Monthly Archives: June 2020

Microsofts closes Mixer streaming service

Posted on 2020-06-23 by guenni

[German]A surprising announcement for me: Microsoft will close its mixer streaming service as of July 22, 2020, and will pass on existing partners and streamers to Facebook Gaming.

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Oracle BlueKai: Tracking database data leak

Posted on 2020-06-23 by guenni

[German]Oracle's subsidiary BlueKai operates a huge database for user tracking via the cloud. Through an unsecured server, the extent of this tracking has now become visible. Millions of user data, partly identifiable as persons, were openly available on the Internet … Continue reading →

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Outlook: June 2020 updates and PST issues?

Posted on 2020-06-22 by guenni

[German]Do the security updates released by Microsoft in June 2020 cause issues with corrupted Outlook PST files? Is it because of the updates for Windows or Office?

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Today is Apple's WWDC 2020 keynote

Posted on 2020-06-22 by guenni

The Apple World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2020 opens today, June 22, 2020. The event will take place virtually – the opening speech will be broadcast live.

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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution

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SharePoint: PoC for RCE Vulnerability CVE-2020-1181

Posted on 2020-06-21 by guenni

[German]Security researchers have now published a proof of concept (PoC) for the Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in the web part CVE-2020-1181. Since patches are available, administrators should take action.

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VLC 3.0.11 Vetinari released

Posted on 2020-06-21 by guenni

[German]The developers of the VLC Player have released version 3.0.11 (Vetinari) for Linux, macOS and Windows. It is only a maintenance update which should fix bugs and vulnerabilities.

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Windows 10: Update plans explained

Posted on 2020-06-20 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has published some explanation when Feature updates for Windows 10 and Microsoft 365 will be released and may be rolled out within enterprise environmentss. The release schedule for Windows 10 20H2 (autumn update) has also been announced.

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Firmware Update for Surface Go 2

Posted on 2020-06-20 by guenni

Microsoft has started the rollout the June 2020 firmware update for Surface Go 2 devices. It provides improvements for Touch and UEFI – see also this short article.

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Edge Browser Update KB4567409 for Windows 7 and 8.1

Posted on 2020-06-20 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released the update KB4567409, which installs the new Edge Browser, which is then automatically updated. The update is available for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1.

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Windows 10: Out-of-band update to fix printer issues – II

Posted on 2020-06-19 by guenni

[German]On June 18, 2020, Microsoft released the next batch of Out-of-band updates to fix the printer issues that occurred after installing the June 2020 patchday updates in Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 – including its server counterparts.

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