Microsoft has kicked up a notch the level of control of codecs parsing, with a focus on Windows Vista and Windows XP. Essentially, the Redmond-based company has worked to enhance the Graphics Device Interface (GDI) of Windows releases, preceding Windows 7. According to Microsoft, the GDI+ update for Windows operating... |
8 September 2009
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One aspect of making Windows 7 the superlative of Windows Vista involves boosting graphics performance, Microsoft reveals. According to Steven Sinofsky, senior vice president, Windows and Windows Live Engineering Group, “in engineering Windows 7 we set out to improve the “real world” performance of ... |
27 April 2009
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Researchers from Finnish security vendor F-Secure have recently analyzed a worm with rootkit capabilities that tries to execute code directly into the OS kernel by exploiting a known Windows vulnerability. This is for the first time when the technique is encountered in such applications.“Most malware with rootk... |
1 October 2008
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Updates designed to plug six security holes labeled with the maximum severity rating of Critical for Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows XP Service Pack 3 have been made available for download as of September 9, 2008. Microsoft has issued a total of four Security bulletins, all rated Critical, patching eight vul... |
10 September 2008
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With the advent of Windows Vista RTM, the public perception focused on XP SP2's superiority and further development of the two platforms comes to support such a scenario, despite Microsoft's claims of the contrary. The Vista RTM vs. XP SP2 face-off has now translated to the comparison between Windows XP Ser... |
11 April 2008
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Microsoft delivered on its promise to release an out-of-band security update for the vulnerability impacting Windows Animated Cursor Handling. In the context in which the volume of attacks targeting the .ANI file format vulnerability was increasing and with Proof-of-Concept code available in the wild, Microsoft has m... |
4 April 2007
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Tiberian Sun was one of the most definitive real time strategies of its time and literally shaped the future of today's games. In the early days of strategy, more precisely back in 1999, the force which struck the market was so huge (here personified by Command & Conquer, Tiberian Sun) that it imposed itself as ... |
3 April 2007
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