ALERT for Windows 2000,Xp and 2003 users; if you use Internet Explorer and get a prompt [dialog box] to press F1 key, just close the window / website or press cancel. A vulnerability has been identified that could run malicious code on your computer if you press F1.
Microsoft is investigating new public reports of a [...]

Its that time of the year when you least expect to be disrupted while working. But seems all major IT companies are hell bent on release dates close to each other to ward of competition. I use OSX [Apple Mac] as my primary system and I have 3 virtual machines running simultaneously on it. Yep [...]

Am excited about the new version of the Mozilla Firefox …3.5. Tasty bits include support for open fomat videos and custom fonts. Watch the video for more details.
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Ok this is an IT related entry, but the topic I am discussing here its quite significant to lot of corportations around the World because of its repercussions. Oracle the global leader in Enterprise Database solutions has bought Sun Microsystems. Sun in case you are not aware is behind the JAVA language, another enterprise level [...]

I have nearly 4 computers that I work with all the time…nearly well one of them is a virtual machine so its nearly a machine. Each terminal is used for specific purpose like my laptop is Kubuntu [Linux] for open-source development, my office terminal is a Mac [OS X] for design and media, and two [...]

Microsoft recommendations & procedures:
Win32/Conficker is a worm that infects other computers across a network by exploiting a vulnerability in the Windows Server service (SVCHOST.EXE). If the vulnerability is successfully exploited, it could allow remote code execution when file sharing is enabled. Depending on the specific variant, it may also spread via removable drives and by [...]

The latest in browser offering from Microsoft, Internet Explorer 8 will be available for download later today from Microsoft website. This version will be available in 25 languages including Arabic. Currently they are hosting only RC1 download, so try by night time for full version.
Read Microsoft press release [LINK]
Microsoft IE 8 download [LINK]

Oh the collective wisdom of Microsoft never stops from amazing me! Read this article on how to wrap text around images in Powerpoint 2007. Yep its Powerpoint 2007!! They should have, instead of giving the ’spaced’ out, solution just said…’No we cant do that’. An entire page dedicated to breaking our wits and ego by [...]

The much awaited Windows 7 has been released by Microsoft in Beta versions for both 32 bit and 64 bit architectures. Below are the links to download both versions as DVD ISO formats. What this means is that you can download the whole DVD in a single file format, and then would require a DVD [...]

Problem:
Few weeks back Google introduced the Google.com.kw domain based results in FireFox. These search results turned up in Arabic which is not the primary language of many users like me. This became annoying as I had to switch to Google english everytime I would search for something manually. Unfortunately this behavior is by design from [...]

A nasty bug has hit another nasty piece of junk i.e. IE 7 [no pun intended]. Time to ditch the crappy Internet Explorer 7 and switch to Firefox, Apple Safari, or Google Chrome. Microsoft has acknowledged the problem and says 0.2 percent of the users are affected that in real World terms is 1 in [...]

Just saw the new 5th Ring Road construction on Google Earth. The updated data is from around May 2008, and resolution is close to previous data. Need to check what else got updated on Kuwait data..
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Just got my new Mac Pro delivered and setup…which sort of completes the Holy Trinity…Linux [laptop], XP Pro [workstation], and Mac Pro [workstation]. Got Adobe CS3 Premium [Middle East version] with Final Cut Studio as well. Here are the specs…as for the cost, I cant answer that as this is a corporate [...]