Friday, April 4th, 2008
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates said his company might ship a new version of its Windows operating system as soon as 2009.The news agency Reuters quoted Gates on Friday as saying that Windows 7 may be released "sometime in the next year or so." That would put the software ahead of ...
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
Microsoft said Thursday that it plans to release eight software updates for the Windows operating system and Internet Explorer Web browser to patch security holes, five of which the company described as "critical."Microsoft said it plans to release the updates on April 8. PC users can determine if they need ...
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
Spammers are once again using web bugs to verify the validity of of email addresses. This time the trick is not done with graphics but with digital certificates. Alexander Klink from German consultants Cynops has discovered a vulnerability in Microsoft products – or possibly in the Crypto API – that ...
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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
Microsoft has released a Knowledge Base article to help users who are having problems getting Vista SP1 from the Windows Update site. Here's a list of possible causes they have come up with so far:
You are already running Windows Vista SP1.
Windows Vista SP1 has not been released for the language ...
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Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Be extra careful when opening documents in Windows, especially if they are Word files.
Microsoft on Friday warned that cyber criminals may be taking advantage of an unpatched flaw in the Windows operating system to install malicious software on a victim's PC.
The reported attack, now under investigation by Microsoft, involves a ...
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