"the very significant number of users" and "many (most) of us" - you have no evidence for these statements. It is a fact that most users are saying...
Another grammar faux pas is the improper use of "you". When sitting down down in a restaurant, for example, I get cringe when the waitress...
And NOW, folks, for Canonical's next trick...
Kubuntu is late.
Here's a pencil. Draw your own conclusions.
cf.:...
@kevinmchapman. The discussion here reflects the very significant number of users who really do like the traditional menu system and who wish to...
Er, no... It is an efficient means of finding the application/file/setting you need in one place. The icons are a simply a fallback for when you...
Isn't the provision of a text based search an admission by the developers that the mass of icons approach does not work? I don't need to use a...
"Unity and GNOME 3 both abandon the old text-based cascading menus in favour of a graphical icon-driven system."
Point truly missed. Both use a...
whs001 - Thank you, I'm glad you liked the article.
I absolutely agree with you on your first point. I should perhaps have made it clearer that...
If we allow corporate interest to dictate the way our government circumvents due process against foreign entities then we should accept the same...
I totally dislike pirating of works, I fear that artists will be deterred from creating works if they think that they are going to get ripped off....
How dare film makers, artists or anybody that invests in creativity stop us pirating their works for free. I want to be able to walk into my local...
@GrueMaster. I prefer horses for courses rather than one size fits all. I, and I suspect most other computer users, do not really wish to have...
The product that scares me every time I have to use it is the Office 2007 version of Excel.
The first bug that I found was applying the median...
Nice review and very informative. One thing I'd like to add (in reply to whs001's 1st question), the main reason to have the same interface from...
I'be been using Mint 12 since the RC came out, and I am far more happy with the Cinnamon, the Mate, and, yes (with extensions), theGnome 3...
Excellent article. One small correction, though--although a fresh installation of Linux Mint 12 will, indeed, provide the user with a version of...
In related news, the ISPs club together to get the members of the Home Affairs Select Committee (ya goofed on that part, ZDNet UK) copies of "The...
In related news, the ISPs club together to get the members of the Home Affairs Select Committee (ya goofed on that part, ZDNet UK) copies of "The...
For Gnome 2 die-hards, it is possible to add icons to the bottom panel (or top top panel, if you prefer) which provide the exact Gnome 2...
Your comments would seem pretty naive and immature. Your 'solution' appears to be, "gee, let's all just give in to the hackers and give them...
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Other than the Microsoft PowerPoint patch we were waiting for, Adobe is releasing additional patches to address the current Adobe Reader issues across multiple versions next week which will also have an impact on IT.
Since the beginning of the year, we’ve been worrying about Adobe vulnerabilities (see recent blog post). It’s important to remember that historically, files like Adobe PDF files, Word, Excel or PowerPoint files have been ideal vehicles for targeted attacks because these attachments are socially acceptable and expected attachments within corporate email. The use of a file like a PDF as a vehicle for the delivery of malware gives the hacker an added advantage. It’s anticipated that AV vendors will create better signatures from the information contained within the patch to identify infected files. However, the bad guys will simply start obfuscating the current exploit to try to capture more unpatched users once the patch goes out on Tuesday. Earlier this month, we found at least half a dozen Chinese web sites that were hosting malicious PDF files using the most current vulnerability. After Tuesday, they’ll simply do a better job of hiding their malware.
We now live in an environment where compromised applications have now become a delivery mechanism for additional downloaded and executed malware such as key-loggers and rootkits. The most effective risk mitigation therefore, continues to be lumension application control to prevent a compromised application from downloading and running any unauthorised software (including malware) on a user’s PC.
While there is a relatively small number of patches from Microsoft this month, IT departments will clearly have plenty to keep them busy as other popular enterprise software, besides Microsoft, will also require installation.