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Vista + Zune = NOT!

John Witt — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 21:11:48 +0000

There are a lot of mixed reviews out there for the Zune. So I decided to purchase the Zune and give it a try for myself. I walked into a local BestBuy and took a look at the unit and it wasn’t too shabby looking especially the brown version. I had to inform the salesperson that they should remove the Plays For Sure tag since it is not. I get home unpack the software slip it into my workstation and off I go. First couple of screens went fine, then it checked for updates. Then to my amazement I was greeted with Vista is not a supported OS check back later. Check back later? Didn’t Vista go gold last week, didn’t they have a ton of downloads for the Betas. Maybe it’s just me but the people picking this thing up are mainly geeks in the know since there hasn’t been a huge media blitz as of yet. So wouldn’t it be wise to have support for Vista out of the box or at least downloadable by launch. There is no indication if there will be any support soon from their site so looks like I will be returning the unit. My other choice is to wipe my system in order to use the unit. I think not!!!!!

Bad move Microsoft another plus for Apple since iTunes runs under Vista.. get a clue will ya.

http://www.zune.net/en-US/meetzune/software/OS_not_supported.htm

Another IE 7 pop-up security flaw discovered | CNET News.com

John Witt — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 18:41:14 +0000

Another flaw found in the newly released Microsoft Internet Explorer 7. Donâ€™t you just love how the general public has unwittingly become beta testers. I guess you really canâ€™t blame them that much, there is always going to be some type of security hole in any application designed, nothing is 100% secure. Iâ€™d love to run into one of these idiots that design the malicious code, I had have a fewâ€¦.. Let me not get into that, it might come back to haunt me durng my murder trial. LOL

Security researchers on Monday warned of a vulnerability in Internet Explorer 7 that could allow malicious attackers to alter content in a legitimate Web site’s pop-up window.
The browser flaw could affect users who visit a trusted site by opening a pop-up window in that site but containing malicious code. This is the second IE 7 flaw that has been discovered since Microsoft released the browser two weeks ago. Last week, a security flaw was discovered in IE 7 that could spoof the address of a pop-up window.

WordPress 2.0.5 – Ronan

John Witt — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 01:09:46 +0000

For all of you that are running Wordpress, go visit their site and download theÂ latest version of the software.

Itâ€™s new release time. The latest in our venerable 2.0 series, which now counts over 1.2 million downloads, is available for download immediately, and we suggest everyone upgrade as this includes security fixes. Weâ€™re breaking the tradition of naming releases after jazz musicians to congratulate Ryan Boren on his new son (and first WP baby) Ronan.

Microsoft Live Writer

John Witt — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 05:31:00 +0000

Â I am writing this entry via Microsoftâ€™s new Blog editor called Live Writer. Live Writer is currently in Beta and has been designed to post entries into itâ€™s Live Spaces. The application however also allows posting in to various other services and APIs. From all the external editorâ€™s have used in the past this is the first one that actually works well with what I use for my own sites. The software I use for my servers is Expression Engine developed by pmachine. The other nice caveat I have found with this software is that it makes it easy for me to post the same entry into several sites easily. To read more about the application and download it for yourself please follow the link below.

http://windowslivewriter.spaces.live.com/