Sinclair ZX Spectrum turns 40

[German]Today is a memorable day for some (older) computer enthusiasts. Because the 8-bit computer Sinclair ZX Spectrum was released exactly 40 years ago, and made some fellow citizens become "computer freaks". The following is a brief outline of the year 1982 and the years that followed.

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Exchange Server CUs (April 20, 2022)

Update[German]Microsoft has released quarterly Exchange Cumulative Updates (CU) for April 20, 2022. The cumulative updates (CUs), which will now only be offered semi-annually, are available for Exchange Server 2016 and Exchange Server 2019. These CUs include fixes for customer-reported issues, all previously released security updates, and a new security feature.

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Windows 10 / Windows Server Preview Update KB5012636 (April 21, 2022)

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Microsoft has released the optional cumulative (preview) update KB5012636 for Windows 10 V1909 (LTSC) and Server 2019 on April 21, 2022 (C-Week). This is intended to fix various bugs in Windows 10 and in the corresponding Windows Server versions. Below I provide an overview regarding this update for Windows 10 and the Windows Server versions in question.

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USB-C as a uniform standard for charging cable is coming in Europe

[German]The next hurdle to make the USB-C standard as mandatory for charging cables for mobile devices in Europe has cleared – and the standard can probably come soon (Summer 2024). The Committee for the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) of the EU Parliament has approved the corresponding draft resolution. Now it only needs the approval of the EU parliament and the member states so that the whole thing will then be considered mandatory (possibly from the summer). Apple could then emerge as the biggest loser from this story.

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Quick Assist: Intune certificate expired and TLS problems in Windows

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]Today a short collective post about remote support (Quick Assist) in Windows and Intune. As of April 21, 2022, a certificate for Quick Assist in Intune expired and there were certificate warnings. This should have been fixed by now. In addition, there appear to be issues with remote support in Windows when TLS 1.x is turned off. Here's a quick overview.

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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 ...


CISA Warning: Windows Print-Spooler Vulnerability CVE-2022-22718 actively exploited

Windows[German]The US Cyber in Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has recently added three more entries to its list of actively exploited vulnerabilities. Among them is the vulnerability CVE-2022-22718 in the Windows print spooler, which affects virtually all Windows versions that are still in support. Microsoft released a security update in February 2022 to close the Elevation of Privilege vulnerability in the Windows Print Spooler.

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Microsofts Defender flags Google Chrome Updates falsely as malicious (April 20, 2022)

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]Microsoft's Defender for Endpoint (an enterprise security platform, see Got lost in Defender? There is something like a Defender Cheat Sheet available) seems to have run a bit amok once again. Administrators reported that since April 20, 2022, Defender has suddenly deemed updates for the Google Chrome browser as malicious and quarantined them.

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VirtualBox 6.1.34 released

Virtualbox[German]Oracle's developers have released Virtualbox version 6.1.34 as of April 19, 2022 (while the changelog claims the release was on March 22, 2022, that's probably a typo). It is a maintenance update that is supposed to fix bugs of previous versions.

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VLC 3.0.17.4 released

Sicherheit[German]Due to a bug in the UPNP function, the developers of the VLC Player had to add version 3.0.17.4. There is no changelog yet. The update is not yet offered in the VLC player. But the download is already available on the FTP server. (via)

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Thunderbird Version 91.8.1

[German]The developers of the Thunderbird email client released Thunderbird 91.8.0 (see Firefox 99.0 and 91.8.0esr released) on April 5, 2022, and then released 91.8.1 as a bug fix update on April 18, 2022. These are maintenance updates for the 91 development branch that contain various fixes.

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