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Microsoft issues a patch to fix IE

Microsoft released a security patch fixes a critical vulnerability in Internet Explorer browser, which states that he fell more than 2 million users of Windows.

Error is that they are infected as many websites as 10000.

“Zero Day” Criminals can use to the victims for the management team to infected Web sites.

Christopher Budd of the Microsoft software giant said “encourages all customers from IE to test and deploy this update as soon as possible.”

He also said that the threat of Microsoft led to the mobilization of security engineering teams around the world offer a software-healing “in an unprecedented period of eight days.”
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Google tells us what we want

What makes Sarah Palin, Euro 2008 and Facebook have in common?

All are on the list of Top 10 fastest-growing queries on Google in 2008.

The search engine has its own year-end Zeitgeist, the tool shows that Internet users are looking for.

The most searched term on Google users in the UK was Facebook, while the BBC took second place and its iPlayer service was the fastest growth in the consultations.
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Virtual world for Muslims debuts

A trial version of the first virtual world aimed at the Muslim community has been launched.

Called Muxlim Pal, it allows Muslims to look after a cartoon avatar that inhabits the virtual world.

Based loosely on other virtual worlds such as The Sims, Muxlim Pal lets members customise the look of their avatar and its private room.

Aimed at Muslims in Western nations, Muxlim Pal’s creators hope it will also foster understanding among non-Muslims.

“We are not a religious site, we are a site that is focused on the lifestyle,” said Mohamed El-Fatatry, founder of Muxlim.com - the parent site of Muxlim Pal.
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The lesson of Video Games History

The United Kingdom is the first official national archive of video games was launched in an attempt, the history of games.

This file was created in collaboration between the University of Nottingham Trent and national media at the Museum of Bradford in northern England.

The game industry is currently estimated at the amount of £ 22 billion worldwide and measures necessary for their development.

Archive here at the National Museum in the media in Bradford, as well as consoles, cartridges and advertising campaigns.

“We will be archiving of video games, but it’s not just games themselves, but also the culture of gambling,” said James Newman, of Nottingham Trent University Center for Contemporary Play, the research group for video games.

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Firefox users to obtain location tool

Mozilla, the company for the Web browser Firefox, created a technology that allows Web sites, the physical location of computers.

This system will allow users, for example, to find local restaurants, if you are in a new city.

Geode is a pilot add-on to the comprehensive introduction of geolocation technology in release Firefox 3.1.

Users can control the amount of information on the whereabouts of titles.

It uses technology from the company’s “Skyhook working on a computer capable of wireless networks nearby.

Loki his call system, the situation in the second with an accuracy of about 10 to 20 meters.
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