WordPress 3.0 Final has been released and as the engine behind 404 Tech Support, I'm interested in their progress. Dubbed "Thelonious" it's gone through 3 different release candidate versions so hopefully it's well-polished now and plugins have had time to update. 3.0 has been worked on for half a year and includes "1,217 bug fixes and feature enhancements". Big new features … [Read more...]
Adobe Releases Flash 10.1, Patches Latest Zero-Day with Accelerated Release
Adobe has released version 10.1 of Adobe Flash in order to resolve about 21 vulnerabilities. Some of these vulnerabilities were making news less than a week ago when 0-Day attacks were making use of the vulnerabilities were found in the wild. Adobe has had a very quick turn around to accelerate their scheduled quarterly update from July 13th to today, June 10th, and I applaud … [Read more...]
Microsoft Desktop Player
Microsoft has created a one-stop shop for its TechNet resources that are useful to all IT Pros and Developers. This Silverlight-powered portal allows you to create a query from your perspective for Webcasts, Podcasts, White Papers, and Links. You can search for resources related to Microsoft .NET, Exchange Server 2010, Office, Sharepoint, SQL Server 2008, Visual Studio 2010, … [Read more...]
New 0-Day Attack Targets Adobe Reader, Acrobat, and Flash
Adobe announced this evening that the typical triumvirate of Adobe products, Adobe Flash, Adobe Acrobat, and Flash, are being exploited by a zero-day attack. The latest version of Adobe Flash, 10.45.2, and all minor versions of Adobe Reader 9 and Adobe Acrobat 9 could be crashed through a vulnerability and allow remote access to an affected machine. It is reported that this … [Read more...]
Grano.la – A More Energy Efficient Computer with Software
Granola is a software service that quietly runs in the background and makes use of the hardware-based energy saving feature, Dynamic Voltage Frequency Scaling. Granola idles down your processor to the level that's appropriate for your usage. I've had it running for a week now and have noticed no problems in regards to performance but it tells me it'll save me quite a bit of … [Read more...]