Jan 10
Microsoft Corp. today urged Windows Vista users to download a new security tool that automatically disables suspicious or malicious “gadgets,” the small applets that mimic the “widgets” popular on Mac OS X. Dubbed “Windows Sidebar Protection,” the 1MB download was added to Windows Update on Tuesday and classified as a “high-priority” update. Microsoft customers running Vista RTM — the initial version that launched in late 2006 to businesses and early 2007 to consumers — saw the update on the list starting Tuesday.
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Jan 08
Microsoft has issued a high-priority security update to fix a pair of “critical” flaws that expose Windows users to remote code execution attacks. The software giant’s first batch of patches for 2008 includes a fix for at least two vulnerabilities in TCP/IP processing. The bugs, rated critical for all supported versions of Windows XP and Windows Vista, could be exploited by remote attackers to “take complete control of an affected system,” Microsoft warned in its MS08-001 bulletin.
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Jan 07
Microsoft Corp said on Sunday that Windows Vista sales topped 100 million before the 2007 holiday season when an extra flood of buyers purchased personal computers. The world’s largest software maker announced passing the threshold during Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates’ keynote speech at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
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