Windows 10 Creators Update coming April 11, Surface expands to more markets

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Windows 10 Creators Update coming April 11, Surface expands to more markets Creativity has led the inspiration of our world’s greatest inventors, architects, educators, entrepreneurs, developers, and students, delivering advancements that move our world forward. Today, people value creativity more than ever, placing us on the cusp of a new wave of exploration, advancement, and impact. We designed Windows 10 to empower the creator in all of us. To us, that means that everyone has the power to dream big, whether that involves starting a company, developing a lesson plan, inventing a product, developing or broadcasting games, or imagining a whole new world in Minecraft or mixed reality. And we want Windows to be the place you love to create and play, with the tools to help you make your mark on the world. Windows 10 Creators Update coming April [ more… ]

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RHSA-2017:0847-1: Moderate: curl security update

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RHSA-2017:0847-1: Moderate: curl security update Red Hat Enterprise Linux: An update for curl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. CVE-2017-2628 Source: RHSA-2017:0847-1: Moderate: curl security update

Simplify payments in UWP apps with the Payment Request API from Microsoft

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Simplify payments in UWP apps with the Payment Request API from Microsoft The Windows 10 team wants to help you take advantage of new simplified payment options for Windows 10 UWP apps. A not-so-appealing part of the ecommerce shopping experience to this day is the checkout process. The average documented shopping cart abandonment rate is 68.81 percent, and 27 percent of U.S. online shoppers have abandoned an order in the past quarter due to a “too long /complicated checkout process [source].” Over 90% of paid App Developer revenue has been coming from In-App Purhcases (IAP), now app developers can add a new business model and revenue stream by taking advantage of the new Payment Request API to sell physical goods and services or conduct other commerce not supported natively in the Windows and Xbox stores. This API provides an integrated for [ more… ]

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USN-3247-1: AppArmor vulnerability

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USN-3247-1: AppArmor vulnerability Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3247-1 28th March, 2017 apparmor vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 16.10 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary AppArmor could remove the confinement from some programs. Software description apparmor – Linux security system Details Stéphane Graber discovered that AppArmor incorrectly unloaded some profileswhen restarted or upgraded, contrary to expected behavior. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version: Ubuntu 16.10: apparmor 2.10.95-4ubuntu5.3 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: apparmor 2.10.95-0ubuntu2.6 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: apparmor 2.10.95-0ubuntu2.6~14.04.1 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: apparmor 2.7.102-0ubuntu3.11 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to makeall the necessary changes. A new utility, called aa-remove-unknown, was added to assist with profiles thatwould have [ more… ]

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RHBA-2017:0846-1: grubby bug fix update

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RHBA-2017:0846-1: grubby bug fix update Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Updated grubby packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 Extended Update Support. Source: RHBA-2017:0846-1: grubby bug fix update