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Latest Firefox beta offers file-handling feature
News The File interface, a draft standard, is designed to give browsers better uploads. Firefox 3.6 beta 4 supports the technology.
Tags: Web browsers, network, Web Browser, W3C, Apple Macintosh, Mozilla Corp., Web Application, Beta, Mozilla Firefox, API
Microsoft plugs zero-day IE hole
News Cumulative Internet Explorer bulletin released on December's Patch Tuesday affects current Windows versions, including Windows 7.
Tags: Network security, Security Management, Operating systems, Microsoft Office, Authentication, Security, Microsoft Corp., Vulnerability, Bulletin, Microsoft Windows 7
Google hopes to turn the river into a canal
News Searching on real-time services like Twitter is akin to standing in front of a firehose on a hot day: you'll get cooled off, but knocked over. Google wants to change that.
Tags: Search, Web 2.0, Google Inc., Tiger Woods, Twitter Inc., Web Page, Web 2.0, healthcare reform, Google News, Internet
Apple stabilizes new Mac notebooks
News Owners of MacBooks, MacBook Pros, or MacBook Airs purchased after Apple's October launch event will want to apply new firmware updates designed to "improve stability."
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Mac OS, Apple Inc., Apple MacBook, Apple MacBook Pro, Apple Macintosh, Software Update, Notebook, firmware update, firmware
Apple plugs holes for domain spoofing, other attacks
News Security update for Mac OS X addresses 43 specific issues, including holes that could allow an attacker to take over the computer.
Tags: Network security, Security Management, Web sites, Apple Inc., Security, SSL, Web sites, Domain, Attack, Apple Mac OS X
Microsoft to plug critical IE hole targeted by exploit code
News Coming Patch Tuesday will see fixes for 12 vulnerabilities in IE, Windows and Office, three of which are critical.
Tags: Network security, Security Management, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Vulnerability, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office 2003, Server
Microsoft extends free time zone updates
News Software maker will offer free time zone and daylight saving patches twice a year, even for products that are out of mainstream support.
Tags: Business applications, computer, Microsoft Windows, Web Site, Microsoft Windows Update, Web
Microsoft investigating 'black screen of death'
News Software maker looking into reports that some users' systems are not working right after installing the latest Windows security updates.
Tags: PC security, Security applications/tools, Microsoft Windows, Black Screen, registry key, Prevx, Security, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, security company
Microsoft: November security updates are fine
News The company's investigation into matter finds there is nothing in the latest Windows updates that should lead users to encounter a so-called "black of screen of death."
Tags: Microsoft Windows, PC security, Security Management, Black Screen, Security, Microsoft Corp., patch management, Redmond, security company, Microsoft Windows
Yahoo brings Facebook Connect into its sites
News Facebook users browsing Yahoo's sites will be able to update their status and share content without having to leave Yahoo pages, driving their friends to the network as well.
Tags: Web 2.0, Facebook, Yahoo! Inc., Twitter Inc., U.S., network, partnership, Web 2.0, Web Site, finance
Another news tweak for Google
News Publishers who want their content to appear in Google search results but not its Google News aggregator (or vice versa) can now automate that process.
Tags: Search, Market research, Google Inc., search engine, Rupert Murdoch, Microsoft Corp., CEO, revenue, Internet search, Google News
Mozilla patches holes in Firefox 3.5, 3.0
News Firefox 3.5.3 and 3.0.14 fix three critical vulnerabilities that could make a computer insecure.
Tags: Web browsers, Security, Web Page, Web Browser, Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Firefox, patch management, JavaScript, Web, Web browsers
Salesforce to offer social networking for companies
News Cloud computing specialist announces Salesforce Chatter service to build social networking services into customers' business operations starting in 2010.
Tags: Web 2.0, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Cloud computing, Internet, Facebook, Social Networking, Salesforce Chatter, Marc Benioff, CEO, network
Patching Windows Server 2008 Core Edition
Techguide Every version of Windows Server needs a patching strategy. Find out some options for patching a Windows Server 2008 Core installation system.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Server platforms, Security Management, Network security, Virtualization, Tool, Ohio, Rick Vanover, Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Adobe fixes 28 holes in Reader and Acrobat
News Adobe's second quarterly update for Reader and Acrobat plugs 28 holes, including one that is being exploited in attacks.
Tags: Data security, PC security, Network security, Security applications/tools, Adobe Systems Inc., Security, Microsoft Corp., software, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Trend Micro Inc.
