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Microsoft to ship emergency IE, Visual Studio patches

Microsoft to ship emergency IE, Visual Studio patchesWhy not patch it nowIf it is such an emergency why wait? I think patch Tuesdays is stupid.They should release patches on going. We can't patch a hole cause it not the one Tuesday of the month is dumb. This time we will...

Tags: Patches, Web browsers, Microsoft development tools, IE 8, Visual Studio patch, patch management, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Visual Studio

Discussion threads 2009-07-27

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Google hijacks Internet Explorer with Chrome Frame

IE is already up to the speed... and the plugin enabling it is SilverLight."Hello XAML, and byebye HTML garbage." So says M$.That's sarcasm, right?If not, you know very well that Idiot Exploiter is far more obsolete than any other actively maintained browser. Just like windows.Microsoft will send out and update.Microsoft...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Chrome, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web browser

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

Patch Tuesday heads-up: 9 bulletins, 5 critical

For Microsoft Windows users, next week's Patch Tuesday will be somewhat hectic. The Redmond, Wash. software maker plans to release a total of nine bulletins to patch a wide range of serious vulnerabilities affecting Windows, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft ISA Server, Microsoft BizTalk Server and...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Bulletin, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-08-06

News to know: Botnets; Adobe patch day; NetApp; Craigslist

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. Dancho Danchev: Inside the botnets that never make the news - a gallery Images: Inside the botnets that never make the news right ...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., NetApp Inc., Craigslist, Dana Blankenhorn, Microsoft Corp., Robots, GPS, Document Management, Storage, Emerging Technologies, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-21

From Chapter Three: The Windows Culture

From Chapter Three: The Windows CultureInteresting that there is a Windows Cultureyet no Unix/Linux/Apple culture to speak of.Pretty much says that Windows allowed that opportunity for that desktop to reside in your house and business.Otherwise we would be faxing these post between ourselves, or gathered around some terminal in a...

Tags: Operating systems, Pretty Much, Unix, Wintel, Windows Culture, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-01-16

Coming on Patch Tuesday: 8 bulletins, 6 critical

The final Microsoft Patch Tuesday for 2008 will be a big one: 8 bulletins covering serious code execution flaws in a wide range of ubiquitous software. According to the company's advance notice mechanism,  six of the eight bulletins will be rated "critical," Microsoft's highest severity rating. The...

Tags: Flaw, Microsoft Corp., Bulletin, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-12-05

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

News to know: XP meets XO; Yahoo; Facebook; Verdiem; DIY phishing

Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: It's finally official: XP is coming to the XO. Christopher Dawson: Sugar-free Windows, as predicted Microsoft cuts backup from Windows Home Server PowerPack Larry Dignan: Icahn launches Yahoo proxy fight; Mark Cuban's return?...

Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows XP, Yahoo! Inc., Privacy, TechMeme, Icahn, Phishing, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Cyberthreats, Spam, Security, Viruses And Worms, Spam And Phishing, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software

Blog posts 2008-05-16

Microsoft delivers 12 patches to plug Office; 7 for Excel flaws

Microsoft on Tuesday delivered several patches to fix critical vulnerabilities in Office including a well-publicized Excel flaw. In the first bulletin (MS08-014), Microsoft addressed "several privately reported and publicly reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Excel that could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially...

Tags: Microsoft Outlook, Vulnerability, Patch Management, Microsoft Corp., Flaw, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-03-11

ARM Android prototype (Photos: Android prototype, Sony Erickson takes on iPhone)

ARM Android prototype (Photos: Android prototype, Sony Erickson takes on iPhone)Looks more like a Blackberry too me....Now don't get me wrong I think the iPhone is an amazing piece of work. I'm a fan but still is EVERY single new phone made after the iPhone going to be asked...

Tags: Keyboards, Cellular phones, Sony Corp., Apple iPhone, Sony Erickson, photograph, ARM

Discussion threads 2008-02-12

News to know: AMD Spider; Amazon Kindle; Visual Studio 2008

Notable headlines: Dan Farber: AMD lets Spider platform out for holiday season Robin Harris: Google's secret home-brew 10 gigE switch Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Building a Windows Home Server - the easy way! Mary Jo Foley: Visual Studio 2008 to...

Tags: Microsoft Visual Studio, Google Inc., David Berlind, Larry Dignan, Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Microsoft Development Tools, E-books, Microsoft Windows, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2007-11-19

Critical Microsoft Agent flaw hits Windows 2000

It's a relatively light Patch Tuesday in Microsoft-land. As expected, the software giant dropped four security bulletins one was withdrawn at the last minute with fixes for potentially serious holes in Windows, Visual Studio, Windows Services for UNIX, MSN Messenger and Windows Live Messenger. ...

Tags: MSN, Microsoft Windows Live Messenger, Attacker, Microsoft Windows 2000, Agent, MSN Messenger, Vulnerability, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Bulletin, Flaw, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2007-09-11

Coming on Patch Tuesday: Windows, MSN Messenger Updates

Microsoft's September batch of security updates will include patches for at least five vulnerabilities in several Windows and MSN-branded software products. One of the five bulletins applies to the Windows operating system and will be rated critical, the Microsoft's highest severity rating. The other...

Tags: MSN, Webcam, MSN Messenger, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2007-09-06

.NET Compact Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 Patch 1.2 (Windows)

The Microsoft .NET Compact Framework 2.0 SP1 patch contains the updated common language runtime and class libraries built for the .NET Compact Framework SP1. The patch will update the installation of .NET Compact Framework 2.0 installed with the following products Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition. Visual Studio 2005 Professions Edition....

Tags: Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft .NET Compact Framework, .Net, Application Servers, Microsoft Development Tools, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Development Tools

Software downloads 2007-08-21

Patch Tuesday: No Vista hotfixes via Windows Update

Patch Tuesday: No Vista hotfixes via Windows UpdateIsn't Patch Tuesday reserved for security patches?These two don't fall into the security patch category.VCSY can do what VMWare does. VMWare can not do what VCSY does.Now that VMWare is showing the world (including Microsoft who can't produce their own hypervisor framework until......

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Patches, Virtualization, Web browsers, Microsoft Windows Vista, Web browser, VCSY, Patch Tuesday, VMware Inc., Microsoft Windows Update, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2007-08-14

Windows vs. Mac vs. Linux - Which is more secure?

Windows vs. Mac vs. Linux - Which is more secure?Reality distortion field in actionThe field is strong today when the best you come up with is ad hominem arguments. Well, I dismiss your reality and replace it with my own.ZDNet disgusts me more and more everydayEvery time I get...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Desktops, Databases, Microsoft Visual Studio, Linux, tool, Calvin, Windows V, Microsoft Windows, MySQL, Apple Macintosh, Eclipse

Discussion threads 2007-06-22

Microsoft says false alarm: No XP SP3 this year

Microsoft says false alarm: No XP SP3 this yearMicrosoft says false alarm: No XP SP3 this yearAnybody putting a product or service on the market has to give some kind of guarantee.If I would be a software "manufacturer" I would first send out my product to every known hacker to...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Digital rights management (DRM), XP SP3, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, digital-rights management

Discussion threads 2007-05-23

Vista-compatible Visual Studio refresh ships

Vista-compatible Visual Studio refresh shipsI wonder what I've been doing wrong?I've been using VS.NET 2005 on Vista for months now. I wonder what I was doing wrong that will now be fixed by this refresh?Download Link hereMary Jo,as of 4:21pm PST the Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Update for...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Patches, Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, Microsoft Windows Vista, VS 2005 SP-1, patch

Discussion threads 2007-03-06

Microsoft planning security bulletins by the dozen

Microsoft planning security bulletins by the dozenMicrosoft planning security bulletins by the dozenNo big deal as long as Microsoft continues to acknowledge, investigate, and issue the patches like they have been. Its funny how these hackers keep making exploits knowing they will be stopped immediately between users not having...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Patches, Vista Upgrade, Microshaft, Nothing, Tinker,Then, patch management, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., security, Buy Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, software

Discussion threads 2007-02-08

Dirty dozen: Windows, Office, OneCare patches on tap

Microsoft's Patch Day bundle this month will be a whopper: 12 bulletins with fixes for a wide range of serious security vulnerabilities.Five of the 12 bulletins will cover remotely exploitable bugs in the Windows operating system while three will deal with Microsoft Office flaws. While there is a...

Tags: Patch Watch, Hackers, Zero-day attacks, Microsoft, Browsers, Vulnerability research, Exploit code, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Data Access Components, Microsoft Windows, flaw

Blog posts 2007-02-08