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I think this is a great rant against the .Net runtime, so I like to post Joel's note as it is, because I share the same feeling. It's true that for Web applications, we have no problem.

But why we can't build ourselves a light embedded version of the runtime in our Windows projects, having only the libraries we need ? Joel give a good 'real world' example. I still have users with Windows 98, and I still have the pain to check that they have the right framework.

http-equiv has identified a vulnerability in Internet Explorer, allowing malicious web sites to spoof the file extension of downloadable files.

The problem is that Internet Explorer can be tricked into opening a file, with a different application than indicated by the file extension. This can be done by embedding a CLSID in the file name. This could be exploited to trick users into opening "trusted" file types which are in fact malicious files.

Secunia has created an online test:
http://secunia.com/Internet_Explorer_File_Download_Extension_Spoofing_Test/

This has been reported to affect Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.

NOTE: Prior versions may also be affected.

Source: Secunia

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BlogJet 1.0.0.13 Release Notes
January 27, 2004

FEATURES
 * Added plain Blogger and MetaWeblog APIs.

BUG FIXES
 * Proxy error fixed.
 * Inserting lj-cut on image error message removed.
 * F1 shortcut now works properly.

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BlogJet 1.0.0.12 Release Notes
January 27, 2004

FEATURES
 * Voice attachments. Wow!
 * Blogware weblogs support.
 * lj-cut tags for LiveJournal/DeadJournal.
 * Custom path for image uploading.
 * Paste Special: normal, plain text or HTML code.
 * Shortcuts for Save, Open, View Blog Page, etc.
 * ESC key closes Recent Posts window.


CHANGES
 * Menu: Post renamed to Post As Draft.
 * Menu: View Blog Page, Change Account, and Preferences
   moved to Tools menu.

BUG FIXES
 * Fixed minimizing to notification area on startup.
 * Fixed various issues with categories in .Text accounts.
 * Receiving of MovableType/TypePad categories corrected. 
 * MetaWeblog API (and .Text) problems fixed.
 * Fixed lots of bugs with Account Wizard.
 * Fixed problems with connection when using "http://" in
   host name.
 * New Post button now sets focus to Title.
 * Other fixes.

KNOWN ISSUES
 * Progress indicator for history is temporarily disabled.
 * There is no help available.

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