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Microsoft FAM 2010, Part 1: Microsoft’s Consumer Initiatives

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If you don't follow Microsoft closely, you may be surprised to discover that its annual one-day meeting with financial analysts, called the Microsoft... »

 

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Archive for March 1st, 2010

Help keypress vulnerability in VBScript enabling Remote Code Execution

Monday, March 1st, 2010

The MSRC Engineering team has been investigating reports of a vulnerability involving the use of VBScript and Windows Help files. »

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Videoamers overrun poll, give English road a dorky name

Monday, March 1st, 2010
Videoamers overrun poll, give English road a dorky name

The city of Derby in England learned what happens when you hold a world-wide online poll to determine the name of one of your roads. A bunch of computer gaming dorks weigh in and then you end up with most of the 27,000 votes going to Lara Croft. Here's the reaction from Derby... »

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Why so simple? Greed Corp isn’t what you expect.

Monday, March 1st, 2010
Why so simple?  Greed Corp isn’t what you expect.

Greed Corp is available now for Xbox Live and the Playstation Store (assuming your Playstation can get online ). What might look like a detailed fantasy strategy game is no such thing. Don't be fooled by the production values, evident in the screenshots but particularly as you're playing »

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Microsoft: No Windows Phone Upgrades from Current Phones

Monday, March 1st, 2010
Microsoft: No Windows Phone Upgrades from Current Phones

No current generation Windows Mobile 6.5.x phones will be upgradeable to Windows Phone 7, according to Microsoft. This sort of dashes the hopes of some who expected the HTC HD2, at least, to be upgradeable. Sorry, but it ain't happening »

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Lord of the Rings Online updated for people with only one friend

Monday, March 1st, 2010
Lord of the Rings Online updated for people with only one friend

Volume III starts today in Lord of the Rings Online's epic quest line, which serves as a parallel storyline to Frodo carrying the Ring to Mt. Doom. »

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Religious aliens arrive to play their part in Gratuitious Space Battles

Monday, March 1st, 2010

The fantastic and fantastically named Gratuitous Space Battles just got a little more gratuitous with the addition of a new race of religious aliens on a holy war. »

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March 1, 2010: wallet threat level yellow

Monday, March 1st, 2010
March 1, 2010: wallet threat level yellow

The wallet threat level for the general gamer is fairly low this week. Supreme Commander 2 is a bit generic and awfully traditional, but it fixes a lot of problems that could make the first Supreme Commander hard to like. »

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Microsoft Security Advisory (981169): Vulnerability in VBScript Could Allow Remote Code Execution - 3/1/2010

Monday, March 1st, 2010

Revision Note: V1.0 (March 1, 2010): Advisory published. Advisory Summary:Microsoft is investigating new public reports of a possible vulnerability in VBScript that is exposed on supported versions of Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 through the use of Internet Explorer. Our investigation has shown that the vulnerability cannot be exploited on... »

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