Ups, Microsoft’s presentation needs help from Google Chrome

[German]Embarrassing or funny incident during a presentation at Microsoft's Ignite conference: Because the Edge browser crashed, a Microsoft employee had to quickly install the Google Chrome browser during a presentation at Ignite in order to complete his demo. Continue reading

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Made by Google: Pixel 2 without ear bud

[German]Google's Pixel 2 (and Pixel XL) are flag ships and reference for modern Android smartphones, available since October 19, 2017. But it's 'made by Google' – means hefty price, but stingy equipment.

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Flaw in Google’s Issue Tracker exposed vulnerabilities

[German]Fail: A flaw in Google's Issued Tracker gave a security researcher access to the internal bug database, which contained the most sensitive vulnerabilities in Google's services.

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Nvidia GeForce 388.13 WHQL graphics driver

[German]Nvidia has released version 388.13 of its GeForce WHQL certified graphics driver for Windows. This update contains optimization for Call of Duty WW2 and Need for Speed Payback.

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Windows 10 V1709: Fix for ‘sign-in twice’ bug

[German]Some users of Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (version 1709) are reporting login issues. They have to log-in twice to access the user desktop. But there's a fix for that.

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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 ...


Windows 10: Free upgrade offer for users with assistive technology ends at 12/31/2017

Just a short information Windows user. Microsoft ends the free upgrade offer to Windows 10 ‚for customers how use assistive technologies'.

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Surface Pro 2017: The 1 TB SSD and it’s two 512 MB modules

[German]It's a rather strange story: The Surface Pro (2017) model with 1 terabyte SSD memory will be shipped with two SSD modules of 512 GByte each. This may results in irritation if the user wipes the SSD during reinstallation or have a closer look at Windows 10's defragmenting.

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Chrome version 62.0.3202.75

On October 26, 2017 Chrome developers released the security update Chrome 62.0.3202.75 for Windows, Mac and Linux. It closes a critical vulnerability CVE-2017-15396 in the V8 video component (stack overflow). If Google Chrome is installed, the update shall be installed automatically. The portable version can be downloaded here.

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Fix: Outlook mail issue in KB4011089, KB4011090, KB4011091

[German]Users of Microsoft Outlook ran into a problem with archived emails after installing Microsoft's September 2017 security updates. The problem has now been fixed.

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Firefox 56.0.2 released

MozillaMozilla's developers has released Firefox version 56.0.2 on October 26, 2017 in Release Channel. The changelog lists only minor bug fixes. The Firefox installer may be downloaded from this Firefox page. (via)

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