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Archive | September, 2003
Blogger Pro offered for free
News.Com reports that Blogger Pro will be offered by Google for $0. [Scripting News]
New Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-039
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms03-039.asp [updated link]
lists a new security flaw, based on an extension of MS03-026 to new
ports. The MSKB is pretty confusing. Bottom line, right now, ensure you
have a firewall in place, whether you are attached to the internet
directly or through an intranet. Working through the language of the
patch will take some time. Look at this:
Note If you use the KB823980scan.exe tool to scan
a computer that has the 824146 security patch installed, the tool will
incorrectly report that the computer is missing the 823980 security
patch (MS03-026). Microsoft encourages customers to run the
KB824146scan.exe tool to determine whether the host computers on their
networks have the 823980 (MS03-026) and the 824146 (MS03-039) security
patches installed.
a computer that has the 824146 security patch installed, the tool will
incorrectly report that the computer is missing the 823980 security
patch (MS03-026). Microsoft encourages customers to run the
KB824146scan.exe tool to determine whether the host computers on their
networks have the 823980 (MS03-026) and the 824146 (MS03-039) security
patches installed.
Pretty confusing stuff.
MSDN RSS Feed now available through the VFP Task Manager
Along with the great ProFox mailing list, Ed Leafe runs TaskPaneCentral, and Michael Henstock just uploaded a new task pane to the Files area
which will read MSDN postings. WARNING: the links in the Task Pane will
launch an instance of the IE browser, so make sure you have taken the
appropriate security precautions. A patch to the Task Pane to launch in your default browser is documented here.
Eric S. Raymond releases ‘shred’ for SCO-GPL code comparisons
What nonsense!
Forrester: Linux development can be more costly than using Microsoft software.
“The Microsoft-commissioned study estimated the cost of building custom
J2EE and .Net applications within large and medium-size organizations.”
“The price gap was primarily the result of the
difference between the prices of the BEA and Oracle software and those
of Visual Studio .Net and SQL Server.”
difference between the prices of the BEA and Oracle software and those
of Visual Studio .Net and SQL Server.”
What nonsense. So, it is possible to spend more money on
expensive software and end up with a more expensive solution. Duh. And
what if they used Apache, JBOSS and PostGreSQL?
[Computerworld News]
Did I mention the new beta of Mozilla?
Hackers jump through holes in Microsoft patch.
Security experts are warning Microsoft customers of silent Internet
attacks that exploit a security flaw in the Internet Explorer Web
browser. [Computerworld News]
Blogs and wikis in the news…
MIT-Stanford Venture Lab:
“The explosive uptake of blogging, RSS feeds, and self-maintained
collaborative web platforms such as wikis are already having powerful
revolutionary effects on news and content delivery.” [Scripting News]
Help us, Obi Wan, you’re our only hope…
Don’t Expect a System to Behave Uniformly.
“Q. My Windows Me operating system rarely shuts down properly, and it
freezes and crashes about once a week. I have heard that this problem
is common with Me; should I upgrade to a different system?” By J. D.
Biersdorfer.
It strikes me as sad that the New York Times computer advice column can’t offer hope that a solution is available.
“Upgrading your computer to Windows XP might be one way to solve some of
your computer’s problems if you have the time, money, patience and
hardware to handle the task”
On the other hand, it might not.
[New York Times: Technology]
Off to Knoxville
A busy week at home is wrapping up with a 40% (forty percent!)
off sale at our favorite unfinished furniture store. Time to consider
replacing the cheap plastic-veener-over-particleboard with some solid
oak office furnture…
Off to Knoxville this afternoon. Y’all take care.