Archive for May, 2007

31
May

Vulnerabilities in Firefox – Version 1.5 is retired

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From InfoWorld: Mozilla patched its flagship Firefox browser Thursday with fixes for six vulnerabilities, one of which was stamped “critical” by the open-source developer. This was the third time Mozilla has updated Firefox in 2007. […] Firefox 2.0.0.4 can be downloaded from the Mozilla Web site for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux; Firefox 1.5.0.12, [...]

17
May

N.Y. Sues Dell Over Sales Practices

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Paul Reisner says he had an excellent credit rating – until he got what he thought was a good deal on a Dell computer. Reisner, a computer programmer, said he was offered zero percent financing for six months, during which he paid off his $1,500 computer. He said he was then informed he had never [...]

07
May

Eset Smart Security – Beta Testing Results

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About a month ago I wrote about a new version of NOD32 Antivirus that had just entered beta testing. The software, called Eset Smart Security (or ESS), includes antivirus protection, firewall protection and antispam protection in one program. Since the beta has been released I’ve been running the software on three computers here at Kane [...]