Patch Tuesday will feature a Windows security update rated Critical, available for download on September 13.

I had a hunch that Google would do an update this weekend and this morning I have logged on to find that an backlink update is under way.

Recently, educators by the hundreds have been signing a petition requesting the search engine moguls at Google change some of the advertising policy. It seems a number of Google’s advertisers market prewritten essays, term papers and the like and these ads make it onto educational websites.

Google’s barebones IM service has received a minor release update, taking it from 1.0.0.64 to 1.0.0.66.

Mozilla wants software testers to pound on Software Update until it cries, and will reward those who find undiscovered show-stoppers.

Google has released a new version of its desktop search product, now called Google Desktop 2, and now back in beta. The big difference in this new version is a sidebar which goes on the side of your desktop and gives you access to your Gmail, news, weather, photos (not from Picasa, but folders and RSS feeds), stock quotes, RSS headlines (or Web Clips), a Scratch Pad (for quick note-taking) and a Quick View list for web pages and files you use often.

A security update released for Mac OS X earlier in the week broke the functionality of 64-bit applications.

A recent security update to the Mac OS X platform has inexplicably rendered 64-bit apps unusable.

Two domestic airlines subjected their websites to extreme makeovers and feature expanded travel planning options.

This validation process is in place right now as I discovered when I visited the Windows Update site today to install an optional update.

Fix these vulnerabilities or face the risk of your machine being taken over remotely by unauthorized hackers.

This past weekend, MSN Search underwent an update of sorts, and after taking a glance around at the forum chatter, it seems some aren’t too excited about the direction of MSN Search following the results of their latest update.

An issue with third-party extensions has led to a minor update of Firefox and the Thunderbird email client.

Every so often, a search engine has to refresh the contents of their index by performing any number of result-related updates. It’s usually pretty easy to find when search updates are going on, especially when it affects the big 3. All you have to do is monitor any of the popular SEO/SEM forums.

It actually started last night, but yes, Google is in the process of updating PageRank to the usual fanfare. As mentioned before, when Google does an update like PageRank or backlinks, people flock to the forums to discuss the results.

After seeing huge growth in its third quarter numbers, Apple has provided an update to its OS X operating system to 10.4.2.

Firefox 1.0.5 became available yesterday, providing several security updates to the browser.

I’ve noticed quite a few people in Search Engine forums over the past day commenting on changes that they are experiencing in MSN Search results for their sites. It looks like they have an update of some sort in progress.

Ed Bott does an excellent job calling out Boing Boing on their half-assed attempt at issuing a correction to their rumors-cited-as-facts post about Microsoft and Claria last week.

The portal and search engine provider has enabled the most dramatic update to the e-mail service since 1997.

Late last night/early this morning, Google launched the highly anticipated full version of Google Earth, the search engine’s stand-alone global map utility. The following is a detailed, blow-by-blow description of the launch provided by Nathan Weinberg.