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Microsoft plans 4 bulletins for Patch Tuesday

Microsoft today released it’s advance notification for next week’s Patch Tuesday. There are two critical patches (one each for IE and Microsoft Exchange Server) and two important patches (one each for SQL and Viso). Complete details can be found here.

February 5, 2009  Tags: Defense in Depth, IE, microsoft, Microsoft Exchange Server., Patch Tuesday, Robert Vamosi, SQL, Viso  Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Internet Explorer 8 RC 1

A week ago I sat down with Dean Hachamovitch, General Manger of the IE team at Microsoft and we talked about Internet Explorer 8 RC 1. In the video below, he outlines what he believes are the compelling reason to use Internet Explorer 8.

The first reason he mentioned was this is now a stable [...]

January 22, 2009  Tags: Dean Hachamovitch, Defense in Depth, Internet Explorer 8, microsoft, Robert Vamosi, security, Windows  Posted in: Uncategorized, Windows, Windows Vista, Windows XP, microsoft  Comments Closed

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  When Gadgets Betray Us: The Dark Side of our Infatuation with New Technologies.

  Technology is evolving faster than we are. As our mobile phones, mp3 players, cars, and digital cameras become more and more complex, we understand less and less about how they actually work and what personal details these gadgets might reveal about us.

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