SIMPLE and Understandable HTML Presentation

A highly useful YouTube vid containing only the easiest to understand tutorial. To be completely honest, I stuck with this to embed the information into my head.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwQMnpUsj8I

Emergency Patches for IE

Microsoft has issued patches today for Internet Explorer and Visual Studio.

The flaws in Internet Explorer running on XP, Vista, and 2000 are rated as critical while computer with Windows Server operating systems have a rating of moderate.

Users are advised to patch their machines as soon as possible.

Vulnerable ActiveX controls triggered the IE flaws. The flaws let an attcker run a command or download malware on a vulnerable PC when a user view a malicious webpage.

Source: PCWorld

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Microsoft to release critical security patches

Microsoft will issue out-of-band security patches next tuesday according to various tech sites. This is the third time in 25 months that the company has made this kind of action.

The patches will fix Internet Explorer and Visual Studio. The patch for IE is rated is critical while the other is rated as important. “While this release is to address a single, overall issue, in order to provide the broadest protections possible to customers, we’ll be releasing two separate security bulletins,” said a spokesperson of Microsoft.

Both patches need computers to be rebooted after intalling them.

Source: The Register

Apple releases iPhone OS 3.1 Beta 3

Since I am a registered developer I can not post details but I can say that some non developers have gotten a hold of the OS and posted information.

AT&T calls being dropped in Norther VA

As of 3pm calls with iPhones running 3.0 and 3.1 are dropping like flies. Many of my friends & clients have reported to me that for no apparent reason their calls are being dropped. If you have any other information about this issue please comment.