A Peculiar Blog

Welcome back!I just read an article about a bug found in Windows XP.
Apparently the vulnerability involves the way that VBScript interacts with Windows Help files (when you’re using Internet Explorer, though anyone with any sense stopped doing that long ago) and can be triggered by pressing F1 after visiting a malicious Web site that uses [...]

 Powered by Max Banner Ads If you have applied the “Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1″ update, you may be surprised (and justifiably pissed) to find out that this update included a new extension being very quietly added to Firefox without your knowledge.
It’s called the “Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant (ClickOnce) Firefox Extension” and according to [...]

 Powered by Max Banner Ads Something I’ve talked about in the past is the fact that it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see the writing on the wall. Microsoft & co. have made it clear that they’re moving on, first with Vista and now with Seven. As much as I don’t like the [...]

There’s a piece on PCPro about “Windows Cloud” being released soon. There’s all the usual Microsoft company line stuff about how innovative and wonderful they are for pushing windows into “cloud computing”.. yada yada yada PHHHHBBBBBT!

OEM computer makers can now offer deals like that until January 31, 2009 as opposed to the July 31, 2009 that this announcement would extend it to.