After researchers declared it a bug, Microsoft has responded, "it’s not a vulnerability, it’s an inconsistency". The problem code is in IIS 6. This article includes a link to a Technet disclaimer.

While many of us vow to lose weight, or stop smoking, or even win the lottery, Basex provides six resolutions for those who use computers.

To comply with the court ruling against it, Microsoft has posted a patch to remove, or disable, the offending code in Office 2007. The patch is required for US customers.

They’re such a large company, and probably spend lots of money for these ads… well, maybe they didn’t spend that much for the 1986 hype from Steve Ballmer. This page includes 9 videos, ranging from a few seconds to almost 10 minutes.

If you steal computing hardware, even game boxes, be careful about the "auto-login" feature. At least one thief has been traced through cyberspace.

This article includes snippets of tales, and links to many others, involving the "dangers" of working in tech. They’re funny, as long as they didn’t happen to you, sad, and oh so true.

Ten years have gone by since we all worried about Y2K and we’re still not driving flying cars.

Read this OutlookPower article.

If you really like the look and feel of WinXP but can’t find a copy to run on your hardware, maybe you’d like to try tweaking Ubuntu Linux to do the job. This 2-minute video on YouTube shows you how.

Internet Information Services (IIS), versions 6 and earlier, has a file parsing extension vulnerability that could be exploited by an attacker. A workaround is available.

If you run Windows, and connect to the internet, you should apply patches. While they may not prevent every attack, they can ward off many of them. This article lists five patches you really, really should apply.