Oracle has issued an upgrade to its E-Business Suite 11i diagnostics module containing a number of security fixes, according to applications security firm Integrigy.
Users have been urged to upgrade to the latest versions of Mozilla's software to protect themselves from a series of critical security holes.
Cisco Systems should follow Microsoft's example and create a streamlined patching system for fixing vulnerabilities, according to IT specialists.
Microsoft is working to fix compatibility issues with a recently released update pack for Windows 2000.
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My recent rant about the horrors of Adobe Acrobat's update process attracted a fair degree of sympathy, but also managed to royally annoy at least one Big Deal reader, who questioned what it had to do with the column's stated intention of illuminating issues central to IT managers.
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Oracle's upcoming 10g database is intended to stave off competition from Microsoft in the midsize-business market, Oracle executives said Thursday.
From today, Microsoft will no longer issue security updates or provide support for Windows 98 and Windows ME, which could lead users to trying alternative operating systems such as Linux.
Microsoft has been forced to upgrade its latest security advisory after a problem it originally classified as a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability was found to be much more serious by security researchers.
Open-source developers released a new version of the Linux kernel Monday in a move aimed at quickly fixing several bugs--among them two serious security flaws.
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Dell temporarily pulled from its US Web site an operating system fix for its Axim X5 handhelds after some people used the patch to do unauthorised upgrades from older versions of the OS.
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