Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
This paper will help you configure your web browser for safer internet surfing. It is written for home computer users, students, small business workers, and any other person who works with limited Information Technology (IT) support and broadband (cable modem, DSL) or dial-up connectivity. Although the information in this document may ...
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Sunday, April 27th, 2008
Many people are switching from Internet Explorer to alternative browsers such as Firefox and Safari. Though that might make them feel more secure, the shift has also opened new doors for bad guys.
Case in point: We have no IE bugs to report this month, but both Firefox and Safari have ...
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
For the past few months, we've shown how Linux has emerged from its early murky reputation of being cool to have but impractical to use. And there's no question it's refreshing to use an entire desktop system with nary a Microsoft or Apple product. But as some of our readers ...
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Thursday, April 17th, 2008
Windows Vista shipped to business customers on the last day of November 2006, so the end of November 2007 marks the one year anniversary for supported production use of the product. This paper analyzes the vulnerability disclosures and security updates for the first year of Windows Vista and looks at ...
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Monday, April 14th, 2008
Our sources close to Microsoft have confirmed that the company wants to reach out for the retail market presence. Microsoft wants to open and create many retail shops dedicated exclusive to Microsoft and its products.
This is something that Apple did with its many Apple retail stores around the world. Microsoft ...
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Monday, April 14th, 2008
ActiveX controls made up most of all browser plug-in vulnerabilities in the second half of 2007, according to Symantec.
The company has just released its semi-annual web security report and in it said that Microsoft's technology, primarily used to create add-ins for Internet Explorer, accounted for 79 percent of the 239 ...
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Sunday, April 13th, 2008
Apple is quietly adding several key anti-hacker security features into its flagship QuickTime media player as part of a deliberate plan to reduce the effectiveness of malicious exploits.
The XPMs (exploit prevention mechanisms) have been fitted into the WIndows and Mac OS X versions of QuickTime 7.4.5, a new update that ...
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Sunday, April 6th, 2008
Adobe's flagship product, Photoshop, will become a 64-bit application in the next major revision to the company's bundle of creative pro applications, Creative Suite 4. However, the 64-bit version will only be available to Windows users because of a change Apple made at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in 2007.
The ...
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Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
If you use QuickTime or iTunes on Windows you might have seen something like this lately from your Apple Software Updates applet:
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