It's Patch Tuesday - Microsoft's monthly package of bug fixes, new code and updates to various programs. And this one looks like a doozy: a total of 13 patches for 34 bugs makes it the biggest ever. Not only that, but many of the patches are ranked "critical" and two of them address zero-day vulnerabilities. Looks like it's time to download the latest updates.
I missed this one over the weekend, but here's one that is both incredible and gruesome at the same time. Italian scientists have developed an alternative to the endoscope that's intended to make the process less invasive: a tiny robot "spider pill" that is swallowed and is able to scan the colon for signs of cancer. Makes me think of all those old wives' tales about spiders hatching inside people after a trip to the tropics. Ewww.
If you're one of the readers of blog stalwart BoingBoing, you might have been a little surprised by the site's recent redesign. And you might have been equally interested in BoingBoing Classic - a retro stylesheet hacked together by Justin Watt. Unfortunately, he's has now stopped updating the site in what he says is an attempt to stop his "personal design criticism... being misconstrued by anyone as representing the opinions or attitudes of Federated Media, my employer and Boing Boing's advertising partner".
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