Day: December 8, 2007

Microsoft has the worse security record in the industry… but at least when they find a fix, they do publish it! Tale advantage of the patches, so you won’t get “pwned!”

Three critical patches on tap from Microsoft

“Next Tuesday’s regular monthly distribution of security patches will include three for DirectX, Windows Media, and Internet Explorer. Of the seven patches in the next Patch Tuesday package from Microsoft, all three critical patches will be for remote code execution issues. The first two, for DirectX and DirectShow as well as the Windows Media Format Runtime, will not require a restart. The final critical patch, intended for Internet Explorer, will require a restart. It is also somewhat likely that this patch may be a cumulative one: Often when Microsoft patches issues with its browsers, it fixes several problems at once. Of the important updates, two are for remote code execution problems within Windows, and require a restart. The other two are for various elevation of privilege issues, and also are intended for Windows itself.”

Sad news for me… CompUSA is dying. They began in 1984… and I was there! At that time I lived in Garland, TX, a suburb of Dallas. CompUSA was “Software House” and was just a local computer and software store. It was very geeky and WAY ahead of it’s time! When they started expanding, they found that someone else already had the “Software House” name in other states, so they became “CompUSA.” Over the years I have gotten some great deals from them, (as long as you don’t buy their “insurance plans!”)

RIP CompUSA 1984-2008

So… goodbye CompUSA… sa-lute! (They will be open until after Christmas… watch for sales!)