Archive for the ‘Windows’ Category
Important security update for Internet Explorer
If you’re still running Internet Explorer, you should probably be aware of a critical security update which Microsoft released yesterday, which you can get either via their website or through Windows Update. If you have automatic updates enabled, the patch may be downloaded and applied the next time you switch off your machine, though with something like this you might want to double-check anyway. All the cool kids are running a more secure browser now, but even if you don’t use IE but still run Windows I’d strongly recommend patching your browser.
Windows Vista available on Amazon
Amazon.com has added several listings to enable customers to pre-order their copies of the next Windows release, codenamed Vista, even though a definite release date for the software has not yet been set (business releases are supposed to be available from November with consumer versions coming out in January, though those dates may slip again).
The interesting thing about this move is that Amazon generally doesn’t change the price of items once they’re available for pre-order, so these listings are a good indication of how much Vista will retail for once it’s finally released. As far as I can tell, only the US site has Vista listed for pre-ordering, although if you’re a UK customer then you can sign up to be emailed once it’s available on Amazon.co.uk as well.