[German]Google has released updates of the Google Chrome browser in the Stable Channel for Mac, Linux and Windows to version 119.0.6045.199/.200 on November 28, 2023. Version 118.0.5993.15 was released in the Extended Stable Channel. The Android app of the Chrome browser has also been updated. The updates contain security fixes. Here is an overview of these updates. Continue reading
Microsoft has released an update of the Edge (Chromium) browser in the stable channel to 119.0.2151.93 on November 27, 2023. Thanks to the reader for pointing this out. The release notes simply state "Fixed various bugs and performance issues."
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[German]The developers of Thunderbird have released another update of the email client to version 115.5.1 on November 27, 2023. It is an update that is intended to fix some bugs.
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[German]ISupport for Windows 10 will end in October 2025; it will not be possible for many existing systems to switch to Windows 11. Recently, there was hope that Microsoft would offer a support extension for Windows 10 (possibly for a fee). However, Microsoft has now dashed this "dream" in a new support article – the announced end of support for "Windows 10, the 'last' Windows", as Microsoft once announced.
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[German]I'd like to summarize two topics related to Outlook that readers pointed out to me yesterday. It seems that a bug has crept into Outlook 2019 that causes the program to crash when "Send from" is selected. And another reader reported that Outlook 365 was deleting self-defined rules in its environment.
[German]On November 14, 2023 (second Tuesday of the month, patch day at Microsoft), Microsoft also released cumulative updates for Windows 10, Windows 11 and the Windows Server counterparts. In the meantime, readers here on the blog have commented on various posts and reported bugs. I have summarized the information on problems with the patchday in the following post.
[German]Another small addendum from this week, which I'll pull out separately. Intel has released an update of its Intel Arc and Iris Xe graphics drivers to version 31.0.101.4972. This update is supposed to fix a number of problems (e.g. with Starfield (DX12). It is not documented that this graphics driver update under Windows 11 also fixes a problem in Microsoft Office which prevents Office documents from being loaded.
[German]Microsoft is using Windows Hello in its operating system for password-free login. This is supposed to be more secure than a password, as it cannot be stolen. Security researchers were asked by Microsoft's Offensive Research and Security Engineering (MORSE) to check the security of the fingerprint sensors and thus of Windows Hello. During the evaluation, the researchers discovered several vulnerabilities and were able to trick the fingerprint sensors in Dell Inspiron 15, Lenovo ThinkPad T14 and Microsoft Surface Pro X laptops.
[German]Brief information for administrators of Microsoft Exchange Servers who are waiting for the cumulative update for the second half of 2023. Redmond has announced that two outstanding cumulative updates (CUs) for Exchange Server 2019 will no longer be rolled out in 2023, but will be postponed to 2024. This is because no more CUs will be rolled out in December 2023. For example, TLS 1.3 support has been announced with CU14.
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