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Windows 11 build 22000.194 adds update block for Virtual Machines in Beta channel
Karlston posted a news in Software News,
As for the fixes themselves, there's a few that are listed below, but readers might need to be aware that this build also introduces the TPM requirements in Virtual Machines, meaning updates will be blocked if you are running Windows 11 in anything but VMWare Workstation Pro or Hyper-V Manager that is included in Windows 10 Pro and Enterprise editions of Windows.
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Matt,After the T-Mobile breach, companies are preventing customers from securing their accounts
aum posted a news in Security & Privacy News,
T-Mobile’s most recent data breach leaked the personal information of 53 million people, with names, addresses and even social security numbers leaked online.
Those affected face not only the risk of identity theft, but also the growing threat of SIM-swapping that can allow attackers to hijack their online accounts.
While security experts have given consumers advice about how to protect themselves, some well known companies are actively preventing them from securing their accounts.
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Matt,Windows 11 Requirements Check Tool offers details on why a PC is not compatible with Windows 11
Karlston posted a news in Software News,
It offers a quick option to check if a PC is compatible with Windows 11. If that is all that is required, it is as good a tool as any for the job as it displays whether the device is compatible with Windows at the top of the window when it is run.
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Matt,Windows 10 KB5005101 Cumulative Update released with 34 fixes
Karlston posted a news in Software News,
This preview update is part of Microsoft's June 2021 monthly "C" update, allowing Windows 10 users to test the upcoming fixes and changes to be released on September 14th as part of Patch Tuesday.
Unlike updates released on Patch Tuesday, this preview update is optional and only contains bug fixes, performance enhancements, and improvements. It does not include any security updates.
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Matt,Microsoft is threatening to withhold Windows 11 updates if your CPU is old
Karlston posted a news in Software News,
Yesterday, we wrote how Microsoft’s Windows 11 won’t technically leave millions of PCs behind — the company told us it won’t actually block you from installing Windows 11 on a PC with an older CPU, so long as you download and manually install an ISO file all by yourself. But it turns out even that technicality has a technicality. Microsoft is now threatening to withhold Windows Updates from your copy of Windows 11 — potentially even security updates — if you take that route.
We’re not sure why the company didn’t mention it in our original briefing, but Microsoft has since told The Verge that unsupported PCs won’t be entitled to receive Windows Updates, and that even security and driver updates may be withheld.
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Matt,Here's how you can try a bit of Windows 11 without downloading it, thanks to Blue Edge
Karlston posted a news in Software News,
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Matt,How to download the Windows 11 ISO from Microsoft
Karlston posted a news in Software News,
If you are not familiar with an ISO image, they are a sector-by-sector copy of a DVD into a disk image file stored on your computer. These ISO files can then be burned onto a DVD to create a replicated, mounted as a Windows drive, or used to create a bootable USB drive.
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Matt,Hands on with the new Windows 11 Focus Sessions feature
Karlston posted a news in Software News,
This week, Microsoft released a new version of the 'Alarms & Clock' app via the Microsoft Store with a new feature called 'Focus Sessions.'
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Matt,Benchmarks indicate big performance improvements in .NET 6
Karlston posted a news in Software News,
A new post on the Dotnet developer blog by Stephen Toub, Partner Software Engineer, .NET, offers insights on the benchmark tests and the performance improvements compared to previous versions of .NET.
According to the post, about 6500 merged pull requests landed in .NET 6, excluding automated pull requests by bots. Of these, about 550 improve performance in one area or another, according to Microsoft.
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Matt,Here are the top features and changes that Microsoft is bringing to Windows 11
Karlston posted a news in Software News,
Last month, Microsoft finally unveiled the much-anticipated Windows 11 update. The new update comes with an updated UI, performance, and productivity improvements. Microsoft has also released the minimum system requirements for Windows 11 which includes Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 among other things, but the latter can be bypassed for now.
Windows 11 will look familiar to those who followed Windows 10X development closely before its untimely demise. When Microsoft ditched Windows 10X, the Redmond giant said that it plans to bring elements of Windows 10X to Windows 10. While we have already taken a look at the first Windows 11 Insider Build, this article will provide a deeper insight into top Windows 11 features.
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Matt,Microsoft unveils its "Cloud PC" service Windows 365
Karlston posted a news in Software News,
Rumors about a new cloud-powered Windows by Microsoft circulated for quite some time. Microsoft put an end to the rumors with today's announcement of Windows 365 Cloud PC, a "hybrid personalized computing" experience.
The core difference between regular versions of Windows and Windows 365 is that the latter is streamed from the cloud, in this case using Microsoft Azure. Personal settings, files, programs and content is streamed from the cloud to any device that supports Windows 365 Cloud-PC.
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Matt,Gmail update will go some way to eliminating phishing once and for all
Karlston posted a news in Security & Privacy News,
Verified logos in Gmail will make it harder for scammers to impersonate brands
The days of cybercriminals using spoofed logos and lookalike email addresses to trick unsuspecting users into falling for phishing scams could soon be over as Google is adding a new security feature to Gmail to make it harder to impersonate brands over email.
While the search giant announced last year that it would begin its Brand Indicators for Message Identification (BIMI) pilot, in a new blog post the company has said that it will begin rolling out BIMI support in Gmail over the coming weeks.
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Matt,Hidden option brings cool 3D Parallax effect to Windows 11 lock screen
Karlston posted a news in Software News,
New Windows 11 features are still being discovered, and the latest is a hold-over from Windows 10 Mobile.
Windows hacker ADeltaX has discovered that Windows 11 will have a cool 3D parallax effect on the lock screen if your device has the right hardware.
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Matt,Windows 11 includes the DNS-over-HTTPS privacy feature - How to use
Karlston posted a news in Security & Privacy News,
When connecting to a website or other host on the Internet, your computer must first query a domain name system (DNS) server for the IP address that is associated with the hostname.
DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) allows your computer to perform these DNS lookups over an encrypted HTTPS connection rather than through normal plain text DNS lookups, which ISPs and governments can snoop on.
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Matt,The 2021 Microsoft Windows 11 Livestream Event
Karlston posted a news in Software News,
Microsoft Windows 11 Livestream Event (Microsoft)
The 2021 Microsoft Windows Event (YouTube 44m 51s)
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Matt,Latest Windows 10 updates bring gaming performance improvements and other fixes
Karlston posted a news in Software News,
Microsoft today released optional cumulative updates to Windows 10 versions 21H1, 20H2, and 2004. These are part of the company’s optional C/D releases for supported versions, meaning these are not automatically downloaded and installed like the usual Patch Tuesday updates. The fixes in these builds will be rolled into the Patch Tuesday release that will happen on the second Tuesday of July.
Today, all three fully supported Windows 10 versions are receiving KB5003690, bumping the build numbers to 19043.1081, 19042.1081, and 19041.1081 for versions 21H1, 20H2, and 2004, respectively. The reason that all three versions are receiving the same patch is that they are built on the same codebase as that of version 2004, with the October 2020 Update and the May 2021 Update being just enablement packages.
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Matt,Molerats Hackers Return With New Attacks Targeting Middle Eastern Governments
aum posted a news in Security & Privacy News,
A Middle Eastern advanced persistent threat (APT) group has resurfaced after a two-month hiatus to target government institutions in the Middle East and global government entities associated with geopolitics in the region in a rash of new campaigns observed earlier this month.
Sunnyvale-based enterprise security firm Proofpoint attributed the activity to a politically motivated threat actor it tracks as TA402, and known by other monikers such as Molerats and GazaHackerTeam.
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Matt,A new HTTP spec proposes elimination of obnoxious “cookie banners”
Karlston posted a news in Technology News,
Explicit privacy communication mechanism can simplify UI and limit user fatigue.
The UK Times has a particularly obnoxious cookie banner—it blocks nearly all site content until dealt with. There's also no "simple deny" option of just clicking an X.
The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), passed in 2018, requires websites to ask visitors for consent prior to placing cookies. As any Internet user is now aware, this means an extra step required when visiting nearly any website for the first time—or potentially every time, if you choose not to accept cookies. A new proposed HTTP standard from None of Your Business and the Sustainable Computing Lab would allow the user to set their privacy preferences once, inside the browser itself, and have the browser communicate those preferences invisibly with any website the user visits.
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Matt,Windows 11 Leaked - What we know so far about Microsoft's new OS
Karlston posted a news in Software News,
An alleged preview build for Windows 11 has been leaked, confirming the new name for Microsoft's next generation of Windows and providing a glimpse of the new features.
Ever since Microsoft announced that they were unveiling their next-generation version of Windows in a June 24th Windows event, speculation about its name has been running rampant.
If this leaked build is legitimate, and it appears it is, we now have confirmation that the next version of Windows is Windows 11.
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Matt,Google’s unified Gmail interface (and Google Chat) launches for everyone
Karlston posted a news in Software News,
Gmail's new do-it-all interface is thankfully optional.
The new, unified Gmail rolling out to consumers today. In the sidebar, you get buttons for Gmail Inbox, Google Chat chats, Google Chat rooms, and Google Meet. You can also open this split-screen Google Docs view.
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Matt,Windows 10 has an optional update problem, and it's annoying
Karlston posted a news in Software News,
Windows 10 has a frustrating and annoying problem where Windows Update will only offer one optional update at a time.
Microsoft commonly releases new updates that are considered optional that won't be installed automatically by Windows Update.
Optional updates include new Windows 10 feature updates, Windows 10 preview cumulative updates, feature experience packs, and some out-of-band fixes that target a specific bug in the operating system.
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Matt,How to disable the Weather widget from the Windows 10 Taskbar
Karlston posted a news in Software News,
Microsoft released the KB5003637 Windows Update on Tuesday. It brings various security fixes, which you can read about in Martin's article.
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Matt,Apple, Mozilla, Google, Microsoft form group to standardize browser plug-ins
aum posted a news in Software News,
The new WebExtensions Community Group will try to forge a common architecture for future web extensions, and is inviting developers to join the effort.
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Matt,Microsoft: Russian hackers used 4 new malware in USAID phishing
Karlston posted a news in Security & Privacy News,
Microsoft states that a Russian hacking group used four new malware families in recent phishing attacks impersonating the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Thursday night, the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) disclosed that the Russian-backed hacking group APT29, also known as Nobelium, had compromised the Contact Contact account for USAID.
Using this legitimate marketing account, the threat actors impersonated USAID in phishing emails sent to approximately 3,000 email accounts at more than 150 different organizations, including government agencies and organizations devoted to international development, humanitarian, and human rights work.
Targeting phishing emails pretending to be from USAID.
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Matt,(Guide/Review) Transform pictures into pixel art with SLK_img2pixel
Karlston posted a topic in Guides & Tutorials,
Are you a fan of pixel graphics? Do you want to convert your pictures into a similar art style?
Well, you don't need to be a photo editing expert to add cool effects. The open source utility SLK_img2pixel provides an easy way to achieve the retro look that you want.
The application is portable, and takes up less than 4MB of storage space when extracted. SLK_img2pixel's interface is kind of old-school, and yet remains user-friendly.
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