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Government — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:35:44 GMT

By: IT News Blog At the recent CeBIT trade show in Hannover, Germany, Symantec CEO John Thompson told

re: Milestone dates ahead - Affecting future computers

Angus S-F — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:55:42 GMT

[quibble] Get a Spell Checquer!!! Since when is "Calendar" spelled with two "E"s? [/quibble]

Good compilation. But to be culturally complete [g,d,rlh] shouldn't you include the date when the Chinese and Hebrew calendars roll over to 5 digits?

Chinese calendar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"The year 2009 in the Chinese calendar is the Year of the Ox. It lasts from January 26, 2009 to February 14, 2010. According to traditional beliefs, some form of the calendar has been in use for almost five millennia. Based on archaeological evidence some form of it has been in use for three and a half millennia. It is reckoned in the seldom-used continuously numbered system as 4705, 4706, or 4645 (depending on the epoch used)."

en.wikipedia.org/.../Chinese_calendar

Hebrew calendar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Years in the Hebrew calendar are labeled with the era designation Anno Mundi (Latin for "in the year of the world"), abbreviated AM and A.M., and are numbered from the epoch that, by Rabbinical reckoning, is a year before the date of Creation. 30 September 2008 through 18 September 2009 corresponded to Hebrew year 5769; the Hebrew year 5770 began at sundown on the evening of 18 September 2009 and will end on 8 September 2010."

en.wikipedia.org/.../Hebrew_calendar

The math is left as an exercise for the student [BSEG]

re: Milestone dates ahead - Affecting future computers

Tony — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:32:45 GMT

As far as the Mayan calendar goes I like the cartoon I just saw somewhere. One stone carver to the other "Once we finish these whaddya say we go for a few beers."

re: Microsoft Security Updates - October 2009

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:34:06 GMT

There's reported problems with applying the MS09-056 patch on OCS/LCS servers (Office Communication Servers):

blogs.technet.com/.../do-not-apply-kb974571-to-lcs-ocs-servers.aspx

projectdream.org/.../kb974571-crypto-api-update-may-break-office-communications-server-2007-r2-installations

re: Microsoft Security Updates - October 2009

Robert — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:57:15 GMT

I'm having this on a Windows 7 (RTM) machine:

Security Update for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (KB972222)

Installation date: ‎10/‎13/‎2009 3:29 PM

Installation status: Failed

Error details: Code 645

re: Microsoft Security Essentials - New Free AV product for home users

Robert — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:08:37 GMT

Just make this a standard part of the Windows OS from now on and be done with it. Sorry AV companies, but the time wasted my consumers on AV and malware shouldn't be the result of them being too cheap to buy AV software.

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re: Unpatched IE based DirectShow exploit circulating in thousands of websites

Max — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:39:52 GMT

"Use another browser besides Internet Explorer"

Best advice you could give anyone.

re: Spoofed Microsoft Outlook Critical Update spammed in email

Richard South — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:08:20 GMT

Thanks, that email is arriving with current (25/06/09) date.

Your infor has allowed me to issue warning with confidence to my collegues

re: Spoofed Microsoft Outlook Critical Update spammed in email

Filo Hirota — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:31:15 GMT

Good that I found this page. Otherwise,there is not way to know that the mail was spoofed. Is there anyway that Microsoft could alert its users of this kind of danger?

re: Spoofed Microsoft Outlook Critical Update spammed in email

SARGE — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:23:56 GMT

Useful info.

with regards to

"best practice of hovering over email links would reveal a different one than shown in the document."

i noticed the real microsoft link begins:

"http://update.microsoft.com"

however in this instance they've snuck in "llik1i" after the word microsoft. (as per below)

"http://update.microsoft.llik1i.com"

i'm guessing they chose l's 1's and i's as they are the thinest characters on a keyboard

may they die horribly.

re: Microsoft Security June 2009 Updates - IMPORTANT Patch Tuesday Updates

serge clement — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:27:34 GMT

Since i had my last automatic updates from microsoft ,my computer is screwed up . Microsotf internet browser does not work.Ihad to deal wih a technician and it stile doesn't work .I have to use mozilla firefox as a browser.

It is the last time i accept the updates.

My Firewall and antivirus is from bell canada (sympatico msn)

if both of them can't work together,it shoiuld be checked before the updates are released.I d'ont know whose fault it is

but it is very annoying.

My system is windows xp (family).Iam seriously thinking of changing for APPLE.

re: New IRS Tax Refund Scam being spammed in email

Barbara Vanduyne — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:55:52 GMT

I received an email on May 03, 2009 from

service@irs-usa.com -- saying I was elegible for a tax refund 0f $189.60 (under section 501(c)(3). Signed John Stewart, Director, Exempt Organization Rulings and Agreements

Letter. I knew it was a scam, but want to report to the real IRS. Please get these people out of business !!

re: United Parcel Service - Fake email for package non-delivery

Christian Nielsen — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:00:41 GMT

I received this email today. Seems like it's making a comeback.

re: McAfee offers free Rootkit Detective cleaner

mushtaqahmad — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:46:51 GMT

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re: Mobile Phones - Use this technology safely while driving

Rosa — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:43:08 GMT

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AndrewBoldman — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:05:18 GMT

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re: Disaster Recovery Article - Creating comprehensive documentation standards

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