Microsoft told clients that they need to be careful when using the Apple Safari web browser because they are sure to face certain dangerous and unwanted system intrusions. The flaw being called the Safari Bug will allow attackers to run their unauthorized software on a victim’s computer and will fill the computer with dangerous files that will be executed at will. These files will appear be normal to everyday users.
The EU data protection agency in Europe is concerned by the fact that Google’s map service has the ability to focus on street level images and place them on the Internet. Google’s Street View has the ability to give users 360 degree, ground level views of a specific street in 30 different cities in the U.S.
Microsoft has delayed the release of the new Windows XP service pack 3 (SP3) right at the last minute claiming that they had to fix the “compatibility issue”. In the statement they released yesterday they said they would be suspending downloads while they looked into the problem between the Dynamics Retail Management System and the SP3, XP, and Vista SP1.
Steve Ballmer - the CEO for Microsoft - has announced what will happen to Windows XP. Consumers have given their thoughts and have been saying that XP should never have been replaced with Vista. Yet, has Microsoft actually listened to them?
After August 3rd Microsoft will be disabling the ability for people to play songs that have been purchased and downloaded off of its MSN Music service on brand new devices. “As of August 31st, we will no longer be able to support the retrieval of license keys for the songs you purchased from MSN Music or the authorization of additional computers,” Microsoft stated in an e-mail that was sent to former MSN Music customers.
Photoshop by Adobe is the most popular and easy to use photo editing software on the market. They have been around for awhile now and have proved to consumers that they have what they need to make turn their photos into something more than just a picture – but to make it a memory to treasure. In order to make themselves more available to a wider variety of people they have decided to release their basic version of Photoshop for free online.
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 wasn’t supposed to be ready for download until the middle of March – but thanks to a glitch in the system it was made available this week to those who needed it and were excited to see it. The update wasn’t released through the usual Windows’ Automatic Update feature – but was discovered by owners of the 64-bit Vista version who decided to check manually.
Microsoft has invited a group of 15,000 testers to test out the new Windows Vista Service Pack 1. This new addition to the Windows Vita program was released to beta testers early and so far they have had a period of two weeks to weed out the bugs and problems that they find. When it comes to the finalized copies we will have to wait till March to get a copy.