by Anthony Morrow

The second Tuesday of the month came and went this week. To anybody in the IT field this can only mean one thing: Microsoft updates. For the past several years Microsoft has rolled out patches and fixes for their products on the second Tuesday of every month. This time, 12 updates were released fixing issues with Internet Explorer, Office, XP, and Vista. Most deal with preventing remote code execution from malicious files, such as Word/Excel documents. March appears to be a bigger month for updates. Microsoft just finished work on Service Pack 1 for Vista. This large update addresses both security and usability issues that were discovered in Windows Vista since its release in 2007. The most notable change consumers will see is the increase performance while copying files and the overall stability.

Microsoft wasn’t the only company releasing updates this week. The latest patch for Apple’s Leopard operation system is now available. It brings the version number for OS X to 10.5.2 and addresses over 75 issues found since the last release. Stacks, one of the new features in Leopard, can now be viewed as a list rather than the standard grid and fan view. Improvements in connection and reliability for wireless networks have also been made. Finally, the option to have the menu bar transparent or opaque has been added to the system preferences. These are just a few of the fixes and additions made to Leopard. For anybody who has been using Leopard, this is definitely an update worth installing.

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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307109