Mary Jo Foley and Daryl Taft follow up on Microsoft backpedalling on removing a bunch of products that included Java. Some are given a one week reprieve (oh, I’ll run out to buy them!), others will be patched with an updated Java. Details at http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,4248,1407759,00.asp
The guys who brought you “The Pragmatic Programmer,” Dave Thomas and Andy Hunt, are publishing a series called the Pragmatic Starter Kit, under the imprint of The Pragmatic Bookshelf. Right now, the books can only be ordered from their web site. They claim to be avoiding distributors in order to maintain control of sales. I’m [...]
Wow, here’s a shocker! Now, are there no Microsoft patches because there’s nothing left to patch, or because we all took a long weekend over Thanksgiving? The SEVEN new IE exploits mentioned in the article are a clue… Microsoft: No patches this month. “The software giant announces that no security patches will be forthcoming this [...]
