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Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.x — This advisory is currently marked as unpatched! — A vulnerability has been discovered in Internet Explorer, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information. — The vulnerability is caused due to an error …
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Walter S. Mossberg / Wall Street Journal:
Microsoft Upgrades Internet Explorer — But Not Much Is New — Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web browser is one of the most-used software products in the world. It is the main tool through which most computer users view the entire Internet. — But IE hasn't had a significant overhaul in five long years.
CNET News.com:Yahoo beats Microsoft to punch with IE update
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Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Watch Blog:Searching Via Internet Explorer 7 & The Battle To Be The Default Search Engine
Msrcteam / the Microsoft Security Response Center Blog:Information on Reports of IE 7 Vulnerability
Richard Siklos / New York Times:
A Virtual World but Real Money — It has a population of a million. The "people" there make friends, build homes and run businesses. They also play sports, watch movies and do a lot of other familiar things. They even have their own currency, convertible into American dollars.
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Kathleen Craig / Wired News:
Second Life's Must-Have Stuff — (Editor's note: Some links in this story will "teleport" Second Life residents to locations within the virtual world. They will be noted with "SLurl" after them.) — Second Life residents are spending $7 million a month on digital goods and services.
AppleInsider:
Apple's share of U.S. PC market jumps to 6.1 percent — First on AI: Sales of Apple's Macintosh computers over the past twelve month's have grown faster than any other major PC manufacturer, boosting the company's share of the U.S. PC market to 6.1 percent, according to data released by Gartner on Wednesday.
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Andrew Donoghue / ZDNet:
Gartner: Apple should quit hardware business … The future success of Apple, Dell and Intel lies with a licensing deal between Steve Jobs' company and the PC maker according to analyst Gartner — Increasing component costs and pressure to cut its prices mean Apple's best bet for long-term success …
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Wendy / Wendy's Blog:
FORBIDDING VISTAS: WINDOWS LICENSING DISSERVES THE USER — Reading the Windows Vista license is a bit like preparing for breakfast with Lewis Carroll's Red Queen: You should be ready to believe at least six impossible things about what users want from software.
Enid Burns / ClickZ:
AdSense Leads Google's Drive for Dominance — If Google's earnings are on track this week, eMarketer estimates the company could take in about one quarter of U.S. Internet ad revenues for 2006. — A big part of what's driving that growth is the expansion of AdSense, Google's mammoth contextual ad network.
Andy Kim / Potion Factory Blog:
Introducing Tangerine — We're proud to announce the beta release of Tangerine, our third application. Tangerine lets you easily create playlists with upbeat music, or playlists for relaxing. It does that by analyzing the BPM and beat intensity of the songs in your iTunes library.
Alan Sipress / Washington Post:
The Top Pickers vs. the Pack — Sites Want Users to Buy Into the 'Genius' Factor — James Acevedo is a "genius," though he admits no one at the elementary school in Ridgewood, N.J., where he teaches third grade, knows it. — But the Web site where he competes nightly, PicksPal.com …
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Associated Press:
Sony battery recall to hit 9.6 million — TOKYO - The number of laptop batteries Sony is recalling will total 9.6 million worldwide, the company said Thursday, shedding more light on the scope of a problem that has rattled confidence in the company's image.
Jonathan / paidContent.org:
Earnings: NYTCO CEO Dismisses LBO Chatter — The New York Times Co. had quite a few tidbits on its Q3 call. Highlights: — CEO Janet Robinson and other Times executives said they were pleased with the progress of the company's digital initiatives, which they call are a major focus.
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Kyle Orland / Next Generation:
GAMING'S TOP 50 JOURNALISTS — Who are the 50 most influential journalists in the U.S games industry? We decided to find a freelancer crazy enough to compile and write up an actual list. Be warned, some of the pictures within are of a disturbing nature.
PC Magazine:
AllofMP3.com to Move To Ad-Supported Model? — The International Herald Tribune reported Wednesday that the site will be launching a "Music For the Masses" program as early as today, allowing consumers to download a software application that will play the music within a restricted player.
