I’ve seen the rumor, the denial, the confirmation,… Now InfoWorld has
this headline on their page, but clicking on the link leads to a “Page
Not Found…” perhaps it’s a conspiracy.
Microsoft pledges allegiance to Outlook Express.
Microsoft never ditched Outlook Express, the company said Thursday,
hoping to end speculation about the future of its free e-mail client. [InfoWorld: Top News]
Tag Archives | Microsoft
It’s tough inside MSFT, too…
Chris Brumme’s blog. Microsoft senior developer Chris Brumme doesn’t post often to his weblog
often, but every one of his essays is a lengthy, authoritative, and
candidly self-critical exploration of .NET and CLR arcana, the sort of
thing you might expect to read on MSDN (minus the self-criticism, that
is). And in fact, the absence of this material from MSDN is
controversial. Back in June, Dare Obasanjo complained about that. Robert Scoble’s response was:
… [Jon’s Radio]
Longhorn Evangelist Debunks Professed ‘Aero’ Shots
Longhorn Evangelist Debunks Professed ‘Aero’ Shots [OSNews]
Robert Scoble, technology evangelist for Longhorn at Microsoft, has called into question several purported screenshots of the next-generation Longhorn interface code-named “Aero.” “These look like early demonstration screens, and not how Longhorn will eventually look,” Scoble wrote in his Web log. “The
real “Aero” is one of Longhorn’s biggest secrets — I’ve seen it, but
can’t load it on my own machine and am locked out of the server where
it’s kept,” says Microsoft’s Scoble. “I am not even sure they’ll show it off at the PDC.”
Indeed, the screenshots are using icons from all over the place
(including a BeOS icon), which proves that these are just early
concepts/mockups and not the real/finished thing.
Can you hear me now?
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-032: Cumulative Patch for Internet Explorer (Q822925)
Rated: Critical
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-032.asp
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-033: Unchecked Buffer in MDAC Function Could Enable System Compromise (Q823718)
Rated: Important
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-033.asp
A counterpoint to the anti-Microsoft story yesterday
“The Anti-Microsoft Tipping Point: Are We There Yet?” Surprisingly, this author answers “No.” [OSNews]
Yet Another…
We Can Get Along Without Microsoft Story. A pretty entertaining one. Rockin’ on without Microsoft [OSNews]
Week 34: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-33
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-033
Security Update for Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC)
http://www.microsoft.com/security/security_bulletins/ms03-033.asp
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-030
Security Update for Microsoft DirectX
has also been updated to support more versions of DirectX
http://www.microsoft.com/security/security_bulletins/MS03-030.asp
Should Windows Update be automatic for home users?
The Washington Post reports ““Microsoft Weighs Automatic Security Updates as a Default“
Is it Big Brother watching? Microsoft tries to reason out newsgroups…
News.Com: Microsoft’s in-house sociologist. Q&A with Marc Smith. Microsoft has a big investment in online communities, and has not had until recently many tools to enhance that investment. What Microsoft wants around communities is what every enterprise does, which is a peer-support, knowledge-management application. [Tomalak’s Realm]
You can’t attack what you can’t find…
I wondered last week if Microsoft could deflect a DDOS attack. They couldn’t deflect it, but they could sidestep it — by moving the target. “Blaster worm attack a bust. A scheduled denial of service attack against Microsoft’s main software update Web site did not materialize Saturday, as computers infected with the W32.Blaster worm failed to find their target.” from InfoWorld: Top News