getting out of the date-prediction business -- at least when it came to Windows XP Service Pack SP 3 -- I'm breaking my promise. I am hearing from reliable sources that Microsoft is planning to announce the release to manufacturing RTM of XP SP3...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-04-20
- Microsoft delivers 11 patches, 6 critical; Excel flaw left unpatched
- Updated: Microsoft delivered 11 patches on Tuesday addressing 17 vulnerabilities. Six updates fix critical flaws and five address important vulnerabilities, but an already exploited Excel zero day was left unpatched. Microsoft's advisory last week noted 12 patches fixing 7 critical vulnerabilities. One critical Windows vulnerability was cut...
- Tags: Vulnerability, Patch Management, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Excel, Flaw, Microsoft Office, Security, Office Suites, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-02-12
- Vista SP1 rolls up 551 bug fixes
- No wonder the Wow had so much trouble getting started. By Microsoft’s own count, Windows Vista Service Pack 1 rolls up 551 separate hotfixes, in addition to 23 security updates rated Important and already delivered via Windows Update. A handful of those hotfixes were previously released via Windows Update, but most were available only to...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Service Pack, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-02-11
- Windows Vista SP1
- A little more than one year after its release, Windows Vista will receive its first service pack update in March. Microsoft says the pack will offer better compatibility with third-party hardware, increased reliability, tighter security, and better performance. But unlike the last Windows Service Pack release, Windows XP SP2--which offered...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Microsoft Corp.
- Product reviews 2008-02-07
- Microsoft previews 12 security bulletins, 7 'critical'; Excel fix likely en route
- Microsoft on Thursday issued advance notice of 12 security bulletins ahead of its February batch of patches with seven critical flaws affecting Vista, Internet Explorer and Office. The most notable patch will likely cover that Excel zero day vulnerability that surfaced last month. Since Microsoft confirmed the...
- Tags: Security, Service Pack 2, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Excel, Bulletin, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Web Browsers, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Office, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Office Suites, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-02-07
- Microsoft security update derails IE
- Microsoft security update derails IEYou should all switch to OS XIt is better than Micro$ux's Pista. Did you know that Pista started as a non-networked, single-user, single process OS (called MS-DOS) with no concept of restricted rights? You can't add security afterwards, you have to have it right in the...
- Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Microsoft Security Update, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Security, Microsoft Corp., Pista, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Apple Mac OS X
- Discussion threads 2007-12-17
- (Images: David Karp's Vista annoyances)
- (Images: David Karp's Vista annoyances)Where Are The Other 10,000 Annoyances?T-minus 18 days til I go back to Windows XP.My opinion"Windows Explorer frequently chooses the wrong view for files, showing documents as thumbnails or photos in the Tiles view,"Good grief - totally agree. The worst offender is the total inconsistency of...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, performance monitoring, David Karp, Microsoft Windows Vista, annoyance, Vista annoyance, Microsoft Windows, codec, monitor
- Discussion threads 2007-12-13
- Firefox vs. Internet Explorer: No real security winner
- The rhetoric coming from Microsoft and Mozilla has heated up in recent days on who is doing a better job on web browser security. I'd prefer to frame the debate in terms of who is doing worse than the other because both companies have had lots of security issues with...
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Vulnerability, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Patch Management, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Mozilla Corp., Flaw, Web Browsers, Security, Internet, George Ou
- Blog posts 2007-12-04
- The shroud of secrecy is lifted: Vista SP1 beta due in two weeks
- The shroud of secrecy is lifted: Vista SP1 beta due in two weeksWow! This is news? Really?Next!what about XP SP3?I've heard that the beta for SP3 is due out soon too? Whats the deal with that?I turned off UAc and im fineWhen i turned of the UAC on...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), More Info, Microsoft Windows Vista, UAC, XP SP3, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1
- Discussion threads 2007-08-29
- Is the HTC Advantage really the most powerful mobile office?
- I posted my first impressions of the HTC Advantage about 10 days ago and have been using it as my primary device ever since it arrived. I actually wrote 90% of this review on the HTC Advantage with a Think Outside Sierra Bluetooth keyboard. Yes, I have even been using...
- Tags: Software, Keyboard, High Tech Computer Corp., Device, Mobile, Battery, Video, Camera, Cable, USB, HTC Advantage, Display, Adobe Reader LE, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2007-08-28
- Microsoft revamps Patch Tuesday advance notice, security bulletins
- Microsoft revamps Patch Tuesday advance notice, security bulletinsCool!I can't wait to see it.Bare-bones note? Still more info than Apple providesIt's funny; Microsoft's advanced notices contain more information than Apple's actual bulletins... :)Improvements I'd like to see: Table ArrangementsHi. Instead of:Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 | Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 Service...
- Tags: Web browsers, Processors, security, Remote Code Execution, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-05-16
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