Month: June 2009

WordPress 2.8 is live and available for either a manual download or an automatic upgrade through the WordPress Admin panel. You should see a banner indicating an upgrade is available at the top of the screen.  A simple...

Well it has been almost a week since we left for Europe and our vacation.  Of course the timing is such that there has been a ton of tech news in the past week with me not being connected to the Internet the way I am...

One of the largest updates in the past year is being prepared for release on Update Tuesday, 09 June 2009. This batch of update is made up of 6 Windows updates and 4 updates for other Microsoft programs (IE, Word, Excel and Microsoft Office).

Six of them are considered critical; three important and one is moderate. All of the critical issues are due to the possibility of remote code execution; the important ones relate to the elevation of privileges and the one moderate issue is related to the information disclosure.

You can read more info about these bulletins and sign up for your own copy of the advance notices at the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification page.

These bulletins are a terrific way to stay up to date on security updates to your Microsoft software.

Clubhouse Tags: clubhouse, security updates, security, Microsoft, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office

So what exactly does General Availability mean?  Well that means it will be on store shelves for you and me to go and buy pretty much. I can remember standing outside of an electronics store in New Jersey waiting for...

Today we head to Europe for a couple of weddings, one in the UK for a niece and another in Italy for my wife’s youngest son.  We are travelling with the net book and this will be the second time we have travelled with it...