L'Internet Explorer e Firefox sono in una corsa costante per sia la parte del leone del mercato del browser che per la posizione superiore del cane quando scende a quale dei due prodotti sono bloccati giù da una prospettiva di sicurezza. In termini di pubblici l'Internet Explorer ha poco concorso da Firefox, anche se il browser aperto di fonte ha aumentato sostanzialmente il relativo appiglio sul mercato che sviluppa la relativa parte a circa 15% alla conclusione dell'ottobre 2007, secondo i dati dalle applicazioni nette. In opposizione, lo IE rappresenta il più grande installa la base con 78%.

La sicurezza è un aspetto differente complessivamente e un tad più difficile misurare in su. Il fatto di
la materia è che l'obiettivo di conclusione di trasporto della protezione superiore dell'utente è una combinazione di qualità di codice e di mancanza di vulnerabilità nel disegno di difetto, con un ambiente assente di minaccia. (più…)

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The newer version of Internet Explorer 7 will comes without WGA (Windows Genuine Advantage) validation, means piated Windows will be able to download and install IE7. This decision was made to protect even the pirated Windows from being attacked.

The different languages of IE7 will be released base on the following schedule:

This version of IE7 contains the following new improvements:

       Expanded availability to Windows PC users - removed WGA validation requirement       The Menu bar will be turned on by default       For first time users, the first-run experience includes a new, easily accessible overview       For all users, the online Internet Explorer 7 tour has been updated to include how-to’s on great new features like tabbed browsing.         Microsoft has also included a new MSI installer for enterprises that simplifies deployment for customers.

Steve Reynolds, program manager of the Internet Explorer development team, has just announced an “update” of sorts to Internet Explorer 7 a year or so after its original release in 2006. Never mind the fact that we were promised regular updates and that “Internet Explorer 7 won’t be like IE6″ with regards to lack of new features and updates, what’s up with the list of the things that have changed with this new version!? Have a look for yourself at the “changelog:”

1. No need for WGA verification in order to get Internet Explorer 7
2. The menu bar is now visible by default.
3. The Internet Explorer 7 online tour has updated how-to’s. Also, the “first-run” experience includes a new overview.
4. We’ve included a new MSI installer that simplifies deployment for IT administrators in enterprises. Learn more about it here.

Interesting… Here’s our take on these “updates”

1. It really shouldn’t have required WGA in the first place - Microsoft (for some odd reason) guarantees users of pirated versions of Windows “immediate” access to any security-related patches, upgrades, and hotfixes. Doesn’t Microsoft tout Internet Explorer 7 as a security-prioritized upgrade?
2. Noooo! We love the hidden menu bar! It’s clean, it’s clutter-free, and it gives IE7 a great look. Obviously the reason they’ve put it back is that users had trouble getting the menu to show (hint: press `alt` to make it appear), but who actually uses the menu bar anyway?! At least make it a first-run option… please? Sure, you can make it hidden again by flicking a switch in the options panel, but that’s just so wrong on so many levels…
3. Not exactly what we’d call an upgrade to Internet Explorer itself so much as it is an improvement to the external documentation. It’s just a file hosted on MS servers that users can opt to view.
4. Nothing more than an upgrade to the packaging/deployment for Internet Explorer 7, albeit a most-welcome one for sysadmins and software integrators everywhere.

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Can’t go on. Need . . . more . . . memory.

The dreaded “Out of Memory” error is relatively easy to fix when you’re talking storage (short-term solution: delete a file; long-term solution: buy a new hard drive). But when it comes to the other kind of memory, also known as RAM (random-access memory) that’s the internal kind of memory your computing device uses things can get a little bit more complicated.

Are you running your machines ragged? OK, there’s no evidence that an insufficient amount of memory will hurt your hardware at least none that I’ve seen. But you could be running yourself ragged (and compromising your company’s productivity) by ignoring a memory-deficiency within your own organization.

So how do you prevent the dreaded error message from putting a crunch on your profits? Here are three tips. (more…)

A silent update that Microsoft deployed widely in July and August is preventing the “repair” feature of Windows XP from completing successfully.

Ever since the Redmond company’s recent download of new support files for Windows Update, users of XP’s repair function have been unable to install the latest 80 patches from Microsoft.

Repaired installations of XP can’t be updated

The trouble occurs when users reinstall XP’s system files using the repair capability found on genuine XP CD-ROMs. (The feature is not present on “Restore CDs.”) The repair option, which is typically employed when XP for some reason becomes unbootable, rolls many aspects of XP back to a pristine state. It wipes out many updates and patches and sets Internet Explorer back to the version that originally shipped with the operating system. (more…)