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Microsoft today released ten patches to fix at least 26 separate security holes, including a whopping 16 flaws in Microsoft Office and its constituent apps. According to Washingtonpost.com’s Security Fix blog, this is the most number of patches ever released by Redmond outside of a Windows service pack. two of the flaws are actually present in Windows Vista. More …

Apple has posted three new ‘Get a Mac’ advertisements featuring John Hodgman and Justin Long — all are available for viewing via QuickTime at Apple’s Web site.

Single of the Week

Artist: MuteMath
Track: Plan B
Album: MuteMath

Description: Emerging from the ashes of Christian band Earthsuit, New Orleans-based Mute Math might have you thinking they’ve gone the post-rock route. Vocalist / keyboardist Peter Meany is a dead ringer for Peter Gabriel fronting U2 at their most accessible.

Microsoft’s Mac Business Unit has released updates for its productivity suite and instant messaging client—Office 11.3.0 and Messenger 6.0.1.

Here’s a quote from their web page:

This update contains several updates to enhance security and stability, including fixes for vulnerabilities that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents of your computer’s memory with malicious code. In addition, this update includes all of the improvements released in all previous Office 2004 updates.