Neowin News Feed for: Tuesday

Apple store down globally, updated iMacs and Mac Pros expected

Tom Warren — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:50:01 +0000

Apple's online retail store has gone offline globally, leading many to expect a range of new products. Apple typically updates their store on a Tuesday and Apple expert, John Gruber, predicts a new 27" Cinema display,... Read more...

Patch Tuesday: Five critical for August 2009

Andrew Lyle — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:50:52 +0000

Microsoft has issued an advanced security bulletin for August 2009 with five of the nine bulletins marked as "critical" and four are labelled as "important". These five critical patches are to patch remote code execution... Read more...

Microsoft to issue 6 bulletins for July patch Tuesday

Kevin Weiner — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:22:17 +0000

Microsoft on Tuesday will issue six security bulletins for patch Tuesday reports PC Magazine. Among these bulletins will be a DirectShow vulnerability issued in May, and possibly a zero-day vulnerability that was discovered this week.... Read more...

Patch Tuesday for December 2008

Andrew Lyle — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:31:27 +0000

Microsoft will release another 8 patches this coming Tuesday December 9 to block Remote Code Execution in a number of its own software, including Windows, Office, Internet Explorer, and Visual Basic. 6 are labeled... Read more...

iTunes 8, iPhone 2.1, 4th gen Nano expected Tuesday

Michael Stanclift — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:51:31 +0000

The Apple world is buzzing about what is coming down the pipe this Tuesday. Expected to be launched or announced in a couple days at their Let's Rock event at the Yerba Buena Center for... Read more...

FireFox 3.0 to be Released Tuesday June 17th 2008

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:35:56 +0000

A new version of the Firefox Web browser is scheduled for release Tuesday with improvements in security, speed and design. Many of the enhancements in Firefox 3 involve bookmarks. The new version lets Web surfers... Read more...

Patch Tuesday Fixes for Windows XP/Vista & Server

Steven Parker — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:36:14 +0000

Patch Tuesday brought several fixes to Windows yesterday, and thanks to Neowin user fr33k we have them listed below. Windows XP users are urged to fire up Windows Update and install these if you don't... Read more...

Attacks begin against critical Patch Tuesday bug

Steven Parker — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:40:29 +0000

Only Windows XP SP3 -- that's right, SP3 -- is safe. Hackers are trying to exploit a critical Windows vulnerability just patched on Tuesday, security researchers said this afternoon -- and the only version of... Read more...

Vista SP1 to hit Windows Update Tuesday, reports say

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 15:29:30 +0000

Microsoft will release Windows Vista Service Pack 1 next week to a wider audience, according to information posted on Amazon.com and reports from a Web site that correctly called SP1's ship date last month. ... Read more...

MS preps critical Vista patch for Tuesday

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 13:19:00 +0000

Microsoft plans to issue two security patches next Tuesday, one of which earns the dreaded rating of critical, in this year's first edition of its regular Patch Tuesday update cycle. The critical update covers a... Read more...

Office 2007 Service Pack 1 Release to Web Tuesday 11th Dec

Steven Parker — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:19:51 +0000

Next Tuesday, December 11th 2007, the Office System team here at Microsoft expects to announce the availability for download of the 2007 Microsoft® Office System Service Pack 1 (SP1). This is sooner than previously... Read more...

Microsoft's Patch Tuesday Brings Two Fixes

Steven Parker — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:25:37 +0000

Compared with previous Patch Tuesdays, November's version was quite small with Microsoft releasing only two patches for the Windows operating system: one rated critical and the other important. The critical patch addresses an issue with... Read more...

Microsoft Security Patch Tuesday - May 2007

Tom Warren — Thu, 03 May 2007 18:22:39 +0000

On Tuesday 8 May 2007 Microsoft is planning to release: Security Updates Two Microsoft Security Bulletins affecting Microsoft Windows. The highest Maximum Severity rating for these is Critical. These updates will require a restart. These... Read more...

Big Set of Microsoft Security Patches Coming Tuesday

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 09:41:40 +0000

Microsoft plans to release 12 sets of security patches next Tuesday fixing critical vulnerabilities in a number of its products, including the company's new security software. The bulk of the patches will fix flaws in... Read more...

Microsoft To Release 7 Patches Next Tuesday

Steven Parker — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 10:37:29 +0000

Microsoft plans to release 7 security bulletins as part of its July 11 Patch Tuesday, the company said Thursday. Four of the updates are for Windows, with the most severe being rated as "critical." Three... Read more...

Rumor: MacBook's Day This Coming Tuesday

Fri, 05 May 2006 18:43:35 +0000

Following up our report earlier this week concerning the MacBook's May availability, sources have nailed down next Tuesday, May 9, as the introduction day for the Intel-based laptop. Meanwhile, shipments of Apple's new 17-inch MacBook... Read more...

Microsoft cancels Patch Tuesday

Steven Parker — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 09:45:57 +0000

Betanews is reporting that the monthly slew of patches issued by Microsoft has been cancelled, due to quality issues. "Late in the testing process, Microsoft encountered a quality issue that necessitated the update... Read more...

Windows XP SP2 blocking tool expires Tuesday

Tue, 12 Apr 2005 16:40:44 +0000

A special tool that blocks the download of Service Pack 2 (SP2) on Windows XP PCs will expire Tuesday, ending the last SP2 respite for users who rely on the Automatic Updates feature in Windows... Read more...

Speculation about Microsoft Xbox price cut on Tuesday

Sat, 27 Mar 2004 04:54:34 +0000

Tony Gikas, analyst for Piper Jaffray, is guessing Microsoft will drop the price of the Xbox game console to $ 149 next Tuesday morning. This is in an effort to generate some short term sales... Read more...

Microsoft to Open Partner Program for Enrollment Tuesday

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 09 Dec 2003 10:04:14 +0000

December 9, marks the opening of enrollment season for Microsoft's 2004 partner program. Via its next-gen partner program, the Redmondiands are set to bring all of its different kinds of partners — software vendors, SMB... Read more...

AMD to Unveil Speedy New Athlon Chips on Tuesday

Tue, 09 Oct 2001 11:16:38 +0000

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. AMD.N, Intel Corp.'s principal rival in the market for microprocessors, on Tuesday will unveil four new, speedier Athlon chips, hoping to stall Intel's recent market share gains against AMD. ... Read more...