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...
"Interesting thought ... If you installed Win7 as a dual boot on a machine that previously only had Linux, and it wrecked your Linux installation,...
This is an excellent summary of Ubuntu and Mint and the interface differences between them. Most such articles take a very partisan position for...
@ewallace. Not so clear. Anyone can obtain the text, for example from here http://www.ustr.gov/webfm_send/2379.
I support ACTA so long as it and...
I think WinRT is fantastic.
I just wish it was an option for people that didn't want to go through Microsoft's App Store with its attendant...
Talkback
Bulletin 5 presents an increased threat for drive-by malware because it concerns the most current versions of IE - versions 7 and 8 - on multiple operating system platforms making this vulnerability a prime target for web-born malware writers and malicious web operators.
Of the batch, Bulletin 12, raises a red flag. Labelled as critical, it affects a large number of operating systems, core services and applications. Given its prevalence, it is most likely a low level vulnerability shared within the operating system itself that needs to be fixed. If exploited, it could allow the propagation of an Internet worm without user action. Before deploying this patch into production environments, it is essential that IT administrators test it vigorously to ensure services are not impacted by unexpected results.
Organisations should also pay close attention to the details listed in Bulletins 7 and 9, two important vulnerabilities, to determine how critical they are within their business environments. Vulnerabilities involving spoofing and elevation of privilege should raise an alarm for IT administrators as they can potentially have a big impact on their ability to verify trusted destinations and control user privileges within their organisations – two conceptual things that IT never wants to lose control over.
In addition to these four bulletins, all of the critical vulnerabilities are labelled as remote code execution, which require a restart and are across a broad variety of Windows platforms and applications.
After starting the computer/updates today even I was provoked into wtf!? moment. haha