Monthly Archives: May 2019

Windows 10 V1809: Issues with Update KB4494441

Posted on 2019-05-20 by guenni

[German]At the moment there is some confusion about the cumulative update KB4494441 for Windows 10 Version 1809. And there are other issues, that have been reported.

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Android: URL bug in Google Chrome 74.0.3729.157

Posted on 2019-05-19 by guenni

[German]The current Android Chrome version 74.0.3729.157 browser app has an annoying behavior of the URL input box, I would call it a bug. When tapping the URL box, the search is started immediately and the search field of the browser … Continue reading →

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Cyber attack on TeamViewer in 2016, Chinese suspected

Posted on 2019-05-18 by guenni

[German]German developers of remote service software TeamViewer has been victim of a cyber attack in 2016. The company has confirmed this to German magazine Spiegel. However, this hack was not made public by the company. Why not? Here are some … Continue reading →

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Windows 10: Reliability update KB4023057 (05/16/2019)

Posted on 2019-05-17 by guenni

[German]As of May 16, 2019 Microsoft has re-released a new version of the reliability update KB4023057 for Windows 10, version 1507 to version 1803. Here are a few details about this update.

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Windows 10: Intel DCH graphic driver 26.20.100.6861 released

Posted on 2019-05-17 by guenni

[German]A brief note to Windows 10 users with a Intel GPUs. Intel has released a new version 26.20.100.6861 of its DCH graphics driver for 64-bit versions of Windows 10.

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Security issues with Googles Titan Security Keys

Posted on 2019-05-17 by guenni

Google employees internally use Titan Security Keys to store credentials. The Titan Security Keys has also been sold by Google to third party users. Unfortunately, Google had to admit a security issue in the Bluetooth part of some Titan Security … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 V1809: Retpoline is automatically active now

Posted on 2019-05-17 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has automatically activated mitigation against Spectre V2 through Retpoline compiler technology in the kernel for Windows 10 Version 1809 and Windows Server 2019 as of May 14, 2019..

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Microsoft Intune 1905 requires TPM chip for Windows 10

Posted on 2019-05-17 by guenni

Microsoft has just started rolling out the Microsoft Intune 1905 Features. There is an option for compliance policy for a TPM chipset in Windows 10 devices. Who wants to use this option for Windows 10 has to make sure that … Continue reading →

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VirtualBox 6.0.8 released

Posted on 2019-05-16 by guenni

[German]Oracle's developers have released Virtualbox version 6.0.8 on May 13, 2019. It is a maintenance update to fix bugs of earlier versions.

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Add-on ‘Disabled Add-on fix’ fixes deactivated extensions in Firefox 47-56

Posted on 2019-05-16 by guenni

[German]In older versions of the Firefox browser, add-ons could no longer be activated. The Mozilla developers have released an add-on for the Firefox browser to fix the problem that older add-ons are disabled in the browser.

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