Oct 10, 2013 | Microsoft, Office, security, updates, Windows7, Windows8
For ten years Microsoft has released security updates for Windows and Office on the second Tuesday of each month, the fabled “Patch Tuesday.” This week Microsoft patched two particularly nasty Internet Explorer bugs, so-called “zero day exploits” that are already...
Jul 21, 2013 | bruceb, security, software, updates
On Patch Tuesday this month, Microsoft released an upgrade to Microsoft Security Essentials, the security program used by just about everyone. The program itself is being updated – it’s more than just new virus definitions – and it was supposed to be installed...
Jun 26, 2013 | Microsoft, software, updates, Windows8
Previously: Windows 8: The View From 36,000 Feet Today Microsoft is releasing a preview of the next version of Windows, an update named “Windows 8.1” that will be available in final form later this fall. To understand where it fits, let’s take a stroll down memory...
Apr 10, 2013 | computers, shopping, updates, WinXP
In exactly one year, Microsoft will stop supporting Windows XP. There will be no more security updates or patches. Microsoft will stop answering the phone. No more technical support bulletins will be published. Support will also end for Office 2003. If you’re still...
Mar 10, 2013 | Microsoft, security, updates, Vista, Windows7, Windows8, WinXP
Almost everyone is aware that their computer will automatically restart overnight on occasion – and most people have dealt with the frustration of an unexpected shutdown that disrupts open windows or forces programs to close, at worst losing data along the way....
Feb 21, 2013 | Apple, security, updates
Another Java update? Really? Sigh. New updates for Java on all versions of Windows this week (Java 6 Update 41 and Java 7 Update 15), following the emergency Java updates last week, which followed the emergency Java updates the week before that. In fact there have...
