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Microsoft: Unplugged hole being exploited affects all IE versions CNET News, CA - 15 minutes ago Microsoft's updated advisory lists a number of mitigating factors: Protected Mode in IE 7 and IE 8 in Windows Vista limits the impact of the vulnerability ... More...

Microsoft confirms that all versions of IE have critical new bug Computerworld, MA - 25 minutes ago Users running any of those browsers on Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Server 2003 or Server 2008 are at risk, Microsoft said. Even so, the company continued to ... More...

How to Safeguard Against New IE Vulnerability PC Magazine - 9 minutes ago As pointed out in PCMag's Security Watch blog, there are a number of workarounds to plug this potential leak. They're pretty complicated, though, ... More...

Microsoft zero-day attacks target all versions of IE SearchSecurity.com, MA - 10 minutes ago Unpatched Internet Explorer 7 flaw under attack (Security Bytes blog) A new exploit for IE 7 is being used against fully patched Windows XP and Windows 2003 ... More...

I'm having problems with Win Mail accessing any personal certs - instead it wants to get digital id's and goes to the Office 2007 marketplace website with IE. These certs were just issued by Thwate Freemail and according to IE I've got the private keys, so there shouldn't be any problems with them. I Do have Word/Excel/Powerpoint of Office 2007 Pro (Access and Outlook available if needed), which could explain some of the Office 2007 Marketplace for Digital Certs issue but I'd like to get my new certs working in Win Mail so any help is appreciated.

Why So Little Buzz Surrounding Windows 7? InformationWeek, NY - 19 minutes ago The Windows Team blog and Welcome to WIndows 7 are even sparser.) However, if you think back to Vista, it's clear that Microsoft is taking a much quieter ... More...

Which operating system is best for solid-state drives? Computerworld, MA - 14 minutes ago That brings users who may be wondering about the advantages of SSDs back to the Big Three operating systems: Windows Vista and XP and Mac OS X. The claims ... More...

I also wish to disable ping but am unable to. I tried enabling the 'File and Printer Sharing (Echo Request - xxx)' rules etc and changing the setting to 'Block the connections'. So how do we disable ping? Rob. "SuperPlay" wrote: > > Hi Lionel > > Thanks for this, I must be gettign too old to see clearly -) > > I was expecting ICMP to be under core networking and as you say IP4 echo > request is under File and Printer Sharing > >

I cannot seem to connect to an external mailserver through port 25 from my Windows Vista machine. The problem is also from a couple of VM's whih reside on that same desktop. I've checked the following things: Turned of the Vista Firewall I can connect to the same external mailserver from another machine on my network I do not have any Anti virus installed on the Vista machine I can telnet to other ports (for example port 80) on that same mail server from Vista So in short. My ISP isn't blocking port 25 Anti virus is not blocking port 25 Telnet is working The remote host is reachable from Vista I have Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 I hope you can help …

InternetNews.com Fixing Windows Mobile CNET News, CA - 11 hours ago In my mobile phone travels I took a look at several phones running Windows Mobile, an operating system I have discussed in the past. ... Microsoft partners with social networking sites for Windows Live NetworkWorld.com Microsoft's mobile Live services slip beta label Register Microsoft's Wave 3 is a brave bet - but will it work? guardian.co.uk Softpedia all 24 news articles More...

I just tried to access a National Weather Service site to view radar images (because of local weather warnings). http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=gsp...ct=NCR&loop=yes When trying to view the Composite Reflectivity Loop (enhanced version), the Information Bar popped up telling me that IE had stopped the site from installing an Active-X control. When I clicked to install the control (I certainly trust _this_ site), the User Account Control came up and asked for administrator permission to install the control. I clicked continue and then got back the message that "Windows has blocked the software because it cannot verify the publisher." There …

New zero-day Internet Explorer exploit uncovered SC Magazine US - 4 minutes ago In a blog posting on Microsoft's Security Response Center website, Bill Sisk said that “At this time, we are aware of limited attacks attempting to use the ... More...

He said what? -- The oddly informative news quiz ITworld.com, MA - 23 minutes ago 29 blog post by Michael "Monty" Widenius, original developer of the open source database MySQL, in which he trashed Sun's decision to give the update a ... More...

Microsoft acknowledges Internet Explorer zero-day attacks SearchSecurity.com, MA - 25 minutes ago Unpatched Internet Explorer 7 flaw under attack (Security Bytes blog) A new exploit for IE 7 is being used against fully patched Windows XP and Windows 2003 ... More...

Thunderbird 3.0 Reaches Beta 1 PC World - 21 minutes ago Beta 1 also adds integration with both Windows Vista 's built-in search feature, and the Address Book within Mac OS X. David Ascher, CEO of Mozilla ... More...

HP gives SUSE Linux a try: The world yawns in disbelief CNET News, CA - 29 minutes ago ... and regularly speaks and publishes on open-source business strategy. He is a member of the CNET Blog Network and is not an employee of CNET. Disclosure. More...

Chinese team mistakenly released unpatched IE7 exploit ITworld.com, MA - 10 minutes ago It affects computers running IE7 on Windows XP regardless of the service pack version, Windows Server 2003 running Service Pack 1 or 2, Windows Vista and ... More...

Ratoc introduces Wireless USB kit for your PCMCIA-equipped laptop engadget, CA - 47 minutes ago Users with Windows XP / Vista-based machines simply plug in the card, load up the drivers and link their favorite USB peripherals to the hub from there, ... More...

WordPad zero-day adds to MS security woes Register, UK - 23 minutes ago Users of Windows Vista and Server 2008 can breathe easy as those packages are unaffected by the flaw. XP - running SP3 - is also clear of trouble. ... More...

RE: funny response OS News - 6 minutes ago PS: I'm assuming the main reason for the jerryleecooper copypasta in the Helios blog comments was a reminder of how easy it can be to troll these kinds of ... More...

Which operating system is best for solid-state drives? Computerworld, MA - 18 minutes ago That brings users who may be wondering about the advantages of SSDs back to the Big Three operating systems: Windows Vista and XP and Mac OS X. The claims ... More...

Microsoft Investigates Internet Explorer, WordPad Vulnerabilities eWeek, NY - 27 minutes ago According to Microsoft’s advisory, Windows XP Service Pack 3, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008 are not affected because those operating systems do not ... More...

ZDNet Blogs Microsoft looking into WordPad zero-day flaw CNET News, CA - 29 minutes ago This issue does not affect Windows XP Service Pack 3, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008. When Microsoft Office Word is installed, Word 97 documents are ... Another big month for Microsoft security patches iTWire all 41 news articles More...

Hi, my name is JP Gonzalez-Castellan and I’m the Accessibility Program Manager for IE8. The IE team has been working towards making IE8 the most accessible browser possible, and we wanted to detail some of the work we’ve done toward this end. In this post I will provide you with some background on Accessibility, I’ll cover new UI features (Caret Browsing, Find on Page, Adaptive Zoom, High DPI, etc) and also platform features (support for ARIA, support for IAccessibleEx, and support for additional WinEvents) that improve the Accessibility of the browser. Q: What percentage of users benefit when you make software accessible? A: One hundred percent. When you i…

Thunderbird 3.0 reaches Beta 1, but still not feature-complete Computerworld, MA - 15 minutes ago Beta 1 also adds integration with both Windows Vista's built-in search feature, and the Address Book within Mac OS X. David Ascher, CEO of Mozilla Messaging ... More...