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Microsoft investigates new Internet Explorer flaw

Microsoft said on Wednesday that it is investigating another flaw in Internet Explorer, this time a vulnerability that could result in an unauthorised disclosure of information for users running its browser on older operating systems. Read more »

Barbed search terms threaten Web users

A million search queries have been "poisoned" at dozens of well-known Web sites over the past several weeks, according to security analyst Dancho Danchev. Read more »

Apple guru combats month of bugs

A software engineer has vowed to quickly provide a patch for flaws in Apple software that are set to be made public by researchers Kevin Finisterre and the pseudonymous LMH this month. Read more »

Too many chefs in Microsoft kitchen?

With Bill Gates shifting from his role as chief software architect, Microsoft plans to make itself less of a one man show. But is its new structure a recipe for disaster? Read more »

Oracle tool to rein in database admins

Database administrators don't always need access to the information in the databases they're managing, so Oracle has created a tool to protect it. Read more »

Oracle's oops on security flaw

Oracle accidentally let slip details last week on a security flaw it has yet to patch. Read more »

LAMP lights way on open source security

The most popular open-source software is also the most free of bugs, according to the first results of a U.S. government-sponsored effort to help make such software as secure as possible. Read more »

Microsoft releases IE Eolas tweak

You may need to tweak your Web sites in response to an update Microsoft is expecting to slowly roll out over the next six months. Read more »

Shell scripting flaw opens OS X to attack

A flaw in the way the Mac operating system handles downloaded files with fake file extensions opens the door to all kinds of nastiness. Read more »

Windows HTML SDK attack revealed

A new WMF bug has emerged along with a public exploit for HTML Help Workshop. Read more »

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    This week, highlights from Microsoft's MIX10 conference and more in the Roundup. Read more »

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    In a split decision by the judges, the winner of the W3C/WHATWG video codec consensus is H.264, taking home the future of video playback on the internet while loser Ogg goes home with nothing but thoughts of what might have been. Read more »

    -- posted by Chris Duckett

  • Staff Google launches Apps Marketplace

    Google launches and app store, while Mozilla plans to re-write its open-source license. More of this week's news in the Roundup. Read more »

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