Windows 10 Fall Creators Update will be available starting on Oct. 17, along with the first Windows Mixed Reality headsets from third-party hardware makers, but no timeline feature. The new version will include revamped Windows Inking technology, better OneDrive integration to access files on demand, security upgrades, a new Game Mode that provides more processing power for video games, and a new feature in the Windows Photos app called Story Remix for combining photos, videos, 3D technology and ink to tell stories and annotate video. Official Announcement: ...

Microsoft’s Cortana and Amazon’s Alexa will begin “talking to each other” Read more: https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2017/08/30/hey-cortana-open-alexa-microsoft-amazons-first-kind-collaboration/

Tips for protecting your information and privacy against cybersecurity attacks. Please take a few minutes to watch the video: From Microsoft Cloud Platform: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vrVmkYDrlE Highlights in the video: Identity Multi factor authentication Minimum level of access on assets JIT administrative access Keep software up-to-date Tools: Azure Security Center (Microsoft also added about Petya ransomware prevention and detection in the blog post) Microsoft Advanced Threat Analytics Azure Information Protection Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection Windows Defender

Security research firm Checkpoint announced that its team had discovered a new vulnerability in numerous media players that allows a hacker to take full control of any device when a malicious subtitle file is used. The firm estimates 200 million people are potentially at risk. If you are using a media player (like VLC) to watch a legitimate copy of a film that already has subtitles, you’re probably just fine. But if for any reason you visited one of the numerous websites that allow you to download subtitles for movies in various languages, you could be at risk. Video demo - https://youtu.be/vYT_EGty_6A ...

The registration of the “garbage” domain iuqerfsodp9ifjaposdfjhgosurijfaewrwergwea.com quite possibly saved lives, after a botnet attack spreading malware, targeted a variety of healthcare facilities, seeking ransom - Named WannaCry, the malware infects vulnerable Windows machines affecting hospitals and healcare facilities in the UK and Russia. A security expert and operator of MalwareTech.com saw the opportunity to register it, and was thus able to stop the spreading and payload update capabilities of the WannaCry malware. ...

At its event in New York today, Microsoft announced a new iteration of Windows 10: Windows 10 S - Microsoft challenger to Chrome OS. Microsoft is calling it a “streamlined” version of Windows 10, optimized to run on lower end hardware. The OS is limited to only run apps from the Window Store, but they can still be full Win32 apps – they simply have to be available from the store. ...

Nest adds two-factor authentication to increase security for their cameras and thermostats. Just go to the account settings from your app to get started:

A typo took the half Internet down? #AWSOutage Amazon said the S3 team was working on an issue that was slowing down its billing system. Here’s what happened, according to Amazon, at 9:37 a.m. Pacific, starting the outage: “an authorized S3 team member using an established playbook executed a command which was intended to remove a small number of servers for one of the S3 subsystems that is used by the S3 billing process. Unfortunately, one of the inputs to the command was entered incorrectly and a larger set of servers was removed than intended.” ...

Microsoft signs exclusive cloud deal with Flipkart, Amazon’s biggest online retail rival in India. It’s a significant customer win for Microsoft in the public cloud battle against Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform and others. Read More