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Adobe said on Wednesday some of its programs contain yet-to-be-fixed flaws that make computers vulnerable to attack.

On October 5, Adobe posted a notice on its Web site that said it had unknowingly incorporated vulnerabilities into versions of Adobe Reader and Acrobat software that could allow malicious programs to get on to a PC without the user’s knowledge.

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Sun Microsystems has shipped patches to fix a batch of “highly critical” vulnerabilities in Sun Java JRE (Java Runtime Environment), affecting Windows, Solaris and Linux users.

According to researchers, the flaws can be exploited to bypass certain security restrictions, manipulate data, disclose sensitive/system information, or potentially compromise a vulnerable system.

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Apple has shipped an iPhone software update for security purpose, also disable 3rd party apps and unlocking.

The mega which shipped today as iPhone v1.1.1, patches seven holes in Safari, a code execution and denial-of-service bug in Bluetooth, and two flaws affecting the built-in Mail service, which could allow malicious hackers to launch executable code, steal e-mail credentials or take control of the device’s phone-dialing capabilities.

Also, a post-update reactivation requires a genuine AT&T SIM. In other words, it looks like Apple may have just disabled thousands of unlocked phones around the world.

Microsoft is currently working on the hilarious bug.

Yesterday evening we were alerted to an issue in Excel 2007 (and Excel Services 2007) involving calculation of numbers around 65,535. Further testing showed a similar phenomenon with 65,536 as well.  This issue only exists in Excel 2007, not previous versions.

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Make the gadget work in non-English Vista systems and “remember” user settings.

One of the new features in Windows Vista is the Sidebar and Gadgets, which provide a handy and speedy way to retrieve various information without additional efforts. The integrated weather gadget, does look great when it works, however, might become less appealing, even unusable by some [serious] bugs.

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Everyone is talking about Vista, neowin.net thinks that its pretty good, far better than Windows XP, however, there are still 5 (big) mistakes in Vista.

#1 The UAC.

Solution: Have the UAC be a lot smarter. A simple “Always give permission to continue for this action” checkbox at the bottom of the dialog would be nice. It’s bad enough that changing the IP address on Vista requires 5 clicks to get to (versus 2 in Windows XP) but it adds a 6th click to get past the UAC.

#2 Windows Vista was shipped before drivers were ready.

Solution: This is mostly dealt with now (as of July 26th for nVidia users for instance). But when one considers how much reputation damage this caused Microsoft should really give more care in the future. Release a stable public beta long enough before going gold so that developers can provide adequate support.

#3 The new Start menu.

Solution: Make the All Programs button behavior an option between the classic expanding menu or the new menu container.

#4 Unbelievably bad desktop performance.

Solution: Service Pack 1 is supposed to address this sort of thing more thoroughly but the good news is that Microsoft did officially release some patches that improves desktop performance significantly.

#5 Upgrade Pricing is a joke.

Solution: No solution. They aren’t likely to lower pricing any time soon. Once Service Pack 1 has been integrated into the OEM versions (the ones that ship with new PCs) you’ll see nearly everyone opting for Windows Vista on a new machine while older machines continue with Windows XP.

Source: neowin.net