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2007 October 10

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Microsoft Using XP Service Pack to Update WGA

 
Windows XP Service Package 3 will include over 1000 updates since the arrival of Service Package 2, and though previously reported as being a rollup of fixes, the new information gleaned indicates that Microsoft wishes to put some of the feature set of its new darling, Vista, into XP.
According to an article in Ars […]

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Adobe Acknowledges Flaw, Proposes Interim Solution

Adobe has acknowledged the flaw that can cause large problems with malicious PDF files. The flaw, diagnosed by Petko Petkov several weeks ago, has now been admitted, and further, Adobe has shed dome light on exactly what is causing the problem.
The malicious PDF can throw a mailto: command at the operating system, and thereby cause […]

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Kids, Meet Your New Big Brother

Last night, on every network news show, the announcement of OnStar as the savior of the world was made. Yes, now when your car is involved in a high speed chase, the police can call OnStar and have the car’s ignition system cut out, bringing the vehicle to a stop. Needless to say, this is […]

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