Gadget Metro

Microsoft just did the unexpected: fix something too mundane to them but could be monumental to others. Microsoft Corp. patched a lot of Windows Vista gadgets. It is worthy of print and of mention because it also marked the first time it’s had to fix small applications such as those bugs.

According to the company, the three supposed bugs could let others infuse their own malicious code into a person’s Vista-powered computer. Three of Vista’s bundled gadgets, the small applications that sit on the desktop, usually pulling information from other programs or off the Web, are flawed. The vulnerabilities in the RSS and weather gadgets are also in danger, since both are enabled by default in a standard Vista installation.

Microsoft’s gadget patches can be grabbed via one of the developer’s update services. Of course, this is not exactly the first time bugs have “bugged (pardon the pun) small applications.

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Microsoft Corp., Windows Vista, RSS

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