After more than a month I wrote “Yet another “Don’t Use IE” article“, today more holes are found in IE and yet no further information about the patch for it.

Well, please don’t say I anti IE or siding Firefox, I write my posts based on articles that I come across. If firefox developers are slow in patching the vulnerable application, I’ll sure turn to other better alternatives as well. This post is nothing special but just another “Critical Holes Found In IE” article.

Security consultants at eEye Digital Security, has discovered high-risk vulnerabilities in two of Microsoft’s most widely used software programs, Internet Explorer web browser and Microsoft Outlook email client. These flaw found are serious ones, and they warned that users of the 2 dominant applications were at risk of PC hijack attacks.

Qouted:
“A vulnerability in default installations of the affected software allows malicious code to be executed, contingent upon minimal user interaction,” eEye said in a notice posted on its upcoming advisories Web page.

Users running Windows NT 4.0, fully patched Windows 2000 and Windows XP (even with Service Pack 2 installed) are all vulnerable, the security-research firm told Microsoft.

Qouted:
Marc Maiffret, eEye’s co-founder and chief hacking officer, told Ziff Davis Internet News that the vulnerability carries the highest severity rating because of the “ease with which an attacker can compromise a vulnerable system.”

Anyway, Microsoft and eEye are working on a fix but unfortunately no further information on when it will be available.

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Well, this is not about telling you how to get free Microsoft products, but to share with you why, how and the tradeoffs to be Microsoft-free these days.

From the article written in ExtremeTech, it covers 4 parts, which are :-

Part 1 – Why switch to Linux?

• Life without Microsoft: What You Gain
• Life without Microsoft: What You Lose

Part 2 – Linux home file server and basic client PC

• A Three-Tier Approach
• Building a Home Server

Part 3 – Gaming PC

• Design Considerations and Component Choices
• Component List
• OS Setup

Part 4 – Build Your Own Linux Home Theater PC

• The Challenges
• Candidate Applications and Components List
• Installation/Configuration
• Up and Running

By the way, I’m still a windows user. Thought of getting into Linux world long time ago, but just don’t have much time to try it out. :-< Anyway, hope you guys enjoy those interesting articles.

IBM Corporation is going to endorse Firefox as the alternative to Internet Explorer for its massive employee base according to source.

I’m so glad finally I saw a big company is willing to give a better browser a try.

IBM said it had formally endorsed the use of the Mozilla Foundation’s Latest News about Mozilla Foundation browser, which had already found its way onto the desktops of some 10 percent of IBM’s 300,000-strong user base.

IBM is taking a very good step, which will make the software available for download from internal servers starting next week, hence, eliminating the need for users to go online to download it themselves. Besides, Their technical support department will start offering help desk support for the browser software. I believe this will be a massive boost for Firefox in gaining more market share, while the next version of Internet Explorer (IE 7.0) will only be available later this year.

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As mentioned is the previous post about Windows Mobile 5.0 upgrade on Dell X50, we know very soon Microsoft will release their next Operating System for handheld devices. This handheld devices OS evolution started out as “Pocket PC 2000” evolved into “Pocket PC 2002,” then “Windows Mobile 2003,” and more recently “Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition.”

Now let’s have a glance on the screen shots of what basically do we have in Windows Mobile 5.0.

Smartphone User Interface:

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A Glance On Windows Mobile 5.0

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• Meteors
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Hey guys,

There are two important upgrade if you are using Firefox and WordPress.

The latest Firefox 1.0.4 is released just few days after two critical JavaScript flaws discovered. This new version will have the patch for the flaws found.

Whereas WordPress 1.5.1 is the latest version after WordPress has gone publish with their enhanced WordPress 1.5. This release has a ton of bug fixes, enhancements, and an important security fix found by Thomas Waldegger. For instruction to upgrade to WordPress 1.5.1, please refer to this link.

You can download them directly following the links below:-

Firefox 1.0.4

WordPress 1.5.1