Overwhelmed by Tuesday's security patch avalanche from Microsoft and Adobe? Here's a collection of articles that will help you approach patch management with sanity.
Microsoft will deliver its largest-ever number of security updates on Tuesday to fix flaws in every version of Windows, as well as IE, Office, SQL Server, important developer tools and the enterprise-grade Forefront Security client software.
Microsoft's upcoming hosted database service will switch from standard Web programming interfaces to the same relational one used by its on-premise counterpart.
Where Google Chrome security fails: the password I heard mention that the Chrome OS will have some sort of encryption available a la bitlocker. If it's possible to encrypt personal data using another password or key, then it may have potential for very secure data.... And Ubuntu has an 'encrypt home directory' option, perhaps google should follow suit.
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