[English]The Mozilla developers have released Firefox version 74.0 and 68.6.0esr on March 10, 2020. This is a new major version 74 for the browser, removing support for TLS 1.0/1.1, and a maintenance update for the long-term version (ESR).
[English]There seems that Microsoft Chromium Edge has a bug for some time now that suddenly turns the browser window black. The bug does not affect all users and occurs sporadically. Microsoft has already released a fix in newer betas, but it does not solve the problem for all users. But the fix at least brings improvement.
[German]Microsoft has announced new details about the changed automatic device driver rollout via Windows Update. Frequently used devices should get these drivers first.
[German]A brief note for users of Apple products like iPhone, iPad, iPods or Macs. In times of the coronavirus, the manufacturer has made it clear that people are allowed to clean the displays and, if necessary, cases with mild disinfectants.
[German]We already have March 2020, and Windows 7 has already fallen out of support in January. So it is time to take a look at the current market share of desktop operating systems as of late February 2020.
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Brief information for users of ODBC Driver for SQL Server. Microsoft has released an update to version 17.5.2. The Microsoft ODBC Driver for SQL Server provides native connectivity from Windows, Linux and MacOS to Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Azure SQL database. Details of bug fixes and improvements can be found here.
[German]Most AMD processors, which has been introduced since 2011, are vulnerable to side channel attacks, as security researchers have now revealed in a new study.
[German]Strange story told to me by a blog reader. Although Windows 10 version 1803 was dropped from support on November 12, 20918 for Home and Pro, he still get cumulative updates. Addendum: Got feedback from several users, that Windows 10 verison 1803 Home/Pro systems still receive updates.
[German]In future Windows 10 versions, Microsoft intends to 'rename' the options for telemetry data acquisition – but the content will not change. This is stated in the announcement for the last Insider Preview.
[German]Companies using Office 365.com as a cloud solution may run into security issues if they have booked the 'wrong' license plan. This is because Microsoft keeps log files for a different period of time (90 days to 1 year) depending on the subscription. This can lead to the problem if an attack on Office 365 is noticed very late.
MVP:
2013 – 2016
WIMVP:
2017 – 2020
