Getting a non tech person to download a product that they already have is a challenge. My mom probably can’t tell the difference between OS X and Vista, yet you want her to download o new version of IE? Oh and from a special website? Yeeeaahhhh, it COULD happen, but only if [...]
Did you get all excited about the Windows 7 RC, so instead of waiting till Microsoft released it you downloaded it on torrent? Turns out that prerelease version had a nasty botnet built into it. But don’t worry, you were not the only one, it is spreading at roughly 500 machines an hour.
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Microsoft today released a patch for the hole found in PowerPoint. Sadly the patch doesn’t cover Mac or the older Works Suite. CNET has some more:
Without the patch, the vulnerability can be exploited by getting a person to open a PowerPoint file rigged for the attack, Microsoft has said. When the file is [...]
Well can you believe it? Windows 7 actually shows up early with the Release Candidate. Microsoft just posted it for general public download here.
Everyone is jumping on the info that Microsoft posted that MSDN and TechNet people can download the RC of Windows 7 right now, and everyone else on May 5th. I can tell you it isn’t in there right now for the TechNet people, but hopefully by May 5th it will be. I have [...]