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MAJOR vulnerabilities in Windows 10 and iOS
First, Apple. An exploit was found and weaponized that can root an iPhone or, apparently, also an iPad. You need to update your devices RIGHT NOW is you're running iOS 9. It will update your devices to 9.3.5. It's a small patch, less than 40 meg, so a fairly quick and painless update ( Read more... ) -
Happy Birthday, Windows!
Version 1 was released 30 years ago Friday ( Read more... ) -
'Dark' (pirate) web sites are trying to block Windows 10 users!
I came across this on Slashdot a week ago. Quite interesting and it could have MAJOR effects on privacy, more specifically on whistle-blowing. If a whistleblower is secretly releasing negative information about the government, and their computer is leaking information all over the place, this could be quite bad for the whistler ( Read more... ) -
Five-yearold finds login security flaw on the Xbox Live network
Yep. It's secure! Apparently entering all spaces allowed him access to his dad's account. The flaw has been fixed.
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Microsoft earning $2,000,000,000 on Android patent royalties?!
Wow. This right here shows precisely why the patent wars will probably never go away. Microsoft doesn't make anything in Android OS, doesn't contribute to the Android OS, and is making 95% profit on that. The 5%, or roughly $10 million, is probably off to lawyers and acquiring more patents ( Read more... ) -
LG expands their patent licensing with Microsoft
I wonder how much money Microsoft makes off of these Android patent licensees?
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/LG-signs-patent-agreement-with-Microsoft-1410254.html android, microsoftInternet Explorer going to an automatic update model
Google Chrome has been doing this, Mozilla is considering it for Firefox. And Microsoft will be forcing this on people, so anyone still running IE 6 will be getting upgraded whether they want this or not.http://wwwFTC approves Microsoft acquisition of Skype
'Nuff said. I expect non-Windows platform support to be gone within 2 years ( Read more... )Microsoft announces wireless keyboard -- that's encrypted!
This is pretty cool! It's not a common attack vector, but it's one that has been exploited and wouldn't be difficult. They're using AES-128, which is not easily broken. The cool thing about it is that it's going to sell for $40! The bad thing is that it isn't ergonomic, otherwise I'd be seriously interested. encryption, microsoftMicrosoft buys Skype, $8.5 billion
A week ago I posted that Facebook and Google were jockeying to buy Skype. Looks like Redmond ended up being the big bid ( Read more... )