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Two New Windows Meta file Bugs Found

PC World reports that two new Meta file bugs have been found in MS Windows, just a week after the patching of previous critical WMF issues.

So much to talk about - so little time

My daughter reports that her Palm TX is awesome. It's everything but a cell phone and a digital camera. She has those on other appliances. She can access the internet via WIFI and get her POP e-mail. She can sync her office computer and download her LOTUS and MS OFFice files. She can attach a headset and wireless keyboard via Bluetooth. She can download and play MP3 music and MPEG4 videos. She can attach a GPS device to get driving maps and directions. Except for the screen size, who needs a laptop anymore?

C|NET Review of the Palm TX

WIFI Wonders

My daughter and I am also amazed at the capabilities of their home wireless network. All capable of being on the internet at the same time via BellSouth DSL are: two desktops, a laptop, the Palm TX, a Sony Play Station 2, a MS XBOX, and a Sony Play Station Portable! Ain't technology grand?

My youngest grandson who owns the PSP wants a PSP headset for his upcoming birthday so he can talk to his buddy across the street with whom he plays games via the WIFI connection to the internet while they are each in their own houses. Awesome.

Being a history buff, I used to think that I was born too late. Now that I'm a sixty-five year old techno buff, I know that I was born too soon to see the unimaginable stuff that is headed our way.

Microsoft Releases WMF Patch Early

Yesterday Microsoft released a patch which fixes the WMF vulnerability. This vulnerability affects all applications that display graphics in the Windows operating system. Such applications include Office, Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Opera.

Microsoft originally planned to release the update on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2006, as part of its regular monthly release of security bulletins. In our opinion the early release is due to the seriousness of the threat.

If you use Automatic Updates you will receive the update automatically and do not need to take any additional actions. You can also manually download and deploy the update by visiting Microsoft Update or Windows Update. You can get more information at Microsoft's Security At Home Web site.

CERT Alert

Women are catching up to men in most measures of online life

The Pew Internet Project has recently released a new report on how men and women use the Internet. You can find the full report at: http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/171/report_display.asp

The percentage of women using the internet still lags slightly behind the percentage of men. Women under 30 and black women outpace their male peers. However, older women trail dramatically behind older men.

*68% of men are internet users, compared with 66% of women. Because they make up more of the population, the total number of women online is now slightly larger than the number of men.
*86% of women ages 18-29 are online, compared with 80% of men that age.
*34% of men age 65 and older are online, compared with 21% of women that age.
*60% of black women are online, compared with 50% of black men.

Did You Know? Atlanta has it's own search engine.

It's a site for shopping for businesses and professional services in the Atlanta metro area. The site, Kudzu.com, allows users to review businesses so that you can read other's experiences. It also lists the search results by distance from your address.

Kudzu.com is a venture owned and operated by Cox Search LLC, a subsidiary of Atlanta's Cox Enterprises. If you go to the site you'll see that Cox has it's own Kona coffee. Cewl.

Q U O T E :

"I hear they're coming out with a robot that will cook hamburgers, too. Let's spread that rumor — there's nothing they can't do."
-- Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates commenting on Google's first CES keynote address.

Bill Gates Keynote address - Live Coverage (Engadget)

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Happy New Day,
Ron