Debian and Ubuntu have released multiple security advisories to address vulnerabilities in their OpenSSL package and other cryptographic application packages that rely on...

I've heard from various sources about Office Communications Server 2007 R2 coming soon. I'm a member of the Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 MVP team, so I'm...

It's WiFi Week, which means we're investigating the state of wireless internet on the road. Today, getting online at the airport. We've had plenty of luck picking up...

In an economic downturn, it’s the managers who will make or break a company. Yet, too often we do manager workarounds because “Our managers aren’t up to...

If you are running Office Outlook 2007 and Windows Vista together, you might be running into the Windows GDI limit and experiencing issues with Outlook. After your...

While there are a lot of things to love about Google, some strange annoyances manage to balance the situation. Here are 10 annoyances that are in need for a fix:1. Every...

Last week at JavaOne, OpenSolaris 2008.05 came out. I already blogged about my neat little Eee PC, which I use for Mail (Thunderbird and extensions), Web (Firefox and...

Hi, My name is Jane Maliouta and I’m the program manager for IE8 Deployment and Management. When you install Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 there are a few important...

A post on the lessrain blog, Nasty XML Load Bug in IE6, just prevented my day from being ruined. Apparently, there are issues with a Flash object loading XML in a secure...

Microsoft isn't halting Windows XP Service Pack (SP) 3 distribution -- so far, at least -- in spite of endless-reboot problems reported by AMD-based PC customers, a...

If there’s a downside to becoming a cyborg, it’s the aftermath. I’m not talking about the dystopian corporate-state shenanigans: those are fully...

A number of you have informed us that your reports are substantially lower than usual today, or aren't being updated. Our engineers are currently investigating the issue...

With 5.1.24c, if the MySQL is not installed in the default path /usr/local, then  there is this simple error that prevents the startup:  080507 7:20:36 [ERROR]...

Both Ars Technica and AppleInsider are reporting problems with some MacBook Pros after installing the Apple EFI firmware update that was released on 08 April 2008....

Today's author: Allan Folting, a program manager who works on the Excel team. I have gotten lots of questions from customers around specific functionality in Microsoft...

I've never waited in line for a gadget before. Heck, I've never waited in line for just about anything except maybe lunch back in high school. Today I was walking...

As I've been neck-deep in Silverlight 2 for a couple of months now I noticed that there are some bugs/inconsistencies that aren't necessarily known to...

jason gets it: the attention magnetism is broken. collecting so-called friends and virtual fortune cookies has turned into a full-time job in hope of living in a better...

Pester 1.1b5 is out. If you’re wondering where betas 1–4 went, they were released privately…in 2003. Looking back at my weblog posts from May 2003, I...

BlackBerry is the smartphones du jour for web workers, and it’s not hard to see why. A straightforward interface, Fort Knox-like security and superb email handling make...