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One of the unusual aspects of open source is the fact that the software development philosophy spills over into the way that the project is run. This means that how and why things are done, and by whom, is plain for all to see. Contrast that with Microsoft's approach, which mimics the black box o...

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Workaround to comply with court ruling. Microsoft has begun offering what appears to be a patch for its popular Word software, allowing it to comply with a recent court ruling which has banned the software giant from selling copyright infringing versions of the word processing product. In a state...

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Vulnerabilities that allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors. Buffer overflow in Adobe Reader 9.0 and earlier, and Acrobat 9.0 and earlier, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a craft...

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When the system requirements for Microsoft Office 2010 were first posted, we noticed that Windows XP 64-bit was mysteriously absent. We contacted Microsoft, and the company explained that while deciding on which versions of Windows to support in the next release of Office, it weighed the...

barney · barney

Firefox was the application that had the most reported vulnerabilities this year, while holes in Adobe Reader more than tripled from a year ago, according to statistics compiled by Qualys, a vulnerability management provider. Qualys tallied 102 vulnerabilities that were found in Fir...

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Microsoft issued hotfixes on Friday to address problems some users were having with Microsoft Office 2003 files. The files were protected by a security option called the Active Directory rights management service, or RMS. Organizations typically use RMS to restrict access to documen...

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Network Activity Indicator displays the old 'two monitors' icon in Windows 7 that flashed blue to show network activity on the System Tray. Unlike the original Windows XP utility (that has individual indicators for each interface), this program indicates outgoing and incoming network packets o...

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Notepad++ is a free source code editor (and Notepad replacement), which supports several programming languages, running under the MS Windows environment. This project, based on the Scintilla edit component (a very powerful editor component), written in C++ with pure win32 api and STL...

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For all you software freaks out there.... who want a bargain! CNet's Top 5 Free Software

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Mozilla Thunderbird is a redesign of the Mozilla mail component. Our goal is to produce a cross platform stand alone mail application using the XUL user interface language. Our intended customer is someone who uses Mozilla Firebird (or another stand alone browser) as their primary browse...

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Office 2010 is going to start to bring the world of the office application into the Web browser and vice versa (meaning Microsoft is going to make every effort to blur the line between the office suite and the web browser). Microsoft is making a concerted effort to make sure the transition is...

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Microsoft introduced a public beta of Office 2010 today. Neowin has taken a look at Office 2010 and we have pulled out our favorite new features. Check them out below. Office 2010 Beta's Top New Features [u...

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Microsoft Office 2010 gives you powerful new tools to express your ideas, solve problems, and connect with people. Office 2010 Beta Now Available To All!

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A newly discovered flaw in the Flash suite could put both users and servers at risk, according to some recent reports. Adobe has verified the hole, which lies inside any Flash-based application that allows people to upload their own content. Though some details are omitted, the flaw would a...

Moh-Reza-rafat · Moh-Reza-rafat

Hi I wish to know if it is possible to send a fax while connected to ADSL internet. Usually , I receive emails with different technical specifications and my corespondent has no email address to forward it to him, therefore, I wish to send that spec. & text by Fax while connected to the internet. So f...

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Microsoft Corp. may launch the public beta of Office 2010 as early as next week, according to e-mail messages received Tuesday by people who have been testing the company's next application suite. Last month, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer promised that his company would roll out a beta in November. M...

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Nice apps for... nothing! Best Free Apps

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I already knew that..... Open-source software may have a lot in common with the global soccer (football) business: while it generates a tremendous amount of value for users, very little of that value can be converted into cash. At least, not directly. [url=http://news.cnet.com...

barney · barney

A fresh installation of Windows offers users a chance to get things clean and tidy from the beginning, but it also means a lot of work reinstalling applications you may have had on an older build. If you've planned ahead, you can go out and download all the installers you think you'll need,...

barney · barney

The Windows Task Manager is a functional but basic tool for keeping an eye on what your computer's up to. If you want to go beyond the built-in tool and for more in depth information and control, check out these five alternatives. Last week we asked you to share your favorite alternative to the W...

barney · barney

The uber-geeks who run Google don't seem like to think about the messy world of law and politics. But it can't be avoided. The latest example: A Bear Stearns manager done in by a GMail account he thought was closed. Matthew Tannin may have shut down his account, but Google keeps backups, and t...

barney · barney

A new zero-day exploit targeting Adobe Reader, as well as 9.1.3 and earlier versions of Adobe Systems' Acrobat, drops a backdoor onto computers using JavaScript, Trend Micro researchers warned on Friday. Trend Micro identified the exploit as a Trojan horse dubbed "Troj_Pidief...

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Microsoft has confirmed via its Genuine Windows Blog that only those Windows users running genuine, validated copies will be able to download and install the new Microsoft Security Essentials software. The Director of Microsoft's Genuine Windows team, Alex Kochis, stated in his po...

FlaBill · FlaBill

Don't know how it happened but my WordPad.exe file is missing. It doesn't show on search or other listings. What is the recommended recovery procedure? Bill

barney · barney

Whoa.... that has got to hurt..... A Texas judge ruled Tuesday that Microsoft cannot sell one of its flagship products, Word, in the United States because of patent infringement. You read that right: Microsoft cannot sell Word, the judge ruled. Judge Leonard Davis, of the U.S. Distr...

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Cnet video presentation: Outlook 2010: Worth the Upgrade? -- Edited by barney on Wednesday 9th of September 2009 10:25:27 AM

Mozilla to protect Adobe Flash users · barney

The upcoming Firefox 3.5.3 and Firefox 3.0.14 releases, currently in beta, will check the version of Adobe Flash plug-in installed in the browser and warn the user if that plug-in is out of date. Johnathan Nightingale, "Human Shield" (Security Lead) at Mozilla confirmed the...

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Microsoft tries blocking Word ban; gives appeal notice Microsoft on Tuesday filed an emergency motion to delay a Texas judge's ban on selling one of its flagship products, Word, and gave official notice that it will appeal his ruling that the software giant infringed a patent held by a sm...

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This is a great free open source word processing program..... AbiWord is a free word processing program similar to Microsoft Word. It is suitable for typing papers, letters, reports, memos, etc. It is designed to integrate perfectly with the operating system it runs on. It will take adva...

Vindicated · Vindicated

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	Is OpenOffice.org a Threat? Microsoft Thinks So (Preview) One of the unusual aspects of open source is the fact that the software development philosophy spills over into the way that the project is run. This means that how and why things are done, and by whom, is plain for all to see. Contrast that with Microsoft's approach, which mimics the black box o...	barney	1	556	Dec 30, 2009 by Vindicated
	Microsoft rolls out Word patch (Preview) Workaround to comply with court ruling. Microsoft has begun offering what appears to be a patch for its popular Word software, allowing it to comply with a recent court ruling which has banned the software giant from selling copyright infringing versions of the word processing product. In a state...	barney	1	531	Dec 30, 2009 by Vindicated
	10 Most Vulnerable Software Apps of 2009 (Preview) Vulnerabilities that allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors. Buffer overflow in Adobe Reader 9.0 and earlier, and Acrobat 9.0 and earlier, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a craft...	barney	0	453	Dec 29, 2009 by barney
	Office 2010 - No Love For Windows XP 64 Bit Users (Preview) When the system requirements for Microsoft Office 2010 were first posted, we noticed that Windows XP 64-bit was mysteriously absent. We contacted Microsoft, and the company explained that while deciding on which versions of Windows to support in the next release of Office, it weighed the...	barney	0	571	Dec 22, 2009 by barney
	Firefox, Adobe top buggiest-software list (Preview) Firefox was the application that had the most reported vulnerabilities this year, while holes in Adobe Reader more than tripled from a year ago, according to statistics compiled by Qualys, a vulnerability management provider. Qualys tallied 102 vulnerabilities that were found in Fir...	barney	0	480	Dec 22, 2009 by barney
	Hotfixes Issued for Office 2003 Bug (Preview) Microsoft issued hotfixes on Friday to address problems some users were having with Microsoft Office 2003 files. The files were protected by a security option called the Active Directory rights management service, or RMS. Organizations typically use RMS to restrict access to documen...	barney	0	477	Dec 16, 2009 by barney
	Monitoring \| Network Activity Indicator for Windows 7 1.1 (Preview) Network Activity Indicator displays the old 'two monitors' icon in Windows 7 that flashed blue to show network activity on the System Tray. Unlike the original Windows XP utility (that has individual indicators for each interface), this program indicates outgoing and incoming network packets o...	barney	0	487	Dec 13, 2009 by barney
	Notepad++ 5.6.2 Released (Preview) Notepad++ is a free source code editor (and Notepad replacement), which supports several programming languages, running under the MS Windows environment. This project, based on the Scintilla edit component (a very powerful editor component), written in C++ with pure win32 api and STL...	barney	0	466	Dec 11, 2009 by barney
	CNet's Top 5 Free Software (Video) (Preview) For all you software freaks out there.... who want a bargain! CNet's Top 5 Free Software	barney	0	457	Nov 26, 2009 by barney
	Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0 RC1 (Preview) Mozilla Thunderbird is a redesign of the Mozilla mail component. Our goal is to produce a cross platform stand alone mail application using the XUL user interface language. Our intended customer is someone who uses Mozilla Firebird (or another stand alone browser) as their primary browse...	barney	0	432	Nov 26, 2009 by barney
	Getting started with Office Web Apps (Preview) Office 2010 is going to start to bring the world of the office application into the Web browser and vice versa (meaning Microsoft is going to make every effort to blur the line between the office suite and the web browser). Microsoft is making a concerted effort to make sure the transition is...	barney	0	425	Nov 21, 2009 by barney
	Office 2010 Beta's Top New Features (Preview) Microsoft introduced a public beta of Office 2010 today. Neowin has taken a look at Office 2010 and we have pulled out our favorite new features. Check them out below. Office 2010 Beta's Top New Features [u...	barney	0	510	Nov 21, 2009 by barney
	Office 2010 Beta Now Available To All! (Preview) Microsoft Office 2010 gives you powerful new tools to express your ideas, solve problems, and connect with people. Office 2010 Beta Now Available To All!	barney	2	495	Nov 19, 2009 by barney
	Dangerous "unpatchable" flaw discovered in Adobe Flash (Preview) A newly discovered flaw in the Flash suite could put both users and servers at risk, according to some recent reports. Adobe has verified the hole, which lies inside any Flash-based application that allows people to upload their own content. Though some details are omitted, the flaw would a...	barney	1	637	Nov 15, 2009 by Vindicated
	Sending Fax through my ADSL internet ? (Preview) Hi I wish to know if it is possible to send a fax while connected to ADSL internet. Usually , I receive emails with different technical specifications and my corespondent has no email address to forward it to him, therefore, I wish to send that spec. & text by Fax while connected to the internet. So f...	Moh-Reza-rafat	6	674	Nov 13, 2009 by Vindicated
	Office 2010 Preview Next Week? (Preview) Microsoft Corp. may launch the public beta of Office 2010 as early as next week, according to e-mail messages received Tuesday by people who have been testing the company's next application suite. Last month, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer promised that his company would roll out a beta in November. M...	barney	0	513	Nov 13, 2009 by barney
	Best Free Software Available - Cnet Video (Preview) Nice apps for... nothing! Best Free Apps	barney	2	532	Nov 5, 2009 by barney
	Open Source: Big Value, Not Big Money (Preview) I already knew that..... Open-source software may have a lot in common with the global soccer (football) business: while it generates a tremendous amount of value for users, very little of that value can be converted into cash. At least, not directly. [url=http://news.cnet.com...	barney	0	468	Nov 1, 2009 by barney
	Fresh Windows 7 Install? - Ninite Might Help (Preview) A fresh installation of Windows offers users a chance to get things clean and tidy from the beginning, but it also means a lot of work reinstalling applications you may have had on an older build. If you've planned ahead, you can go out and download all the installers you think you'll need,...	barney	0	480	Oct 24, 2009 by barney
	Five Best Windows Task Manager Alternatives (Preview) The Windows Task Manager is a functional but basic tool for keeping an eye on what your computer's up to. If you want to go beyond the built-in tool and for more in depth information and control, check out these five alternatives. Last week we asked you to share your favorite alternative to the W...	barney	0	465	Oct 12, 2009 by barney
	Thought The Might Of Google Could Protect You? Think again... (Preview) The uber-geeks who run Google don't seem like to think about the messy world of law and politics. But it can't be avoided. The latest example: A Bear Stearns manager done in by a GMail account he thought was closed. Matthew Tannin may have shut down his account, but Google keeps backups, and t...	barney	2	557	Oct 11, 2009 by Vindicated
	Adobe exploit puts backdoor on computers (Preview) A new zero-day exploit targeting Adobe Reader, as well as 9.1.3 and earlier versions of Adobe Systems' Acrobat, drops a backdoor onto computers using JavaScript, Trend Micro researchers warned on Friday. Trend Micro identified the exploit as a Trojan horse dubbed "Troj_Pidief...	barney	0	450	Oct 10, 2009 by barney
	Pirating Windows? No free Security Essentials for you! (Preview) Microsoft has confirmed via its Genuine Windows Blog that only those Windows users running genuine, validated copies will be able to download and install the new Microsoft Security Essentials software. The Director of Microsoft's Genuine Windows team, Alex Kochis, stated in his po...	barney	2	587	Oct 3, 2009 by Vindicated
	Lost WordPad (Preview) Don't know how it happened but my WordPad.exe file is missing. It doesn't show on search or other listings. What is the recommended recovery procedure? Bill	FlaBill	2	586	Sep 28, 2009 by Vindicated
	Judge: Microsoft can not sell Word anymore (Preview) Whoa.... that has got to hurt..... A Texas judge ruled Tuesday that Microsoft cannot sell one of its flagship products, Word, in the United States because of patent infringement. You read that right: Microsoft cannot sell Word, the judge ruled. Judge Leonard Davis, of the U.S. Distr...	barney	7	732	Sep 24, 2009 by Vindicated
	Outlook 2010: Worth the Upgrade? (Preview) Cnet video presentation: Outlook 2010: Worth the Upgrade? -- Edited by barney on Wednesday 9th of September 2009 10:25:27 AM	barney	2	477	Sep 10, 2009 by estraya_01
	Mozilla to protect Adobe Flash users (Preview) The upcoming Firefox 3.5.3 and Firefox 3.0.14 releases, currently in beta, will check the version of Adobe Flash plug-in installed in the browser and warn the user if that plug-in is out of date. Johnathan Nightingale, "Human Shield" (Security Lead) at Mozilla confirmed the...	barney	1	578	Sep 6, 2009 by Vindicated
	Microsoft permitted to continue Word sales for now (Preview) Microsoft tries blocking Word ban; gives appeal notice Microsoft on Tuesday filed an emergency motion to delay a Texas judge's ban on selling one of its flagship products, Word, and gave official notice that it will appeal his ruling that the software giant infringed a patent held by a sm...	barney	2	533	Sep 5, 2009 by Vindicated
	Abiword 2.7.10 Available (Preview) This is a great free open source word processing program..... AbiWord is a free word processing program similar to Microsoft Word. It is suitable for typing papers, letters, reports, memos, etc. It is designed to integrate perfectly with the operating system it runs on. It will take adva...	barney	0	452	Aug 31, 2009 by barney
	Image Resizer for Windows XP through 7 (Preview) [url=http://promer.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/imageresizer-for-windows-xp-windows-vistawindows-7-both-32-bit6...	Vindicated	1	562	Aug 30, 2009 by barney
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