The only problem is that a number of shared hosts don't allow for pdo with mysql (or postgres). For example, I use FatCow, and they only have PDO enabled for sqlite, which is the php default setting. I've asked them to change this during their quarterly suggestion review, but they have yet to enable it.

And I am loathe to use mysqli's version, as you have to have an output variable for each item, and I am creating dynamic queries for a cms.

So, we are still caught using real escape string....

Read my post - I was saying this will turn into marketing speak to get companies to upgrade. I was not alluding that such hacking could/would occur.

Most Ceos don't read security bulletins - they do however hear that flaws are no longer being fixed.

I just had to post an invoice to the marine corp's web site. I luckily had one computer at work that was not upgraded to ie8. It would only respect ie6 or 7, and had some issues if I just changed the user agent on FF.

If people keep being forced to upgrade their browsers, no one will be able to use the government systems anymore.

I'm sure it will be an issue for the little companies billing, but you'll never hear about it.

So, basically, upgrade or you'll be hacked?

Two questions:
1. Does 7's XP mode potentially have this issue, or is there a compatibility layer so xp doesn't talk directly to the network?
2. They seemed to be able to make massive security updates for code that was that old, and still patch a number of other issues. What about this REALLY makes it so hard to code?

In the end, while I understand not wanting to waste resources on way older products, I think it is a marketing move.

The circle of life:

According to This Patent, they invented having the XML hold the word processing info... It's just too bad that they didn't invent a way to write the xml file itself.

So, in the current US situation, no one can create an xml word processing document, as you can't write the xml, but even if you could, you aren't allowed to store the font and page number in the file.

This is beyond ridiculous

Personally, I'm about thinking of launching a cow airbrushing service website.

Ummm... Oops. Whoever read that above sentence needs to sign an NDA.

Well, let's see, the OpenXML was definitely in the pipeline before Bill left, and the take no prisoners tactics that he loves is what got it pushed through the standards committee.

Next is ODF translators... which don't work, and in fact delete formulas. Not to mention there Smear Campaign. So we are saying maturity is going back to their ruthless kill-them-subversively methods that got them in trouble in the EU?

Oh, wait, maturity is killing declining products... which Bill did often

Sorry, I don't see a real change listed in at least that section

Will just uninstalling it make it not re-install as a critical update? I would think the next time automatic updates checks the installed software it would just re-install it again.

I'm betting there is an issue with the user agent reporting with IE8, or the stats are focused on IE7.
MS pushed IE8 out as a security update this month, and I bet most non-business computers got auto-updated.

Either that, or they didn't like IE8 with compatibility mode (hey, there's an idea, let's re-break the sites so they display the way the webs designers had to code it to get around our own bugs), so they went to FF 3.5.

Or, everyone could have just given up and gone to Mac and Linx/Unix derivative. But I think that is too much to hope for.

I disagree.
  This is no different from the newspapers posting the same type of ads. Or do you think the newspaper companies should all be fined for doing the same thing since their inception?

I prefer Eli Stone, who used Chock Full O Nuts (which was symbolic.... and fitting).

Good thing they chose Bats for the Count... those Peanut Butter sandwiches are deadly nowadays. A bat bite will only turn you into a vampire.