Critical Fixes Coming from Microsoft and Adobe

Microsoft to fix critical hole in IE

In a rare move, Microsoft on Friday said it would be releasing security updates on Tuesday--outside of its monthly patch cycle--for a critical vulnerability in Internet Explorer and a moderate vulnerability in Visual Studio. The vulnerabilities affect Windows 2000, Windows XP, Vista, Windows Server 2003 and 2008, Internet Explorer 6, 7 and 8, Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003, Visual Studio 2005 and 2008 and Visual C++ 2005 and 2008.

Adobe promises patch for seven-month-old Flash and Reader flaw

Vendor knew about critical vulnerability in December 2008, never fixed it, slates updates for late next week. Too late sucka...I switched to Foxit.

IT professionals will not drop Windows XP quietly (if ever)

In a series of poll questions, IT professionals made it quite clear that they were not interested in migrating away from Windows XP. An interesting poll.

Firefox 3.7 GUI Redesign for Windows 7, Vista and XP

Mozilla is in the process of redesigning the graphical user interface (GUI) of its Firefox browser for Windows XP, Vista and 7. The new version will be 3.7, and are made to better take advantage of the Aero Glass theme in Windows Vista and Windows 7.

Digital Editing: Where Do You Draw The Line?

From time to time the question comes up of whether or not the use of Photoshop and similar image editing programs means that digital photography isn't "real" photography anymore. While Photoshop is a great tool to help overcome the limitations of the photographic process, it can also be used to change just about anything if you want to. So in order to answer the question, I guess it all depends on where you draw the line.