December 2016
Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit Standalone information
Malwarebytes 3.0, released a couple of days ago, marks a big jump from the company's previous policy of releasing individual security tools.
Instead of offering Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, Anti-Exploit and Anti-Ransomware as individual downloads and installations, Malwarebytes decided to integrate them all in one product.
The new Malwarebytes 3.0 looks on first glance like an upgrade of Anti-Malware, but there are differences.
uBlock Origin for Microsoft Edge
A port of the popular blocker uBlock Origin is now officially available for the default Windows 10 web browser Microsoft Edge.
The terms port and officially available require explanation. Port means that this particular release of uBlock Origin has not been created by its original developer but forked.
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Google Chrome HTML5 Roll-out plan
Google revealed yesterday how it plans to make the shift to prioritizing HTML5 over Flash in the company's Chrome browser.
The company announced previously that it will deprioritize Flash content on the web in favor of HTML5 content.
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Windows 10 Update KB3201845 (DHCP issues)
Microsoft pushed out the new cumulative KB3201845 update for the Windows 10 release channel yesterday that delivers a range of fixes for the operating system.
Note: It seems that the update is not the cause for the connectivity issues, as some users, including Günter Born, experienced the same issue on machines without the update.
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Early Access and Beta apps on Google Play
Early access and access to beta apps are two options that users have when they use the Google Play store to discover, download and manage Android apps and games.
The main difference between early access and beta apps is the following: beta apps always require a release version of an application or game on Google Play. Early access however that the app or game in question has not been released yet to the public.
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Password Use Study: massive reuse of passwords
A recent password use study by the German Hasso-Plattner-Institute of roughly 1 billion user accounts concluded that 20% of users were reusing passwords. Additionally, 27% of users used password that were nearly identical with other account passwords.
User accounts and passwords are still the dominating method of authentication both locally and online.
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Find out if a Windows program is 32-bit or 64-bit
If you have bought a computer in recent years, chance is you run a 64-bit version of Windows on it. While Microsoft is still producing 32-bit copies of Windows 10, those are sold and deployed considerably less than 64-bit copies.
Microsoft itself has not released statistics about the distribution of 32-bit and 64-bit Windows systems. If you look at Steam's Hardware Survey, as flawed as it is, you will notice that 64-bit dominates the chart.
Windows 10 will support ARM processors
Microsoft announced a partnership with Qualcomm today that will bring Windows 10 to devices with ARM processors.
One interesting tidbit of the announcement is that Qualcomm ARM processors will be able to run legacy x86 Windows programs.
This means that this is not another attempt at establishing a special Windows 10 RT version on the market.
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Malwarebytes 3.0: new all-in-one protection
Malwarebytes 3.0 is a new product by Malwarebytes, makers of security software that unifies the company's main security products in a single program.
Home users had the choice between three different products for Windows desktop PCs up until now: There was Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit, and Malwarebytes Anti-Ransomware.
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Last Chance to be part of Donation Coder’s N.A.N.Y 2017 event
Donation Coder hold an event each year called New Apps for the New Year, or short N.A.N.Y, in which coders pledge and release new programs.
What I like particularly is that there is always a wide variety of programs that get released during the event. You get Windows programs and Android apps mostly, but web apps have made an appearance in recent years as well.
All programs and apps are free to download and use, and the majority of Windows apps are portable on top of that.