Microsoft Vows To Kill Flash In Chromium Edge By 2020

“In the next version of Microsoft Edge (built on Chromium), we will continue to retire Flash in the same timeframe as other Chromium-based browsers,” said Colleen Williams, senior program manager, Microsoft Edge. “Flash will initially be disabled, and the user will need to re-enable Flash on a site-by-site basis; Flash will be completely removed from the browser towards the end of 2020.” Security conscious users will be pleased with this decision....

November 23, 2022 · 2 min · 281 words · Mary Johnson

Microsoft Will Support The Privacy Enhancing Dns Over Https In Windows 10

For the unfamiliar, DNS, or the Domain Name System, lets users type ‘winbuzzer.com’ into their browser and be directed to its actual location, a series of dots and numbers known as its IP address. DNS is typically handled by the user’s Internet Service Provider (ISP), who often keeps a record of these translations. In some countries, including the UK, ISPs are forced to keep these records for an extended period of time....

November 23, 2022 · 2 min · 332 words · Anita Prater

Microsoft Working On Project Triton Improved Gaming Audio

RARE Studio is a Microsoft-owned developer that created the popular Xbox exclusive Sea of Thieves. The Coalition Studio is another Microsoft Studios subsidiary that is known for creating the Gears of War series. Together with Microsoft Research and the Azure teams, the studios are helping to form Project Triton. In a blog post, Microsoft explains how Triton will improve audio in gaming environments: “Project Triton models how sound waves actually travel through complex 3D spaces, diffracting around corners and through doorways, reverberating in various rooms, responding to each triangle’s material....

November 23, 2022 · 2 min · 219 words · Bambi Ferguson

Microsoft Your Phone To Get Picture In Picture Support

It seems Microsoft has a couple of big message-related features in the pipeline that will further functionality on Your Phone. According to Windows Latest, both new tools are currently in early development. They will come to Windows Insiders this year. Microsoft is working on integrating calls into the messages UI and Picture-in-Picture support for the app. Looking at Picture-in-Picture first, this feature allows users to create a conversation in a separate window....

November 23, 2022 · 2 min · 252 words · Faye Schroeder

Mixer To Host 400 000 Ninja Battles Featuring Fortnite Tournaments

Called the Ninja Battles Featuring Fortnite, the events will be held each week starting on May 28. Tournaments happen from Monday to Thursday each week and will be held until the end of July. Last August, Microsoft announced its Mixer game streaming division had tied up Ninja in an exclusive stream contract. Several other high-profile game streamers followed and Mixer’s stock has since risen. As the name suggests, Ninja will be the host of the tournaments, with all events taking place on his channel....

November 23, 2022 · 2 min · 227 words · Richard Castro

Mojang Announces Minecon Earth A Minecraft Live Show Coming This November

In essence, the live show plans to take all the best bits of previous events and condense them into one ninety minutes interactive experience. “The Minecraft community is still growing”, explains Mojang’s Owen Jones, “and there’s only a certain number of players we can host while keeping the friendly, intimate community atmosphere that’s made previous MINECONs so special.” MINECON Earth will act a bridge of sorts, giving players the fix they need but forgoing some of the more social and communal aspects....

November 23, 2022 · 2 min · 273 words · Melissa Torres

Mozilla Firefox Overcomes Microsoft Edge Default Barrier With In Built Button

To overcome Microsoft’s various paths to change the default, Mozilla has quietly made some changes. The company is making it easier for users to switch permanently to Firefox. The changes will work on Windows 11, as well as Windows 10. With the release of version 91 of Firefox, Mozilla included a method for setting the browser as default in Windows. In fact, this was a clever bit of reverse engineering, taking Microsoft’s one-click default choice for Edge and applying it to Firefox....

November 23, 2022 · 3 min · 489 words · Larry Parks

New Windows Core Os Linkedin Leak Suggests An Improved Notification System

It follows documentation published by Microsoft a couple of weeks ago on WCOS support for its Intune apps, which includes Web and Appx formats. At present, the company doesn’t appear to be trying too hard to keep Core OS details under the hood, with the Surface Neo’s Windows 10X based on WCOS. However, it still hasn’t talked about the modular platform officially, so this kind of thing is all we have to go on....

November 23, 2022 · 2 min · 250 words · Jeffrey Roten

New Xbox One Elite Controller Could Bring Game Changing Customizable Analog Stick Tension

Specifically, we had become used to mid-generation upgrades of existing consoles. These would usually be devices that refined the design of the original. The mid-gen’s would be smaller and a little bit more powerful. Think of how the Xbox 360 evolved through its lifetime and you get the gist. There were never seismic mid-gen bumps until this generation. The Xbox One X and to a lesser extent the PS4 Pro are major leaps forward compared to their original cousins....

November 23, 2022 · 2 min · 382 words · Tyree Leger

Office 365 Gets Ai Powered Tool For Exporting Word Documents To Powerpoint

And that leads to the latest Office 365 feature, a tool driven by AI that allows Microsoft Word documents to be converted into PowerPoint presentations. The aptly named Export to PowerPoint presentation tool is now available for Word for the web. Microsoft has not said when the feature will expand to Office 365 platform variants, if at all. So, for now you will only be able to convert to PowerPoint in Word online....

November 23, 2022 · 2 min · 259 words · Joseph Collette

Report Revamped Xbox Avatars To Launch Next Month After Significant Delay

The most noticeable change is completely updated visuals. Xbox avatars will no longer use the same model as Xbox 360 did back in the day. The footage Microsoft has shown so far is very impressive, but there will also be more customization options. The avatars will have a bigger accessibility focus, with the option for prosthetic arms, wheelchairs, pregnancies, and more. They’ll also have new hairstyles, greatly improved animations, and more accessory options....

November 23, 2022 · 2 min · 218 words · Eric Shaw

Reports Samsung Will Begin Galaxy X Foldable Smartphone Production In November

According to the paper’s sources, Samsung has finalized the phone’s plans, with display development to be completed by March, and product to begin from September. That would lead to a ship date in either December or early 2019. It matches statements from the company’s president of mobile, Koh Dong-Jin, who told reporters last year that he’s aiming for a 2018 release. Galaxy X Display Specs Other details about the device are sparse, but The Information reports that a 7....

November 23, 2022 · 2 min · 244 words · Ryan Butts

Satya Nadella Discusses Getting Microsoft Back To Basics And Turn To Open Source

1 Open Source2 Moving from Mobile Before delving into what Satya Nadella said, it is worth remembering what has happened since his tenure as Microsoft CEO began in 2014. Nadella replaced the outgoing Steve Ballmer, who had led the company since replacing Bill Gates in 2000. It is fair to say Ballmer gets some unfair treatment, but it is also fair to say his tenure was a mixed bag at best....

November 23, 2022 · 3 min · 569 words · Juana Munger

Spambot Captured 711 Email Addresses In Largest Breach Of Its Kind

Discovered by Paris-based security researcher Benkow, the spambot was hosted on a web server in the Netherlands. The accessible server held text files with a massive batch of emails address and passwords. These email servers were used to send spam and are an important part for large-scale spamming operations. Caller “Onliner”, the spambot sends Ursnif banking malware to millions of inboxes and can implement malware if opened. Tory Hunt of breach notification website Have I Been Pwned said it is the largest amount of data he has ever handled: “The one I’m writing about today is 711m records which makes it the largest single set of data I’ve ever loaded into HIBP....

November 23, 2022 · 2 min · 298 words · James Oreilly

Surface Book Surface Pro 4 And Surface 3 Receive Monthly Firmware Update

Needless to say, the Surface Book and Surface Pro 4 are stellar devices, among the best in their categories. However, battery life has never been strong point for any of the Surface range. The September firmware update looks to resolve that. The company says Surface Integration driver updates help improve battery life. One of the updates optimizes screen brightness when a device is awoken from sleep. The changelog also shows several updates for power management drivers....

November 23, 2022 · 2 min · 282 words · Janice Hoium

Surface Mini Full Specs Of Microsoft S Axed Tablet

A report published in June revealed that the Surface Mini was an actual thing. Not a rumoured device, but something Microsoft was working on. The company eventually decided to axe the device. Ironically, its termination came just as the Surface hardware brand was starting to take off. Long-time tech tipster, Evan Blass, has today shed more light on the Mini. In a Twitter post, Blass listed the full specs for the device....

November 23, 2022 · 2 min · 300 words · Christopher Nichols

The Privacy Badger Extension Will Soon Launch On Microsoft Edge

Users first requested the extension over a year ago, and though the community began work on a solution, it didn’t have the go ahead. Privacy Badger is an open source extension championed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and it was important for it to keep that branding. Unfortunately, the EFF took issue with Microsoft’s developer agreement. As Edge extensions must be installed via the Store it wasn’t possible to release Privacy Badger without signing it....

November 23, 2022 · 2 min · 271 words · Jayson Watkins

Toshiba S Dynaedge Smart Glasses May Be The Most Ridiculous Yet

Unfortunately, they don’t quite have the same elegance. Google’s attempt inspired the term ‘Glassholes’, and users of Toshiba’s dynaEdge glasses will see even bigger ridicule. The glasses come with a huge, bulky arm with a tiny display, attached to compact PC via USB-C. As such, they aren’t augmented reality like Microsoft’s HoloLens. Instead, Toshiba considers it more ‘assisted reality’. In essence, you can expect a 4.1″ 640 x 360 Windows desktop hovering annoyingly in front of your face....

November 23, 2022 · 2 min · 244 words · Eugenia Torres

Trend Micro Reveals Zero Day Remote Code Execution Flaw In Microsoft Jet Database Engine

According to Trend Micro, that includes Windows Server versions, making it potentially very dangerous. Thankfully, attackers must open a malicious JET file to trigger the flaw, limiting its reach somewhat. “The root cause of this issue resides in the Microsoft JET Database Engine. Microsoft patched two other issues in JET in the September Patch Tuesday updates. While the patched bugs are listed as buffer overflows, this additional bug is actually an out-of-bounds write, which can be triggered by opening a Jet data source via OLEDB,” explains the company’s researchers....

November 23, 2022 · 2 min · 231 words · Ronald Jefferson

Types Of Java Applications

Java has reigned supreme as the most widely used and secure programming language for the past two decades. Java is utilized in almost every application, from smartphones to business servers and computer platforms. It has become the foundation for millions of apps on various platforms, including Windows, Android-based mobile devices, embedded systems, corporate solutions, and more Since its inception, Java has formed the core for billions of apps and services....

November 23, 2022 · 4 min · 753 words · James Bender