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• Microsoft Promises Six Updates for Final Patch Tuesday of 2009 Next week is the final Patch Tuesday for 2009. Here is a quick look at the six security bulletins expected from Microsoft.
• Microsoft Readies Browser Patch Next Tuesday's security updates apparently won't clean up the black screen of death, though.
• Microsoft: 'Black Screens of Death' Not Due to Patches Microsoft remains adamant that its security updates are not at fault for widespread "black screen" lock-out of users' PCs.
• Microsoft is Investigating Claims Patches Cause Windows 'Black Screen of Death' Microsoft confirms that November's security updates triggered a black screen on some Windows users' PCs.
• Automatically Copy Selected Text with AutoCopy Best Firefox add-on ever? Maybe not, but it's definitely in the top 10. Copying text has never been easier.
• Web Site Security Holes Make Case for Protection The prevalence of vulnerabilities in scanned Web sites show why you can't just watch where you surf and be safe online.
• Firefox Addon DéjàClick Shortens Lengthy Browser Tasks Automate common Firefox activities, such as logging into Web-based e-mail, with DéjàClick.
• Microsoft Patch Tuesday: What You Need to Know There are 6 new Security Bulletins this month: 3 rated as Critical and 3 rated as Important. Not all Critical Security Bulletins are created equally, though.
• Microsoft Readies Super Tuesday of Patches Six security updates will post next week, addressing 15 separate vulnerabilities.
• SSL Hole Cracks Open Secured Web Traffic A newly disclosed security vulnerability allows for breaking into any protected SSL traffic, including HTTPS.
• Three-year-old Office Patch Stymies Most Attacks Users running Microsoft Office can stump nearly three-fourths of all known attacks targeting the suite by applying just one three-year-old patch.
• Protect Your Kids from Profanity-Laden YouTube Comments YouTube seems harmless enough, but kids who read certain user comments may get an eyeful. A handy Firefox extension filters out the bad stuff.
• Refresh Firefox Tabs Automatically Tired of hitting the Refresh button every time you want to, say, update an auction listing? This extension will do it for you.
• Mozilla Unblocks One Sneaky Microsoft Add-in Mozilla has unblocked one of the two Microsoft-made add-ons that put Firefox users at risk from attack and will probably unblock the second.
• Firefox Users Vulnerable via Microsoft Add-on A sneaky Microsoft plug-in -- covered in this week's massive Patch Tuesday -- left Firefox users at risk for months.
• Adding Up Six Years of Microsoft Patch Tuesdays In six years of Patch Tuesdays the tally is 400 security bulletins, more than half of which addressed vulnerabilities described by Microsoft as "critical."
• Brace Yourself: Microsoft Readies Record-Setting Patch Tuesday A monster update will address vulnerabilities in every version of Windows plus IE, Office, and other standard apps.
• Better Privacy Deletes Sneaky Flash Cookies From Firefox Delete Flash cookies that can track your surfing with Firefox add-on Better Privacy.
• Which Updates Should I Install? When Dick McGraw checks Windows Update, he wonders which patches he should download and install
• Make Firefox Chores Go Faster With iMacros Automate tasks in Firefox with the iMacros macro recorder.
• Bookmarks Archiver Aims to Tidy Up Unruly Firefox Favorites Bookmarks Archiver can shunt all your unused bookmarks to a separate folder and clean things up in the process--but is that the best solution?
• Microsoft Patches Critical MP3 Flaw Potential attacks from poisoned Web pages or from over the network are also addressed by Redmond's monthly patch batch.
• 10 Browser-Boosting Downloads Enhance your Web experience with these free browser alternatives and add-ons.
• Microsoft Knew About Bugs Two Years Ago According to the security firm that alerted Microsoft of the flaws, Redmond was first alerted about them in 2007.
• Nine Patches Fix 19 Microsoft Holes (15 Critical) Analysis: Windows fixes galore are featured this month but IE doesn't get a one.