And another from InfoWorld: Top News: Fake Microsoft security alert includes Trojan patch. “A new wave of spam that disguises itself as a Microsoftæ security bulletin contains a link to malicious software that gives attackers complete access to the infected machine, security researchers are reporting.” Just a reminder folks: Never, EVER, run code from an [...]
InfoWorld: Top News reports IE bug can crash browser. “Security researchers have discovered a bug in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) browser that can cause the software to crash, and which could possibly be used to let an attacker run unauthorized software on the IE user’s machine.” Translation: slow news day before American and Canadian holiday [...]
Building on the work covered in Essential SourceSafe, here’s some code that will generate two text files of the activity that your SourceSafe database has recorded in the past week. This can be a handy way to keep track with what’s going on in a busy project.
(Changing the text output into an RSS feed is [...]
Microsoft Watch from Mary Jo Foley notes The Downside of Embedding RSS in Longhorn. “Microsoft watchers are thinking through the security implications of Microsoft’s plan to embed RSS in Longhorn.”
The upside is that Microsoft bundling a feature in with their OS means that developers can count on the feature being available (although uptake of recent [...]
InfoWorld: Top News notes As support fades, Microsoft offers Win2000 update. “As the clock ticks on support for mainstream Windows 2000 users, Microsoft has released a “high priority” update rollup of over 50 security fixes.”
A reader flamed me recently for commenting that Microsoft was on a “death spiral.” That wasn’t just vindictive thinking because they’re killing my favorite product or because their insecure OS allows malicious software to splatter my Dad’s computer. That was a real live professional opinion from a computer consultant who’s spent 20+ years in the [...]
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MIT Weblog Survey. “Take the MIT Weblog Survey. The goal is to help understand the way that weblogs are affecting the way we communicate with each other. Takes 15 minutes.”
Scripting News points to Silicon Beat: “Behold, the new Yahoo Mail.”
Looks cool. I’ve used GMail for a while, and I want folders. Maybe I just don’t grok labels, but with a couple of high-volume email lists, my Google inbox just turns to chaos.
OSNews links to a ZDNet Australia piece that makes Ballmer sound like a punch-drunk fighter past his prime: Ballmer Confident, But Admits Failings. “Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has confessed the software giant’s .Net strategy has come to a standstill, says he’s accepted SQL Server’s shortcomings and vowed to keep fighting search giant Google.”
Slashdot hosts an interesting question: What is the Best Firewall for Servers?. Sushant Bhatia asks: “I maintain a bunch of servers (Win 2003/XP Pro) at our labs in the university. Of late, the number of attacks on the computers has been more noticeable. The university provides firewall software (Kerio) but that doesn’t work with Win [...]
