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     Anti-virus industry: white knight or black hat? (Feb 16) One has to wonder whether the anti-virus industry sleeps well at night. On one hand, it purports to serve the world by defending our computers and networks from any number of electronic critters and malicious code. On the other hand, sometimes its “cure” is worse […]

     Implementing Email Security with Exchange Server 2003 (Feb 11) Has anyone ever considered Email Security (S/MIME) within their Exchange Server 2003 network environment? As complex as it was to configure with earlier versions of Exchange Server, now it’s equally easy to implement with Exchange Server 2003. The only requirement is a Windows Server 2003 […]

     PayPal virus writing scammer scumbag pleads guilty (Feb 5) A Minnesota man who tried to defraud PayPal customers through a phishing scam has pleaded guilty to wire fraud. Alec Scott Papierniak, 20, of Mankato in Minnesota, also admitted using viral code to further his fraudulent activities at an appearance in a federal court in […]

     Step by Step Tutorials (Feb 3) Accessibility training documentation for Office applications and Windows OS Download: Step by Step Tutorials      Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (Feb 2) Who should read this document: Customers who are using Microsoft® Internet Explorer Impact of vulnerability: Remote Code Execution Maximum Severity Rating: Critical View + Download: […]

     Project 2003 Sample: Managed Code PDS Extension for Project Server 2003 (Jan 29) Build a Project Data Service (PDS) extension using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET. The download includes a C# base class that makes the building of custom PDS extensions easy, and guidance on best practices to follow when extending Project Server 2003. The […]

     Visio Viewer 2003 (Jan 26) It got another update The Visio Viewer 2003 allows anyone to view Visio drawings and diagrams (created with Visio 5, 2000, 2002, or 2003) inside their Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5.0 or later Web browser. Visio users can freely distribute Visio drawings and diagrams to team members, partners, customers, […]

     Salesforce.com Plugs into Microsoft Office (Jan 21) Salesforce.com last week announced a new plug-in designed for Microsoft’s Office that lets users import data from its Salesforce.com hosted CRM services into Excel, Outlook, and Word. Although most business intelligence (BI) vendors have developed client-side tools for use with their products, Microsoft Office—and the Excel spreadsheet […]

     Project Server 2003: Project Data Service (PDS) Usage and Methods Reference (Jan 16) Note: when you already have the Project 2003 Software Development Kit (SDK) you don’t have to install this anymore This reference explains how to use the PDS Application Programming Interface (API) to allow client applications to access Project Server portfolio data. […]

     Verisign Certificate Expiration Causes Multiple Problems (Jan 8) We had to do a little sleuthing today. Many readers wrote in with problems that turned out to be related. A certificate which Verisign used for signing SSL certificates has expired. When applications which depend on that certificate try to make an SSL connection, they fail […]

     Bank of England hit by hoax e-mail scam (Jan 4) The Bank of England says it has intercepted over 100,000 fraudulent e-mails masquerading as computer security software issued by the central bank. The bogus e-mail, which appears to come from a Bank of England administrator, instructed recipients to download a file attachment designed to […]