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Microsoft Today Said It Will Ship The First Service Pack for Office 2013

Nov 25, 2013

Microsoft today said it will ship the first service pack for Office 2013 sometime early next year. Office 2013 Service Pack 1 (SP1) will launch alongside similar service packs for SharePoint and Exchange, the two most important ...

Tags: Microsoft, Office 2013, Service Pack 1(SP1)

Facebook's "Bug Bounty" Programme Has Paid out $1m in Total

Aug 6, 2013

Facebook's "Bug Bounty" programme has paid out $1m in total to users-turned-security-bug-hunters in the past two years, with the youngest recipient being a 13-year-old boy. The largest single "bounty" has been $20,000, and two recipients ...

Tags: Facebook, Amateur Security Testing

Windows 8.1 Will Slate for Release This Fall

Aug 2, 2013

Microsoft today said that Windows 8.1, slated for release this fall, will use the same lifecycle support timeline as 2012's Windows 8, meaning that it will be supported until early 2023. Windows 8 users will also be required to upgrade to ...

Tags: Microsoft, Windows 8.1, Computer Products, software

Apple on Tuesday Updated OS X Mountain Lion,Likely for One of The Last Times

Jun 5, 2013

Apple on Tuesday updated OS X Mountain Lion, likely for one of the last times, with a combination of compatibility and reliability bug fixes as well as vulnerability patches. The update to OS X 10.8.4 -- the first from Apple since ...

Tags: Apple, Lion Bugs, Java Defenses

Microsoft Will Start Automatically Pushing Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) to Customers

Mar 20, 2013

Microsoft today said it will start automatically pushing Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) to customers as a last-ditch move before it drops the original 2009 edition of Windows 7 from support next month. Windows 7 RTM -- the latter stands ...

Tags: Microsoft, Windows, PCs

Microsoft Reminded Customers That Windows 7's First Edition

Feb 20, 2013

Microsoft yesterday reminded customers that Windows 7's first edition, which shipped more than three years ago, will be dropped from support in early April. At that time, Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) will become the only officially ...

Tags: Microsoft, PC operating system, Windows

Microsoft: The First Edition of Windows 7 to Be Dropped From Support in Early April

Feb 19, 2013

Microsoft last week reminded customers that the first edition of Windows 7, which was launched more than three years ago, will be dropped from support in early April. At that time, Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) will become the only ...

Tags: Microsoft, Windows 7, RTM

The New File-Storage and Sharing Service Mega Claims to Have Fixed Seven Vulnerabilities

Feb 18, 2013

One week after launching a security bug bounty program, the new file-storage and sharing service Mega claims to have fixed seven vulnerabilities, none of which met its highest severity classification. Since Mega was launched three weeks ...

Tags: Mega, security bug, file-storage, file-sharing

Microsoft Will Support The Surface Pro Hardware for Almost Four-and-a-Half Years

Feb 18, 2013

Microsoft will support its Surface Pro tablet until July 2017, or almost four-and-a-half years after its launch last weekend, the company's website confirmed. Like its predecessor the Surface RT, the Windows 8-powered Surface Pro sports a ...

Tags: Microsoft, Surface Pro tablet, Surface RT

Sometimes You Have to Get a Little Crazy

Dec 31, 2012

Infoworld-Network and endpoint security may not strike you as the first place to scratch an experimental itch.After all,protecting the company's systems and data should call into question any action that may introduce risk.But IT security ...

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Microsoft's First-Time Move Tuesday to Update Windows 8 Before The OS Launches

Dec 21, 2012

Microsoft's first-time move Tuesday to update Windows 8 before the OS launches is a sign of the company's continued edging toward practices long held by rivals Apple and Google, analysts said today. On Tuesday, alongside the usual Patch ...

Tags: Microsof, Windows 8, OS, Apple, Google

Microsoft Has Extended Mainstream Support for Windows Server 2008 by 18 Months

Dec 20, 2012

Microsoft has extended mainstream support for Windows Server 2008 by 18 months, and again reminded customers that the still-strong Windows XP will retire in April 2014. Windows watcher Mary Jo Foley, a blogger for ZDNet, first reported ...

Tags: Microsoft, mainstream support, Windows Server 2008, 18 months

Oracle Can Use to Remotely Seize Control of Systems Running The Program

Nov 28, 2012

A vulnerability in Oracle's Java software that attackers can use to remotely seize control of systems running the program is being sold for"five digits". The security hole is being sold by an established member of an ...

Tags: Oracle, Java zero-day exploit, MidiDevice, sold for'five digits'

Oracle Has Presented a Serious Risk to Users of All Java-Equipped Internet Browsers

Aug 31, 2012

Oracle has finally acknowledged and acted on a zero-day Java exploit that has presented a serious risk to users of all Java-equipped internet browsers for the past week. Recognising "three distinct but related vulnerabilities and one ...

Tags: Oracle, Eric Maurice, Java exploit, high severity

Further Java Exploits Are Coming to Light

Aug 29, 2012

Details of further Java exploits are coming to light,while Oracle has still yet to release a fix for its customers. Since Computing reported on Michael Schierl's research into the Java 7 exploit,Immunity Products'Esteban Guillardoy has ...

Tags: Oracle, Java exploit, security bug, patch

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