Have you heard of “Botnets”?“You mean those legions of computers that are being controlled by criminals because they’re running malware that their owners don’t even know about; perhaps to use them to send spam e-mail?”Exactly. And if you’re reading this post right now, you can breathe a little easier knowing that you aren’t currently operating … Continue reading If you can read this, it wasn’t you!
http://ieaddons.com/en/search/?search=pizza Both Domino’s Pizza and Papa John’s Pizza have come out with new Web Slices for Internet Explorer 8 in advance of the Super Bowl on Sunday, as this is one of their busiest times of the year.I think every kitchen PC should have those slices on the IE8 Favorites bar.“What’s your favorite pizza, Kevin?”I … Continue reading Do you like Pizza? What about the Super Bowl?
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms10-jan.mspxThis is an important one folks.“Who or what software does this impact"?”You can see the full list HERE under the “Affected Software” section. But in a nutshell it’s every OS from Windows 2000 and later on running Windows Internet Explorer 6 and later. Yes, it includes Internet Explorer 8.“What’s the exploit?”A maliciously crafted website could … Continue reading BREAKING NEWS: Critical Out-of-Band Security Update Today
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I fired up my tweetdeck just a minute ago and saw this tweet from Jeffrey Snover (the architect of PowerShell): “What does it mean?It means that the new version of PowerShell (version 2.0) is now RTW (Released to Web). And not only PowerShell 2.0, but also WinRM 2.0 and BITS 4.0. It’s called the “Windows … Continue reading Breaking News: You want PowerShell 2 on XP? Server 2003? You got it!
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Sure.. today is a big day for Beatles fans. (My wife is out right now picking up the pre-ordered deluxe Rockband set.) And I’m not sure if I want to pay extra money for re-mastered “mono” recordings, when God gave me two perfectly good ears. (PS – I also enjoy colorized B&W movies.***) Also, at … Continue reading It’s a big day! …and not just musically!
The Windows Team and the Springboard Series team have made a special evaluation edition of Windows 7 Enterprise Edition available for download. It’s a 90-day trial copy, just for IT Professionals who don't already have a Volume License or TechNet Subscription or some other way of evaluating Windows 7 Enterprise edition.“Trial? Do I have to … Continue reading News: Free 90-Day Evaluation Copy of Windows 7 Enterprise Edition is now available!
“Breaking news? Didn’t this happen yesterday, Kevin?”Yeah.. well.. I was busy yesterday traveling and attending meetings in Chicago. I’m still there (here), but really needed to blog this.SCVMM 2008 R2 is released to manufacturing (RTM). “What’s new?”Well.. in a nutshell this is the version that natively support new functionality in the recently released Windows Server … Continue reading Breaking RTM News: Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2
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