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VeriSign’s antitrust suit against ICANN dismissed

Filed under: Miscellaneous — spiderwebwoman at 9:44 pm on Tuesday, August 31, 2004

Internet domain name registry VeriSign just can’t seem to convince anyone that redirecting misspelled Web addresses to its own site is a good thing. A federal district court judge on Thursday threw out VeriSign’s legal arguments that ICANN’s ban on this tactic amounted to a violation of U.S. antitrust law. VeriSign, which runs the master […]

I’m taking a poll on Web Site Accessibility

Filed under: Accessibility,Web Standards — spiderwebwoman at 8:56 pm on Tuesday, August 31, 2004

Which do you think is more inclusive – WCAG Priority 1 Guidelines or Section 508? If you had to make the choice which to follow, unfettered by state, federal or or other organizational considerations, which would you choose, and why?

Finally installed Office XP Service Pack 3

Filed under: FrontPage,Microsoft — spiderwebwoman at 8:35 pm on Tuesday, August 31, 2004

I’m still running Office XP on my laptop because that’s what we’re running at work – over the weekend I installed Office XP Service Pack 3 from the CD. Even though I ran the full file install (OfficeXpSp3-kb832671-fullfile-enu.exe), it still asked for all three Office XP CDs – Office Professional, FrontPage 2002 and Publisher.  Other […]

Windows XP Service Pack 2 CD arrived today

Filed under: Microsoft,Security — spiderwebwoman at 8:28 pm on Tuesday, August 31, 2004

I ordered it the day the order form was posted (August 25th) and it arrived today – 6 days  – not bad. I’m not ready to install it yet – haven’t backed up my critical data yet.

Great news! The healing screw is out!

Filed under: Miscellaneous — spiderwebwoman at 9:00 pm on Tuesday, August 17, 2004

I went back to the oral surgeon last Thursday – his tray was loaded with new tools I hadn’t seen before – I can’t describe them all, but that doesn’t matter, the important thing is that one of them worked and the healing screw is out! One more appointment with him to get the stitches […]

A new website to talk about

Filed under: Accessibility — spiderwebwoman at 8:37 pm on Tuesday, August 10, 2004

Jack Brewster sent me this link: A new website to talk about I don’t know Judi, but Judi knows accessibility. She is using the State of Connecticut’s Web Site Accessibility Policy as a guide to ensuring that her web sites are accessible to people with disabilities. And she does beautiful work.

Vulnerability in POSIX Could Allow Code Execution (841872)

Filed under: Microsoft,Security — spiderwebwoman at 7:48 pm on Tuesday, August 10, 2004

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-020Vulnerability in POSIX Could Allow Code Execution (841872) Issued: July 13, 2004Updated: August 10, 2004Version: 2.0 SummaryWho should read this document: Customers who use Microsoft® Windows® 2000 or Windows NT 4.0 Impact of Vulnerability: Local Elevation of Privilege Maximum Severity Rating: Important Recommendation: Customers should install the update at the earliest opportunity. […]

Vulnerability in Exchange Server 5.5 Outlook Web Access Could Allow Cross-Site Scripting and Spoofing Attacks (842436)

Filed under: Microsoft,Security — spiderwebwoman at 7:39 pm on Tuesday, August 10, 2004

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-026Vulnerability in Exchange Server 5.5 Outlook Web Access Could Allow Cross-Site Scripting and Spoofing Attacks (842436) Issued: August 10, 2004Version: 1.0 SummaryWho should read this document: System administrators who have servers running Microsoft® Exchange Server 5.5 Outlook® Web Access Impact of Vulnerability:  Remote Code Execution Maximum Severity Rating: Moderate Recommendation: Customers should […]

Things have changed at Toshiba Technical Support

Filed under: Gadgets,Toshiba e805 — spiderwebwoman at 8:14 pm on Saturday, August 7, 2004

I called Toshiba Technical Support on Monday to report the failure of my replacement e805. The guys I talked to in April, May and June (Mike, Mark, and Peter, the supervisor) don’t appear to be working there anymore. On Monday a guy named Noman answered my call. I explained to him that the only way […]

Windows XP Service Pack 2 is out

Filed under: FrontPage,Microsoft,Security — spiderwebwoman at 7:07 pm on Saturday, August 7, 2004

Windows XP SP2 RTM! on Jerry Bryant’s blog. FrontPage users may want to check out these KB articles: 883607 Web server functionality may not work correctly after you install Windows XP Service Pack 2 and 878461 Pictures do not appear as expected, or you receive an error message when you open an HTML file on a […]

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