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Microsoft Patches 10 Bugs, Omits Word Fixes

January 9, 2007 at 4:02 pm · Filed under Uncategorized

Three of the updates involve Microsoft's Office suite, while the fourth affects Internet Explorer, the developer's oft-patched Web browser.

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Mozilla To Update Firefox Feb. 1 With Vista Patches

January 9, 2007 at 12:59 pm · Filed under Uncategorized

About 100 bugs have already been spotted and quashed, but about 60 remain unpatched.

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Microsoft Turned To National Security Agency For Vista Security Help

January 9, 2007 at 11:25 am · Filed under Uncategorized

The NSA detailed a team to work with Microsoft on the new operating system, which is expected to be used by hundreds of millions of computer users.

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Microsoft Postpones Half Of Tuesday’s Patches

January 8, 2007 at 1:41 pm · Filed under Uncategorized

Dropped were two security updates for Windows, one for both Windows and Office, and another that involved Windows and Visual Studio 2005.

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Mac, Windows QuickTime Flaw Opens ‘Month Of Apple Bugs’

January 2, 2007 at 3:04 pm · Filed under Uncategorized

The exploit could be used by attackers to compromise, hijack, or infect computers running either Windows or Mac OS X.

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Users Irked By Windows Defender Beta 2 Expiration

January 2, 2007 at 1:46 pm · Filed under Uncategorized

Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 users can upgrade to the final program by downloading it from the Microsoft Web site, but Windows 2000 users are out of luck.

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Most Consumers Don’t Trust Their Security Software

January 2, 2007 at 1:20 pm · Filed under Uncategorized

Fifty-one percent of the 1,500 French, German, Japanese, British, and American consumers surveyed in the fall of 2006 said they had doubts about their security software, Trend Micro says.

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