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CarbonBlack doesn’t do it again

Posted on August 10, 2018August 15, 2018 By Michael Kavka No Comments on CarbonBlack doesn’t do it again

No Summer Camp for me this year. Instead I had a small family style vacation, hence why there was no post last week. This week, I figure on ranting about CarbonBlack again. Seems while I was on vacation they did back end upgrades to Defense. These wonderful upgrades, that should have been properly tested, have…

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IE8 not being pushed? Only if you work in PR.

Posted on April 29, 2009April 29, 2009 By Michael Kavka No Comments on IE8 not being pushed? Only if you work in PR.

IE8, still not ready for everyone to use due to compatibility issues with many websites out there. Microsoft says, “We are not pushing IE8 out there yet.” Everyone breaths a sigh of relief. At least until today. If you run updates, you should take a close look at the high priority updates. Yeah the ones…

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Patches for Firefox

Posted on March 5, 2009 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Patches for Firefox

So it seems that we have a new set of patches for Firefox, and that the next version has a little change to it. The article I have read indicates that there are a bunch of critical issues patched up with yesterday’s update to Firefox, but that none have been exploited. What seems to be…

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