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Archive for March 23rd, 2006

Ajax Office

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Forget . This guy is going after Microsoft Office and already has a Word clone up on the web.

Michael Robertson writes:

What if there was alternative for Microsoft Word that would install and open in 6 seconds, read and write Microsoft Word .doc files and run on Macintosh, Microsoft Windows or Linux computers? And oh yeah, it was FREE so consumers didn’t have to pay $499 for Microsoft Office. I’m excited to announce that day is here.

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March 23rd, 2006 at 5:17 pm

Posted in Microsoft, Technology

New publicly disclosed vulnerability in Internet Explorer

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Yet another IE vulnerability has hit the streets.

Read the update at the Internet Storm Center.

Microsoft says

Our initial investigation has revealed that if you turn off Active Scripting, that will prevent the attack as this requires script. Customers who use supported versions of Outlook or Outlook Express aren’t at risk from the email vector since script doesn’t render in mail (being read in the restricted sites zone).

Switch to another browser. Get Firefox. Get Opera.

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March 23rd, 2006 at 3:30 pm

Posted in Microsoft, Security