About the updates and vulnerabilities:

According to Microsoft the following are some critical issues:

1. A total of Six [6] critical vulnerabilities on the above said MS products which can allow an attacker to remotely execute code on a machine.
2. Three [3] important vulnerabilities in Windows which can allow an attacker to elevate privileges.
3. One [1] moderate vulnerability in Windows which can enable information disclosure.

So a sum total of 10 issues has been detected and likely to get fixed by the next update.

Also according to Adobe there has been some JavaScript vulnerability on the PDF Reader, which will get an fix patch by upcoming week.

When and how to get the Updates:

All the updates will be released by Tuesday of next week [9th June, 2009]. Both Microsoft security update patch and Adobe quarterly security updates will be released by the date mentioned above.

In Windows you can enable Automatic Updates to receive the updates. To do this [For XP, Vista]

• Go to Start Menu > Control Panel
• Select Windows Update/Automatic Update and change it to Auto mode.

Also here are some other ways of getting Microsoft Security Updates:

• Get Subscribed to Microsoft Technical Notification and receive Notification on your reader or Email. Click here to subscribe.
• After the release of the Updates search Microsoft Download centre with key-word “Security Updates”. Click here to search.

For Adobe Acrobat PDF reader users a detailed instruction is given in the Adobe blog. See it here.

To know more about Microsoft Critical issues read the security bulletin notification here. If you face any problem changing/configuring/installing updates then feel free to ask us!

Pros:

• You can open your saved doc, spreadsheet and presentation in Google doc via MS Office, edit them and save again in Google DOC.
• You can view the files from multiple Google accounts and Google Apps accounts, so the add-on is a good option to virtually merge your accounts.
• Manage, create and delete Google docs folders right from within Office applications.
• Find any document based on its content using the powerful integrated Google search feature.
• Switch between multiple accounts (Google Docs and Google Apps) to find your business and personal files in seconds.
• Send automated notifications to your friends and co-workers to streamline the collaboration process.

See more Here @ their official Website

Cons:

• No option to automatically save the document Periodically.
• Does not automatically synchronizes MS office docs with Google DOC
• Does not support Gadgets and online publishing. To do that you need to open up Google Doc separately in your browser
• No option to backup all documents from Google doc.
• You cannot collaborate in real time. Which means any changes you made will overwrite the existing data made by your collaborators [If used]

Potential Uses:

• Make a Doc file using MS office and then upload it to Google DOC without opening in browser
• Improve the layout of documents made in google doc before printing
• Use some functions supported by MS office which are not supported by Google doc

So if you have decided to use it then you can download it from here

Just as a foot note we are including the requirements:

• Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7 operating systems
• Microsoft’s .net framework version 3.5 and will automatically install it on PCs that don’t have it installed
• Office 2003 or Office 2007
• Google DOC account which you can create from Here

Well that’s it! I am now installing Offisync to give it a try! Dont forget to share your views also