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Patch Tuesday May 2012

May 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment

It’s time again for Microsoft’s monthly patch release.

Lots of news for this month’s Patch Tuesday.

News of the Apple malware that does not seem to go away. Adobe has a free update and three you have to pay for. Not to be outdone on it’s own release day, Microsoft has an amazing amount of updates this month. [Read more...]

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Patch Tuesday April 2012

April 10, 2012 By

Patch Tuesday April 2012 everyone’s favorite day!

Well, maybe not. In fact, with some in the computer field, it’s right up there with April 15th – tax day. This months updates includes some from Microsoft and Adobe. Also, we’ve had some very concerning news in the last week for Mac users. So, what’s up this month? [Read more...]

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A Critical Adobe Flash Update With Good And Bad News

March 30, 2012 By

Adobe has release a critical update for Adobe Flash.

This update is both bad news and it comes with some good news.

First the bad news. [Read more...]

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Patch Tuesday March 2012

March 16, 2012 By

Time for my review of this month’s release of updates from Microsoft and others.

This Patch Tuesday brings a fairly small number of updates from Microsoft and some updates from Apple.

As I wrote this post, the Internet Storm Center issued a Yellow Alert! This is rare and was done to stress the importance of this Windows Update. It is important that you update now and make sure your Windows computer is updated for the RDP vulnerability below.

While Microsoft’s release is fairly small it has one very important update. The Apple updates affect any users of Safari which might or might not include you even if you don’t have an Apple computer. [Read more...]

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Patch Tuesday February 2012 Microsoft’s Valentine

February 15, 2012 By

This month’s Microsoft Patch Tuesday happened to be Valentine’s Day.

Microsoft had some important updates (they are all important but some are a bit more critical than others) but they were not alone. Adobe has an update. Java has an update. Finally, some important news if you have a smartphone or an iPad – which it seems nearly everyone does nowadays. *Update – while writing this post I discovered Adobe has release an update for Adobe Flash. This may be more important to update than [Read more...]

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Patch Tuesday January 2012

January 10, 2012 By

The first Microsoft Patch Tuesday of 2012

I have lots of news for this month’s Patch Tuesday.

Microsoft has patches today and also released some out of band about a week ago. Did you get them? Adobe is releasing patches today also. Finally, I also will have a bit of an update coming right here at Online IT Guide. [Read more...]

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Patch Tuesday December 2011

December 14, 2011 By

December’s Microsoft Patch Tuesday has some important updates.

This month’s updates are important if you use Windows.  :-D

Window Update

This is what Window Update looks like in the start menu

More specifically, it’s important if you view text on web pages or on emails. This Patch Tuesday is important if you use any Chinese language on your computer. It is important if you use Internet Explorer. It is important if you use Microsoft Office. It is important if you have an Apple computer and have Microsoft Office on it.

What? Microsoft Patch Tuesday important if you have a Mac? Yep.

There’s more too.

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Patch Tuesday November 2011 – Microsoft Adobe and Apple

November 8, 2011 By

While this month’s Microsoft Patch Tuesday itself is not large, there are some updates from Apple and Adobe released today also.

So, something for nearly everyone to update this November. Also, there is a major vulnerability that is not yet patched – I’ll save that for last. [Read more...]

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Windows Patch Tuesday October 2011

October 11, 2011 By

It’s Microsoft Patch Tuesday again.

There’s also been quite a lot of updates over the last month that were released out of schedule. So, what’s up for this month? Again, Apple users will have some downloading too. [Read more...]

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How To Add The Google RSS Extension For Google Chrome

September 19, 2011 By

How to add the Google RSS Extension to Google Chrome.

In a recent post, I pointed out how convenient RSS feeds can be and how they can save you time.

A big orange RSS feed icon

This is an RSS Feed Icon Click to Subscribe

I’ve also pointed out that I believe the safest browser to use when surfing the Internet is Google Chrome. Many new browsers, including Google Chrome, seem to be dropping a feature that was really nice to have for RSS feeds. At one time, all the browsers would show the orange RSS icon in the address field whenever you were on a web page that had an RSS subscription available. Now, most (including Chrome) do not or don’t have it activated by default.

Fortunately, Google has an extension to add this feature to Google Chrome.

This post will show you how to add this to your Google Chrome installation. With this extension, you’ll [Read more...]

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