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better replacement for Windows 10’s Night Light feature in the Windows Store
there’s now a much better alternative for Night Light in the Windows Store: f.lux. F.lux is actually the original app with this idea that has been available on Windows for a while now. OS makers like Apple, Microsoft, and Google recently started integrating f.lux-like functionalities into their respective OSes, making f.lux slightly obsolete. But when it comes to f.lux on Windows, it’s a much better alternative for Night Light — mostly because the intensity of the warmer colors increase over time and that does improve the experience quite a lot.
f.lux also integrates into the Windows 10 taskbar, allowing you to quickly control its settings or disable/enable it for an hour which is certainly quite handy.
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Get f.lux windows store link
there’s now a much better alternative for Night Light in the Windows Store: f.lux. F.lux is actually the original app with this idea that has been available on Windows for a while now. OS makers like Apple, Microsoft, and Google recently started integrating f.lux-like functionalities into their respective OSes, making f.lux slightly obsolete. But when it comes to f.lux on Windows, it’s a much better alternative for Night Light — mostly because the intensity of the warmer colors increase over time and that does improve the experience quite a lot.
f.lux also integrates into the Windows 10 taskbar, allowing you to quickly control its settings or disable/enable it for an hour which is certainly quite handy.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/sto...6d0cd269b5b49f588)(263915)(2775081)()()&rtc=1
Get f.lux windows store link
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Microsoft quietly fixes another “extremely bad vulnerability” in Windows Defender
The vulnerability would allow applications executed in MsMpEng’s emulator to control the emulator to achieve all kinds of mischief, including remote code execution when Windows Defender scanned an executable sent by email.
“MsMpEng includes a full system x86 emulator that is used to execute any untrusted files that look like PE executables. The emulator runs as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM and isn’t sandboxed. Browsing the list of win32 APIs that the emulator supports, I (Yavo) noticed ntdll!NtControlChannel, an ioctl-like routine that allows emulated code to control the emulator.”
“The emulator’s job is to emulate the client’s CPU. But, oddly Microsoft has given the emulator an extra instruction that allows API calls. It’s unclear why Microsoft creates special instructions for the emulator. If you think that sounds crazy, you’re not alone,” he wrote.
“This was potentially an extremely bad vulnerability, but probably not as easy to exploit as Microsoft’s earlier zero day, patched just two weeks ago,” said Udi Yavo, co-founder and CTO of enSilo, in an interview with Threatpost.
The vulnerability would allow applications executed in MsMpEng’s emulator to control the emulator to achieve all kinds of mischief, including remote code execution when Windows Defender scanned an executable sent by email.
“MsMpEng includes a full system x86 emulator that is used to execute any untrusted files that look like PE executables. The emulator runs as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM and isn’t sandboxed. Browsing the list of win32 APIs that the emulator supports, I (Yavo) noticed ntdll!NtControlChannel, an ioctl-like routine that allows emulated code to control the emulator.”
“The emulator’s job is to emulate the client’s CPU. But, oddly Microsoft has given the emulator an extra instruction that allows API calls. It’s unclear why Microsoft creates special instructions for the emulator. If you think that sounds crazy, you’re not alone,” he wrote.
“This was potentially an extremely bad vulnerability, but probably not as easy to exploit as Microsoft’s earlier zero day, patched just two weeks ago,” said Udi Yavo, co-founder and CTO of enSilo, in an interview with Threatpost.
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You can still get a free Windows 10 upgrade
http://www.zdnet.com/article/heres-how-you-can-still-get-a-free-windows-10-upgrade/
http://www.zdnet.com/article/heres-how-you-can-still-get-a-free-windows-10-upgrade/
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Microsoft, Qualcomm working on Windows 10 laptops with Snapdragon 835
Microsoft and Qualcomm have announced a new generation of laptops, which will be powered by the latest Snapdragon 835 processor at the ongoing Computex 2017 event in Taiwan. Microsoft says Asus, HP and Lenovo will launching these laptops with Snapdragon SoC
In an announcement on its blog, Microsoft say it will work with both Intel and Qualcomm and mobile operators to provide seamless eSIM connectivity. Microsoft said Asus, HP and Lenovo will be launching laptops with Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chipset.
Microsoft and Qualcomm have announced a new generation of laptops, which will be powered by the latest Snapdragon 835 processor at the ongoing Computex 2017 event in Taiwan. Microsoft says Asus, HP and Lenovo will launching these laptops with Snapdragon SoC
In an announcement on its blog, Microsoft say it will work with both Intel and Qualcomm and mobile operators to provide seamless eSIM connectivity. Microsoft said Asus, HP and Lenovo will be launching laptops with Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chipset.
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Windows 10 China Government Edition for China government customers and Lenovo will be one of the first OEM partners to preinstall Windows 10 China Government Edition; introduced the most versatile laptop — the new Surface Pro — with up to 13.5 hours of battery life; revealed the new Surface Pen, twice as accurate as the previous version with more fluid writing, drawing and tilt; celebrated the launch of Microsoft HoloLens in China; and shared that Project Scorpio will launch in China later this year.
Read more at Announcing Windows 10 China Government Edition and the new Surface Pro - The Official Microsoft Blog - In Shanghai on Tuesday we announced that wit...
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A note about the unintentional release of builds today
Microsoft explains why it unintentionally released Windows 10 build 16212 today
Earlier today, despite teasing Windows 10 build 15220 for phones and 16203 for PCs, Microsoft accidentally released build 16212 for phones and 32-bit PCs. It wasn't just for Fast ring Insiders either; this update went out to everyone that was on the Creators Update or higher. But once those builds were removed, three more showed up for phones: two from rs_xbox and one from rs_devices.
While all of this was going on, Microsoft was very quiet about it, with only Dona Sarkar tweeting that no one should install the builds. Now, the company has published a blog post with more details about what happened, and what you should do if you installed 16212.
Microsoft explains why it unintentionally released Windows 10 build 16212 today
Earlier today, despite teasing Windows 10 build 15220 for phones and 16203 for PCs, Microsoft accidentally released build 16212 for phones and 32-bit PCs. It wasn't just for Fast ring Insiders either; this update went out to everyone that was on the Creators Update or higher. But once those builds were removed, three more showed up for phones: two from rs_xbox and one from rs_devices.
While all of this was going on, Microsoft was very quiet about it, with only Dona Sarkar tweeting that no one should install the builds. Now, the company has published a blog post with more details about what happened, and what you should do if you installed 16212.
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Windows 10 on ARM
Windows 10 running on ARM processors will be very much like Windows 10 itself, with only one main restriction. You’ll be able to run apps from the Windows Store on Windows on ARM, but you’ll also be able to run Win32 apps – whether they come from the Windows Store because they’ve been packaged with the Desktop Bridge tool, or whether you download them from the web at large and install them as normal desktop apps.
Windows on ARM has a built-in emulator for 32-bit apps that’s based on the Windows on Windows (WOW) technology that Windows 10 uses to run 32-bit (x86) software on 64-bit (x64) PCs.
Windows 10 running on ARM processors will be very much like Windows 10 itself, with only one main restriction. You’ll be able to run apps from the Windows Store on Windows on ARM, but you’ll also be able to run Win32 apps – whether they come from the Windows Store because they’ve been packaged with the Desktop Bridge tool, or whether you download them from the web at large and install them as normal desktop apps.
Windows on ARM has a built-in emulator for 32-bit apps that’s based on the Windows on Windows (WOW) technology that Windows 10 uses to run 32-bit (x86) software on 64-bit (x64) PCs.
