Flash! Another patchy Tuesday has come and gone
December 9, 2009 by admin

Yesterday was the second Tuesday of the month, and by now you should know just what that means… another set of security updates for Microsoft products. This week also sees us with some other notable updates to some Adobe products, and you’ll want to take note of these as well.

Remember that security updates are a fact of life these days. It isn’t an indication that the software manufacturers are creating shoddy product; rather, it is a sign that they are discovering flaws and repairing them in an effort to stay ahead of the malicious communities out there in the wild and untamed internet world. Security is an ongoing process these days.

We’ll start with Adobe this time.

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PowerPoint Destiny
October 21, 2009 by admin

In the afterlife, it seems there exists the definite possibility that one will have to run Microsoft Office PowerPoint forever. I’ve seen the dialog box. There is no escape.

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Luckily, my laptop has a full charge. Looks like I’m gonna need it.

I sure hope the “End Now” button works better than the big red “X” in the upper right of the caption bar; I thought that’s what it was for.

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