Google: Microsoft didn’t patch all Windows versions equally

[German]Google's security researcher Mateusz Jurczyk from Project Zero says, that Microsoft is putting users of Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 at risk, due to inconsistent patching Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10.

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Windows 10: App download ends with error 0x803FB107

[German]Some users of Windows 10 (and Windows 8.1) may facing an issue. Downloads from store are ending with error 0x803FB107. Also people, who bought Forza Horizon 3 are seeing this error.

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Windows 10: Update error 0xc0000017 (no ramdisk memory)

[German]Some users of Windows 10 (and also Windows 8.1) are facing a strange error. After installing an update, Windows won't boot anymore and reports error 0xc0000017. I took the time to write a blog post, explaining a bit the background of this issue.

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Will Microsoft axes the Surfaces product line soon?

[German]Microsoft axes its Surface product line, similar to Windows Phone, Microsoft Band or the Groove service, sooner or later? A bunch of PC execs and Canalys CEO say that.

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Windows 10: Update error 0x8024401c

[German]Some Windows 10 users get the error code 0x8024401c when installing updates via Windows Update. Here are some details how to solve this issue.

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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 ...


Android version distribution October 2017

[German]Google has published the statistics on the version distribution of Android for the past 14 days. For the first time Oreo appears in the statistics. Here are some details.

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Microsoft Office Patchday (October 3, 2017)

[German]On October 3, 2017, Microsoft released a series of non-security updates for Microsoft Office 2013 and Office 2016. This blog post provides an overview of released updates for Office 2013 and Office 2016.

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Knock-out: VMware Workstation 14 needs modern CPUs

[German]VMware has released version 14 of VMware Workstation and VMware Player virtualization software. But there is a bad surprise: The new Workstation 14 requires newer processors.

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VirtualBox is causing file system error (-1073741819)

[German]Another brief information for users of Windows 10 who install the operating system as a guest on VirtualBox and run it on the file system error (-1073741819).

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Just one Billion Windows users?

[German]Microsoft's CEO, Satya Nadella, has been interviewed by Bloomberg. During this talk, he mentioned also the number of Windows users – which caused a surprise.

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