European Union decided on USB C charging cable as a standard

Posted on 2022-10-25 by guenni

[German]The common European standard for charging cables for mobile devices, which is based on the USB-C interface, has been decided and can now come. Following the overwhelming approval of the European Parliament on October 4, 2022, the Council of EU member states gave its consent on October 24, 2022. New devices in the EU will have to be equipped with this interface by 2026 at the latest, but the standard will already apply from 2024.

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WhatsApp: Worldwide down for some users (Oct. 25, 2022)

Posted on 2022-10-25 by guenni

[German]If you're a user of the WhatsApp messenger service and nothing is working right now, it's not because of your device or your account. Meta subsidiary WhatsApp is likely to experience a worldwide outage of its Messenger service today, October 25, 2022.

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iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16 released

Posted on 2022-10-25 by guenni

[German]As expected, Apple has released its iOS 16.1 for iPhones and iPadOS 16 for iPads on October 24, 2022. This means that compatible devices can be updated to iOS 16.x or its counterpart iPadOS 16.x. The release of iPadOS had been somewhat delayed (see Apple event on Sept. 7, 2022, iPhone 14 unveiling? iPadOS 16.1 comes after iOS 16).

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Windows 11 22H2: Troubleshooter for upgrade blocker "printer driver" released (Oct. 21, 2022)

Posted on 2022-10-25 by guenni

Windows[German]Microsoft has released a troubleshooter to fix printer issues last Friday (October 21, 2022). This troubleshooter helps against the compatibility issues with the drivers of certain printers on Windows 11 21H2 and 22H2 confirmed at the end of September 2022. This can result in the printers only being able to be used with default printing options. Microsoft has blocked the feature update to Windows 11 version 22H2 on the affected systems.

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IT issues at wholesale retailer Metro group after cyber attack: Will shelves in Metro stores soon remain empty?

Posted on 2022-10-24 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]How much does the cyber attack on the IT systems of the gastronomy wholesaler Metro affect store operations? Since last Monday, October 17, 2022, the Metro Group's IT infrastructure has been in  serious troble, as far as its stores worldwide are concerned. These stores are offline from the groups central IT systems, merchandise management systems are not available, digital touchpoints are also offline. This could result in shelves in individual Metro stores no longer being able to be filled because the goods in question cannot be ordered.

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

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Google removes malicious 16 apps with more than 20 million downloads

Posted on 2022-10-24 by guenni

[German]Google has once again had to remove 16 Android apps from a Google Play Store. The reason: The apps contain a "clicker malware" that is designed to commit advertising fraud. Apparently useful apps (flashlight, QR code, photos/camera) that had been downloaded by more than 20 million users were affected.

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Adobe Acrobat (Reader) DC 2022.003.20263 fixes install error "2251.Database: Transform"

Posted on 2022-10-24 by guenni

[German]Adobe has released Adobe Acrobat (Reader) DC 2022.003.20263 as a hotfix on October 22, 2022. According to the telease notes , it fixes the installation error "2251.Database: Transform" that may occur during the October 11, 2022 update. I had mentioned the problem in the blog post Adobe Acrobat (Reader) DC 2022.003.20258; Installer Error 2251.Database: Transform. A reader wrote recently, that Adobe has indentified the root cause and released a fix for internal tests. That's now the relevant hotfix.

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Edge 106.0.1370.52

Posted on 2022-10-24 by guenni

Edge[German]Microsoft has released in stable and extended stable channel an update to Edge 106.0.1370.52 (October 20, 2022). It's a bug fix update, in the release notes it says: Fixed various bugs and performance issues for Stable and Extended Stable release.

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IT tools to support Windows 10 version 22H2

Posted on 2022-10-24 by guenni

Windows[German]After Microsoft has officially released Windows 10 version 22H2 and distributed it via Windows Update, the question is "which tools have been updated for this new Windows version"? There is an Enterprise Evaluation version that has been updated, the Group Policies have also been updated and so on. Here's an overview, what Microsoft has prepared.

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VMware vulnerability CVE-2022-22954 threatened by ransomware, end of support for ESXi 6.5 & 6.7

Posted on 2022-10-23 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]Various VMware products contain the critical vulnerability CVE-2022-22954 , for which a security update was provided back in April 2022. I had addressed the vulnerability in the blog post Warning: critical vulnerabilities in VMware products (April 6, 2022).

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