Monthly Archives: April 2009

Another Acrobat Reader Zero Day (BID 34740)

Posted on April 30, 2009 by visibleprocrastinations

Update on Adobe Reader Issue [1] This is an update on the Adobe Reader vulnerability first discussed on the Adobe PSIRT blog on April 27 (“Potential Adobe Reader Issue”). All currently supported shipping versions of Adobe Reader and Acrobat (Adobe … Continue reading →

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Office 2007 SP2

Posted on April 30, 2009 by visibleprocrastinations

Office 2007-SP2 is now on Microsoft Update as a “critical” update; Overview [1] The 2007 Microsoft Office Suite Service Pack 2 (SP2) provides customers with the latest updates to the 2007 Office suite (the products that are affected by this … Continue reading →

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FireFox 3.0.10

Posted on April 28, 2009 by visibleprocrastinations

Mozilla released Firefox 3.0.10 on April 27, 2009. Firefox 3.0.10 fixes two issues found in Firefox 3.0.9: fixed a security issue, fixed a major stability issue. Fixed in Firefox 3.0.10 [1] MFSA 2009-23 Crash in nsTextFrame::ClearTextRun() Vulnerability ratings: 1 Critical … Continue reading →

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This weeks links (2009-04-27)

Posted on April 27, 2009 by visibleprocrastinations

A(H1N1) Swine Flu WHO is coordinating the global response to human cases of swine influenza A (H1N1) and monitoring the corresponding threat of an influenza pandemic. Information on this page tracks the evolving situation and provides access to both technical … Continue reading →

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We will remember them

Posted on April 25, 2009 by visibleprocrastinations

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. “Never seen such courage, … Continue reading →

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Twanalysis for visibleprocrast

Posted on April 23, 2009 by visibleprocrastinations

Twanalysis for visibleprocrast Twanalyst analyses your Twitter profile and your last 100 tweets (if you’ve written that many yet) – then makes some sweeping judgements about your personality based on how often you tweet, how many friends and followers you … Continue reading →

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There is no greater service than to encourage science and scholarship …

Posted on April 23, 2009 by visibleprocrastinations

“There is no greater service than to encourage science and scholarship … to make it possible for scholars to work in peace of mind without the harassments of poverty.” — Rashīd ad-Dīn The words of Rashīd ad-Dīn who was the … Continue reading →

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FireFox 3.0.9

Posted on April 22, 2009 by visibleprocrastinations

Mozilla released Firefox 3.0.9 on April 21, 2009. Firefox 3.0.9 fixes several issues found in Firefox 3.0.8, including several security issues and several stability issues.. Fixed in Firefox 3.0.9 [1] MFSA 2009-22 Firefox allows Refresh header to redirect to javascript: … Continue reading →

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Red on DCCLXXIV re: Web Archiving

Posted on April 22, 2009 by visibleprocrastinations

Breakfast with Red Symons: Wednesday 22nd April On DCCLXXIV this morning apart from giving the time calls, station calls and phone numbers in Roman Numerals! Red Symons had a chat regarding Web archival; How much content on the web is … Continue reading →

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This weeks links (2009-04-20)

Posted on April 20, 2009 by visibleprocrastinations

Managing Portable Storage Devices in the Workplace “While laptops have long been identified as potential data security risks, PSDs can pose an even greater problem – they are relatively cheap, attractive items which are widely owned and much harder to … Continue reading →

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