Microsoft: Hole exploit endangers all IE versions
admin @ December 13, 2008 # No Comment Yet
An unpatched security hole in Internet Explorer that is being exploited affects all versions of the browser, making it more serious than originally believed
The company recommends setting the Internet zone security setting to “high” and using access control lists to disable Ole32db.dll to provide the most effective protection against an attack.
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Windows 7 Build 6956 torrented
admin @ December 9, 2008 # No Comment Yet
an attendee at WinHEC China snuck away with the VHD image (Virtual PC 2004 Virtual Hard Drive) file of Windows 7’s 6956 build and promptly uploaded it to a torrent site.
As expected world+dog are on the case, having a go at it. Unfortunately, the VHD isn’t a bootable disk, but some users have fiddled enough […]
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Where does it end…
admin @ December 8, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Tribune Co has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after struggling under a heavy debt load, according to a court document filed with the U.S. bankruptcy court in Delaware on Monday.The privately held publisher of the Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times, which took on about $13 billion of debt when it went private last […]
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Car dealer offers second car for free: till Dec 15th
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Car dealer offers second car for free
Buy one, get one free: it’s a familiar sales pitch for happy-hour cocktails or last season’s fashions, but now a Belgian car dealer is luring customers with just that line.
Antwerp-based Cardoen, which sells about 10,000 new and nearly new cars per year, started the promotion at the end of […]
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, far right, attends the unveiling of a $23 million mural at the European headquarters of the U.N.
admin @ December 3, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Way to go. ..good allocation of Foreign Aid ….gawd…
In a ceremony attended by U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Spanish artist Miquel Barcelo told the press that his 16,000-square-foot ceiling artwork reminded him of “an image of the world dripping toward the sky” — but it reminded critics of money slipping out of relief coffers.
“In Spain […]
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