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Critical Vulnerabilities Patched in PHP

The PHP development team has released PHP 5.3.7 in order to address critical security vulnerabilities and patch a large number of other bugs that affect its stability.The new version fixes a number of six security flaws including two that could be exploited to execute arbitrary code on underlying systems.One use-afte...

19 August 2011
10:19 GMT

Moons Like Our Own Are Extremely Rare in the Universe

The results of a new in-depth analysis conducted on Earth's natural satellite revealed that a moon such as our own may be extremely rare throughout the entire Universe. In our solar system, there is no other body to behaves quite like it. Though largely ignored by many, the Moon played an absolutely critical rol...

29 July 2011
10:14 GMT

Super-Stable Laser Fired Up in Cramped Minivan

US physicists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently demonstrated that it's possible to operate super-stable laser configurations inside cramped and vibrating environments, such as for example a minivan.This achievement is only the first step towards taking atomic clocks – ...

12 May 2011
08:29 GMT

AMD Claims Its Catalyst Graphics Card Drivers Are Much More Stable than NVIDIA's

We've talked earlier about some of the new features that will be enabled by AMD's brand-new Catalyst Control Center, but it's now time to tackle a much more serious topic, namely that of the level of stability delivered by AMD's graphics cards drivers, that, according to the “red team”...

13 December 2010
09:26 GMT

Animals' Diets Critical for Ecosystem Stability

Humans are known for being picky when it comes to eating, as demonstrated by those who are willing to starve themselves rather than eat something they don't want. The same apparently goes on in the animal world as well, with great implications for ecosystem stability. Members of more than half of all species on ...

30 November 2010
10:46 GMT

Download Windows 7 RTM Stability and Reliability Updates

With Service Pack 1 still in the distance, customers need to turn to Windows Update for refreshes designed to improve their experience with the latest Windows client and server platforms. Although Microsoft is not emphasizing the relevancy of WU over that of major service pack upgrades for Windows 7 to the same level...

9 March 2010
11:25 GMT

Semiconducting Molecule Created

Scientists were finally able to modify a molecule to the extent that it could soon be possible to use it as a semiconductor. This is the first time this was achieved, and the team behind the investigation, based at the University of New Hampshire, is ecstatic about the results. Manufacturing flexible organic electron...

12 February 2010
04:31 GMT

Windows 7 Stability and Reliability Update Releases Available for Download

While customers are waiting for the first service pack release for Microsoft’s fastest selling operating system in history, the company is already hard at work pushing the platform forward. Customers no longer have to wait for the first major upgrade for Windows 7 in order to boost the OS on the next stage in i...

4 February 2010
03:11 GMT

Download Windows 7 RTM Stability and Reliability Update

Following the release of Windows Vista, Microsoft started downplaying the relevancy of major upgrades via service packs, in favor of minor refreshes delivered via Windows Update. The stability and reliability updates became a way of making sure that the evolution of Vista inched forward ahead of the delivery of Servi...

27 January 2010
10:54 GMT

Firefox 3.6 Beta 3 for Mac OS Now Available for Download

Mozilla has just come to the display with yet another beta flavor of Firefox 3.6. The new variant, revision 3, comes as a rather stable release of the web browser, yet there are still some features that are expected to be changed with the final release of Firefox 3.6. However, users should know that installing the n...

19 November 2009
03:31 GMT

Internet Explorer Mobile 6 Caught on Video

As many of you might already know, the newest version of the Internet Explorer Mobile was expected to come around as soon as the Palm Treo Pro became available on Sprint's airwaves. And, since that day has come and the much-anticipated Windows Mobile-based mobile device is already live with the carrier, IE Mobil...

16 March 2009
08:57 GMT

Google Chrome Distributed Reliability Testing

Having released Chrome 2.0.167.0 the past week, Google also delivered an insight into how it managed to ensure a high degree of stability for its browser. Pamela Greene and Patrick Johnson, Google software engineers, indicated that the end purpose of building a stable Chrome was that the browser should not crash, irr...

2 March 2009
06:24 GMT

New Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Leaked

It seems that the tradition of leaked ROMs of the upcoming Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system will continue, perhaps up to the moment when the actual platform comes to the market. We learn today that another build of the IS has made it into the wild, a rather more stable one this time. The new Windows Mobile 6.5 R...

2 March 2009
02:05 GMT

What is C-4?

Composition 4, or more commonly known as C-4, is a plastic explosive widely used in civil and military applications, which gained popularity as being extremely stable and due to publicity through films and video games. The term 'Composition' is associated to stable explosives, for example, Composition A, Co...

19 April 2008
05:04 GMT

Take Windows Vista Compatibility, Reliability, and Stability Up a Notch

Microsoft is offering Windows Vista users the means to take Windows Vista compatibility, reliability and stability up a notch ahead of the release of the first service pack for the operating system. In this context, the Redmond company has been hammering away at Vista, since the client hot the shelves in January 2007...

1 November 2007
07:14 GMT


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