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Microsoft Silverlight 5 Just Released

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Microsoft just made available for download the gold version of Silverlight 5, the latest version of its browser plug-in and Web, desktop and mobile development platform.

New features in Silverlight 5 include Hardware Decode of H.264 media, which provides a significant performance improvement with decoding of unprotected content using the GPU; Postscript . . .

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October 2011 Patch Tuesday Related Bulletins Released

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As expected Microsoft has released the details for the 8 security bulletins that today’s Patch Tuesday updates will address. Just head to Windows Update on your PC to grab the updates that apply to your system.

Here are the details:

MS11-075; Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows

This security update resolves a privately reported . . .

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Advance Notice for October 2011 Patch Tuesday

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Microsoft has released their advance notification for the security updates we will see next Tuesday, 11 October 2011.

There are eight bulletins being released with two labeled critical and six important that will address a total of 23 vulnerabilities.  They say the bulletins and related downloads can be expected at approximately 10 . . .

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Windows Home Server Vail Preview Part 1

Microsoft recently refreshed the public preview of Windows Home Server Code Name Vail and although it is not ready for day to day use the preview gives us a great chance to take a look into the update.

In this first part of our look into WHS Vail we will explore the . . .

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August 2010 Patch Tuesday Advance Notice Info Published

The folks at the MSRC have been busy this week.  First they lead off the week with an out of band security update for a critical vulnerability and now they are preparing for next weeks regularly scheduled monthly security related Patch Tuesday.

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Public Service Announcement: I hope you downloaded that patch . . .

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Check Out The Windows Experience Index Share Site

Have you heard about the Windows Experience Index Share site?

WEI Share is a open source WPF application that takes your systems Windows Experience Index score and shares it with others who visit the site.

You might ask why share your WEI on the site – well there are two . . .

Read More: Check Out The Windows Experience Index Share Site