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Windows 7 Family Pack Returns
As I had previously and exclusively revealed (first on Twitter, on July 6, and then about 9 minutes 40 seconds into the July 10 episode of Windows Weekly podcast ), Microsoft is bringing back the Windows 7 Family Pack for this holiday season, starting in October. It will ship in the US on... »
The New Xbox 360 Controller: So Consistently Out of Touch
It amazes me how out of touch with reality the Xbox team is. Six years after designing a console that was so buggy and unreliable it required $1.2 billion in warranty repairs, the company finally got it right with the Xbox 360 S, which is everything the original should have been: Quiet and... »
MS10-049: A remote Code Execution vulnerability in SChannel, CVE-2010-2566
In MS10-049, we are also addressing a second vulnerability, CVE-2010-2566 . This is a vulnerability in schannel.dll which can potentially lead to Remote Code Execution. The vulnerability is present only in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, and does not affect Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.... »
Windows 7 64-Bit Momentum
Microsoft posts some interesting information about the uptick in 64-bit versions of Windows 7 . As of June 2010, we see that 46 percent of all PCs worldwide running Windows 7 are running a 64-bit edition of Windows 7 . That is, nearly half of all PCs running Windows 7 are running 64-bit »
Assessing the risk of the June Security Bulletins
Today we released ten security bulletins . »
MS10-032: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers Could Allow Elevation of Privilege
Today we released a security update rated Important for CVE-2010-1255 in MS10-032 . »
MS10-035: Cross-Domain Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Today we released MS10-035 , a security update with an Important severity update, addressing CVE-2010-0255. We’d like to talk briefly about that specific vulnerability and how we’ve addressed it. »
MS10-041: XML Signature HMAC Truncation Bypass Vulnerability
Today we released MS10-041 addressing an issue in the implementation of the XML signature functionality in the .NET Framework with an Important severity rating. »
MS10-034 - Critical: Cumulative Security Update of ActiveX Kill Bits (980195)
Bulletin Severity Rating:Critical - This security update addresses two privately reported vulnerabilities for Microsoft software. This security update is rated Critical for all supported editions of Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7, and Moderate for all supported editions of Windows Server 2003, Windows Server2008, and Windows Server 2008 R2. The... »
MS10-033 - Critical: Vulnerabilities in Media Decompression Could Allow Remote Code Execution (979902)
Bulletin Severity Rating:Critical - This security update resolves two privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows. These vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted media file or receives specially crafted streaming content from a Web site or any application that delivers Web content »