by Mitch Bryant
Takeaway: With the hype about new technologies, it’s easy to get caught up in new tools and applications. But being at the cutting edge can be risky and quite a few issues require investigation before you introduce a new technology into the enterprise.
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Nearing its first birthday, Microsoft’s Windows 7 is starting to grab more customers than its predecessor, Vista, according to new stats released Wednesday by Net Applications.
For the month of August, Windows 7 grew to take in a 15.87 percent share of devices accessing the Internet, while Vista dropped to 14 percent.
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Windows 7 is an unqualified hit, but it’s not perfect. Here are five easy ways to make a good operating system better.
Show the selected folder in Explorer’s left pane
The first time I realized Windows 7’s version of Explorer wasn’t showing the active folder in the left pane, I thought I discovered a bug. In fact, Microsoft disabled automatic folder tracking by default in Windows 7. To see the selected folder in Explorer’s left pane, click
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Author: Katherine Murray
The best thing about Word 2010 may be its more flexible — and customizable — interface. It ain’t pre-Ribbon. But at least you can tweak it to fit your needs in ways Word 2007 doesn’t allow.
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by Elinor Mills
A flaw in the way Windows handles DLL (dynamic-link library) and related files likely affects hundreds of applications and has already been used in malicious attacks in the wild, a security researcher said on Tuesday.
Microsoft acknowledged in an advisory on Monday a type of attack mechanism known as DLL preloading, or binary planting and said that while it is not new it does have a new remote-attack vector. Malicious code can now be planted on a network share instead of just on a local system, making it much easier to attack vulnerable systems by duping people into clicking on malicious Web links or opening malicious documents.
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