While Windows Lite will have a smaller footprint than the main OS, it’s not designed to be lesser in any way. The plan is to optimize and cut features that aren’t necessary, giving users more choice what takes up their valuable hardware space. I’m not entirely sure the codename supports that theory, but it’s at least not as obvious. Santorini is one of the Greek Cyclades islands, which seems like a strange pick at first....

As you would expect, details are currently sparse, but Google appears to have three major plans for the industry. A game streaming platform, which we’ve heard previously, a console, and the purchase of development studios. It’s not the first time the search giant has made steps towards the market, but the sentiment this time is that it’s likely to come to fruition. According to Schrier, Google met with several big companies at the Games Developers in March, as well as at E3 2018....

Two of the bugs come from a controversial user known as SandboxEscaper, who published them on Microsoft’s GitHub with little prior warning. One, known as AngryPolarBear, allows an attacker to overwrite any file on the system via a local unprivileged process. SandboxEscaper’s second bug, the ‘readfile’, is a little more complex: “This one allows an unprivileged process running on a Windows computer to obtain the content of arbitrary file, even if permissions on such file don’t allow it read access,” explains Mitja Kolsek of Acros Security’s 0patch team....

The original reports came from a very reliable source – Samsung Electronics President Young Sohn. He first mentioned that “a million people” want to use the Fold at TechCrunch Berlin, before confirming the company had sold 1 million units. It now seems this was a genuine mistake. Talking to Yonhap News, a Samsung spokesperson confirmed one million was Samsung’s sales target. Sohn had confused the sales target with the actual units shipped, which the spokesperson said is below a million....

The recruitment company analyses approval ratings across company executives within the United States. Satya Nadella has increased his approval rating by over 20 places, moving to 29th this year. As for Tim Cook, a CEO is often assumed to be well liked, he has dropped 45 places and is now in 53rd position. Google’s Pichai is now sitting in 17th place, but is not the highest places amongst major tech brands....

This is an important update because if offers System Tray support for Skype users on Windows 10. Adding this support to the app has been a much-requested feature over the years. Indeed, Microsoft says it listened to user feedback when developing the support. Many users familiar with the Skype Classic app will know that it supports System Tray icons. Of course, Microsoft has moved on from the Classic experience and thrown everything behind the Skype app....

With this release, Microsoft has finally brought a dark theme to Skype on Android and iOS. Previously, this theme was only available on desktop versions of the app. It is worth noting Skype syncs with system level dark mode. For example, if you set your Android smartphone on dark, Skype will mirror the setting. Elsewhere on mobile, Skype has gained the call scheduling feature that arrived in preview earlier this month....

Even so, most phones don’t lock instantly after use. If somebody grabs your phone after you’ve unlocked it, it’s fair game. Thankfully, researchers may have found a solution. A system that’s secure and requires no input. The team hails from Institute of Cyber Intelligence Systems at Russia’s National Research Nuclear University and presented its findings at several international conferences. Behavioral Biometrics Essentially, the system uses behavioral biometrics to discern who is using a phone....

The specs line up with previous rumors that the Pro 7 would be utilizing Intel’s 10th-gen Ice Lake architecture, though others pointed to a Snapdragon 8cx variant. WinFuture says it obtained the information from “retail sources”, and we’re unable to verify specs, including the processor generation, at this time. That said, the publication reports that the Pro 7 will start with a Core i3 variant with 4GB RAM and a 128GB SSD....

WindowsArea has discovered some leaked specifications for both devices. Starting with the Surface Pro 7, Microsoft’s new generation device will come with LTE built in at launch. Usually, the company debuts LTE versions of its hardware after the launch of the Wi-Fi version. Some variants of the Surface Pro 7 will have Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8cx processor. Intel versions will be available as usual, this time packing 10TH Generation Core CPUs....

Rather than the original release date of August 8, the Microsoft Store page now reads January 31, 2018. Windows Central says a representative has confirmed the change to them, but no light has been shed on the reason for the delay. Adding to the mystery is the fact that many countries will get it sooner. Japan will be the first adopter on August 24, followed by New Zealand and Australia in September....

While the names of interested parties are down to sources close to the matter, Toshiba has confirmed it is in discussions, but declined to say with which companies. The company has previously tried to sell its $18 billion valued chip business, but failed to find a buyer. Toshiba says it has a preferred bidder, but talks with that suitor did not end in agreement before a self-imposed June 28 deadline....

Over the course of a few days, he managed to progress from the Windows Loader to a Blue Screen, to a sign-in process initialization error. It’s not currently clear what the performance is like or what other hurdles are involved, but either way, it’s milestone. For the unfamiliar, Windows PE is a lightweight OS traditionally used to install, deploy and repair other Windows 10 editions. It follows reports last week of a hacker installing WinPE with Windows 10 ARM on a Lumia phone with the help of Windows Phone Internals....

Security researchers describe the bug as “wormable”. BlueKeep is a dangerous vulnerability because it can be executed by bad actors remotely. It is located in Remote Desktop Services on older Windows legacy builds such as Windows 7, Windows XP, AND Server 2003 and 2008. “This [bug] would have the potential of a global WannaCry-level event,” said Chris Goettl, director of product management for security at Ivanti, during Patch Tuesday. “What’s more, Microsoft has released updates for Windows XP and Server 2003 (which you wouldn’t have found unless you were looking at the Windows Update Catalog)....

While not everyone may be familiar with cybersecurity, this topic is now brought more into discussion due to the way people use technology. Cyberattacks pose significant threats, particularly for UK businesses. Recent research has shown that cybercrime in the UK has hit epidemic proportions, as about 39% of companies have become victims of hackers’ malicious activities in the last year. Among these attacks, 83% were Phishing attempts. What’s more concerning is that 31% of businesses experienced some form of cybercrime once a week....

VHD vs VHDX: What is a VHD Disk File? VHD and its successor, VHDX, are file formats that contain the information Windows expects to see in the structure it’s used to. They have partitions and a file system and don’t require much setup, especially when used in combination with a virtual machine. One of the major advantages of a VHD is that it can be backed up easily. After its creation, you can copy its entire contents elsewhere with a single file, which is often faster and less troublesome....

Windows 10 keyboard shortcuts are a fantastic way to be more productive. Each time you take the time to move your mouse, hover it over an icon, and then click to open, you are losing valuable time. Sure, if you do this once it’s fine but when you open multiple programs consistently, this mouse movement can reduce your productivity. The quickest way to access your favorite programs, apps, and games if to assign a keyboard shortcut in Windows 10....

1 Bug fixes2 Known issues As we reported in May, Microsoft is working on WSL 2.0, which introduces a full Linux kernel in Windows 10. In the latest Windows 10 20H1 preview, Microsoft has included support for ARM64 devices in WSL 2.0. Furthermore, the subsystem also gains the ability to set a distributions default through the /etc/wsl.conf file. Elsewhere in WSL, Microsoft has received some bug fixes, among them a fix for a legacy Windows symlinks problem that has persisted for some time....

These days, the Dev channel is the release branch for preview instead of prerelease. As is customary, there are no new features in release branch updates. That because traditionally this branch has been for Windows 10 updates that are just about to roll out to all users. In other words, it was feature complete and ready to leave preview. That’s no longer the case. These days, Microsoft also uses the release branch (Dev channel) for a dummy version of a feature update....

A leak reveals some interesting details about Windows 10 Cloud, including its main competitor. Windows Central has published an internal document that compares the OS to Chromebooks. Firstly, we can confirm the following recommended minimum specs for Cloud: “Quad-core (Celeron or better) processor 4GB of RAM 32GB of storage (64GB for 64-bit) A battery larger than 40 WHr Fast eMMC or SSD for storage Pen and touch (optional)” However, more interesting is a number of performance metrics that compare it to Chromebooks....