Slashdot posts No IE7 For 2k, Now In Extended Service. Yankovic writes “Looks like MS will not support IE7 on Windows 2000. ‘It should be no surprise that we do not plan on releasing IE7 for Windows 2000… [S]ome of the security work in IE7 relies on operating system functionality in XPSP2 that is non-trivial [...]
Scripting News points to Time: “The wiki genie is out of the bottle.”
Tracey Donvito reviews Hentzenwerke’s “The Tiny Guide to OpenOffice.org”
The small publishing company Hentzenwerke focuses their books on two areas: the migration from Windows to Linux, and OpenOffice.org. They have already published three books on OOo, and are becoming the go-to publisher for OOo information.
Congratulations to author Benjamin Horst, editor Solveig Haugland and publisher Whil [...]
MacMerc notes the update to Tiger, OS X 10.4.1. I think it is remarkable to see a version-point-one within a few weeks of the software shipping, but it looks like they’ve got some good bug fixes not caught in the beta process.
MacMerc says “Sayeth Software Update….
The 10.4.1 Update delivers overall improved reliability for Mac [...]
From the macosxhints Pick Of The Week department: Taboo - Prevent tab closing stupidity in Safari. “The macosxhints Rating:[Score: 10 out of 10], Developer: Obsessive Compulsive Development, Price: Free
“A simple PotW this week, as it really only does one thing. Taboo is a plug-in for Safari that warns you if you hit the red…” more.
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Slashdot posting: Several Critical MSIE Flaws Uncovered. An anonymous reader writes “Several flaws have been uncovered by security firm eEye in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. The flaws allow remote compromise of computers running Windows Operating Systems and affect IE, Outlook and possibly other MS software. With the next MS Windows security bulletin release scheduled for June [...]
A Slashdot post notes Firefox Updated to 1.0.4. Exstatica writes “Firefox has been updated to 1.0.4 and they have fixed a few critical security holes, all javascript vulnerabilities. The Mozilla Foundation announced these vulnerabilities May 7th. ‘There are currently no known active exploits of these vulnerabilities although a proof of concept has been reported.” You [...]
Getting a new roof this week, and a new chimney. Our wound-up little dogs are not pleased. Needless to say, neither are Laura nor I. It’s pandemonium this week. Hope to blog more once I’ve regained my sanity.
A Slashdot blogger notes that Sveasoft releases Alchemy 1.0, an updated firmware image for the LinkSys WRT54G family of wireless routers. There’s been a lot of controversy with Sveasoft charging a subscription fee for access to the beta development forums for the software, which is a mixture of Linux software, modifications by LinkSys, and original [...]
News.com points to a British study that claims that dumping Microsoft software can save schools money.
