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On its most recent Patch Tuesday update, Microsoft said it has patched a total of 22 bugs in its software, including the desktop and server versions of its Windows operating system, Office productivity suite, Internet Explorer browser, .NET and Visual Studio.  Microsoft issued 13 bulletins in all this Tuesday, two rated "critical," nine "important" and two "moderate”. The most important one, the MS11-057 update for Internet Explorer, resolved five privately reported vulnerabilities and two publicly disclosed vulnerabilities. This update impacts IE9, Microsoft's latest browser as well. One of the fixes addresses an issue similar to one that has a history dating back to the 1990s, called the “Ping of Death.” At the time would cause a Windows PC to display the blue “screen of death” and then reboot on account of a specially created ping, normally comprising 32 bytes of data. Reports said the bug existed in Windows Vista, Server 2008, Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2, but not Windows XP or Server 2003. |
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Global Software Top 100 - Edition 2011
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CRM companies: a short list
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