Microsoft Security Updates: January 2007
Microsoft has just posted their security patch bulletin for the month of January. As usual, all required patches for your PC can be caught using Windows Update or Microsoft Update.
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9.1.2007 Microsoft Security Updates: March 2007
Microsoft has just posted their security patch bulletin for the month of March. There are no updates to worry about this month, so all you sysadmins out there can rest easy.
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14.3.2007 Microsoft to Kill Windows XP Blue Edition
Microsoft is attempting to kill the “Blue Edition” of Windows XP. In mid-2008 the Redmond company discontinued the availability of retail and OEM licenses of Windows XP, with the exception of copies of the operating system going onto ultra-low-cost laptops and desktops.
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4.12.2008 Blue death on my hand :)
Microsoft's Blue Hat Shows It's Serious About Security
For critics of Microsoft Corp.'s software, 2003 was a very good year. The appearance of the Slammer and Blaster worms was evidence?if any were necessary?that things had gone badly awry at the Redmond, Wash., software giant.
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At the Roots of Windows Blue Screen of Death
Unfortunately for Microsoft, one of the aspects of its proprietary operating system that has grown to become associated by default with the Windows brand is the Blue Screen of Death. BSOD, for short, is the result of a critical system error that will stop the operating system dead in its tracks and lead to a reboot.
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17.7.2008 Blue Badge patch for Windows 7 unlocks additional features
On November 2, Rafael Rivera, announced that his indications that the Windows 7 Pre-Beta Build 6801 has some locked additional options, were right.
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11.11.2008 Microsoft Office 2007 to be released in 2007
Following on from the recent Windows Vista delays Microsoft has stated that it expects Microsoft Office 2007 to be available to businesses at year-end and OEM/Retail in early 2007.
Microsoft has a habbit of releasing products in one year but naming them a year ahead to keep them sounding up to date in the market.
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25.3.2006 Microsoft Updates Media Center
Microsoft has announced the availability of a new software update for Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 that will provide new entertainment experiences for Media Center Edition customers around the world.
Update Rollup 2 for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, will enable customers to stream digital music, videos, photos, and standard and high-definition television and movies from Media Center PCs, to any television in their home via the Xbox 360 gaming system.
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Microsoft Updates IE After Patent Spat
Microsoft on Tuesday made broadly available an Internet Explorer update related to a high-profile patent spat with a start-up backed by the University of California.
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1.3.2006 Microsoft security updates for December
On 12 December 2006 Microsoft is planning to release: Security Updates.
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8.12.2006 Microsoft updates Virtual Server
Thanks to odeeee for this article. In hopes of pulling some attention away from Vmware and other vendors, Microsoft is beefing up their virtualization offerings.
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13.6.2007 Microsoft Releases Eight Updates for Vista
This week, Microsoft released some "important" updates for its newest operating system.
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28.6.2007 Microsoft Security Updates: December 2005
Microsoft has just posted their security patch builletin for the month of December. As usual all required patches for your PC can be found on
Windows Update.
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13.12.2005 Microsoft Security Updates: February 2006
Microsoft has just posted their security patch builletin for the month of February. As usual all required patches for your PC can be found on
Microsoft Update. Here's a brief summary of the six major patches released this month:
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16.2.2006 Microsoft Releases First Batch of Updates for Vista
Microsoft has made the first batch of updates for Vista available via the built-in Windows Update client. If you don't see the 22 updates, manually "Check for updates".
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30.1.2007 Microsoft to release six security updates next week
Microsoft will release six groups of security patches next week, including three critical updates for Windows and Excel users.
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6.7.2007 Microsoft Plans Nine Security Updates for Next Week
Security Patches include six critical updates for Windows, Office, Internet Explorer, and the company's Visual Basic development software.
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10.8.2007 Microsoft: We Didn’t Change Automatic Updates
Software giant says users are responsible for the modifications that generated claims of unauthorized patch installs.
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20.10.2007 Microsoft updates Live Search for Mobile
Microsoft Corporation has released a new version of its Windows Live Search for Mobile service. The update includes single click directions for all businesses and street addresses in the United States.
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26.12.2007 Updates from the Microsoft Daylight Saving patch trenches
It's going to be a busy weekend for IT administrators still struggling to get their systems patched to handle the change to Daylight Saving Time (DST) on March 11.
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10.3.2007 Microsoft updates MSN Video Platform Beta
Microsoft refreshed its video platform today with a new beta version of MSN Video. The updated site reflects the design, layout and features of Soapbox, Microsoft's answer to Google's user-generated video site YouTube.com.
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27.4.2007 Microsoft Killed AutoPatcher – No More Third Party Windows Updates
The AutoPatcher project is dead, courtesy of Microsoft. Antonis Kaladis, AutoPatcher Project Manager broke the news on August 29, revealing that Microsoft killed the initiative designed to supply offline Windows updates.
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29.8.2007 Microsoft releases Patch Tuesday security updates
Microsoft has released its security patches for September, fixing known vulnerabilities in its MSN Messenger software and Unix services for Windows as well as a critical bug in Windows 2000.
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13.9.2007 Microsoft release 2 updates for IE8 on Windows 7 RC
Microsoft has released two new updates for Internet Explorer 8 on Windows 7 RC, via Windows Update.
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6.5.2009 Microsoft addresses new reports of forced Windows updates and reboots
Microsoft has posted a long and complex explanation to its Windows Software Update Services (WSUS) blog, explaining the latest case of why software updates are being pushed to users who believe they’ve turned automatic updating off.
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25.10.2007 Microsoft Updates the Default Spy Tool in Vista SP1
In order to improve the quality of the software information collected from the users' operating systems and sent to Microsoft, the Redmond company introduced an update to the spy tool included by default into every copy of Windows Vista, following the release of Service Pack 1.
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13.6.2008 Microsoft test updates in Windows 7 Beta 7000 Today
Starting February 24, we will be releasing up to 5 test updates to PCs running the Windows 7 Beta (Build 7000) via Windows Update.
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24.2.2009 Microsoft Updates the Documentation Associated with XP SP3 RTM Build 5512
Microsoft has wrapped up Windows XP SP3 since April 21, 2008, when the Redmond company released the service pack to manufacturing.
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7.5.2008 Microsoft releases Security updates for Beta Windows Vista, Server 2008
Microsoft releases Security updates for Beta Windows Vista, Server 2008!
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15.1.2008New IBM supercomputer achieves petaflop
IBM has devised a new Blue
Gene supercomputer--the Blue
Gene/P--that will be capable
of processing more than 3
quadrillion operations a
second, or 3 petaflops, a
possible record. Blue Gene/P
is designed to continuously
operate at more than 1
petaflop in real-world
situations.
Blue
Gene/P marks a significant
milestone in computing. Last
November, the Blue Gene/L was
ranked as the most powerful
computer on the planet: it
topped out at 280 teraflops,
or 280 trillion operations a
second during continuous
operation.
Put
another way, a Blue Gene/P
operating at a petaflop is
performing more operations
than a 1.5-mile-high stack of
laptops. ..
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26.06.2007Blue Screen of Death Survival Guide: Every Error Explained
Picture this: Its late at night, youre sitting at your computer playing a game or working on a project when, suddenly, Windows freezes completely. All
your work is gone, and you find a blue screen full of gibberish staring back at you. Windows is dead, Jim, at least until you reboot it. You have no
choice but to sigh loudly, shake your fist at Bill Gates and angrily push the reset button. Youve just been visited by the ghost of windows crashed:
The blue screen of death.
Also known as the BSoD, the Blue Screen of Death appears when Windows crashes or locks up. Its actually
a Windows śstopť screen, and is designed to do two things: tell you the reason for the error, and to calm your nerves, hence the use of the color blue
(studies show it has a relaxing effect on people). Though Blue Screens are difficult to decipher, all the information you need to figure out what
caused it is right there in front of you in blue and whiteand thats where we come in. Were going to show you how to dissect the blue screen error
details, so you can fix the problem thats causing them.
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01.05.2009True blue for OLED screens discovered
Blue, the color that has been holding back OLED (organic light-emitting diode) screen technology may be one giant step closer to production.
Previously scientists were only able to reproduce red and green OLED's but had stumbled upon finding a material for true blue OLEDs. No longer is
that the case as a group of researchers in Korea have claimed to have discovered the true blue OLED. This means that we will hopefully have consumer
OLED products on the market sooner rather than later. Why is having OLED on the market important? OLED products have greater field of vision,
better color quality and require less power. Overall it's a better value for the consumer and the environment.
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24.11.2008Office 2007 SP1 Installation/Slipstream Guide
Some of you may be wondering how to do a clean install of Office 2007 using an Office 2007 RTM image along with SP1 at the same time. As you may know,
Office 2007 makes use of the Updates folder in the installation media to install any new updates that it finds in the folder however updates have to
be in the .msp file format for them to be recognized. Since the Office 2007 SP1 update file is delivered in the .exe format, an extra step is required
before being able to proceed:
First, you should copy the contents of the Office 2007 RTM image to a temporary folder. For our
example we're using C:O2007Temp. We have also copied the Office 2007 SP1 Update file (office2007sp1-kb936982-fullfile-en-us.exe) to the D:
drive.
Then, using the Run command in Windows XP/Vista (WinKey+R), run the following command:
D:office2007sp1-kb936982-fullfile-en-us.exe /extract:C:O2007TempUpdates
replacing D: with wherever you stored
the Office 2007 SP1 update file and C:O2007Temp with wherever you stored the Office 2007 RTM files. After agreeing to the Microsoft Software
License Terms, SP1 will be extracted to C:O2007TempUpdates.
That's it! Just start the setup for Office 2007 and the
updates for SP1 will then be picked up and installed during the setup. The same method applies to any other Office 2007 SP1 update.
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12.12.2007Hi-fi mic producer Blue breaks into consumer electronics
Not a company frequently seen in the CE field, Blue made its reputation in the professional recording category. Today it has pulled away from its
niche market, announcing an HD Webcam and a software-less microphone attachment for iPod...
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07.11.2008Medical Data CD Recovered in Philadelphia
Clients of Empire Blue Cross
and Blue Shield can breathe a
little easier as a CD earlier
reported missing has turned up
in Philadelphia, the New York
Times reports...
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15.03.2007Symantec: No 100% Undetectable Malware
Following another presentation
of the
Blue
Pill, the proof of concept
code authored by Joanna
Rutkowska, CEO of Invisible
Things Lab with the help of
Alexander Tereshkin Principal
Researcher, at this year's
Black Hat, after a similar
demonstration in 2006, on
64-bit Windows Vista, Symantec
has come out all guns blazing.
Peter
Ferrie, Senior Principal
Researcher, Symantec Advanced
Threat Research, opined that
there is no such thing as 100%
undetectable malware. And that
in this context, Rutkowska's
Blue Pill makes no
exception.
Rutkowska claimed from the
get go that the Blue Pill, her
example of visualization based
malware is undetectable.
Thomas Ptacek the co-founder
of Matasano Security, Nate
Lawson, security expert with
Root Labs and Peter Ferrie
from Symantec, challenged
Rutkowska and the undetectable
Blue Pill. Still, although
Rutkowska did accept their
challenge, the two parties
failed to agree on common
terms.
In
"Black Hat 2007 Las Vegas, I
co-presented with Nate Lawson
and Thomas Ptacek the
detection of hypervisors.
Previously, we had asked
Joanna Rutkowska to prove her
"100% undetectable" claim,
but she had declined. However,
we did manage to prove that
our methods work. Joanna
agreed that the TLB timing
method that I first described
in detail in 2006 works
against BluePill. As she
understood it, though, she
thought that I presented it as
a 'foolproof method for
"Blue Pill detection"'.
While I did present it as a
foolproof method, I didn't
refer to Blue Pill at all: I
said that it would reliably
detect a hypervisor, which it
does. That it detects Blue
Pill is a corollary," stated
Ferrie. ..
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07.08.2007Office 2007 Gets Themes, UI
Tweaks
Microsoft continues to tweak
the user interface for Office
2007, and has added a new
silver theme to go along with
the current blue and black
color schemes. Office UI head
Jensen Harris posted a
screenshot of the new designs
in his Web log Monday...
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18.07.200675,000 Affected by WellPoint Data Loss
WellPoint, a health insurance
company that handles coverage
for Empire Blue Cross and Blue
Shield disclosed Wednesday
that a CD containing medical
records and other personal
data may have been lost...
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15.03.2007Nintendo Offers Coats for Wiimotes
Wii owners may have noticed their consoles glowing blue yesterday, which typically indicates firmware updates and important messages from Nintendo HQ.
The message yesterday said that the Wiimote controllers will receive an additional safety upgrade: a silicone covering...
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04.10.2007Best Buy launches collectively customized 'Blue Label' laptops
How would you describe your 'ideal laptop'? Starting with new Toshiba and HP models, Best Buy is now offering an exclusive line of CE products --
based on people's answers to questions like these -- under its new 'Blue Label" program...
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10.10.2008IBM 'Blue Gene' Gets New
Applications
IBM released new commercial
applications for its Blue Gene
supercomputer on Friday, which
it says will put
supercomputing power in the
hands of those who may have
not been able to afford it
previously. Separately, the
company also broke its record
for the world's fastest
computer...
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29.10.2005Fiat Puts Windows Mobile in
New Cars
Italian automaker Fiat has
joined forces with Microsoft
to unveil a voice-activated
in-car communications system
called Blue&Me at the
Geneva Motorshow this month.
Blue&Me is based on
Windows Mobile for Automotive
and offers a wide range of
functionality, along with
connectivity to wireless
devices...
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04.02.2006The red/blue split for online voters is not 50/50, survey finds
A Pew Research survey released Sunday indicates that nearly half of all Americans have used electronic media to get or spread information about the
presidential election. And those active Web users are looking more blue than red...
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18.06.2008Office 2007 SP1 Update Availability Clarification
Bobbie Harder: Posting this as I've noted just a little bit of confusion with how Office 2007 SP1 is made available for download after it's release
yesterday. As you know, Office 2007 SP1 was released yesterday to Microsoft Update, and to WSUS as part of the Tues, Dec 11th release.
As planned, Office 2007 SP1 was not pushed via Automatic Updates. There has been some confusion where Windows Vista customers are seeing
Office 2007 SP1 listed as available with an option to install in their Windows Update control panel applet. The new Vista experience of the Windows
Update applet combines the convenience of the Microsoft Update site, by isting all applicable available updates, and the best of the Automatic
Updates behavior. This allows users to specify what update types they want to automatically download and install (and when), as well as combines the
interactive experience of the Microsoft Update site.
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13.12.2007How to create a Blue Screen of Death
Feeling nostalgic about the Microsoft Blue Screen of Death, which used to plague desktops in the bad old days of Windows? No need to keep those
feelings locked away. This handy guide will show you how to force your PC to recreate the infamous error.
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21.08.2008Customers get a supercomputer on the cheap
IBM ratcheted the world of
supercomputing up a few
notches in June with the Blue
Gene/P, a system nearly three
times as fast as its
predecessor at a cost of
US$1.3 million per rack.
But in
anticipation of the Blue
Gene/P, IBM dropped the price
of the Blue Gene/L, to about
$800,000 late last year,
prompting sales of the older
supercomputer to more than
double during the first half
of this year compared to the
second half of 2006, says Herb
Schultz, IBM's deep-computing
marketing manager.
At its highest price, the
Blue Gene/Lcost $1.3 million
per rack, same as the P's
current price.
"It's still a very
viable platform," Schultz
says. Among universities,
"we've had some really big
sales." He named Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute in Troy,
NY and the State University of
New York at Stony Brook as two
new L-model customers...
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01.08.2007Sharp Attempts Rescue of HDTV with New Blue Lasers
In an effort to end the
industry-wide shortage of blue
laser diodes that occurred as
a result of staggering
underproduction by Sony and
Nichia, the world's first two
suppliers, Sharp Electronics
today said it's ready to step
up the mass production of
diodes it's been making on a
trial basis since just last
month...
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20.12.2006Microsoft December 2007 Security Releases ISO Image
This DVD5 ISO image file contains the security updates for Windows released on Windows Update on December 11th, 2007. The image does not contain
security updates for other Microsoft products. This DVD5 ISO image is intended for administrators that need to download multiple individual language
versions of each security update and that do not use an automated solution such as Windows Server Update Services (WSUS). You can use this ISO image
to download multiple updates in all languages at the same time.
Important: Be sure to check the individual security bulletins
at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security prior to deployment of these
updates to ensure that the files have not been updated at a later date.
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12.12.2007September 2007 Security Releases ISO Image
This DVD5 ISO image file contains the security updates for Windows released on Windows Update on September 11th, 2007. The image does not contain
security updates for other Microsoft products.
This DVD5 ISO image is intended for administrators that need to download multiple
individual language versions of each security update and that do not use an automated solution such as Windows Server Update Services (WSUS). You can
use this ISO image to download multiple updates in all languages at the same time.
Be sure to check the individual security
bulletins at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security prior to deployment
of these updates to ensure that the files have not been updated at a later date.
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