Microsoft Corp. confirmed today that Windows, including Vista, contains a critical unpatched vulnerability that can be used by attackers to usurp PCs when users surf to malicious sites.
In a security advisory posted this morning, Microsoft’s Security Response (MSRC) team acknowledged a bug in Windows’ animated cursor, a component that lets developers show a short animation at the mouse pointer’s location. Animated cursor files typically use the .ani extension, but the MSRC warned that hackers might disguise malicious animated cursors with other extensions. The SANS Institute, in fact, said it had received reports of in-the-wild exploits using files renamed to .jpg. Read More»
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According to John Battelle’s Search blog, Microsoft is trying out a new incentive program to try and promote Windows Live Search. The program is targeted at enterprise customers who have large numbers of desktop PCs that their employees use for Internet access.
Signing up for the program involves a company telling Microsoft how many PCs it wishes to enroll, then distributing a “Browser Helper Object”â€â€a plugin for Internet Explorerâ€â€supplied by Microsoft on said machines. The BHO is used to measure search usage on the PCs and send the results back to Microsoft. The use of Internet Explorer 7 is required for participation in the program. Read More»
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February 02, 2007 by
Jason 
The Cranking Widgets blog runs down the steps to create and send a new email in Microsoft Outlook without using the mouse:
1. Use Alt+Tab to switch to Outlook.
2. If you’re looking at anything other than one of your mail folders (like your Calendar or Contacts), hit Ctrl+Shift+M to open a new mail message, otherwise just hit Ctrl+N.
3. You should now be looking at a blank email, with your cursor placed in the To: field. Type the recipients name (and if Outlook is connected to Microsoft Exchange Server and you’re emailing somebody in your organization, you can type their name and hit Ctrl+K, which will verify their address for you). Read More»
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