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Microsoft delivers two patches for three vulnerabilities; Plugs Vista hole

Microsoft delivers two patches for three vulnerabilities; Plugs Vista holeVista Patch Worked Great!It converted my PC back to Windows XP...Thank you Microsoft! ;).I knew there was something shifty about that sidebarYup, if I said it once, I said it a thousand times. If there's something that's just fine the...

Tags: Patches, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), SECURITY, Ubuntu, Plugs Vista, patch management, Microsoft Delivers, vulnerability, Microsoft Corp., Plugs Vista hole, patch, Microsoft Windows XP, PC

Discussion threads 2008-01-08

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News to know: Microsoft, ICANN, Best Buy, RIM, mobile apps, Zimbra

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. Richard Koman: Judge overturns $388m patent verdict against Microsoft CNET: Court reverses Microsoft patent-infringement rulin Sam...

Tags: Best Buy Co. Inc., Research In Motion Ltd., Larry Dignan, Mobile, ICANN, Dana Blankenhorn, Zimbra, Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Sales Strategy, Advertising & Promotion, Smart Phones, Handhelds, Sales, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-10-01

News to know: Microsoft; Amazon, AT&T-iPhone; PayPal; Yahoo's board

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: Microsoft's client revenue skids; Blame netbooks, Windows 7 deferrals Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft and the...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Board, Yahoo! Inc., AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., PayPal, Smart Phones, Data Centers, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-24

News to know: Intel; WiMax, Oracle; Craigslist; Apple's WWDC

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. Andrew Nusca: EC: Intel 'abused dominant position' vs AMD; fined record $1.45 billion in antitrust case Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: EU...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Craigslist, Richard Koman, WWDC, Oracle Corp., Apple Inc., Sam Diaz, Intel Corp., Virtualization, WiMAX, Corporate Law, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Security, Hardware, Wireless And Mobility, Business Operations

Blog posts 2009-05-14

Death to Windows AutoRun!

Death to Windows AutoRun!autorun was invented for the masses...it's enough tho to follow the linux lead and just put an icon on the desktop representing the cd or dvd. that way you don't have to guess at which drive you put the disk into. linux also does this...

Tags: Linux, Operating systems, Windows AutoRun, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-04-30

US-CERT warning: Windows does not disable AutoRun properly

US-CERT warning: Windows does not disable AutoRun properlyXP may be supersededBut there is still going to be a hell of a lot of it out there for a long time to come yet so this really does need patching and fairly urgently if this is truly the case, in the...

Tags: Operating systems, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows, arbitrary code, malware

Discussion threads 2009-01-21

The best of the "Best of CES"

The Consumer Electronics Show wrapped up on Sunday, and by now the many Best of CES lists have been posted. Every year there are a few blockbusters that show up on nearly everyone's list. This year the darlings were the Palm Pre and the Sony VAIO P Series, a tiny...

Tags: Consumer Electronics Show, Sony Corp., Phone, PC, Palm Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., LG Electronics Inc., PC World, Laptop Computer, Yahoo Tech, PC Magazine, Desktops, Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Hardware, Tablets, Notebooks & Tablets, Emerging Technologies, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-01-14

News to know: AMD Spider; Patch day; Mac Pros; CES galore

Notable headlines: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Hands-on with the AMD Spider - Phenom 9700, 790 chipset and Radeon 3850 graphics. Gallery right Christopher Dawson: Cheap PCs keep on coming...Good news for tight budgets Don't pay too much for memory upgrades ...

Tags: Consumer Electronics Show, Enterprise Search, Larry Dignan, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sales Strategy, WiMAX, Desktops, Search, Sales, Wireless, Hardware

Blog posts 2008-01-09

Microsoft delivers two patches for three vulnerabilities; Plugs Vista hole

Microsoft on Tuesday delivered one "critical" addressing two vulnerabilities in XP and Vista and one "important" vulnerability in Windows 2000, XP and Windows Server 2003. The critical patch resolves two vulnerabilities (CVE-2007-0069 and CVE-2007-0066) reported by IBM ISS X-Force. The vulnerability, which involved TCP/IP processing, was critical...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Vulnerability, Patch Management, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Security, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-01-08

News to know: Leopard data loss; Microsoft's offline sync; Mandriva CEO; Google and GPL

Notable headlines: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: This Leopard bug beats anything Vista has to offer. Tom Karpick: Massive data loss bug in Leopard. Mary Jo Foley: More details emerge on Microsoft's online-offline sync platform. Ryan Stewart: The WPF component market is hot. ...

Tags: Google Inc., GPL, Web, David Berlind, Larry Dignan, Data Loss, Mandriva, Microsoft Corp., Web 2.0, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing

Blog posts 2007-11-06

News to know: Volleying data; Office 2.0; iApology; Patch Tuesday preview

Notable headlines: Images: Follow the bouncing data at the U.S. Open right. Larry Dignan: IBM: Volleying data at the U.S. Open. Office 2.0 coverage: Phil Wainewright: EditGrid's distinctive Office 2.0 business model. Wanted: Customer perspectives on SaaS. Dan Farber: Bringing...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Office 2.0, Zoho

Blog posts 2007-09-07

Apple plugs gaping iTunes hole, doesn't tell everyone

Apple plugs gaping iTunes hole, doesn't tell everyoneTypical Apple operating procedure.No news here. Let the users be at risk so we can pretend our software is safe. To be fair, the company did issue a brief advisory with basic details of thso what was your "article about"?Why help the hackers??Ya...

Tags: Digital music, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Digital media, Operating systems, Windows Fista, iTunes hole, Apple Inc., Apple iTunes

Discussion threads 2007-09-06

News to know: Facebook; Google miss; Microsoft; Bugs galore

Notable headlines:Larry Dignan: Google isn't perfect: Earnings fall short of expectations. Relax folks, Google isn't Yahoo.Techmeme: Facebook acquires Parakey. Reuters: Facebook acquires Net start-up Parakay. Ryan Stewart: Is Facebook going to compete with Adobe AIR?Denise Howell: I'm in ur Facebook app, slurpin' up ur feeds.New hires, datacenter investments evident in...

Tags: News to know, General

Blog posts 2007-07-20

News to know: Leopard; Opera Mini; iPhone sightings

Notable headlines:Photos right: Fourteen views of Mac OS 10.5 Leopard. Ryan Naraine: Apple plugs three Safari for Windows holes.Ed Bott: Day 3 with a new Dell and Vista.Larry Dignan: Opera Mini beta advances mobile Web browsing; Verizon Wireless blocks it at the door.Satellite companies partner with Clearwire.Ryan Naraine: There's a...

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, General, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, News to know, Opera Mini, Opera Software ASA, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2007-06-15

Apple plugs three Safari for Windows holes

Apple has responded swiftly to the discovery of vulnerabilities in its new Safari for Windows browser, rushing out fixes for a trio of potentially dangerous security flaws.The new Safari 3.0.1 Public Beta confirms and fixes a remote code execution hole found by Danish hacker Thor Larholm and two other undocumented...

Tags: Zero-day attacks, Vulnerability research, Viruses and Worms, Spyware and Adware, Spam and Phishing, Responsible disclosure, Pen testing, Patch Watch, Passwords, Open source, Metasploit, Hackers, Firefox, Exploit code, Digital rights management, Data theft, Browsers, Botnets, Apple

Blog posts 2007-06-14

Apple plugs critical holes in Darwin Streaming Server

Apple plugs critical holes in Darwin Streaming ServerInterestingAnd yet Apple is the [b]only[/b] one that feels the need to negatively mention the competition by name, just like negative sleazy political attack ads. Oh, and when I use the word "competition", I in no way mean to suggest that Windows isn't...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Apple Inc., advertisement

Discussion threads 2007-05-10

Microsoft's patch day fiesta

Microsoft's patch day fiestaThe Deterioration of American EngineeringThe Deterioration of American Engineering My Objectives in writing this, is not to whine and complain, but rather to complain with a PURPOSE.So that Engineers may read this and Wake the fk up! And provide the people with more Quality and less BS....

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Fuel Pump, Tune-up

Discussion threads 2006-11-15

Another hefty patch month for Microsoft

Another hefty patch month for MicrosoftThere you go again with those pesky danged facts.;-)This is Zdnet1. The title is to generate Click Thru so that the ad farm of side commercials gets it's thorough usage and the bean counters are happy.2. All software needs so patching, retooling, but when it...

Tags: Patches, SECURITY, Microsoft Corp., patch management, hefty patch month, flaw, patch month, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-08-08

Microsoft plugs worm hole in Windows

Microsoft plugs worm hole in WindowsWGA = Worm's Genuine Advantage. NT;)How many of them install more genuine windows spyware?:DThis never ceases to end !Well if this is what Microsoft products are about , then you can keep them . Patch after patch after patch after patch after patch ....

Tags: Firewalls, Patches, SECURITY, Microsoft Corp., firewall, Microsoft Windows, vulnerability, patch, patch management

Discussion threads 2006-07-11

Microsoft: XP SP3 won't arrive until '07

Microsoft: XP SP3 won't arrive until '07Good attempt, but your no Mike Cox.U Da BlackBomb D00DJeff,Just spewed my martiti all over the flat screen & kb.How many users you got for those 1400 servers? Inquiring minds want to know.With all the sirens and happy shining signs etc, all you are...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, todays machine, XP SP3, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, SP_3, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2006-01-17