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  1. cageymaru

    Microsoft Releases Emergency Security Update for Actively Exploited Vulnerability

    Microsoft has released an emergency security update to patch an actively exploited vulnerability in Internet Explorer. CVE-2018-8653 addresses a remote code execution vulnerability caused by the way the scripting engine handles objects in Internet Explorer. The exploit corrupts memory in such as...
    • cageymaru
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    • emergency exploit internet explorer microsoft os patch pc software technology vulnerability windows windows update zero-day
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    • Forum: HardForum Tech News
  2. AlphaAtlas

    Microsoft Introduces Windows Sandbox

    In bleeding edge Windows builds, Microsoft introduced a way to quickly and easy spin up a Windows VM. "Windows Sandbox," as they call it, allows users to create "isolated, temporary, desktop environment where you can run untrusted software without the fear of lasting impact to your PC."...
  3. AlphaAtlas

    Former Microsoft Employee Claims Google Broke Edge

    JoshuaJB, who Neowin says is really former Microsoft employee Joshua Bakita, made a post on Hacker News claiming that the Edge development team is switching to Chromium because Google "broke other browsers." While Joshua claims he isn't convinced Google intentionally sabotaged Edge, he says that...
  4. cageymaru

    Microsoft Edge Development Will Be Based on the Chromium Open Source Project

    Microsoft has officially adopted the Chromium open source project for the development of Microsoft Edge. This will create better web compatibility for Microsoft customers and less fragmentation of the web for all web developers. This change will occur over the course of the next year. Microsoft...
    • cageymaru
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    • arm64 browser chromium macos microsoft microsoft edge open source technology
    • Replies: 40
    • Forum: HardForum Tech News
  5. AlphaAtlas

    Microsoft is Working on Dual-Screen Surface PC

    Windows Central reports that Microsoft is working on a dual-screen Windows PC. Following the constellation theme used by the previously leaked "Andromeda" phone, the new device uses the code-name "Centaurus." Windows Central's sources claim that Microsoft will announce the device in fall 2019...
  6. modi123

    Microsoft Centaurus - Two screen tablet coming..

    I was always a big fan of the Courier from five or seven years back, but this looks.. interesting.. and definitely a new change to the slate tablet form factor. (Though it sounds like this will put the Surface Phone Andromeda on hold for a bit.) New Core OS, Intel, rest of the specs unknown...
  7. cageymaru

    Microsoft Is Replacing Edge in Windows 10 with a Chromium-Based Web Browser

    According to a report from Windows Central, Microsoft is giving up on its Edge browser and is switching to a Chromium-based web browser code named "Anaheim." This browser will replace Edge as the default browser on Windows 10. I expect we'll see Microsoft introduce Anaheim throughout the 19H1...
  8. Armenius

    (RUMOR) Microsoft in talks to acquire "mid-size" studio that "historically worked with PlayStation"

    Could it be Insomniac Games? I think they would be considered a large studio, though. Ready at Dawn was tossed out by others online, mentioning that the developer recently opened up a studio in Portland despite having financial issues. Would be closer to Redmond, but still 200 miles away from...
  9. cageymaru

    Mastercard and Microsoft Team up to Give Citizens a Global Digital Identity

    Mastercard and Microsoft have joined forces to promote the concept of a global digital identity. This global digital identity would track you, your purchases and travel around the world as it would effectively replace other forms of ID. Mastercard makes the case that it is a hardship for people...
    • cageymaru
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    • fraud prevention global digital identity global tracking government tracking identity mastercard microsoft personalized advertising tracking
    • Replies: 72
    • Forum: HardForum Tech News
  10. cageymaru

    Microsoft Wins $480 Million Contract to Supply Hololens to U.S. Army

    Microsoft has beaten out all competitors to win a $480 million contract to supply over 100,000 HoloLens HMDs to the U.S. Army. The U.S. Army wanted to correct issues with close combat readiness with an Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS). The program's objective is to to rapidly...
    • cageymaru
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    • battlefield bloomberg combat combat readiness contract hololens microsoft technology training u.s. army
    • Replies: 43
    • Forum: HardForum Tech News
  11. AlphaAtlas

    Bing Flags VLC's Official Site as Dangerous

    As of now, Bing is flagging the VLC homepage as "dangerous." More specifically, Bing says the site has "indications of malicious activity," was scanned "16 times over the past 30 days," and that the last scan was on November 25, 2018. Techdows, who spotted the warning, did some digging and found...
  12. AlphaAtlas

    Windows 10 1809 Rollout Paused on Some Intel PCs

    Once again, Microsoft has paused the rollout of the Windows 10 "October" Update to some users. According to the 1809 support page, Intel "inadvertently released versions of its display driver (versions 24.20.100.6344, 24.20.100.6345) to OEMs that accidentally turned on unsupported features in...
  13. AlphaAtlas

    Microsoft Pulls Faulty Office Updates and Warns Users of Another

    Last Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released some updates to Microsoft Outlook and Office 2010 with the intent of addressing changes in the Japanese calendar. However, Softpedia reports that Microsoft pulled KB4461522 and KB2863821 due to issues that can cause Office to crash. Meanwhile, Microsoft...
  14. cageymaru

    Windows as a Service Is Failing

    Chris Hoffman of How-To-Geek has written an article critical of Microsoft's move to "Windows as a Service." He accuses Microsoft of updating Windows too much with new features instead of sticking to a yearly cadence with new updates like the corporation successfully did for decades. He argues...
  15. AlphaAtlas

    InXile CEO is Upbeat about Microsoft Aquisition

    Microsoft doesn't have the best track record when it comes to game studio acquisitions, which led many RPG fans to worry about InXile and Obsidian when the software giant bought them out. But Eurogamer recently interviewed InXile's CEO, Brian Fargo, and he seems particularly excited about the...
  16. cageymaru

    Microsoft to Release a Disc-Less Xbox One in 2019 for $199 [RUMOR]

    Brad Sams says that Microsoft is going to release a disc-less Xbox One S for $199 in 2019. Users of the console will be able to take their physical games and trade them in for digital entitlements. Then they will be able to download their games direct to their consoles. For increased value...
  17. cageymaru

    Windows 10 Version 1809 Is Getting a Re-Release Today

    Microsoft has announced that the October update is getting a re-release. Those who previously missed out on the excitement of losing their files, will have a chance to update to the seminal Windows 10 version 1809 experience today. Finally all of the NVIDIA RTX 2000 series owners will be able...
  18. cageymaru

    Windows 10 Pro Has Amnesia and Wants You Buy a New Copy from the Windows Store

    My personal copy of Windows 10 Pro decided that it is no longer valid as the key stored on the Microsoft servers is only good for Windows 10 Home. I even ran the Windows troubleshooter where it listed all of the valid Windows 10 Professional licenses stored on my Microsoft account, but still...
    • cageymaru
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    • activation authentication drm home license microsoft pro windows windows 10 windows store
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    • Forum: HardForum Tech News
  19. AlphaAtlas

    PUBG Temporarily Free on Xbox and Coming to PS4

    Playerunknown's Battlegrounds is temporarily free on the Microsoft Store, assuming you have an Xbox One and an Xbox Live Gold subscription. PubG normally costs $30, so if you've held off on playing the game, now might be a good time to jump in. Meanwhile, Eurogamer thinks that the game is coming...
  20. AlphaAtlas

    Windows 10 October Update Might Not Launch In October

    Following a number of bugs, Microsoft has repeatedly delayed the global roll-out of the "Windows 10 October 2018 Update." Yesterday, Microsoft fixed the zip file bug in a new release, and pushed the build out to Windows Insiders. Pushing updates to the "Release Preview" ring usually means an...
  21. AlphaAtlas

    Microsoft Completes $7.5B Github Acquisition

    Today, Microsoft completed their acquisition of the Git hosting service Github. Microsoft payed a cool $7.5 Billion for the company, which they announced back in June. Github's co-founder and former CEO, Chris Wanstrath, is stepping down, and former Xamarin CEO Nat Friedman will start his job as...
  22. AlphaAtlas

    Alan Wake is Back from the Digital Graveyard

    Because of some expired music licenses, Alan Wake was pulled from the Steam storefont last year. The studio behind the Alan Wake games lost the license to their own series back in July, and up until recently, the future of the franchise didn't look too bright. But with a TV adaptation on the...
  23. cageymaru

    Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen Has Succumbed to Cancer

    Paul G. Allen has succumbed to complications of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. He had been treated for the same disease 9 years prior. The Microsoft co-founder revealed that he was beginning treatment for the disease earlier this month, and passed away today. Vulcan Inc, had this to say, "It is with...
  24. AlphaAtlas

    Windows 10 Tuesday Patch is Crashing HP Computers

    According to scattered reports collected by Windows Latest, a patch released by Microsoft on Tuesday is crashing some HP systems. KB4464330 reportedly conflicts with a specific HP keyboard driver, and IT staff on social media claim that the update is affecting many of their clients. Microsoft is...
  25. cageymaru

    Microsoft Joins OIN with a Portfolio of 60,000 issued Patents

    Microsoft has joined the Open Invention Network (OIN) with the intentions of protecting Linux and open-source software from patent assertions waged by "patent trolls." They are bringing 60,000 issued patents to the organization and hope that their joining will attract others to the...
    • cageymaru
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    • azure linux microsoft oin open invention network open-source patent assertions patent trolls
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    • Forum: HardForum Tech News
  26. AlphaAtlas

    Microsoft Partially Resumes Windows 10 October Update Rollout

    After pulling the release due to a bug that deletes user data, Microsoft is rolling out a patched version of the Windows 10 October Update to Windows Insiders. Interestingly, Microsoft notes that "one one-hundredth of one percent of version 1809 installs" reported any data loss, which could...
  27. AlphaAtlas

    Microsoft Announces xCloud Game Streaming Service

    Today, Microsoft officially announced Project xCloud, an Xbox game streaming service. Microsoft says they've built out custom hardware in their Azure datacenters to enable "compatibility with existing and future Xbox games." A video on Microsoft's blog shows off the new blade servers, which they...
  28. cageymaru

    TSMC to Start 5nm Production with Full EUV in April 2019

    TSMC has taped out its first chip with limited use of extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUV) and will start risk production on a 5nm node with full EUV in April 2019. "TSMC said that N5 will deliver 14.7% to 17.7% speed gains and 1.8 to 1.86 area shrinks based on tests with Arm A72 cores. The...
    • cageymaru
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    • 5nm 7nm amazon arm cloud eda euv microsoft pcie 4 pcie 5 planar 22-nm risk production tsmc
    • Replies: 22
    • Forum: HardForum Tech News
  29. AlphaAtlas

    Windows Store Downloads are Still Getting Stuck

    VG247 says that some Forza Horizon 4 owners are struggling to download the Windows Store exclusive game. Apparently this isn't a new issue, as the author had problems trying to install Forza 7 and Gears of War 4 before, and claims that big downloads in general tend to stall on the Windows Store...
  30. AlphaAtlas

    Windows 10 October Update is Losing User Data

    The Windows 10 October 2018 Update is deleting user data, according to some scattered reports. Users claim that documents, images, and programs in user directories were wiped out after the update, and that their backups weren't found in the "Windows.old" folder the OS usually puts them in. That...
  31. AlphaAtlas

    Task Manager CPU Usage is Broken in the October 2018 Update

    According to a Reddit user, the Task Manager is showing incorrect CPU usage in the Windows 10 October 2018 Update. Per application CPU usage appears to be understated. Microsoft acknowledged this bug in a previous Windows build, but apparently it managed to slip into the current release. Thanks...
  32. cageymaru

    How Microsoft Became the New Apple

    Microsoft has rediscovered their desire to create interesting hardware and Apple has gotten a bit light on product reveals according to Mike Murphy of QZ.com. He attended the recent Microsoft Surface event which he describes as "felt very much like an intimate version of an Apple event," and...
  33. AlphaAtlas

    Microsoft Launches New Surface Devices

    Alongside the Windows 10 October Update, Microsoft refreshed their Surface product lineup today. The Surface Pro 6 gets a quad core CPU, an allegedly longer battery life, a matte black finish, and a $100 price bump to $899, but is otherwise similar to the last gen Surface Pro 5. The Surface...
  34. AlphaAtlas

    Windows 10 October Update Supports Raytracing

    Microsoft officially released the creatively-named Windows 10 October Update today. The new Windows build finally brings DirectX Raytracing support to the masses, as it was only available in developer builds before today. Both the official Windows Blog and Nvidia's blog post claim that...
  35. AlphaAtlas

    Xbox One to Get Keyboard and Mouse Support

    A few years ago, Phil Spencer hinted at Xbox keyboard and mouse support, and it seems that feature has finally materialized. On their website, Microsoft announced that the Xbox One is getting keyboard and mouse support, but with a few caveats. Its up to developers to build the feature into their...
  36. cageymaru

    Office 2019 Is Now Available for Windows and Mac

    Office 2019 is now available for Windows and Mac. This is the version of Office for consumers and businesses that aren't quite ready for the Cloud or able to receive regular updates. The well known software suite contains staples such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Project, Visio, Access...
  37. cageymaru

    Microsoft Announces New AMD EPYC and Intel Xeon H-Series VM Solutions for HPC

    Microsoft has added H-series Azure virtual machines for High-Performance Computing to the Azure CycleCloud. The HB-series VMs feature 60 AMD EPYC 7551 processor cores, 4 GB of RAM per CPU core and no hyperthreading. The AMD EPYC platform has more than 260 GB/sec of memory bandwidth which is...
    • cageymaru
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    • amd azure cloud computing cyclecloud epyc intel microsoft nvme virtual machine vm xeon
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    • Forum: HardForum Tech News
  38. cageymaru

    Hyper-V Quick Create Feature Makes Creating Ubuntu Virtual Machines Easier

    Microsoft has collaborated with Canonical to make running Linux even easier on Windows 10. The Hyper-V Quick Create command in the upcoming Fall Creator's Update will feature a virtual machine image that can be launched by typing "Hyper-V Quick Create" in your start menu. In addition to the...
  39. AlphaAtlas

    WIndows Interrupts Chrome and Firefox to Promote Edge

    Microsoft is getting more aggressive in its attempts to push the Edge browser. In Windows 10 insider build 17744, whenever users try to install or open Firefox or Chome, they get a pop up reminding them Edge is already installed on their system. This feature isn't in mainstream builds of Windows...
  40. cageymaru

    Xbox All Access Is Live

    Every wanted a Xbox One console but really didn't want to pay the upfront costs? Don't fret because Microsoft and Dell are here to save the day! Xbox All Access is now live and allows customers to finance a new Xbox console with 2 years of Xbox Game Pass and Xbox Live Gold services included...
    • cageymaru
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    • credit worthiness financing microsoft xbox all access xbox game pass xbox live gold xbox one s xbox one x
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: HardForum Tech News
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