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Microsoft patches 'super nasty' Windows bugs
computerworld.com - 1/14/2009
Microsoft patches 'super nasty' Windows bugs
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January 13, 2009 (Computerworld) Microsoft Corp. today patched three vulnerabilities in the company's Server Message Block (SMB) file-sharing protocol, including two that could make "Swiss cheese" out of enterprise networks, according to one researcher. "This is super nasty," said Eric Schultze ...
microsoftontheissues.com - 1/9/2009
Microsoft On The Issues
— microsoftontheissues.com — Workforce Development and Economic Stimulus Given the constant flow of dreary news battering American workers – including... today’s announcement that jobless claims soared to 524,000 in December as the unemployment rate jumped to a 16-year high of 7.2 ... (more) Microsoft On The Issues

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online.wsj.com - 1/12/2009
Microsoft Betting Big on 'Touch'
— online.wsj.com — While Apple Inc.'s iPhone kicked off the craze for touch-sensing screens on mobile phones, Microsoft Corp. is... pushing a similar technology for personal-computer screens that could eventually replace the computer mouse. N-trig Ltd., an Israeli ... (more) Microsoft Betting Big on 'Touch'

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Microsoft's Fake Retail Store Looks Good, Reminds Us Of Their Real Retail Store [Microsoft]
i.gizmodo.com - 1/14/2009
Microsoft's Fake Retail Store Looks Good, Reminds Us Of Their Real Retail Store [Microsoft]
— i.gizmodo.com — Microsoft's "Retail Experience Center" is a 20,000 sqft private retail center at Redmond that Microsoft is fiddling... around with new retail tech, like real-time cart info and other POS services. It's awesome. Here's why. One, it reminds me a lot of ... (more) Microsoft's Fake Retail Store Looks Good, Reminds Us Of ...

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Technologizer:  Microsoft Security Vulnerabilities Pose Worm Threat

TechBlog:  Linkpost | 1.14.2009

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Microsoft Security Vulnerabilities Pose Worm Threat
Technologizer — Vulnerabilitie s in Microsoft’s Server Message Block (SMB) file-sharing protocol could pose a serious threat to enterprise networks if companies fail to promptly patch their systems, according to reports . Microsoft has released fixes for the holes. For Microsoft, the days when worms like Blaster and Sasser regularly blackened its eye have passed; the number of major operating system vulnerabilities fell dramatically after it weaved security into its development life cycle.  However, two out of the three SMB vulnerabilities that the company disclosed today are critical enough that virus writers could exploit them in a similar fashion. I don’t ...

Linkpost | 1.14.2009
TechBlog — iTunes Plus: We know who you are and where to find you | Main January 14, 2009 Linkpost | 1.14.2009 Updated 6:49 a.m. • U.S. holiday consumer tech sales fall 5.7% - According to NPD. Flat-panel TVs and notebook computers did well, though. • The Prisoner Reboots the Panopticon for 21st Century - The classic sci-fi series from the '60s returns as a reinvented mini-series. • Report Finds Online Threats to Children Overblown - For kids, the Web isn't as scary as the fearmongers make it out to be, according to this study. • Microsoft patches 'super nasty' Windows bugs - It's just one patch, but it fixes multiple vulnerabilities. • ...

Linkpost | 1.13.2009
TechBlog — iTunes Plus: We know who you are and where to find you | Main January 14, 2009 Linkpost | 1.13.2009 • Report Finds Online Threats to Children Overblown - For kids, the Web isn't as scary as the fearmongers make it out to be, according to this study. • Microsoft patches 'super nasty' Windows bugs - It's just one patch, but it fixes multiple vulnerabilities. • Microsoft challenges Apple's GarageBand with Songsmith - Sing a tune, and Songsmith will generate arrangements for it. • Microsoft Plans to Continue Zune Hardware, Embrace Other Platforms - You might see the Zune software in mobile phones. • Select testers get Office 14 ...

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