Tom McKay
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Microsoft Is Finally Fixing Windows Updates (Kind Of)
1Installing updates on Windows has always been a pain. Not only does Microsoft seem hellbent on forcing users to update their machines whether they want to or not – including in prior versions of Windows 10 a nightmare “feature” that forcibly seized control of users’ systems to start the installation process – the process is…
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Report: All Intel Processors Made In The Last Decade Might Have A Massive Security Flaw
There’s small screwups and big screwups. Here is tremendously huge screwup: Virtually all Intel processors produced in the last decade have a major security hole that could allow “normal user programs – from database applications to JavaScript in web browsers – to discern to some extent the layout or contents of protected kernel memory areas,”…
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iOS 11 Leak Reveals Mysterious ‘iPhone X’
Surprise! The Golden Master build of iOS 11 leaked online Friday night, with users spreading links to the software on Reddit. It’s full of details about the upcoming line of products being teased for the company’s September 12 event, including that Apple appears poised to skip releasing a 7s line entirely and move directly to…