Tuesday, April 13, 2004

Microsoft issues flood of critical patches. Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday released a flood of information on new and previously disclosed holes in a wide range of software products, many of them rated "critical" and well-suited to use by malicious hackers or computer virus writers, according to one security expert. [InfoWorld: Top News] 7:46:08 PM    comment []  trackback []

Microsoft Patches More Windows Holes. Redmond releases four new collections of Windows fixes, three of which it has deemed critical. [eWEEK Technology News] 5:11:54 PM    comment []  trackback []

CNET leads the way again, with RSS feeds for new downloads. [Scripting News] 2:06:49 PM    comment []  trackback []

Ernie The Attorney: Get your legal news quickly & easily with a news reader Ernie The Attorney: Get your legal news quickly & easily with a news reader:"Have you heard the term XML and RSS but not known what people are talking about? Have you heard of 'News Readers' or 'News Aggregators' but not really understood why people were so excited about them? Well, rather than just point you to an article on the topic, I'm going to show you how you can discover the power of News Readers for yourself." Article includes a list of 44 law-oriented feeds that can be loaded into most aggregators.  This is just the thing if you've been thinking about trying the RSS news feed thing but have been concerned about spending a lot of time finding relevant sources. 10:59:34 AM    comment []  trackback []

One week from today, "How Appealing" will be publi.... One week from today, "How Appealing" will be published at a new address: I am overjoyed to announce that beginning on Tuesday, April 20, 2004, "How Appealing" will be hosted at the Web site of Legal Affairs magazine....As for specifics, "How Appealing" will retain its title, I will remain this site's sole author, and my postings will continued to appear whenever and however I choose with no advance review from anyone. I will also be receiving a payment for hosting rights and will be listed as "contributing editor" on the publication's masthead, in print and online. But the best news for you, the reader, is that this site will remain accessible free of charge and will be more reliably available than it has ever been [How Appealing] Good news and congrats on a new home for a great blog. 10:49:31 AM    comment []  trackback []

Free Internet Security Database Goes Live. Over 2,000 potential security problems listed online. [InternetWeek] A valuable site.  It has an RSS2.0 feed, so it can aggregated. 10:45:37 AM    comment []  trackback []