News Analysis: It’s taken 10 years to get rid of Microsoft’s Windows XP operating system, despite its flaws and security holes. – Someday soon you won’t see Microsoft’s Windows XP as an option on new
computers. A little less soon, and Windows XP won’t even be available as a
special order item. In three and a half years, all support for XP will stop. By
then, everyone using Windows will presumably have moved up to Windows
7…
Microsoft plugs five security holes with four bulletins for July’s Patch Tuesday. Among the patches is a fix for the bug uncovered by a Google engineer that was at the center of a debate regarding responsible disclosure. – Microsoft addressed five
security vulnerabilities July 13 in a relatively small Patch Tuesday
update.
The most notable was a vulnerability in the Windows Help and Support
Center feature included in Windows
XP and Windows Server 2003 that has come under attack. The bug was reported to
Microsoft…
Microsoft is planning to release two security updates next week for Patch Tuesday to address eight vulnerabilities. The company also reminded users it is terminating support in the coming months for certain versions of Windows.
– Microsoft is preparing to release two security updates next week to
cover eight security holes in Windows and Microsoft Office.
According to Microsoft, both the bulletins
will be rated quot;important, quot; the second highest rating the company
gives to its updates. The first affects Windows XP…
The fact that Mozilla has recorded one billion Firefox downloads by itself doesn’t prove the Web browser has become a formidable competitor to Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. It’s Firefox’s reputation for superior security, rapid patching of security holes and its multitude of browser extentions that has allowed it to win converts among corporate and personal Web users.
– The Mozilla Foundation announced last week that its Firefox Web browser has surpassed one billion downloads.
According to the company, it took Firefox less than five years to reach
that milestone. In that time, the browser has become a mainstay on
millions of computers across the globe, capturing…
