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Opera to MS: Get real about interoperability, Mr Gates

Filed under: Microsoft,Web Standards — spiderwebwoman at 1:20 pm on Saturday, February 12, 2005

Last week Bill Gates got the interoperability religion. Allegedly – given Microsoft’s long and sometimes less than constructive history in the field of interoperability, a certain amount of scepticism is perhaps appropriate. Hakon Lie, Chief Technology Officer of long-standing Microsoft competitor Opera Software, welcomes Gates’ new-found enthusiasm for interoperability, but in the following response to […]

An FYI on the update for Messenger MS05-009

Filed under: Microsoft,Security — spiderwebwoman at 9:19 am on Thursday, February 10, 2005

This update: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms05-009.mspx requires a reboot and it will reboot your machine without notice or warning. Make sure all your work is saved and your other applications are closed. Seriously.

Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for February, 2005

Filed under: Microsoft,Security — spiderwebwoman at 7:02 pm on Tuesday, February 8, 2005

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms05-feb.mspx MS05-015: Vulnerability in Hyperlink Object Library Could Allow Remote Code Execution (888113)MS05-014: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (867282)MS05-013: Vulnerability in the DHTML Editing Component ActiveX Control Could Allow Remote Code Execution (891781)MS05-012: Vulnerability in OLE and COM Could Allow Remote Code Execution (873333)MS05-011: Vulnerability in Server Message Block Could Allow Remote Code Execution […]

Advance Notification for the February 8, 2005 Microsoft Security Bulletin Release

Filed under: Microsoft,Security — spiderwebwoman at 11:41 am on Sunday, February 6, 2005

On February 8, 2005, the Microsoft Security Response Center is planning to release: • 9 Microsoft Security Bulletins affecting Microsoft Windows. The greatest aggregate, maximum severity rating for these security updates is Critical. Some of these updates will require a restart. • 1 Microsoft Security Bulletin affecting Microsoft SharePoint Services and Office. The greatest aggregate, […]