Mozilla yesterday responded to a 'Cross Domain Charset Inheritance Vulnerability' with the release of Firefox 2.0.0.2 This flaw also affects Opera 9 and Internet Explorer 7. While the Mozilla team acted quickly in the best interest of the users. there was no response from Opera. Microsoft, however, only responded with a nonsensical mail, claiming that the flaw has been disclosed already to the public and that they prefer getting advance notice. read the full Security Advisory here: http://www.hardened-php.net/advisor... well, it seems Microsoft's browser agony continues ... remember: using IE6 was "unsafe" 284 days last year even for users who patched their systems as soon as Microsoft released fixes. Even worse, for at least 98 days last year no patches were available for flaws that were been actively exploited by hackers to steal personal data. Firefox users, by comparison, were exposed to critical, unpatched flaws that were actively exploited for just nine days last year. Today's subliminal thought is: 'Calm down ... it's only ones and zeros.'

Yep fast response time - at least for now. Once Mozilla grow to the size, diversity & the many cultures of M$ (bureaucratics), the response time will be stretched :-) i_XpUser

"they prefer getting advance notice." also yesterday yet another phishing exploit regarding IE7 has been made public. http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/ietrap/ however, Secunia claims that they have informed Microsoft (not the general public) about this flaw on Jan 5 ... somehow it must have slipped patch day :-) Today's subliminal thought is: 'Calm down ... it's only ones and zeros.'

What I am saying here is that at Mozilla a few signatures is required before a fix is authorized for release to the public. At M$ - well it's so big the authorization to release form can kinda mind-boggling ya know :-) i_XpUser

ya know what's mind-boggling? out of 57 days in 2007 the valued MS customers and faithful users of IE7 are already exposed to severe threats for 52 days (and counting). Maybe the NSA teams 'red' and 'blue' are just a bunch of cretins and we can blame it on them ... Microsoft's desire of a secret advance notice in case of any findings, however, fits the scheme of having a spook agency involved. Or is it just a pathetic attempt to avoid bad press? LOL Today's subliminal thought is: 'Calm down ... it's only ones and zeros.'

yet another interesting issue: After you have successfully installed MS Office 2007 you will be given the 'choice' whether you want to participate in the customer experience improvement program or not ... by clearing the appropriate check box. Apparently this isn't much of a choice: Not only is MS Office online help communicating with Microsoft's online help servers but also with this company: http://www.webtrends.com/ Microsoft now claims that exclusively non-personal data (oh, thank you) being transfered to 'help improving the customer experience' (you thought you have expressed your wish not to do so? think again! they don't give a rat's). Microsoft's Windows firewall (XP and Vista - the 'decisive power tool' :-) does not indicate or block such traffic! What was the term again for software that is sending information without the user's knowledge let alone permission? Today's subliminal thought is: 'Calm down ... it's only ones and zeros.'

You're rite about Office 2007. I've installed it and the first thing they asked is the choice to participate in customer experience improvement program. There was no compelling reason for me to help M$! i_XpUser