Always Connected PCs enable a new culture of work

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Always Connected PCs enable a new culture of work Throughout the history of personal computing, a steady wave of progress has changed how we interact with technology in both our work and personal lives. Microsoft and our partners have led many of these shifts in technology like enabling the original mobile computer – the laptop, navigating with touch, signing in with your face, detaching screens from keyboards, exploring mixed reality, and storing your files in the cloud. We are again at the beginning of another major technology shift: the ability to be connected anytime, anywhere with Always Connected PCs that are instantly on, always connected with incredible battery life. Terry Myerson, Windows and Devices Group Executive Vice President, shares his personal experience with Always Connected PCs at the Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit. New Always Connected PCs unveiled Last year at this [ more… ]

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Announcing Windows Server Insider Preview Build 17046

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Announcing Windows Server Insider Preview Build 17046 Hello Windows Insiders! Today we are releasing Windows Server Insider Preview Build 17046 to Windows Server Insiders. This build is the second preview build of the next Semi-Annual Channel release of Windows Server. For more information on the Semi-Annual channel, please see the Windows Server Semi-Annual Channel overview Available Content Server Insiders have the choice of Server Core Edition in ISO or VHDX format. The images are pre-keyed –  no need to enter a key during setup. Symbols are available on the public symbol server – see Update on Microsoft’s Symbol Server blog post and Using the Microsoft Symbol Server. As before, matching Windows Server container images will be available via Docker Hub. For more information about Windows Server containers and Insider builds, click here. This Server Insider pre-release build will expire on [ more… ]

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RHBA-2017:3385-1: kernel bug fix update

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RHBA-2017:3385-1: kernel bug fix update Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Updated kernel packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 Advanced Update Support. Source: RHBA-2017:3385-1: kernel bug fix update

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Introducing the Web Media Extension Package with OGG Vorbis and Theora support for Microsoft Edge

2017-12-06 KENNETH 0

Introducing the Web Media Extension Package with OGG Vorbis and Theora support for Microsoft Edge We’ve heard requests from many of our customers to support additional open-source formats in order to access a broader set of content on the web. To address this, ,we recently added support for the WebM container format and the VP9 and Opus codecs on supported hardware. Today, we’re excited to announce a new mechanism which will allow our customers to add more formats on demand and increase our agility to add new formats in the future: Media Extensions. Alongside this mechanism, we’re releasing the Web Media Extensions package to the Microsoft Store as a free Media Extension for Microsoft Edge. Media Extensions Media on the web has been evolving at a furious rate for the last few years. Adaptive video streaming is now common, providing [ more… ]

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USN-3504-2: libxml2 vulnerability

2017-12-06 KENNETH 0

USN-3504-2: libxml2 vulnerability Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3504-2 5th December, 2017 libxml2 vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary curl could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input. Software description libxml2 – GNOME XML library Details USN-3504-1 fixed a vulnerability in libxml2. This update providesthe corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Wei Lei discovered that libxml2 incorrecty handled certain parameter entities. An attacker could use this issue with specially constructed XML data to cause libxml2 to consume resources, leading to a denial of service. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: libxml2 2.7.8.dfsg-5.1ubuntu4.19 libxml2-utils 2.7.8.dfsg-5.1ubuntu4.19 python-libxml2 2.7.8.dfsg-5.1ubuntu4.19 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. In general, a standard system update will make [ more… ]