RSSSixteen updates on tap for April Patch Tuesday
By the Betanews Staff | Published April 4, 2008, 7:54 PM
An advance notification regarding Microsoft's Patch Tuesday promises eight security updates to Windows, Office, and IE vulnerabilities and eight more non-security related updates for Windows Update and Windows Server Update Services.
Five of the patches are rated as "Critical," the highest level of severity given to updates, and most of those patches affect Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. The remaining three updates are classified as "Important." These updates may require a restart. There will also be eight high priority but non-security related updates on Windows Update and Windows Server Update Service.
just to get some perspective on windows/mac updates
http://www.digwin.com/vi...rability-stats-for-2007
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|Ms some time ago went to a once a month patch update approach and actually Apple did the same thing after the attacks last year which required 25-30 security fixes. Also, MS seems to be moving slower to make sure that they have it correct and not run into the problems with SP1 for Vista.
Also, if you read the article, most of these patches don't apply to XP.
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|Couldn't they just have patched these correctly 6 (or 12 or 18) months ago, instead of patching them every 6 months?
I wonder if these will be included in WinXP SP3.
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|I don't think so. It's already in the RC stage so the code is frozen (save for fixing any last minute bugs found). I've heard rumors that it's actually ready for RTM but they're holding it back to sell more Vistas.
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|Honestly I don't think they need to sell more Vistas before SP3 comes out. Vista will sell itself and especially after June 30th. SP3 isn't going to change that significantly in any way.
Of course, I'm just a lowly IT guy, so I can't say for sure.
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|Here's a link from a site that tends to be Mac friendly for all of you Apple fanatics:
http://crave.cnet.com/83...95-1.html?tag=cnetfd.mt
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|These are flaws in Flash and Safari.
That is why Jobs does not want flash on the Iphone.
Safari: I don't use that browser.
I have a Windows PC, not a mac.
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|Nobody should be actually using Safari on Mac OS. Firefox and Opera offer a lot more. But I guess if 50%(morons) still use internet explorer on windows, maybe a similar percentage (or higher) would be using Safari on Mac OS... Similarities are pure coincidence.
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|The lord god Job doesn't want flash on the IPhone because he has a stake in quicktime which is just as bad. IPhone has already been hacked and hackers are going to have a field day.
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|I wouldn't call Safari users morons. Safari is a very nice browser and offers a decent set of features. For users who desire the extra features offered by Firefox, it's a no brainer.
I'm not sure what Opera offers to be honest ... their widgets are kinda silly, and while it's a good browser in its own right and can completely stand up to Safari, I don't see any of its extra features as being all that useful. If you want a bells and whistles browser, get Flock or just bling out Firefox.
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|The beauty in Opera is to download a complete, single browser and find it preconfigured and preloaded with almost any feature you might want, without being bloated or slow (Mac philosophy?).
And if you need more functionality, you have firefox and your chosen extension set. More customizable, but longer to tune.
I was wrong when I called safari users morons (you are right there). Lazy is a better descriptor.
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|Actually I think Firefox is a lot quicker to set up, only takes me about a minute to set it the way I want. With Opera it takes much longer and it's a lot harder to configure. Moving the tab bar where it belongs for example, there's no easy way to do it so you have to follow a guide and go through a long confusing process. Opera is nice once it's set up but it takes so long to do I just stopped using it.
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|"But I guess if 50%(morons) still use internet explorer on windows"
You are a moron - most people don't live and breath computers (i.e. it's a "tool" to get things done, not their life) - so before you make such an idiotic statement, get one (a life that is).
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|Nobody should be actually using Safari on Mac OS.
But they are. Might have something to do with it coming on the OS, which isn't at all a coincidence.
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|Hooray! Another hour of system mangling and another reboot !
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|Hooray, another article telling us that patches will be coming!
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|Hooray! Another batch of pointless comments!
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|That was sarcasm I was using.
Stabilty changes=unstable system
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|...and I will still refer to his first statement :)
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|Hooray! More stability changes.
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|Hooray ! Another batch of anti-counterfeit detectors !
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|Yet more patxhes, still not as bad as Apple, you pay through the bottom for under-powered, over priced eye candy with a crap browser called safari and low performance with like err few games if any available from mjor gaming houses for OSX. Laugh, I thought it was a joke:)
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|I think you just epitomised Mac-haters everywhere as incoherent, babbling morons. Well done.
Now can we get back to the topic?
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