General software updates

[kinmel]

I know many people avoid Beta versions, but Google's photo album/editing program Picasa is now out as Picasa 3 Beta

This excellent program just keeps getting better and better.

If you have not tried Picasa yet, give it a whirl and start with Picasa 2.7

[Gary]

I know many people avoid Beta versions, but Google's photo album/editing program Picasa is now out as Picasa 3 Beta

This excellent program just keeps getting better and better.

If you have not tried Picasa yet, give it a whirl and start with Picasa 2.7

I tried it on a friends machine, it was good I would recommend it, I prefer photoshop myself, also I have a inbuilt distrust of all things Google

[Sebby]

Thanks for all the updates (no pun intended).

[Inactive]

If you have not tried Picasa yet, give it a whirl and start with Picasa 2.7

Still on version 2.5 here..  



I love Picasa, brilliant freebie.

[Gary]

Java Runtime update 10 released http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp new features and security fixes

[Rik]

Thanks, Gary. 

[Gary]

Odd how they went from update 7 to 10 even though its a major release

[Rik]

To keep us on our toes?

[Sebby]

[Inactive]

Opera Update available, 9.61.

[Rik]

Thanks, In. 

[Noreen]

New version v2.13.720 of CCleaner available. http://www.ccleaner.com/download/builds

Seems to be very slow to download at the moment, I'm leaving it until the morning.

[Rik]

Everyone's probably trying to get it. Thanks, Noreen. 

[Sebby]

Thanks, Noreen. They certainly release a lot of updates!

[Inactive]

  Noreen.

[Inactive]

Opera 9.62 available.

[Rik]

Thanks, In. 

[Rik]

Flash Player update available to address security vulnerability

Security Bulletins - Flash Player 9 and ColdFusion
Today we posted two Security Bulletins, APSB08-20 for Flash Player 9
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-20.html

and APSB08-21 for ColdFusion. With regards to the Flash Player bulletin, no action is required by customers who have already updated to Flash Player 10.0.12.36, the latest version that is now available here
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/


The Flash Player 9.0.151.0 update we released today addresses issues previously reported in Security Bulletin APSB08-18 (posted on October 15),
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-18.html
as well as other issues which we did not want to disclose until fixes were available in the Flash Player 9 update available today. If you can't update to Flash Player 10, follow the instructions in APSB08-20 to update your version of Flash Player 9.

The ColdFusion hotfix included in Security Bulletin ASPB08-21
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-21.html
resolves a potential privilege escalation issue that is particularly applicable to ColdFusion servers in a shared hosting environment.

[Inactive]

Thanks Rik. sorted.. 

[Inactive]

Just had 5 x item Windows Update on XP.

[Lance]

I've got six on Vista (two of which are Junk mail and Malicious software removal tool).

I've also got a Windows Defender update and 9 for Office 2007 (of which 7 are updated help files and one is Outlook junk mail filter).

92.4mb in total   

[Inactive]

92.4mb in total  

Ridiculous, what would anyone on dial up do? ..  apart from wait about a week for them to download. 

[Lance]

Ridiculous, what would anyone on dial up do? ..  apart from wait about a week for them to download. 

Which would probably cost them more than a month on broadband!

[Rik]

Microsoft Security Bulletin(s) for November 11 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-nov.mspx


Critical (1 )
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-069
Vulnerabilities in Microsoft XML Core Services Could Allow Remote Code Execution (955218
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-069.mspx


Important (1)
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-068 – Important
Vulnerability in SMB Could Allow Remote Code Execution (957097)
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-068.mspx

[DAB Badboy]

Firefox 3.04 has now been released, apparently it fixes 9 security vulnerabilities, 4 of them critical including remote code execution.