Microsoft updates Office to address serious PowerPoint vulnerabilities
This month only one Security Bulletin was included for Patch Tuesday, however, it contains fixes for 14 vulnerabilities in PowerPoint.
Microsoft Urged to Give Vista Ultimate Users Free Windows 7 Upgrades
Part of the extra cost of Vista Ultimate was the promised "Ultimate Extras". Unfortunately, the much-hyped extras failed to appear or to please buyers and the concept has been dropped from Windows 7.
Pirated Windows 7 Builds a Botnet With Trojan
Pirated copies of Windows 7 are being re-built and released to the unsuspecting with an embedded Trojan.
Messageware Announces OWA Beta for Exchange 2010 (E14)
Messageware announced a public beta for their Microsoft Office Outlook Web Access (OWA) productivity and security solutions for Exchange 2010 (E14). This free Public Beta includes extensions for Messageware OWA Print, Messageware ActiveSend, and Messageware.
Microsoft to offer fake Windows 7 updates
Starting tomorrow, Microsoft will test the update program in Windows 7 by issuing mock updates. As many as 10 "test updates" will be issued over the next week.
Has Microsoft gone mental?
Microsoft is "giving" people a whole year, until June 1, 2010, to use Windows 7 for free. But. Since they’re in the business of selling software – beginning March 1, 2010 your "free" operating system will start shutting down every two hours until you "upgrade" by buying a full copy of the OS.
Windows Server 2008 R2: 3 Key New Features
The Release Candidate for Windows Server 2008 R2 is now available. The final version of the server OS is expected to be released about the same time as Windows 7. This article discusses three new features of the new server software.
Researchers release Win 7 rootkit exploit code
As yet, it’s a proof-of-concept rootkit for Windows 7. Unfortunately, such concepts have a history of going wild soon after they’re discussed. Vbootkit 2.0 can be stopped by the BitLocker harddrive encryption offered in Enterprise and Ultimate version of Win7.
Microsoft, Intel goof up Windows 7’s “XP Mode”
The Windows 7 "XP Mode" looked good on paper. But, when people started trying it out, they ran into problems. It seems the feature only works on either Intel’s VT or AMD’s AMD-V chips – but not even all of them.
ZeusTracker and the Nuclear Option
The "nuclear option", telling an infected PC to destroy itself, has been around for some time. Most cyber-criminals don’t use it because they want the infected machine working for them. Recently someone triggered the ZeusTracker system to "kill" over 100,000 machines.