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Here is a summary of three most recent news stories as of: Thu Aug 28 17:59:25 SGT 2008

1. "Another Microsoft Word Exploit Released," CIO.com, 12/14 "Microsoft Fixes IE, Windows Media Player Flaws," CIO.com, 12/12 For the third time in a week, hackers released attack code for a critical vulnerability in Microsoft’s Word software. The most recent (at this writing) proof-of-concept code exploits a previously unreported bug in Word and hit the Web the day after Microsoft’s monthly patch Tuesday. This patch go-around, Microsoft put out seven security patches for 11 bugs, none of them for the two Word flaws that hackers had released attack code for prior to patch Tuesday. Patches did come out for Internet Explorer, Windows Media Player, Visual Studio 2005, Windows and Outlook Express.


2. Google Releases Customized Microsoft IE 7 Browser DEC 15, 2006 01:05:26 PM | Add Comment (0) | Permalink Google has released a customized version of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 7 (IE 7) browser in which Google, not Windows Live Search, is the default search engine. In addition to using Google as the default search engine, Google’s customized version of IE 7 provides users with the Google Toolbar and a Google homepage they can personalize. According to a posting by Microsoft Group Program manager Tony Chor on Microsoft’s IEBlog, Google and other companies—including Yahoo and USAToday.com—were able to build customized versions of IE 7 by using the Internet Explorer Administration Kit. Microsoft released the toolkit so developers could customize IE, as well as to provide companies with help to configure and deploy the browser through the enterprise, Chor wrote in his posting. Microsoft released IE 7 for Windows XP on Oct. 18. IE 7 is also included in Windows Vista, which is currently available in full release only to business users. Windows Vista will be available to consumers on Jan. 30. -Elizabeth Montalbano, IDG News Service (New York Bureau)


3. "Google Helps Users Search for Patents," CIO.com, 12/14 Would-be inventors can now more easily find out if their clever creations have already been patented by someone else. Google launched a new site for searching U.S. patents by keyword, patent number, inventor and filing date. The search covers 7 million patents, although not those issued in the past few months. But Google plans to expand the search range.