Google has released a security bulletin for Android at July 6, 2016, addressing the newest security flaws. Patches for supported Google Nexus devices will be rolled out within the next days. Also Samsung rolls out some security updates for his Android flag ships.
Microsoft's update KB3159398, released on patch day June 14, 2016, is causing serious problems in Windows Group Policy. Now Microsoft explains what's happened.
One little program, the Windows Journal, has shipped with many Windows Versions. But it's now time to say god by. Windows Journal has been removed from Windows 10 Version 1607.
This blog post describes several ways how to open a command prompt windows as administrator (with administrator credentials). This has been asked many times in MS Answers forums.
Microsoft has released several non-security updates for Windows 7/8.1 and Office 2007 – 2016 at July 5, 2016. Here is a short summary.
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[German]In case of error Windows reports a cryptic error code instead of a detailed error description. Within this blog post I will try to give a few hints to decode this Windows error codes.
Flaws in Qualcomm's TrustZone implementation allows to crack Android's disk encryption (device encryption) via brute-force attacks. Millions of Android devices are affected.
[German]It seems that Google has established a surveillance function for Android phones. They are claiming the right, to collect and store meta data from incoming/outgoing phone calls and SMS from Android smartphones.
The newest Insider Previews of Windows 10 contains a new file UpgradeSubscription.exe. The file's name might be good to speculate about a coming Windows 365 subscription. Or will Microsoft charge for Windows 10 after the free "upgrade year"? Room for conspiracy theories.
Microsoft is distributing a new update for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows 8.1. Update Update KB3173040 notifies about the end of free upgrade to Windows 10.
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