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On deck: Critical Windows, Office, IE patches

Microsoft plans to ship nine security bulletins next Tuesday with patches for a wide range of "critical" vulnerabilities affecting the Windows operating system, the Microsoft Office productivity suite and the widely deployed Internet Explorer browser.In an advance notice alert issued today, the software maker said six of the nine...

Tags: Microsoft Office, Patch Management, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Severity, Microsoft Corp., Bulletin, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2007-08-09

Microsoft hones its future Windows feature-set list

Microsoft hones its future Windows feature-set listStill frustatingEven with auto update turned to notify it is still annoying.There are times when something crops up after I have started the update installation that means I don't want to reboot my machine for some time afterwards.It quickly becomes extremely irritating when it...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, Web browsers, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Digital media, Restart, dialog box, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-07-12

Microsoft to ship critical Windows, Office patches

Next weeks Patch Tuesday updates from Microsoft will include fixes for a wide range of "critical" vulnerabilities in the Windows, Office and Exchange product lines, the software giant announced today.As part of its advance notice mechanism, Microsoft said a total of 7 bulletins will be released on May 8, 2007....

Tags: Zero-day attacks, Windows Vista, Vulnerability research, Viruses and Worms, Spyware and Adware, Spam and Phishing, Rootkits, Responsible disclosure, Privacy, Pen testing, Patch Watch, Passwords, Microsoft, Hackers, Exploit code, Data theft, Browsers, Botnets

Blog posts 2007-05-03

The Great Vista/Mac Showdown: Goodbye, WinRot

The Great Vista/Mac Showdown: Goodbye, WinRotre: WinRotWhile I know that it exists, I don't generally see the issue. Perhaps I don't do as much with my system as others do. Usually if I restart once a month, my XP system does not slow down enough for me to...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows Vista, WinRot, Microsoft Windows XP, restart

Discussion threads 2007-02-21

Restart (exe)

Restart is a system utility for advanced users with more than one operating system installed on their machine. The program installs an icon in the notification area, and with a single click the computer will shutdown and restart with the selected operating system. The program also includes a command to...

Tags: Operating System, Computer, Restart, Productivity, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2005-11-29

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DoS vulnerability hits Google's Chrome, crashes with all tabs

Whoa! Google Chrome has crashed. Restart now? While Google's Chrome team is cheering, Rishi Narang from Evil Fingers is typing and releasing a proof of concept for a denial of service vulnerability that is successfully crashing the Chrome browser with all tabs. According to Narang's advisory : "An issue...

Tags: Google Inc., DOS, Vulnerability, Web Browser, Google Chrome, Web Browsers, Security, Internet, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-09-03

Google confirms new browser initiative, probably not a good idea

Google confirms new browser initiative, probably not a good ideaI would switchI am a firefox user on Linux. On both my boxes - CentOS at office and Ubuntu at home - firefox stops responding every once in a while when I visit certain pages, and the only way out is...

Tags: Web browsers, Web browser, new browser initiative, browser initiative, Google Inc., Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2008-09-01

Free KPMSS Persistent Process Stopper (exe)

Target several processes to be send the exit signal repeatedly. It is simple to use and will surely be a useful tool to remove viruses that have multiple processes that automatically restart each other. Program features: sends an end signal to chosen the processes 20 times a second, easily see...

Tags: Process, KPM Software Solutions, Microsoft Windows, Cyberthreats, Productivity, .Net, Application Servers, Middleware, Viruses And Worms, Operating Systems, Software, Security, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software

Software downloads 2008-08-28

Lucky Draw Ball (exe)

Lucky Draw Ball is a fun and easy way to find a winner. The MSagent character will read out the winner name or number as it displays on the lucky draw ball. Enter all participants number or name in the settings, participants list, and one click to spin for winner....

Tags: Winner, AIPower, Lucky Draw Ball

Software downloads 2008-08-28

AdminToys Suite (exe)

Allows you to manage processes remotely, monitor computers performance on your network, track and limit disk space usage on remote machines, synchronize computer clock all over your network, perform a planning restart/shutdown of network computers, execute commands remotely on a group of computers or in the entire domain, configure network...

Tags: Network, Network Computer, Computer, Lovelysoft, Productivity, Thin Clients, Networking, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-08-21

My bad day with Windows Server 2003

Today was not a good computer day. I had some good meetings (yes, actual good, productive meetings), finished a couple items on my to do list, and even got some of that good old Ikea furniture put together. The part of my job where I work with a...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Servers, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-08-18

Print Therapy (zip)

Print Therapy, previously known as Printer Setup Repair, is the only utility in the world designed to diagnose and repair problems that can occur with the Mac OS X printing system. These problems include, but are not limited to, the inability to open the Print & Fax System Preference pane,...

Tags: Therapy, Printing, Fixamac Software, Printing System, Document Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting

Software downloads 2008-08-14

Ok, I admit it. I love NBCOlympics.com! Now go make it work on Linux!

Ok, I admit it. I love NBCOlympics.com! Now go make it work on Linux!RE: Ok, I admit it. I love NBCOlympics.com! Now go make it work on Linux![url=http://www.dtschmitz.com/dts/2008/08/nbcolympicscom-linux-users-sol.html]Hate it.[/url]Sticks in the kraw of Open Source folksas they can't stand working with anything MS related.What OS were you using?I was watching...

Tags: Corporate communications, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Web browsers, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, NBCOlympics.com, Linux!, video, Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-08-11

Watch the Olympics! Right after this series of hurdles

Watch the Olympics! Right after this series of hurdlesWhy didn't they just use flash?It seems everytime I read a article about some service which was made in silverlight I have to go through the whole installation procedure as if I never had it installed. With the flash plugin you are...

Tags: Olympics! Right, Olympic Games, NBC, plug-in

Discussion threads 2008-08-08

Watch the Olympics! Right after this series of hurdles

The opening Olympic ceremony in Beijing is underway just don't expect to watch them live. That'll happen later on Friday so the Web doesn't cannibalize TV for NBC. It's one of many hurdles you must clear to watch a little Olympic video. But I can live with...

Tags: olympic games, nbc, tv, tvs, tv & home theater, corporate communications, personal technology, home entertainment, marketing, larry dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-08

iPhone's black screen of death (updated)

I received an email from an iPhone user greatly concerned about "either an unaddressed issue with both 2.0 and 2.01 software - or a rogue apps that is taking down the entire OS." After visiting the App Store from his iPhone "nothing loaded, the screen just stayed...

Tags: apple iphone, apple inc., black screen, btl, e-mail, online communications, jason d. o\'grady

Blog posts 2008-08-07

iPhone 3G boot failure complaints pile up

Updated: The iPhone 3G appears to be having a few software issues that are leaving a few disgruntled customers in its wake. We were tipped off by a reader who outlined the following: This happened while running iPhone version 2.0. Visited App Store using iPhone -...

Tags: apple iphone, apple inc., apple iphone 3g, apple itunes, digital music, 3g, digital media, personal technology, cellular phones, consumer electronics, larry dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-07

Will the Olympics melt the Internet?

Okay, sky-is-falling fans and network neutrality proponents: We're about to find out whether the Internet can – or will – break down under the strain of mass consumption of streaming video. At least that's the opinion of Brick Eksten, the president and CEO...

Tags: nbc, network, video, stream, internet, corporate communications, web site development, marketing, tom steinert-threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-08-07

KPMSS Process Stopper (exe)

The Process Stopper is able to keep a list of executables to be stooped once they start executing, and is able to display detailed information about each process running. By it's quick stopping power, this program can end those pesky viruses that spawn multiple executables that restart each other. Though...

Tags: program, executable, kpm software solutions, process stopper, cyberthreats, viruses and worms, security

Software downloads 2008-08-05

ServiceCommander (exe)

ServiceCommander helps you to take control of your important Windows Services. Easily start, stop, or restart selected services on any computer on your network, all conveniently from the Windows taskbar. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Productivity, Software

Software downloads 2008-08-04