Archive for December, 2008
Tuesday, December 30th, 2008
Microsoft on Monday denounced reports that a vulnerability exists in Windows Media Player that would allow for remote code execution.
Microsoft said in a company blog post that it had investigated reports that surfaced on the Internet last week and found them to be "false." The flaw is "reliability issue ...
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Monday, December 29th, 2008
Red Herring today announced that iYogi is a winner of the Red Herring 100 Award,a selection of the 100 most innovative private technology companies based in Asia.
iYogi delivers technical support services directly to consumers and small businesses and is the first, global, technical support brand based out of India with ...
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Friday, December 26th, 2008
It may sound strange, seeing as how OS X is based on a Linux variant and is widely considered to be the most user-friendly operating system available, but Linux does a number of things better than everyone’s favorite iOperatingSystem. Before you shun the thought, read on. You might be surprised ...
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Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008
Microsoft clustering services on versions prior to Windows Server 2008 used a command line tool to fix drive issues. Windows Server 2008 puts this in the interface, making drive tasks more accessible.
If you've done moves of shared storage in a cluster configuration, you may have had to use various recovery ...
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Friday, December 19th, 2008
Unlike most technologies that go through a rigorous inspection and validation process, server virtualisation for the most part, snuck in the back door of the data center while no one was looking as an operations tool generating a significant ROI through the savings associated with server consolidation.But server virtualization ...
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Thursday, December 18th, 2008
Electric Pocket, a mobile developer, announced that their FlipSide MP3 player app is now available for Windows Mobile cell phones.FlipSide first rose to prominence on the BlackBerry platform, where it let users scroll through album covers using the handset's navigation controls. The Windows Mobile version takes it one step further, ...
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Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
Step one: Set Windows to download and install updates automatically.
Windows updates often cause problems, so I set Windows to download but not install updates. Then I wait a couple of days before actually applying the patches to see whether there are any reports of problems related to the fix. If ...
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Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
Hackers have begun compromising Web sites to infect vulnerable computers with malware that exploits a zero-day flaw in Internet Explorer revealed last week.
Microsoft reported a significant increase in the number of infected users over the weekend, and researchers at Trend Micro estimated about 6,000 sites had been infected. The move is ...
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Monday, December 15th, 2008
Microsoft, who is doing its best to wean users off the Windows XP and get them to use Vista. However, many users buy new machines and prefer to spend additional money on a XP operating system and thus downgrade their computer rather than give the new OS a chance.
Computer companies ...
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Friday, December 12th, 2008
Microsoft warned users of two new cyberattacks in the wild exploiting recent vulnerabilities found in Internet Explorer and WordPad Text Converter, which enable malicious hackers to infiltrate a user's PC and install information-stealing code. The advisories came after Microsoft released a monster patch load repairing 28 critical and important vulnerabilities ...
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