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Microsoft issues massive security updates

Microsoft has released patches for 26 vulnerabilities in Windows, Office, Internet Explorer, Windows Messenger and other software. It is the largest update in 18 months and includes 11 bulletins, Read more...

Patch Tuesday in June sees fixes for three critical flaws

Microsoft will be issuing a total of seven security bulletins on the upcoming Patch Tuesday release on the 10 of June. Three of these patches are considered critical, and are to patch Read more...

ALSO NOTED: Oracle enhances its patching approach; "True" broadband wireless not a reality, yet; and much more...

> Oracle enhances its patching approach. Article > "True" broadband wireless not a reality, yet. Read more...

No fix for new IE bug

A full week hasn't even passed since this month's Microsoft Patch Tuesday and already there's a new bug on the prowl. The vulnerability impacts Internet Explorer--crashing the popular browser Read more...

Editor's Corner

Aside from the constant release of new Microsoft patches, one topic I find myself writing about frequently these past few months is the increasing number of Read more...

ALSO NOTED: New Microsoft patch coming to fix IE crash issue; Liberty Alliance group focused on e-government identity efforts;

> New Microsoft patch coming to fix IE crash issue. Article > Liberty Alliance group focused on e-government Read more...

Feds urge Windows patching

The latest batch of Microsoft patches has caught the attention of Department of Homeland Security folks, who have issued a strong advisory about how one of the Windows vulnerabilities could put Read more...

A dozen fixes coming on Patch Tuesday

Next Tuesday is Microsoft's monthly patch exercise and this time it will be releasing a dozen security fixes, 10 for Windows alone and one of which is deemed critical. The other two are for the Read more...

Security patch flaws still an issue

The headaches brought on by this month's Microsoft patch release just keep coming. Now it seems one of the patches actually erases the address book function in Outlook Express. While the patch, Read more...