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Nvidia tool enables Linux auto-update
News Nvidia's new Linux Update tools lets PC users running various versions of the open-source Linux operating system update their video drivers -- software files that govern how PC hardware interacts with software -- with just a few clicks, said...
[March 31, 2003, 14:35]
Microsoft extends SP2 auto-update blocker
News The company on Tuesday altered its policy for preventing the automatic download of SP2 through Automatic Update or Windows Update, two services for automatically downloading important Windows updates to PCs via the Internet.
[September 9, 2004, 9:30]
Microsoft prepares Office 2003 SP3 auto update
News Office 2003 Service Pack 3 will be winging its way to users via a Microsoft automatic update from next month. Microsoft announced on its update product team blog that it is making Office 2003 Service Pack 3 (SP3) available via automatic distribution.
[February 1, 2008, 7:15]
Windows patches may become automatic
News A Microsoft spokeswoman said the company is "giving strong consideration to enabling Auto Update by default in future versions of Windows," though the company has not yet committed to a time frame. Gartner says Microsoft must promise not to use the...
[August 21, 2003, 13:30]
Simple Cisco VMS
News Another major update to the product is the Auto Update Server, which can update all security devices on a network automatically either at specified times or upon wake-up. New with version 2.1 are Management Centers for PIX firewalls, VPN routers...
[October 9, 2002, 9:53]
XP SP2 - at your service?
Talkback The you go on with "But such has been the apprehension among IT managers about the 80-100MB upgrade flooding into their users' desktops that Microsoft was forced to issue a tool that temporarily blocks the auto-update feature".
[August 25, 2004, 17:08]
Security benefits of XP SP2 touted again
News The latest service pack - released in August as a major security update to the Windows XP operating system - boosted the firewall , turned on auto-update by default and consolidated security controls into a 'security centre'.
[May 25, 2005, 10:55]
Smarter users have taken the bite out of Bagle
News However, he said, other factors reducing the effect of the worm are the increasing number of people using Auto Update and the cutting down of vulnerabilities in the operating system. According to English, there has been a "dramatic increase" in the...
[November 2, 2004, 12:49]
It's About Time to learn iPhone
Downloads It's About Time to learn iPhone" also features auto-update. Every customer that buys "It's About Time to learn iPhone" will receive a free upgrade through auto-update to "It's About Time to learn iPhone 3G.
[June 27, 2008, 8:29]
Researchers exploit SSL and domain flaws
News The attacker can ensure continued interception of a victim's data by intercepting Firefox auto-update requests, which depend on SSL, Marlinspike said in an interview. Until Mozilla changes the way its auto-update system handles SSL, he suggested...
[July 30, 2009, 10:55]
Microsoft to distribute XP SP2 on one million CDs
News Additionally, Starnes points out that users that have followed Microsoft's advice and turned on the auto-update feature on Windows will at some point find their computers have started downloading SP2 without their knowledge.
[July 9, 2004, 17:15]
Microsoft patches Office 2000
News The company is also documenting the processes around Office 2000 SR1 more completely, Gurry said, by providing a number of white papers -- including one on ensuring compatibility with Windows 2000, and another on how to use the new Auto Update...
[March 22, 2000, 10:54]
Security experts voice IE7 push concerns
News If people turn off Auto Updates, they'll be too busy to update manually, especially those within SMEs," said Wood. People will just get annoyed and eventually turn off Auto Updates," said Wood. SMEs running client-based antivirus and backup require...
[July 27, 2006, 15:05]
Mozilla: IE7 will boost Firefox take-up
News Firefox 1.1, which is due for release this month, will include a range of features to encourage companies to migrate to the open source browser, including an auto-update and preference locking feature.
[July 19, 2005, 14:20]
ProCurve Switch 2610-24-PWR review
Reviews We used the auto update feature in PCM's Preferences dialogue box to download and install the updates. The auto update seemed rather simple compared to others we have seen: it told us to shut down the PCM Client application, and eventually shutdown...
[May 14, 2008, 16:08]
Audi adds 'myAudi' personalised Web sites
News This seeks to track the key life events of the customer, plotting their potential for auto purchasing around this "holistic" timeline. The auto industry's failure to offer personalised Web sites to car buyers
[March 5, 2002, 16:19]
Linksys WRT350N Wireless-N Gigabit Router with Storage Link
Blog I eventually learned from Linksys Technical Support that Vista will often "auto-tune" a connection to the point where it doesn't connect any more.that's a rather unusual interpretation of "tuning", to say the least.
[January 18, 2008, 10:04]
Patching things up
Blog Some auto-update by default. In the longer term I dream of the day when developers, ensure all applications, by default, auto-update via a daily patch check, or at the very least ask how they are to behave during installation.
[October 2, 2008, 18:41]
Switch to Sun ONE to boost efficiency
News Another tool that I find extremely useful is Auto Comment, which can generate documentation. And Ant help files that are bundled with it also come in handyMisc -- Built-in CVS client, image viewer, auto complete, good XML display and editing...
[November 29, 2002, 19:57]
Microsoft AntiSpyware: Is it worth bothering with?
Talkback I installed the Beta MS anti spyware on Jan 9, and it was runnign smoothly until i had an auto update from MS on 2-10, when the MS antispyware was then unable to access the internet for updates. Meanwhile, I did a system restore to B4 the MS update...
[February 11, 2005, 20:20]
