Posted 28 July 2009 · 1:16 pm.Aaron Traffas, CAI, ATS, CES View Comments
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Last October, we shot out a heads-up regarding an out-of-band update from Microsoft. An out-of-band update is one that is released outside of the patch Tuesday update schedule, the well-known pattern Microsoft has established for releasing updates to its products on the second Tuesday of each month.
Today, Microsoft has released another out-of-band update. [...]
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Posted 20 March 2009 · 3:45 pm.Aaron Traffas, CAI, ATS, CES View Comments
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Microsoft officially released Internet Explorer 8 yesterday.The first Internet Explorer to pass the Acid 2 test, a test to verify that a browser renders web pages correctly, it boasts improved speed, better security and a few new features.
Unfortunately for Microsoft, pre-release versions of Opera and Safari are already bragging a perfect score on [...]
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Posted 13 January 2009 · 8:53 am.Aaron Traffas, CAI, ATS, CES View Comments
We got our hands on a copy of the public beta of Microsoft Windows 7, the planned successor to Windows Vista. From what we can see so far, it’s very fast on our test system, though we haven’t tested it with graphics drivers since our old video card isn’t supported.
Hardware support is an issue for [...]
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Posted 15 November 2008 · 9:05 am.Aaron Traffas, CAI, ATS, CES View Comments
One of the reasons AuctioneerTech exists is to make life easier for everyone, including auctioneers. One of the ways this goal is accomplished is by reviewing software that performs a novel or important function. Most of the software covered is open source, and in this episode, we’re going to discuss open source software, explain why [...]

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Posted 23 October 2008 · 5:36 pm.Aaron Traffas, CAI, ATS, CES View Comments
Microsoft a few hours ago released an unscheduled update for pretty much all versions of Windows. They normally release updates once a month, but today they released an out-of-band updated because of the severity of the attack vector. It’s pretty bad in that it allows someone to gain access to your computer if you have [...]
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Posted 15 September 2008 · 8:28 pm.Aaron Traffas, CAI, ATS, CES View Comments
You’re listening to the AuctioneerTech Auction Podcast for the week of 15 September 2008.
AuctioneerTech – Technology, auctions and auctioneers – auction tech for the auction industry
Hello and welcome to the third episode of the AuctioneerTech Auction Podcast, tech roundup one. We’re going to cover some of the previous two weeks’ stories from auctioneertech.com. We’ll talk [...]

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Posted 2 September 2008 · 5:11 pm.Aaron Traffas, CAI, ATS, CES View Comments
Google released its entry into the browser wars Today. I’ve been playing with it all day. I like how it puts the tabs in line with the minimize / maximize / close buttons. I’ve wanted this in a browser for years. They have a long way to go to enable other features, but it’s blazing [...]
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