February
2003
Subject: Office 11 beta 2 coming
next month
Date: February 13th, 2003
Microsoft is reportedly planning to release a new
test version of its upcoming Office suite next month. The
company announced the first beta of the so-called Office
11 last October. While the first test was only shipped
to some 12,000 testers, the second beta is likely to be
more widely available, targeting mainly enterprise customers.
Read more here.
Subject: DirectX 9.1 to be introduced
in March
Date: February 12th, 2003
DirectX 9 is barely out of the cage but the attention
is already turning to the follow-up version, DirectX 9.1.
The upgrade will reportedly be introduced at this year's
GDC. You can read more about it here.
Subject: Flaw in Windows
Redirector considered "important".
Date: February 11th,
2003
A new cumulative patch for IE was not the only topic
discussed in Microsoft's security website yesterday. The
company also informed about an important flaw affecting
Windows XP. According to the company, there is an unchecked
buffer in Windows Redirector could allow privilege elevation.
More info here.
Subject: IE patch covers
two newly discovered flaws
Date: February 10th, 2003
Microsoft released yesterday a new cumulative patch
for Internet Explorer. The last patch of this kind for
the browser was made available last December. This time,
the fix covers all previously released patches plus two
newly discovered vulnerabilities. More Information here.
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