Category Archives: devices

Remote security exploit in Intel Platforms

[German]Intel platforms from Nehalem to Kaby Lake has a critical vulnerability. Attackers can remotely access an exploitable elevation of privilege security hole. While no consumer systems are affected, Intel and it's OEMs ships a firmware update.

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Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus Tear down

Samsung starts shipping the Galaxy S8 Plus smartphone a few days ago. Now folks at bavarian smartphone repair service Smart Repair has disassembled such a device and documented it within a video.

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Windows 10: Internal camera error 0xA00F4244(0xC00D36D5)

[German]Many Notebooks are shipped with an internal web cam. This cam should be detected from Windows 10 and may be used from apps. But in some cases, using the camera results in error 0xA00F4244(0xC00D36D5).

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Fix for Microsoft’s faulty ‘WPD – 2/22/2016’ MTP driver update

[German]Microsoft has released another MTP driver update (KB4016754) for Windows that shall fix the bug introduced with 'Microsoft – WPD' driver update.

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Mac OS 10.12.4 and iOS 10.3 available

Apple has released a few hours ago iOS 0.3 for supported iPhones and iPads. And the released Mac OS 10.12.4 for newer Macs. Here are a few remarks what's changed and what"s new.

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

[Sponsored Post]In the rapidly evolving IT world, choosing the right remote desktop software is critical for organizations that value security, ease of use and reliability. One provider of secure remote access that has been on the market since 2001 is ISL Online, which presents some considerations for choosing such software below. More ...


Firefox Focus: The ‘Privacy Browser’ with build in user tracking

[German]Mozilla Foundation started last November shipping Firefox Focus as a privacy browser for iOS devices. But behind the scenes, this iOS app comes with a third-party tracking framework, that sends user tracking data to a big data collecting company. And: … Continue reading

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Windows Phone 8.1 login issue fixed

It seems that Microsoft has fixed an issue, that prevents users with Windows Phone 8.1 to login into their Microsoft Account after they resetting the device from Windows 10 Mobile.

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Surface Ethernet-Driver crashes virtualization

It seems that the newest Ethernet drivers are causing problems with Microsoft's Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book, if virtualization is used. Here are the details.

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Lineage OS: More devices added

This weekend the folks from Lineage OS (successor of Cyanogen Mod) announced in a blog post, that the project is start flowing. They begun to release images of Lineage OS ROMs for several phones. The plan is to support 80+ … Continue reading

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Surface Pro 5 with Windows 10 Creators Update, launch in 1st Quarter 2017?

Its no secret that Microsoft is developing a new Surface Pro 5 and that this device will be announced 2017. But now, rumors are saying, that we will see the new model in first quarter 2017.

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