[German]Sad news for users of Windows Phone devices. The apps for Skype for Business, Microsoft Teams, and Yammer are retiring on May 20, 2018. Here are a few details.
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Windows phone: Skype, Teams, and Yammer are retiring
Windows 7/Server 2008 R2: Total Meltdown exploit went public
[German]Microsoft's Meltdown security patches released since January 2018 has created a new vulnerability called Total Meltdown in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Now somebody has released exploit code on GitHub to exploit this vulnerability. Here is an attempt to classify and sort a few things.
Internet Explorer Zero Day vulnerability used in the wild
[German]Microsoft's Internet Explorer has an unpatched vulnerability. Security researchers have now discovered that this zero-day vulnerability is being exploited by a APT group to distribute malware.
Windows 10: RS4 Insider Preview – current state
[German]Microsoft has cleaned up some things concerning the Redstone 4 Insider Preview builds this week for and fixed some problems. So let's have a few about the current state.
Flash is fading away, drops down to 4.9 % usage
[German]There are still the good news. Adobe Flash seems, as planned, to disappear from use by the end of 2020. At present, the usage drops down to 4.9%. Here is a short summary of the topic.
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 ...
Windows 10 Lean on its way?
[German]Is Microsoft experimenting with a lean version of Windows 10? A SKU 'Windows 10 Lean' could be coming in the Redstone 5 branch in this fall. here are a few information.
Microsoft April 2018 patchday issues
[German]In April 2018 Microsoft released a couple of updates for Windows, Office and other products. In addition to the known issues already reported by Microsoft (Known Issues), some updates lead to further problems. This article outlines some problems that have come to my attention recently.
VirtualBox 5.2.10
Oracle released the virtualization software VirtualBox version 5.2.10 on April 17, 2018. This is a maintenance update which should fix some bugs.
Java SE Version 8 Update 171/172 released
Oracle released the update for Java SE 8 to version 171 (and 172) on April 17, 2018. The update to version 171/172 is a security update that closes security holes (see also Oracle Security Advisory April 2018).
Google Chrome 66 released
Google has released Google Chrome 66 for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and iOS. The desktop version includes an autoplaying content blocking feature.