Microsoft Patches ASP.Net Problem in Record Time. Two days after it acknowledged a potential security problem with its ASP.Net Web-development platform, Microsoft quietly posted to its Web site for download a fix for the problem. [Microsoft Watch from Mary Jo Foley]
Bravo.
Millions of Dell power adapters recalled. The Taiwan-made AC adapters sold with Dell notebooks can overheat, posing risk of fire and electrical shock. [CNET News.com]
Hot stuff. Mine says “Made in Thailand” but by Delta Electronics and with the correct part number. When I went to visit http://www.delladapterprogram.com/ to check if my machine was affected, I [...]
Doc Searls asks “Did the air traffic control center really have a “Microsoft server crash”?. This looks like an incredible use of a 32-bit counter of milliseconds that overflows every 49.7 days, without a built-in feature to reset it. The “neglected maintenance” is likely a reboot of the system. Now ask yourself: Do you really [...]
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is reporting Flaw found in older Office versions.
“A security company warned Thursday that a flaw in Microsoft Office could allow a denial-of-service attack to be executed on systems running somewhat older versions of the popular productivity suite.
Secunia issued an advisory saying a buffer overrun flaw has been found in Office 2000, and [...]
