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Microsoft Jet Aug. 28, 1998 CNET News.com reported today that the bug affecting Microsoft Access is apparently a bug within the Microsoft Jet database engine used by Microsoft Access and many other applications. See the CNET News.com article for more info. CyberMedia First Aid March 17, 1998 CNET news.com reported on February 17, 1998 that First Aid may change your default browser from Netscape's web browser to Microsoft's Internet Explorer. A patch is supposedly available from CyberMedia's web site. See http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,19201,00.html for more info. Lotus 1-2-3 April 21, 1998 CNET news.com reported that a bug in Lotus 1-2-3 97 can cause loss of data when large spreadsheets are imported into the program. For more information, see http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,21321,00.html. Network Associates PGP for Personal Privacy 5.0 August 29, 1997 As reported by CNET, Inc., Network Associates (formerly PGP, Inc.) recommends that users of PGP 5.0 set the preferences to expire passwords in one second. This is to avoid the possibility that passwords might be left somewhere on the computer's hard disk and fall into the wrong hands. For more information about this issue, see the news.com article. |