General software updates

[Inactive]

  Gary.. 

[Gary]

Google Earth 4.3.7204 Beta has been released, mainly because the first beta last week I think was as buggy as a tv reality show

[Rik]

I can wait...

[Gary]

I can wait...

Same here

[Rik]

Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 Security Update
Fixed in Thunderbird 2.0.0.14
MFSA 2008-15 Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.8.1.13)
MFSA 2008-14 JavaScript privilege escalation and arbitrary code execution
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/

[Rik]

Mailstore v2.6 released

http://www.mailstore.com/en/mailstore-home.aspx

[Simon]

Couldn't get that to work. 

[Rik]

The download, or the program in the first place, Simon?

[Simon]

The program, but I think it's because my emails were a bit of a muddle on the old machine, with some in SeaMonkey, some in Thunderbird, and some in Netscape Messenger.  Bit tidier now, so may try it again when I get a minute or 60.

[Rik]

It is good, Simon - much faster than searching via an email client in my experience.

[Simon]

I don't generally have to search for old emails that often, but I can see the benefits.

[Noreen]

I got one "Important" Vista Update today. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940510

[Rik]

Important to MS, probably not to customers.

[madasahatter]

Important to MS, probably not to customers.

cynical? Rik? 

[Rik]

Realistic.

[talos2]

You are right Rik, from what I read it's part of Microsoft's war on what they call "piracy".
No benefit to us as users at all.

[madasahatter]

What it doesn't make clear is if this is just referring to MS products like the OS, or to after market software as well.........

[Rik]

I took it to mean Windows, Mad, "An activation exploit is a form of software that replaces or modifies authentic Windows components."

[Ray]

Mailstore v2.6 released

http://www.mailstore.com/en/mailstore-home.aspx

Thanks, Rik, I'd missed that one, I'm finding this a very useful programme.  

[Rik]

Me too, Ray.

[Ray]

Me too, Ray.

Just installed the update and the programme seems to open and run a lot faster now. 

[Rik]

It also fixed the error with the Attensa RSS reader I use within Outlook. I thought they were very brave to state it fixed all known bugs.

[Rik]

Microsoft Security Bulletin(s) for May 13 2008

Today Microsoft released the following Security Bulletin(s).

Note: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security and http://www.microsoft.com/security are authoritative in all matters concerning Microsoft Security Bulletins! ANY e-mail, web board or newsgroup posting (including this one) should be verified by visiting these sites for official information. Microsoft never sends security or other updates as attachments. These updates must be downloaded from the microsoft.com download center or Windows Update. See the individual bulletins for details.

Because some malicious messages attempt to masquerade as official Microsoft security notices, it is recommended that you physically type the URLs into your web browser and not click on the hyperlinks provided.

Bulletin Summary:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-may.mspx

Critical (3)

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-026
Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Word Could Allow Remote Code Execution (951207)
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=117295

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-027
Vulnerability in Microsoft Publisher Could Allow Remote Code Execution (951208
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=117907

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-028
Vulnerability in Microsoft Jet Database Engine Could Allow Remote Code Execution (950749)
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=114750

Moderate (1)

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-029
Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Malware Protection Engine Could Allow Denial of Service (952044)
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=117943

[Gary]

Firefox 3 RC1 is out, if all goes well it should be a June release

[Sebby]

Thanks, Gary, will update my beta 5 in a minute.