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Microsoft Patches 7 Vulnerabilities with March 2012 Security Update

The March 2012 security update is now available for download from Microsoft’s servers, bringing along fixes for no less than 7 breaches found in them. Just as announced last week, Microsoft issued a number of six bulletins to address the various issues that Windows and other products were affected by. The ...

14 March 2012
07:51 GMT

Six Bulletins Included in Microsoft’s March 14th Security Update

On March 14th, Microsoft will push a new set of security updates to its users, meant to patch some of the flaws recently found in some of its products. The company has already announced its intent to push the update out on March 14th, and also unveiled some details on what it will include. Six bulletins will be ...

9 March 2012
08:56 GMT

Microsoft Patches Critical Vulnerabilities with February 2012 Security Update

Today, Microsoft started to deliver a new security update for its users, solving a total of 21 vulnerabilities that have been reported in its products. The new security update includes a number of no less than 9 bulletins, four of which are deemed Critical, while the other five are rated Important. On February 9...

15 February 2012
05:39 GMT

Microsoft to Release 9 Security Bulletins on February 14th

Next week, Microsoft will make available its February 2012 monthly security patches for the Windows platform and various other products on it. In the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for February 2012, that it made public on Thursday, Microsoft announced that there would be no less than nine bullet...

10 February 2012
09:45 GMT

Critical Patches for Windows 7 SP1 and IE9 Vulnerabilities Coming on October 11

Microsoft will patch Critical vulnerabilities in both Windows and Internet Explorer next week, with the release of this month’s collection of security updates. Only the most severe of security holes are rated Critical by the Redmond company, to point out that potential attackers could remotely compromise an...

7 October 2011
04:17 GMT

Mac OS X 10.6.8 Brings Many Security Fixes

Apple has released a new version of Mac OS X Snow Leopard which fixes a flurry of critical vulnerabilities that could lead to arbitrary code execution.The new Mac OS X 10.6.8 contains 28 patches for vulnerabilities in both native and third-party components. For example, the included MySQL package has been updated to ...

25 June 2011
01:55 GMT

Magicka Developers Said Steam Was Important for Constant Patching

Developers have long debated the merits and failings of the Steam concept of distributing video game digitally, and now the team that is working on action-adventure title Magicka say that their launch showed that positive aspect of the service. Patrik Lasota, who is one of the members of the Arrowhead Games team w...

28 February 2011
04:48 GMT

Two Free Expansions for All Who buy Elemental Before October 31

Stardock, the publisher of Sins of a Solar Empire and developer of Galactic Civilizations II, has announced that the first two expansion for its Elemental: War of Magic turn based strategy title will be offered for free to all those that buy the title before October 31, with the beta stage for version 1.1 approaching...

27 October 2010
04:18 GMT

Little Big Planet 2 Delay Caused by Unconnected PlayStation 3's

The leader of developer Media Molecule has said that the main reason for the delay of Little Big Planet 2 into 2011 was a direct result of the fact that many PlayStation 3 gaming consoles are not connected to the Internet and cannot easily receive patches for an already released game.Speaking with VG247 at the Euroga...

8 October 2010
03:36 GMT

World of Warcraft Will Not Move to the Xbox 360 and PS3

Blizzard is deriving most of its revenue at the moment from World of Warcraft, the leader of the subscription-based MMO market. And with the company close to launching StarCraft II and with Diablo IIII set to arrive in the next year, it might have the necessary resources to try and create a console version of the MMO...

10 March 2010
08:37 GMT

Experts Create New Patch for the Heart

At this time, damage inflicted on the heart muscles, or on other tissues surrounding the organ, are very difficult to treat, because of the heart's delicate nature. For years, scientists have dreamed of creating methods of aiding the natural heart-healing process, and experts at the Duke University have recently...

12 October 2009
02:44 GMT

New Patch Will Make Needles Obsolete

Patients with an insurmountable fear of needles can now rejoice. In the near future, the association between hospitals and needles could be laid to waste, thanks to a new medical device recently created. The instrument is in fact a patch laden with microneedles, which patients cannot feel. They can be used to deliver...

20 August 2009
06:45 GMT

Morphine Patch Is Very Addictive

In their most recent study, Norwegian researchers have found that morphine patches, which were at first created to reduce and control painkiller consumption, actually create addiction in the very people who were trying to quit the drugs. One of the main reasons for this, experts at the Norwegian University of Science...

18 May 2009
05:00 GMT

Demigod Issues Mostly Resolved

The launch of Demigod, created by Gas Powered Games and published by Stardock, was plagued by issues. First, GameStop broke the street date of the title, releasing it earlier and leading to a torrent of piracy. Then, the publisher failed to take into account the impact of pirated copies on a mainly multiplayer title ...

22 April 2009
18:51 GMT

Psystar Issues Its Own Leopard Security Updates

Miami, Florida-based Psystar, the controversial company that got the attention of every tech website out there last month, has issued updates to its Mac clone users, in what seems to be yet another illegal move to which Apple isn't responding in any way. Macworld notes that the updates appear to be direct replic...

22 May 2008
03:50 GMT

Aldrin's Space Suit Patches on Auction

Edwin Eugene Aldrin, or mostly known as Buzz Aldrin, is a former American astronaut famous for being the second man to put his feet on the surface of the Moon, after Mission Commander Neil Armstrong. He was the pilot of the Lunar Module on mission Apollo 11, the first ever manned spacecraft to the Moon. Previous to t...

25 March 2008
09:09 GMT

Microsoft Fixes 12 Vulnerabilities - 3 Critical

A total of three vulnerabilities with a maximum severity rating of Critical have been patched by Microsoft via the July 2007 security bulletin release. But the flaws that allow for remote code execution in the eventuality of a successful exploit are only one part out of no less than 12 security holes plugged this mon...

11 July 2007
03:33 GMT

Microsoft Redesigns Windows Vista

Microsoft has announced a redesign for Windows Vista Advanced Notification Service and Security Bulletin information. But not only this, because the overhauling of the data infrastructure delivered by the Redmond Company with the Advanced Notification Service (ANS) and the format refresh of the security bulletins wil...

17 May 2007
06:34 GMT


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