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Microsoft issues advisory on IIS security problem
News Microsoft on Tuesday issued a security advisory for a Web server flaw that was made public on Monday. The flaw affects certain versions of Microsoft Internet Information Services product, but to be exploited it requires a user to have the FTP...
[September 2, 2009, 10:09]
Oracle's core problem
Talkback Oracle is primarily a sales organisation, it's product set/s still are licensed to support maximum profit potential. History will tell, that when overwhelming technical developments they will quietly fall into line BUT not before they have made...
[February 18, 2005, 16:09]
Open source renders patching a problem
Talkback Do facilities like Debian's Apt-Get and Redhat's commercial equivalent count as patch systems? On Debian I can configure my system to automatically pull down patches on a regular interval. So I can see what's going on I choose to confirm the...
[November 18, 2005, 12:06]
Open source renders patching a problem
Talkback To say that Linux doesn't have a patch management system is a little too all encompassing. For instance Gentoo GNU/Linux uses portage, which will automatically "patch" software for you, and I'm sure users of YUM and APT might have something to say...
[November 18, 2005, 11:32]
Microsoft's $3 software plan ignores hardware problem
Blog Comment I assume they will be selling XP or VISTA, which will require newer hardware. A lot of companies have hung onto win98 as long as possible and a lot of these computers are not capable of running XP or VISTA.
[May 2, 2007, 15:13]
Problem with Notepad++
Blog Comment Try Geany? It uses Scintilla also, but not the registry black magic.
[September 12, 2008, 18:28]
The large-file problem
Talkback I am looking for some software to host my own yousendit or drop zone service within my company - do you know of any shareware or commercially available software?
[July 6, 2006, 16:56]
Microsoft Yahoo's biggest problem - what to call it?
Blog Comment Going on Microsoft's previous track record on compromise, I'd say the joint group is likely to be called Microsoft.
[February 7, 2008, 21:33]
Open source renders patching a problem
Talkback If you had not been living under a rock for 2 decades, you would have known that patch management is not a problem, especially for the "open source community". They even know that patch management for Open Source have never been a problem, which...
[November 18, 2005, 8:11]
Linux: New graphics, old problem
Talkback Proprietary kernel modules are all very well when they work, but you are chained to the vendor's bugfix schedule when they don't. And the kernel hackers can't be expected to help when you've got a black-box driver doing who-knows-what to system...
[April 19, 2006, 13:38]
Microsoft Yahoo's biggest problem - what to call it?
Blog Comment Whatever happens, neither the Microsoft or Yahoo! brands will be going anywhere. Although if they do, my vote is indeed with the mildly abusive Yasoft! On a related note, wouldn't it be funny if - in line with the Yahoo!
[February 6, 2008, 8:45]
Microsoft Yahoo's biggest problem - what to call it?
Blog Comment Interesting names, imagine 'Yasoft! I don't think there will be any combination of the two names though; this is a takeover not a merger, if anything, the Yahoo! name will disappear. Although i think its in their best interest to keep the Yahoo!
[February 5, 2008, 21:38]
BT fixing fibre-optic broadband problem
Talkback 3 years on and BT still has done nothing about this we still have no copper overlay despite 3,000 of us signing a petition. BT's response we have no obligation to provide the customer with broadband
[April 10, 2006, 21:20]
UK Patent Office considers problem of trivial patents
Talkback The problem is how to distinguish a trivial patent covering development which was cheap, from a non-trivial one, and where do you draw the line. Continued from previous comment (why isn't the length limit applied when you click submit?
[February 9, 2006, 9:38]
UK Patent Office considers problem of trivial patents
Talkback The previous comment hits the nail on the head exactly. Surely we need to consider what patents and copyright are actually for? If someone patents the obviously best way of doing something, and then charges a large sum to licence that 'best way...
[February 9, 2006, 9:36]
Microsoft Yahoo's biggest problem - what to call it?
Blog Comment They surely have to keep it as "Yahoo! so that yahoo.co.uk, yahoo.com etc email addresses stay valid. If my email address changes over this then it's "Hello gmail! time.
[February 5, 2008, 12:12]
Open source renders patching a problem
Talkback STUPID article. Here's how I do patch management: apt-get update; apt-get upgrade Wow. That was tough.
[November 18, 2005, 12:17]
Open source renders patching a problem
Talkback The comment about opensource pathch mamange ment is nonsense. There allready exists automatic updates and patch management, and they work fine. It is event better because Microsoft only patches microsoft products an not
[November 18, 2005, 12:32]
Open source renders patching a problem
Talkback This is what Yum and Apt are for on RPM and DEB-based systems respectively. Third-party vendors can participate in this system by making Yum or Apt repositories available with their updates. Various tools exist that will notify you when updates are...
[November 18, 2005, 13:39]
Open source renders patching a problem
Talkback Then of course there is also the problem that production website administrators can usually not take advantage of automated updates, but must first run every update on some sort of a test server to see if it causes problems before putting it into...
[November 18, 2005, 15:20]
