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Archive for February 9th, 2010

10 separate times I fell in love with Bioshock 2

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
10 separate times I fell in love with Bioshock 2

It took me a little bit to warm up to Bioshock 2 . But once I warmed up to, I fell in love with it on several different occasions. »

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MS10-007: Additional information and recommendations for developers

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

Today we are releasing MS10-007 to address a URL validation issue generally applicable to the ShellExecute API. »

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MS10-006 and MS10-012: SMB security bulletins

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

Today we released two bulletins to address vulnerabilities in SMB. MS10-006 addresses two vulnerabilities in the SMBv1 client implementation, and MS10-012 addresses four vulnerabilities in the SMB server implementation. In this blog entry, we want to help you understand the vulnerabilities and better prioritize the updates »

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Isn’t it time you changed your outfit in Mass Effect 2?

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
Isn’t it time you changed your outfit in Mass Effect 2?

Free downloadable content for Mass Effect 2 goes live today. So long as you've registered with the Cereberus Online Network, you get a set of armor that's not only stylin' (pictured), but is particularly useful for adding 10% to your heavy weapons capacity. »

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Details on the New TLS Advisory

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

Security Advisory 977377: Vulnerability in TLS Could Allow Spoofing In August of 2009, researchers at PhoneFactor discovered a vulnerability in the Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocols. As the issue is present in the actual TLS/SSL-standard, not only our implementation, Microsoft is working together with ICASI, the Industry Consortium... »

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Need for Speed Shift binges on Ferraris

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
Need for Speed Shift binges on Ferraris

Need for Speed: Shift doesn't have nearly as many cars as its main rival Forza 3 , which has somewhere in the neighborhood of 16,000 cars. Once you count all the Ferrari variants, I think it's closer to 20,000 cars »

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Lego Lord of the Rings is that much further away

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
Lego Lord of the Rings is that much further away

Are you as depressed I am that the next Lego game after Lego Harry Potter is drawing once again from Lucas' bottomless Star Wars well? LEGO® Star Wars III: The Clone Wars will include all the characters from both seasons of the hugely popular animated television series, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, as... »

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Windows 7 Secrets is Currently 47 Percent Off at Amazon.com

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
Windows 7 Secrets is Currently 47 Percent Off at Amazon.com

Amazon.com is having a Crazy Eddie promotion for "Windows 7 Secrets" and select other Windows 7 books right now, so if you haven't grabbed a copy, now is the time. The book is just $26.49 for a limited time at the online retailer. As someone who has purchased Windows books from Amazon.com, you... »

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