Cortana for Android and iOS comes to the UK, gets a fresh new look

2016-12-08 KENNETH 0

Cortana for Android and iOS comes to the UK, gets a fresh new look We believe that everyone deserves a personal assistant, and a great personal assistant should be available to help on-the-go, on whatever device you carry. We’re excited to bring Cortana*, your truly personal digital assistant, to Android and iOS in the UK, and a fresh new look for the apps. Coming to the UK: The Cortana Android and iOS apps are coming to the UK, extending the functionality of your Cortana on Windows 10 to whatever smartphone you carry, always in perfect sync, always helping you stay on top of things. Reminders that Travel with You: Cortana has your back, seamlessly keeping track of the things you need to remember across all the platforms you use her. Set a reminder on your PC and get it on [ more… ]

Device innovation opportunities in mixed reality, gaming, and cellular PCs

2016-12-08 KENNETH 0

Device innovation opportunities in mixed reality, gaming, and cellular PCs In October, I shared how the Windows 10 Creators Update will empower a new wave of creativity, bringing 3D and mixed reality to everyone, enabling every gamer to be a broadcaster, and much more. At our core, we are all creators. Whether an artist, an architect, a teacher or student, a business professional on the go or a hardware engineer building innovative devices for the future, each of us creates using technology in our own way – and we are building Windows for each of you. Today, we’re at the Windows Hardware Engineering Community event (WinHEC) in Shenzhen, China –where our OEM partners have created more than 300 Windows devices shipping in 75 countries generating more than 8 billion RMB in revenue for Shenzhen partners. We continue this journey with [ more… ]

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USN-3154-1: OpenJDK 6 vulnerabilities

2016-12-08 KENNETH 0

USN-3154-1: OpenJDK 6 vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3154-1 7th December, 2016 openjdk-6 vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary Several security issues were fixed in OpenJDK 6. Software description openjdk-6 – Open Source Java implementation Details It was discovered that OpenJDK did not restrict the set of algorithms usedfor Jar integrity verification. An attacker could use this to modifywithout detection the content of a JAR file, affecting system integrity.(CVE-2016-5542) It was discovered that the JMX component of OpenJDK did not sufficientlyperform classloader consistency checks. An attacker could use this tobypass Java sandbox restrictions. (CVE-2016-5554) It was discovered that the Hotspot component of OpenJDK did not properlycheck received Java Debug Wire Protocol (JDWP) packets. An attacker coulduse this to send debugging commands to a Java application with debuggingenabled. (CVE-2016-5573) [ more… ]

Using NGINX Amplify Custom Dashboards and Filters for Better NGINX Monitoring

2016-12-08 KENNETH 0

Using NGINX Amplify Custom Dashboards and Filters for Better NGINX Monitoring This blog post is the third in a series about how to monitor NGINX and make the most out of your web delivery infrastructure with NGINX Amplify: Setting Up NGINX Amplify in 10 Minutes Improving Server Configuration with NGINX Amplify Reports Using NGINX Amplify Custom Dashboards and Filters for Better NGINX Monitoring (this post) In a recent blog post, we introduced and briefly described custom dashboards. This blog post describes how you can use custom dashboards and filters to focus in on the metrics that most exactly indicate how well NGINX and your applications are functioning. By alerting you of potential outages and performance bottlenecks, the improved monitoring data helps you improve uptime and NGINX performance. Architectural Components of NGINX Amplify The dashboards and filters in NGINX Amplify interact with these other NGINX Amplify [ more… ]