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Patch Tuesday Already?

While the MIT $100 laptop has yet to ship enough units to have its own Patch Tuesday, the monthly Microsoft tradition is going strong. Today, the company released 10 fixes for Windows, Office and the .NET Framework.

Still, you have to hand it to Microsoft for being so honest and willing to take its lumps each and every month.

Posted by Doug Barney on October 10, 2006


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