Users of a Microsoft Surface Studio may download now drivers and firmware from Microsoft's server. The announcement and details has beend mayte within a technet blog post Surface Studio Drivers and Firmware (Initial Release). The download may be found here.
Last month security firm Kryptowire discovered some "telemetry" functions within Android ROMs, provided by chinese firm Adups, shipped on cheap china phones ($50), shipped by Miami based vendor Blu. The phone was sending data to a server in China. Blu stated, that it did not want Adups to do any data collection on its phones. The ROM for the R1 HD smartphone has been updated by Blu – but Amazon has halted shipment of the R1 HD smartphone. Blu now will no longer use Adups to push OTA updates. Instead the standard Google OTA method will be used. Further details may be found at Android Police and PC Magazine.
Yesterday (Dec. 3) was the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, so Microsoft took the opportunity to announce further improvements planned in 2017 for Windows 10 and Office. Details may be found at Microsoft's accessibility blog within the article Making Microsoft products more accessible: What to expect in 2017.
According to this Windows Central article Microsoft is developing a feature calles "Home Hub" for Windows 10. It shall compete with Amazon's Echo and with Google Home.
AirDroid is a popular Android app used by over 50 million users to remote access devices. But security researchers from Zimperium found multiple vulnerabilities and recommend uninstalling this app.
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Mozilla has issued a security update for Firefox browser – and also the Tor anonymity project has issued a security update for it's Firefox browser. This update closes a zero-day-vulnerability under Windows.
[German]Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 provides the possibility to create a recovery drive on an USB stick. But what's to do, if the creation wizard reports 'We can't create a recovery drive on this PC'?
A publicly released exploit (zero-day exploit) works against many Firefox browser versions – and put Tor users (and possibly other Firefox users) at risk. Officials at Tor has confirmed the vulnerability, no Firefox patch is available yet.
Microsoft has released this night an important update for Microsoft Security Essentials. This changes MSE to version 4.10.209.0. Details, what's new or changed, are not available. The links offered in Update window points to Windows 10 advertorials. And KB article 3205972 hasn't published yet. Also Pre Release-Channel doesn't offers a clue, the version downloadable is 4.8.0203.0. [Update: It seems that Microsoft has re-added the context menu to scan files and folders.]
Mobile hotspots can be a lifesaver when you're traveling and don't have access to Wi-Fi. Unfortunately, OneDrive, Windows and Office365 updates and other apps can silently drain your data plan in minutes. Mac OS apps show the same behavior. TripMode, a small tool, automatically reduces your mobile data consumption when you use a mobile hotspot.
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