Thunderbird 3 beta 4 available for download
Mozilla's popular email client 'Thunderbird' is progressing nicely, having hit the beta 4 milestone of version 3 just earlier, bringing some nice new changes and improvements with it according to the guys over at ghacks.
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22.9.2009 Mozilla accepts, will work with Microsoft to see Firefox, Thunderbird work on Vista
Mozilla has accepted Microsoft's offer for the two competitors to work together to ensure Mozilla's Firefox web browser and Thunderbird email suite work more seamlessly on Redmond's upcoming Windows Vista operating system (OS).
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25.8.2006 Windows Update versus Ubuntu Update
A few months ago, Steve Ballmer publicly noted that Windows Vista was “a work in progress.” That inspired a predictable outpouring of Vista-bashing.
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15.7.2008 Windows Update Blocker Tool Kit - Block Automatic Windows Vista SP2 Update
After availability of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 for public download I am sure many users would have already installed Vista Service Pack 2 to see the performance improvements and its advisable to install Windows Vista sp2 as it has many noticeable changes and also includes all the fixes released after Vista sp1.
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27.5.2009 Microsoft plans to issue non-update update for Win 7
Microsoft will spit out dummy updates for Windows 7 beta testers next week that will probe the forthcoming operating system’s updating abilities.
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20.2.2009 An Update For Windows Update
An infrastructure update has been planned for Windows Update client. The gradual roll-out of this update will begin in late July.
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6.7.2008 You Don't Want This Windows Update
Today, I got an e-mail warning of a new Windows virus and where to get the update to protect against it. Oh, those wicked phishers.
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19.2.2009 You Don't Want This Windows Update
Today, I got an e-mail warning of a new Windows virus and where to get the update to protect against it. Oh, those wicked phishers.
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21.2.2009 Update for Windows (KB913538)
Install this update to prevent Windows Management Instrumentation enumerations from being canceled before the client computer can finish using the enumerations. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.
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22.2.2006 Windows update without Microsoft Genuine 2
Not only will it keep you up to date with the latest updates from Microsoft, it will also keep software and drivers from other vendors updated. However, that functionality is currently missing.
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Update for Windows XP (KB900485)
Install this update to resolve an issue in which you receive a ?stop 0x7e in aec.sys? error message on a computer that is running Windows XP Service Pack 2. The error may occur during startup, or after the system has started. AEC.SYS is the acoustic echo canceling driver. After you install this update, you may have to restart your computer.
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9.1.2006 Security Update for Windows Vista
A remote code execution security issue has been identified in the Graphics Rendering Engine that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it.
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16.1.2006 Windows Defender Beta 2 Update
Microsoft released a new Windows Defender 2, yesterday. Used to check for spyware mainly, Windows Defender is the succesor of Windows Antispyware.
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13.4.2006 Windows Live Messenger 8.5 Gets an Update
Today, users running Windows Live Messenger 8.5 Beta were greeted with an update entitled "Windows Live Messenger 8.5 Beta 1 Update 1" via Windows Update.
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22.6.2007 Confirmation of stealth Windows Update
I can now confirm that the stealth Windows Update that I blogged about yesterday actually exists - because I’ve detected its presence on a machine at the PC Doc HQ.
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14.9.2007 XP SP3: Now on Windows Update
A week after deciding not to release Windows XP Service Pack (SP) 3 via Windows Update and the Microsoft Download site as planned, Microsoft has begun pushing the collection of updates and fixes through those channels again.
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6.5.2008 Upgrade Coming to Windows Update
Come August 2009 Microsoft will release an upgrade to its update infrastructure. The Redmond company pointed out that both the Windows Update and Microsoft Update services would be impacted by the refresh.
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13.7.2009 Windows update without Microsoft Genuine test
Two weeks ago, I posted simple javascripts to circumvent the dreaded Windows Genuine Advantage system for the sake of my and others clicky-finger. It was this day, or maybe a few days later, that Microsoft's PR looneys acknoledged the fact it can be worked around and will be patching up the holes in the "next version".
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Update for Windows XP (KB904412) - English
Install this update to address several possible issues associated with connecting a Serial Bus Protocol 2 (SBP-2) device, such as an IEEE 1394 device, to a Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2-based computer. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.
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Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB904714)
Install this update to enable client computers to use the Windows Indexing Service when searching for a network-shared file on a Windows Server 2003-based computer.
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Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB907565)
Install this update to address an issue in which storing files with Extended Attributes (EA) on volumes enabled for Single Instance Storage (SIS) may result in the Extended Attributes being lost as duplicates files are found and moved into the SIS common store. This update addresses this issue and will not move duplicate files with Extended Attributes into the SIS common store. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.
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5.12.2005 Microsoft Update Windows Vista Homepage
After a brief demo at the on-going CES conference in Las Vegas, Microsoft have launched a re-vamped version of the website for Windows Vista.
The slick new look makes a break from the often bland Microsoft product pages, and moves towards the Glass theme expected in Vista.
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5.1.2006 Windows Gets Largest Security Update in Over a Year
12. That's the number of updates to be released with the June security patches. Of the twelve, nine are specific to the Windows operating system itself and one of those is listed as "critical" designating it as a severe security concern. Two are related to the Microsoft Office productivity suite and one is for Microsoft Exchange e-mail server.
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13.6.2006 Update for Microsoft Windows Vista Beta 2
Install this update to address an issue where Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP) does not consume intermediate session data.
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23.7.2006 Windows Vista RC1 Availability Update
Microsoft employee Nick White has posted some information on the Windows Vista team blog regarding the availability of RC1.
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11.8.2006 Update for Windows Vista Beta 2 (KB922917)
An issue has been identified that may cause you to lose access to protected media music, videos, and recorded TV after upgrading to Windows Vista RC1.
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16.8.2006 Windows Vista Validation Update (KB929391)
Microsoft have just posted a Windows Vista Genuine Validation Update to Windows Update.
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16.12.2006 The Windows Update Stealth Affair Explained
It was widely reported last week that Microsoft had automatically updated systems that had Automatic Updates set to "Check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them".
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20.9.2007 Microsoft: Update on Windows 7 UAC issues
Before getting into the actual news, lets take a while to understand the current Windows 7 UAC dilemma
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5.2.2009 Critical Security Update for Windows 7 Beta
A security issue has been identified that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to compromise your system and gain control over it.
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11.3.2009Mozilla Delivers New Thunderbird Beta
Mozilla earlier this week
issued a public beta of the
next version of its
Thunderbird e-mail client. In
addition, it said it was
delaying a planned security
update to Firefox for
unspecified reasons...
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14.12.2006Thunderbird to Get Calendar
Add-in
It looks as if Mozilla
developers are attempting to
make their Thunderbird e-mail
client more competitive with
Microsoft's Outlook. A
roadmap to integrate a
calendar application with
Thunderbird was posted
recently, which details the
project known as
"Lightning."..
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28.09.2005Next-generation Mozilla Thunderbird in Alpha 1, called 'Shredder'
A developer preview release of Mozilla's next version of the Thunderbird e-mail client has been made available to the developer and tester community...
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16.05.2008Key Thunderbird Devs Leave Mozilla
Without providing any public reason, two of the chief developers behind Mozilla's Thunderbird client announced their intentions to leave ahead of the
e-mail client's split from the company...
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08.10.2007Mozilla Rolls Out Thunderbird 2.0 RC1
Mozilla on Friday took the
wraps off of the first release
candidate of its upcoming
Thunderbird 2.0 release, aimed
at making organization of
e-mail easier for its users...
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07.04.2007Mozilla Weighs Options for Thunderbird
Mozilla CEO Mitchell Baker
suggested Thursday that its
Thunderbird e-mail client be
spun off, but is soliciting
the opinions of users before
making any final decision. By
spinning it off, she believes
that the project would allow
the application to thrive...
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27.07.2007Mozilla patched a remote code execution flaw in Thunderbird
Mozilla has released
Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 which fixes a remote
exploitation of a vulnerability that allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code on Linux and Windows.
The vulnerability exists when
parsing an e-mail if the "Preview" pane is turned on, which is the default. Then all a targeted user has to do is select the message in the browsing
pane. Once the message is previewed, the vulnerability will be triggered, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the
current user.
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27.02.2008Mozilla Rolls Out Thunderbird
1.5
Mozilla on Thursday launched
version 1.5 of its popular
Thunderbird e-mail client. The
release focuses on improving
spam filtering technology,
easing the software upgrade
process, enhancing RSS and
podcasting support, and
improving overall
productivity...
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13.01.2006Mozilla Patches Firefox,
Thunderbird
Mozilla has pushed to users
minor upgrades to both Firefox
and the Thunderbird e-mail
client, with both including
seven security patches each
and improvements to product
stability...
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16.09.2006Mozilla may separate from Thunderbird to focus on Firefox
The Mozilla Foundation is
thinking about creating a
separate organization to take
control of its Thunderbird
e-mail application, allowing
it to concentrate on
development of the Firefox Web
browser.
In a
blog
posting Wednesday,
Mitchell Baker, CEO of
Mozilla, a subsidiary of the
Mozilla Foundation, called for
a new structure to allow "the
Thunderbird community to
determine its own destiny"
and asked the open-source
community for input.
Baker said Mozilla's
Thunderbird effort "is
dwarfed" by the energy it
spends on the Firebox browser
and the ecosystem around
it.
"Mozilla
doesn't focus on Thunderbird
as much as we do ... on
Firefox and we don't expect
this to change in the
foreseeable future," she
wrote. A separate organization
focused on the maintenance and
further development of the
e-mail client, she added,
would be able to move
independently and thus deepen
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26.07.2007Mozilla Splits Thunderbird as Seperate subsidiary
Similar to what it did with Firefox a couple of years ago, the Mozilla Foundation has decided to spin Thunderbird off as a separate subsidiary. The
as-of-yet-unnamed subsidiary will be given $3 million in seed funding and the sole task of shepherding Thunderbird's development.
Thunderbird hit the 2.0 milestone earlier this year and is available in over 35 languages on all the major platforms: Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.
But in contrast to Firefox, which has seen its market share soar since its 1.0 release, Thunderbird has struggled to catch the attention of PC users
around the world in the same way that Firefox has. Although Thunderbird is a solid, full-featured client, it faces competition from both free e-mail
clients available from Microsoft and Apple as well as from webmail apps.
Mozilla Foundation CEO Mitchell Baker first hinted at her plans
for Thunderbird in July. With the announcement, the Foundation hopes to energize Thunderbird development and adoption by giving it its own home within
the Foundation. In a post on her blog, Baker says that the seed funding will be used primarily to attract talented people "who are passionate about
e-mail and Internet communications."
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19.09.2007Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.9
Simple to use, powerful, and
customizable, Thunderbird is a
full-featured email
application. Thunderbird
supports IMAP and POP mail
protocols, as well as HTML
mail formatting. Easily import
your existing email accounts
and messages. Built-in RSS
capabilities, powerful quick
search, spell check as you
type, global inbox, deleting
attachments and advanced
message filtering round out
Thunderbird's modern feature
set.
Despite not
being featured on the
Thunderbird homepage the files
have all been uploaded to the
Mozilla FTP site.
neowin.net - 19.12.2006
Shutdown Windows With a Text Message, Thunderbird Edition
Adam Pash: We've already shown you how to shutdown Windows via SMS with Outlook and
how to do the same on a Mac using Mail.app, but a user on the Hak5 forums demonstrates how to setup a similar SMS shutdown using
the venerable Thunderbird email client.
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Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.8
Thunderbird is a full-featured
email application. Thunderbird
supports IMAP and POP mail
protocols, as well as HTML
mail formatting. Easily import
your existing email accounts
and messages. Built-in RSS
capabilities, powerful quick
search, spell check as you
type, global inbox, deleting
attachments and advanced
message filtering round out
Thunderbird's modern
feature set.
Thunderbird 1.5.0.8
maintenance release is now
available for the general
public.
neowin.net - 08.11.2006
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0: New calendar, better search
A new Mozilla Foundation effort to improve its
Thunderbird open-source e-mail software now has an official name--and its first public goals.
Thunderbird 3.0 is due to ship
by the end of the year with a more comprehensive search feature and official integration of the Lightning calendar add-on, said David Ascher, chief executive of the newly named
Mozilla Messaging subsidiary. The first alpha release will come sooner, though, for those who want to test the software.
winbeta.org - 19.02.2008
Mozilla fixes nine flaws in Thunderbird
Mozilla Messaging patched nine security vulnerabilities in Thunderbird Wednesday, the first time it's plugged holes in the e-mail software since
early May. Thunderbird 2.0.0.16, which was added to Mozilla's download servers late Wednesday, quashes nine bugs, including one that was patched
last week in Firefox , the company's open-source browser. The remainder fix flaws that were first addressed in early July when Mozilla updated
Firefox to version 2.0.0.15.
It's not unusual for Thunderbird security updates to lag behind those released for Firefox. Seven of the
nine bugs were rated "moderate" by Mozilla, the second-lowest of the four rankings in its threat system. The other two were pegged as "low."
neowin.net - 25.07.2008
Thunderbird developers quit Mozilla
Just three weeks after Mozilla Corp. spun off its Thunderbird to a new subsidiary, the only two paid developers working on the e-mail client said they
were quitting the company.
Both Scott McGregor and David Bienvenu used terse blog posts last week to announce that their last day
with Mozilla will be Friday.
"I plan to continue on, as a volunteer, with my role as a module owner for the Thunderbird
project," said McGregor, who started the Thunderbird project in February 2003.
"I wish the Mozilla Corporation and the new Thunderbird Mail Corporation luck in their future endeavors," he added. Bienvenu posted a similar message on his blog Friday.
Mozilla did not respond to questions and a request for comment on the departure of the two developers, who led the largely volunteer
effort.
winbeta.org - 09.10.2007
Thunderbird 3 release has wings clipped
Mozilla has pushed back its development schedule for Thunderbird 3, the next version of its email client. A planned beta of the package will now be
described as a third alpha build. The first beta of Thunderbird 3 was due to come out at the end of September. It would have been followed by a second
in November and a release candidate sometime towards the back end of January, according to a preliminary release schedule. This date is now likely to
be pushed back, given that several features are not yet in place, but by how long remains unclear. The cross-platform email client has been available
as an alpha for several months.
The revised description is intended to avoid raising the profile of the release when neither the product
nor Mozilla Messaging are ready, according to a blog posting by Mozilla developer Dan Mosedale.
neowin.net - 03.10.2008
Use a Single Data Store When Dual Booting
Kevin Purdy: Dual booting Windows and Linux doesn't mean you have to maintain two separate sets of applications, preferences, and documents. With
cross-platform, open-source applications like Firefox,
Thunderbird and Pidgin, you can use the same
apps with the same configuration automatically no matter what OS you've booted. Always access the most recent state of your Firefox browsing
history, IM buddy list, Thunderbird address book, and more from Windows or Linux using a single-point-of-contact data partition. Let's tear down at
least part of the wall between Windows and Linux and start sharing files between the two dual-boot desktops.
This guide assumes
you've got a relatively modern Linux distribution and either Windows XP or Vista set up on the same computer. If you're looking for help on setting
up your system, try Adam's guide to triple-booting XP, Vista, and
Ubuntu as a reference (leaving out one Windows system if necessary), or check out a dual-booting
video guide at Linux.com. I'm using Windows Vista (Home Premium) and Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) in my own walk-through, but your mileage should
only vary slighly with XP and other Linux distributions.
winbeta.org - 26.01.2008
Upcoming Update to Windows Update
Michelle Haven: I'd like to let you know that, beginning at the end of this month and continuing over the next few months, well be rolling out an
infrastructure update to the Windows Update agent (client). I wanted to take this opportunity to provide some background on the update and discuss
the value these updates bring to you.
winbeta.org - 03.07.2008
