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Category: Tech Tips
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Published on Monday, 27 September 2010 09:23
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Written by Carl Cardey
Tech Tips from Win7News
Record number of security bulletins released this month
On August 10, Microsoft released a record number of security bulletins - fourteen, to be exact, addressing thirty-four vulnerabilities. A number of these are rated critical and apply to multiple versions of Windows. You'll find the summary at the link below, and you can click the "Executive Summary" link to view a chart showing the individual bulletins.
https://www.win7news.net/V1YN88/100812-Security-Bulletin
Are you having problems with the new Hotmail?
Microsoft released the latest version of its web mail service, Hotmail, earlier this month. The transition hasn't gone smoothly for everyone. Many of the problems seem to be related to using certain older versions of Firefox or Safari as your web browser. Mary Jo Foley reports on this issue here:
https://www.win7news.net/V1YN88/100812-New-Hotmail
Cool new text editor
Notepad gets the job done, but it's not exactly ... elegant. Bend is a new text editor with a modern look that borrows elements from Apple Safari, Google Chrome and even the Microsoft Zune client. It works on Windows 7 and features tabs, "find on page," zoom control with the mouse wheel and syntax highlighting. Check it out here: https://www.win7news.net/V1YN88/100812-Project-Hosting
This Week's Links We Like. Tips, Hints And Fun Stuff
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• Creative way to quit your job
• Learn new Internet terminology from the Crabby Office Lady
• Bing Maps New York City Coin Search Game
• Albino peacocks
• Cat thinking out of the box
• How observant are you?
• The 'Maverick Sport' - a flying car that anyone who can drive, can fly - in just hours
• What's the fastest RC aircraft? Amazingly, gliders. The non-powered planes can whip up a speed of over 300 mph - 8 times the speed of the air driving it!
• The 'Olsen Gang' bombs, drills, and hammers its way through the opera house basement in synchronicity with the music of the orchestra. A hilarious classic comedy from Denmark
