Craig Burton

I found the article that reports a worm masquerading as a patch.
This event is probably what triggered Microsoft recommending that you actually “type” the location of the patches released yesterday. Ugly. I don’t link to the page that has the following info on it because of the reported delays. But this is what Microsoft is [...]

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According to Netcraft as reported by Donna Ventura:

Microsoft’s Windows Update web site has been experiencing slow response times in the wake of yesterday’s release of critical security updates. A browser request through Internet Explorer eventually raises the site after an extended wait, and in some cases it is possible to successfully download and install updates [...]

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The New York Post talks about corporate blogging:

More and more, corporations are turning to blogs as a way to reach their customers without relying on television or newspapers. Unlike news releases, blogs create a personal connection with employees, with a relaxed tone and the ability for readers to ask questions.
The article goes on to [...]

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Dave recommends Technorati come up with an icon that links to its not so new feature of showing all of the links that point to new posts.

Boing Boing is linking from each post to a Technorati query that shows you who’s pointing to the post. Andrew Grumet has been doing this for some time, probably [...]

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eEye says that it identified some of the vulnerabilities fixed in yesterday’s Microsoft patches as early as September of last year. Microsoft sort of responds:

Maiffret said eEye found some of the flaws as long ago as September. He criticized Microsoft for not taking quicker action.

Stephen Toulouse, Microsoft security program manager, said the company would [...]

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Mark Pilgrim points out that CNet’s RSS is a little funky:

 I would like to applaud CNET for their courageous invention of a completely new and incompatible version of RSS. They call it dlhottitles, but I think it deserves to be named something sexy, like <Q>Hot RSS</Q>. Here’s a live sample (static mirror). Some people might [...]

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