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  • Apple plugs eight QuickTime holes

    Apple on Monday released updates to its QuickTime media player software to repair eight serious security vulnerabilities.

  • Apple plugs QuickTime zero-day flaw

    Apple on Tuesday released a QuickTime update to fix a security flaw that was used to breach a MacBook Pro at a recent security conference.

  • Open-source Silverlight released for developers

    The Novell-led Mono project this week made the first, though incomplete, public release of Moonlight, an open-source implementation of Microsoft's Silverlight, a browser plug-in that competes with products such as Adobe Flash, Adobe Flex, Adobe Shockwave, JavaFX, and Apple QuickTime.

  • Apple QuickTime zero-day flaw 'extremely critical'

    Security research firm Secunia has reported what it calls an "extremely critical" vulnerability in media-streaming program Apple QuickTime.

  • 'Lighter' Norton 360 V2.0 takes aim at the Web

    "Lighter" is the key word Symantec hopes customers will feel when installing Norton 360 version 2.0, which is the company's security and backup system for small business and home users that was launched today.

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  • Photos: Running Apple's Safari securely

    Despite Apple's public claim that its engineers "designed Safari to be secure from day one," researchers have already found several dangerous flaws. Here are several steps you can take to disable various features in Safari to reduce the risk of hacker attacks.

  • Squashing bugs with an Apple fix a day

    Open-source developer Landon Fuller explains why he is devoting his time to patching flaws found by the Month of Apple Bugs.

  • SP2 vs. the plug-ins

    With the introduction of Service Pack 2 for Windows XP, sites and software that depend on ActiveX may falter under Microsoft's new security regime.

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    A new product lets you run some Microsoft Office apps on a Linux PC. That may not sound like a lot, but for most of us, it's a pretty good start.

Reviews (23)

  • Winamp 3 -- still kicking Llama posterior?

    Winamp3 isn't just another MP3 player upgrade, as Nullsoft now tout it as a full media player. Does it make the grade? Check out our Australian review.

  • Nikon Coolpix 8700

    It shoots good photos, but mediocre performance and a serious design flaw may keep this 8-megapixel camera out of the hands of enthusiasts.

  • First Look: Windows Media Player 9.0

    While Media Player 9.0 isn't perfect, it does feature enough improvements to make it a recommended upgrade from older versions.

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 6

    If you already run IE, this minor upgrade will keep you up-to-date, but there's no need to upgrade immediately. If you're a Netscape 6.1 fan, don't bother to switch.

  • AOL admits failure of Winamp revamp

    AOL has launched a "classic" version of its Winamp media player, after devotees rejected its most recent iteration.

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