Microsoft admits Explorer used in Google China hack

[Fly]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8460819.stm

You might want to either upgrade to the newest IE, or best yet, change to another internet browser.

Mozilla Firefox is a ver popular one.

[1700 Rider]

Re: Microsoft admits Explorer used in Google China hack

I believe I caught the news saying they have fixed the problem.

[Fly]

Re: Microsoft admits Explorer used in Google China hack

Hopefully, it still brings up the fact that everyone should stay up with the latest revisions of especially Microsoft software. They are big targets, and sometimes write rather sloppy programs.

[Fly]

Re: Microsoft admits Explorer used in Google China hack

I've read that unless a company like MS has a major new release at least every two years, they would loose a tremendous amount of market share. This perhaps is the largest factor in them releasing unfinished software.

I jumped from Win XP to Vista, only because I purchased a new laptop with Vista installed. It is terrible, even compared with XP.

[scpavra1]

Re: Microsoft admits Explorer used in Google China hack

My wife got a newer version of the laptop I have (about 3 months newer) right after the unveiling if Vista. She finds it okay for some of the ap's she uses. But overall it's not as "user friendly" as they touted it to be. Bad news ... she waited too long to complain to me about it. MS offered a down-grade to XP if you wished at no cost. But the time frame for that offer had passed and she's stuck with Vista unless I buy the XP OS for her. I hate to swallow that. So, for now, she's stuck with ME ... I mean Vista. Same crap, different name IMHO.