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Visual Studio 2017 – Now Ready for Your Windows Application Development Needs

2017-03-08 KENNETH 0

Visual Studio 2017 – Now Ready for Your Windows Application Development Needs Visual Studio 2017 is the most powerful Universal Windows Platform development environment. It brings unparalleled productivity improvements, a streamlined acquisition experience and enhanced debugging tools for Universal Windows Platform developers. Try out Visual Studio 2017 today! Redefined fundamentals We have focused on enhancing the efficiency of basic tasks you encounter every day, starting with a brand-new lightweight and modular installer, a faster and more responsive IDE from start-up to shut down and a new way to view, edit and debug any code without projects and solutions. Brand-new lightweight and modular installation tailored to your needs – The new lightweight and componentized installer breaks Visual Studio down into independent workloads so you can install just what you need, helping you get to coding much faster. The Universal Windows Platform [ more… ]

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Duracell Car Pack and new TAMO Racemo car arrive in Forza Horizon 3

2017-03-08 KENNETH 0

Duracell Car Pack and new TAMO Racemo car arrive in Forza Horizon 3 Seven new cars have arrived in Forza Horizon 3 with the release of the Duracell Car Pack. Whether you’re looking to test the upper limits of speed in the king of Camaros with the 2017 ZL1 or you want to add a cherished Aussie collector piece to your garage with the 1992 Falcon GT, this car pack has a diverse mix that’s sure to please fans of every stripe. The Duracell Car Pack is the final pack included in the Forza Horizon 3 Car Pass, which is available for separate purchase or as part of the Forza Horizon 3 Ultimate Edition. All of the cars in the pack are compatible with the Blizzard Mountain expansion, which is available as part of the Forza Horizon 3 Expansion Pass or as a standalone purchase. Also, the TAMO Racemo [ more… ]

Building the Terminator Vision HUD in HoloLens

2017-03-07 KENNETH 0

Building the Terminator Vision HUD in HoloLens James Cameron’s 1984 film The Terminator introduced many science-fiction idioms we now take for granted. One of the most persistent is the thermal head-up-display (HUD) shot that allows the audience to see the world through the eyes of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s T-800 character. In design circles, it is one of the classic user interfaces that fans frequently try to recreate both as a learning tool and as a challenge. In today’s post, you’ll learn how to recreate this iconic interface for the HoloLens. To sweeten the task, you’ll also hook up this interface to Microsoft Cognitive Services to perform an analysis of objects in the room, face detection and even some Optical Character Recognition (OCR). While on the surface this exercise is intended to just be fun, there is a deeper level. Today, most [ more… ]

Load Balancing AWS Auto Scaling Groups with NGINX Plus

2017-03-07 KENNETH 0

Load Balancing AWS Auto Scaling Groups with NGINX Plus table, th, td { border: 1px solid black; } th { background-color: #d3d3d3; align: left; padding-left: 5px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-top: 2px; line-height: 120%; } td { padding-left: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-top: 5px; line-height: 120%; } td.center { text-align: center; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-top: 5px; line-height: 120%; } One of the most beneficial features of the cloud is the ability to automatically scale the number of computing instances. With AWS Auto Scaling, you can change the number of EC2 instances in an Auto Scaling group, either manually or automatically, based on schedule or demand. Auto Scaling helps reduce cost by adjusting the number of instances to the right number for the current workload. Additionally, Auto Scaling restarts failed instances, which adds resilience to your applications. Load balancing is crucial when using Auto Scaling. AWS provides load balancing of [ more… ]

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WordPress 4.7.3 Security and Maintenance Release

2017-03-07 KENNETH 0

WordPress 4.7.3 Security and Maintenance Release WordPress 4.7.3 is now available. This is a security release for all previous versions and we strongly encourage you to update your sites immediately. WordPress versions 4.7.2 and earlier are affected by six security issues: Cross-site scripting (XSS) via media file metadata.  Reported by Chris Andrè Dale, Yorick Koster, and Simon P. Briggs. Control characters can trick redirect URL validation.  Reported by Daniel Chatfield. Unintended files can be deleted by administrators using the plugin deletion functionality.  Reported by xuliang. Cross-site scripting (XSS) via video URL in YouTube embeds.  Reported by Daniel Cid. Cross-site scripting (XSS) via taxonomy term names.  Reported by Delta. Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in Press This leading to excessive use of server resources.  Reported by Sipke Mellema. Thank you to the reporters for practicing responsible disclosure. In addition to the security issues above, WordPress 4.7.3 contains 39 maintenance [ more… ]