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    Next week's security bulletin will deliver 10 fixes, at least one high-priority patch for Microsoft's OS among them.

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    Microsoft's quick-fix Windows security patches seem to be creating problems of their own, so is it wrong for them to be released in the first place?

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    Microsoft on Wednesday warned of three new security gaps in its software, including one "critical" Windows flaw that could allow a hacker to run unauthorised code on victims' PCs.

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    Microsoft has released four security advisories to fix security holes, the most serious of which could allow an attacker to take over the database functions of the company's SQL Server 2000.

  • Microsoft warns of critical IE flaws

    Microsoft alerted PC users to three critical security flaws in Internet Explorer and Windows on Wednesday, as the MSBlast worm and its variants used a previous vulnerability in Windows to spread across the Net for a second week.

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  • Making the upgrade

    You've got a lot invested in that current infrastructure, but there are those who are telling you it's time to upgrade. When is really the right time?

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