Friday, March 06, 2009

Bug Patches and Other Good Stuff

Mozilla patches eight Firefox bugs, six critical

Mozilla this week patched eight security vulnerabilities in Firefox, half of them critical memory corruption flaws in the browser's layout and JavaScript engines. Oracle White Paper - Nucleus Report: Who's ready for SMB? - read this white paper. Firefox 3.0.7, the second security update this year to the open-source browser, fixes about the same number of bugs that Mozilla patched a month ago.

Coming on Patch Tuesday: 3 Windows bulletins, 1 critical

Microsoft today outlined plans to ship three security bulletins for software vulnerabilities in the Windows operating system. One of the three bulletins will carry a “critical” rating, meaning that it will cover flaws that could be exploited to launch remote code execution attacks.

3 Free Anti-Spam Programs Reviewed

We pulled three, free-for-personal-use anti-spam programs off the Web and gave them a specific challenge: Beat Microsoft Outlook's own anti-spam prowess.

Advanced iTunes 8 Management - Solutions by PC Magazine

Inexpensive iPods, music-playing cell phones, and—heck—even PCs have essentially replaced the traditional stereo system. Power up your iTunes 8 organization, navigation, and maintenance skills with the following tips:

YouTube - Hudson River Plane Landing (US Airways 1549) Animation with Audio

SHere is an animation of the US Airway crash complete with audio between plane and tower. Very interesting and well done

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