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Tracking Down Popular Windows Sidebar Gadgets

Back in October of this year Microsoft shut down the Windows Live Gallery which contained a huge collection of sidebar gadgets for your Windows Vista and Windows 7 operating systems.  This large collection of add-ons was replaced by a single page of gadgets at the Windows Personalization Gallery. I am not sure . . .

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November 2011 Patch Tuesday Advance Notification Released

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It is the end of the week prior to Microsoft’s monthly security related Patch Tuesday, which is always the second Tuesday of the month, and the November 2011 advance notification has been published at the Microsoft Security TechCenter.

This month there are four bulletins with one labeled Critical, two labeled Important and . . .

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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 7 and Windows Vista SP2 Go RAW

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Today Microsoft delivered software that allows your Windows 7 and Windows Vista Service Pack 2 systems to access, view and edit RAW image files from most popular camera manufacturers.

The software, in the form of a CODEC (Coder-Decoder), is used to interpret these specially formatted files so your system can recognize them . . .

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Imitation is the Highest Form of Flattery

The first time I remember when one operating system was imitated on another operating system was back prior to Windows 95’s release in August 1995.

A screen saver came out for Windows 3.11 that was called Bill Gates Does Windows.  It was a pretty simple screen saver that showed Bill Gates being . . .

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