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		<title>Update of Apple iTunes to 9.2.1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Apple has released an update for iTunes. It&#8217;s a security update to prevent a denial-of-service attack based on podcast links. More information is at US-Cert, the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team.
The list of the most-commonly installed web file viewers and their current patch levels and links to version tests and installers has been updated, it’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Second Tuesday Update: Java</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft has the usual set of patches for the July 13th, Second Tuesday patch set&#8211;I see three for Windows 7, and three for Office 2007&#8211;be sure to get the &#8216;optional&#8217; updates to the help files, because this month&#8217;s patches involve fixes to the help format that prevent remote code execution.
Other companies are using the Second [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adobe Reader updated to 9.3.3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Adobe has updated Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader to version 9.3.3. The patch is available from the Help menu, under &#8216;Check for Updates&#8217;, and it&#8217;s an important security patch, correcting security holes currently being exploited by malware.
The patch alone is NOT adequate. ALSO, go to Edit, Preferences, and UNCHECK  these two items:
In JavaScript, the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.startupware.com/patches/adobe-reader-9-3-3/</link>
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		<title>Startupware Made Me Look Like This (FunWebProducts Report)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[OR: Creating Avatars with Toolbars and Search Hooks
by Jerry Stern
Webmaster, Startupware.com
OK, I look like this now. 
Well, maybe only kinda. 
This project started out with a web ad. It told me that I could look like a character from the movie ‘Avatar.’ I’ve seen the ads before, clicked through to see what it was, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snowmageddon 2, Clean in 20 Seconds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here in Westminster, Maryland, the world has stopped for cleanup from the Snowmageddon blizzard. Twice. I&#8217;m getting faster with practice:



OK, I&#8217;m ready for Spring now. I&#8217;ve notified the resident groundhogs that they&#8217;re responsible for all this mess, and had better get things moving. They dig holes in my lawn, they eat my plants, they had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Write Instructions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Jerry Stern
Editor, ASPects
In the brave new world of always-online software, help files have changed. We used to write HLP files. Now, it’s compiled hypertext, or CHM files, or sometimes, it’s a web page, and not much else. Format shouldn’t affect function, but it does–the industry is getting horribly sloppy, and have forgotten that help [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.startupware.com/working-models/how-to-write-instructions/</link>
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		<title>FTC places temporary halt on XP Antivirus and Family</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Trade Commission has gone to U.S. District Court, and shut down, at least for the moment, Innovative Marketing, Inc. and ByteHosting Internet Services, LLC, who they&#8217;ve identified as the source of such nasty-ware as WinFixer, WinAntivirus, DriveCleaner, ErrorSafe, and XP Antivirus.
Here&#8217;s their press item:
http://www.softwarekb.com/news/2008/12/11/court-halts-bogus-computer-scans/
This group of rogue programs has made this past year [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.startupware.com/identification/ftc-places-temporary-halt-on-xp-antivirus-and-family/</link>
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		<title>WinDefender 2008 in the Wild</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent rogue cleanup was easier than usual&#8211;there was an image backup to restore, and there was time to backup the contents of the infected drive before cleanup, and scan it a few weeks later with the newest, latest greatest antivirus/antispyware definitions. All the &#8220;infections&#8221; shown below are fake, of course. And WinDefender 2008 is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.startupware.com/working-models/windefender-2008-in-the-wild/</link>
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		<title>FOSE Keynote: Scott McNealy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sun Microsystems sent their CEO, and he&#8217;s clearly the best CEO speaker I&#8217;ve heard at a long series of these events. He speaks, teaches, amuses, and of course, sells pretty much continuously, and keeps to a schedule. Scott McNealy is clearly in touch with the real world. And he has made the transition to open [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.startupware.com/field-reports/fose-keynote-scott-mcnealy/</link>
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		<title>FOSE Opening Keynote: David Girouard</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Google sent the Vice President in charge of their Google Enterprise division for the first keynote address and slide show of the FOSE conference at the DC Convention Center. According to David Girouard, the future is in the clouds. Well, cloud computing. Yes, this speech was given on April Fool&#8217;s Day, also known as the [...]]]></description>
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