You may experience poor Web performance when you use Internet Explorer 6 to try to access a Web application that is hosted on Internet Information Services 6.0 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;922703
A patch was released for Ubuntu that killed the Windows X subsystem… oops. Users were left staring at a terminal screen… not good for Windows users tempted to the Linux world by the easy to use graphical interface who have never worked outside a GUI environment. If you know somebody affected, the fix is here:http://www.ubuntu.com/FixForUpgradeIssue
Microsoft’s Phishing Filter is proving to be quite a success, thanks not only to all of the IE7 and MSN/Windows Live Toolbar users who are actively reporting phishing sites, but also thanks to data sharing between MS and third party data sources. Recently MS have been adding up to 17,000 URLS a month to its Phishing […]
Some of us have been complaining for a long time (more than a year and a half) about Sun’s refusal to ensure that old versions of Sun Java are uninstalled when a user updates to the latest version of the Sun Java product. Why was it so important that Sun uninstall old versions? Because: Hostile applications were able […]
Very useful:http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/attachment/715071.ashx
The problematic MS06-042 update has been re-released: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-042.mspx Hotfix 923782 has been replaced by the new security update 918899.
That’s right gals and guys.. go and get it (scroll past the graphics.. more info to come)http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.mspx Dave mentions it as well:http://blogs.msdn.com/dmassy/archive/2006/08/24/717521.aspx I’m downloading the RC build as I write: Important points to note are: IE7 RC1 includes an automatic uninstaller so that if you have a build of IE7 already installed on your […]
“The virus exploiting a bug disclosed in Microsoft’s latest security bulletin has commandeered nearly 50,000 Widows PCs each day in the last week, a security firm said Tuesday.” http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=36227 People… we *must* patch our systems, and if that patch causes problems, then we must keep the patch unless it is killing something mission critical or […]
When you visit a Web page that uses a custom pop-up object, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 closes unexpectedly and generates an error in the Mshtml.dll file. This problem occurs after you install security update 918899 on a Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2)-based or a Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1)-based computer. A hotfix […]
Yes, Google… their data collection is far more extensive than the AOL incident, which was restricted to actual subscribers. Yes, I know, Google are said to be the “good guys”… but that’s today, under the current management. Can you guarantee the future? Do you know how long Google saves its data for? When is it […]