Microsoft would release four sets of patches this coming Tuesday
US based software giant Microsoft has revealed details on the upcoming Patch Tuesday release.
The company said that they would make available four sets of patches for their applications.
These patches would be for Windows, Internet Explorer, and Microsoft Exchange Server in addition to other applications.
Two of these [...]
Downandup worm still hitting millions of PC users
Microsoft released a patch outside their regular cycle for a security vulnerability which affected its service service.
A worm designed to target this vulnerability is still in the wild affecting millions of Windows users.
The worm is known by several names including Downadup and Conflicker.
A Microsoft representative spoke about [...]
Microsoft fixes major bugs in this month’s Patch Tuesday release
Microsoft has released the Patch Tuesday updates for the month of January 2009.
These fixes include patches for a crucial bug in the company’s Server Message Block.
Experts say that one of the bugs is huge enough to make “Swiss cheese” out of enterprise networks.
Eric [...]
Windows XP comes with tons of restrictions from Microsoft for netbooks
ITExaminer.com has posted information on the limitations Microsoft put on netbook manufacturers when it comes to Windows XP.
The limitations:
SSD cannot be bigger than 16GB. Hard Disk cannot be larger than 160GB.
Graphic engine cannot support anything better than DirectX 9.
System RAM cannot be more than 1GB.
The [...]
Microsoft denies a major bug in Windows Media Player
It’s happening all over again. Windows Media Player is said to contain a major bug which can result in remote code execution.
Microsoft has denied the criticality of this bug. The software giant said that the problem is much smaller and poses no major risk to the user [...]
Windows XP continues to live on life support from Microsoft
Customers are still preferring to buy new computers with Windows XP.
Microsoft has been trying to phase out this vintage operating system to get the market to adopt Windows Vista.
However, they have failed to do so even after two years of Vista availability.
The US based software [...]
Apple releases Multi-Touch Trackpad Update for Windows XP and Vista 1.0
Apple has issued an update for their recently launched laptops.
The update is: Multi-Touch Trackpad Update for Windows XP and Vista 1.0
It is for following Apple products:
MacBook (13-inch, Aluminum, Late 2008)
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2008)
MacBook Air (Late 2008)
This update is targeted at the users [...]
Internet Explorer vulnerability affects more versions
Microsoft has confirmed that the recently revealed security issue in their Internet Explorer web browser is more widespread than they had originally claimed.
The company said in a revised security advisory that users of IE5.01, IE6 and IE7 along with IE8 Beta 2 running on Windows 2000, XP, [...]
Internet Explorer 7 reportedly suffers from a new Zero-day exploit
A new Zero-day exploit has been reported for the Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 web browser.
This was one of the bugs that was left unpatched by the company in the just released Patch Tuesday for this month.
This has been revealed in a report by Bojan [...]
Research: 98% of Windows machines are unpatched
Secunia has reported that as per their research, almost every PC is running at least one unpatched application.
The company used the information collected from over 20,000 computer users who use their Personal Software Inspector tool.
Secunia found out that 98% of the users had at least one unpatched application [...]
