Microsoft issues emergency patch for all IE versions
Microsoft has released an emergency patch for all versions of Internet Explorer, due to a critical vulnerability that's reportedly under active exploit. The CVE-2015-2502 vulnerability is described as a "Memory Corruption Vulnerability," and can allow for remote code execution under the active user's credentials, leading to potential exfiltration of user data. If the user has administrator permissions, an attacker can gain complete control over the system.
According to the company, all a user has to do is visit a specially-crafted website for the exploit to be triggered. All Internet Explorer versions from 7 to 11 are affected, and the vulnerability is rated ...
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Samsung's USB 3.0 thumb drives come in 3 shapes
We all need some pocketable flash storage in our lives, even if it's just to install Windows on a PC without an optical drive. Samsung has us covered with three USB 3.0 drives in a variety of shapes and sizes.
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MIT researchers build an overexposure-proof HDR camera
Any photographer who's ever overexposed a digital image is familiar with the results of that mistake: portions of the image are pure white, and even post-processing raw files can't bring back detail in those areas. That's because digital image sensors have only so many bits per pixel for recording intensity levels, and once the available bits are exhausted, or saturated, that pixel clips to white.
Researchers at MIT may have found a way around this problem, though . Their invention, called a "modulo camera," doesn't stop recording information once a pixel saturates its available bits. Instead, the modulo camera's pixels reset each time they're saturated during an exposure, and a count ...
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Intel slides detail Skylake microarchitecture, energy efficiency features
IDF - Intel is presenting the details of the Skylake microarchitecture at IDF today. There's no live stream of the presentation, but a PDF of the slide deck illustrating the new chip's innards
Scott is at IDF, and he's tweeting the highlights . Some of the juicy details so far: Skylake chips can power off their AVX2 hardware when it's not in use. The new chip's ring fabric has two times the bandwidth of Broadwell chips at the same level of power consumption. ...
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Coming in 2016: Intel Optane SSDs based on 3D Xpoint memory
IDF — During the opening keynote of the Intel Developer Forum today, Intel announced that it will be shipping SSDs based on its very promising 3D Xpoint memory, co-developed with Micron, which is a replacement for NAND flash. Intel has claimed that 3D Xpoint has 1000x the speed and endurance of existing flash storage.
One question about 3D Xpoint has been when it would reach consumers in products—and in what form. Intel answered that question today when CEO Brian Krzanich announced a new brand ...
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Put your liquid cooler on top of Lian Li's ROG Mini-ITX case
Lian Li has teamed up with Asus to make the all-aluminum "Republic of Gamers-certified" PC-Q17 WX Mini-ITX case. The PC-Q17WX has an intriguing liquid-cooler mounting approach, which we'll look at in a sec. For now, admire the angular aluminum and tempered-glass exterior:
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Google wants to make home Wi-Fi easier with its OnHub router
Google is releasing a new Wi-Fi router called the OnHub. Although it looks deceptively like an Amazon Echo, it's actually a spiffy networking device that Google is billing as an easier-to-use and more powerful alternative to regular home routers.
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IBM puts a Tux on its mainframes with LinuxOne
Mainframes may seem like dinosaurs at first glance these days, but IBM's big iron is still evolving. The company introduced its first exclusively Linux-based mainframes yesterday under the LinuxOne umbrella. LinuxOne systems are meant to allow businesses to host their Linux infrastructure on IBM's high-performance, high-availability mainframe hardware.
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Don masks and pause combat in Masquerada: Songs and Shadows
Step aside, Pillars of Eternity—there's a new RPG with pausable real-time combat coming to town, called Masquerada: Songs and Shadows. Check out the reveal trailer here and the gameplay trailer below:
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Western Digital grows its Red Pro and Black drives to 5TB and 6TB
Western Digital's high-performance Black and NAS-oriented Red Pro drive families welcome some new members today. Both Black and Red Pro drives are now available in 5TB and 6TB capacities, and they're all equipped with 128MB of DRAM cache and 7,200-RPM spindle speeds.
WD says the 6TB Black offers 29% faster maximum throughput than the previous 4TB version. Also, if you're wondering how the Red Pro drives compare to regular Reds , here's the skinny: they spin faster, at 7,200 ...
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Windows 10 removes support for SecuROM and SafeDisc DRM
Windows 10 doesn't support SecuROM and SafeDisc DRM software, used in a number of older games from the 2000s. Both DRM methods hook into the operating system at a low level, and Microsoft has opted to remove support for them due to security concerns. Affected games include but are not limited to Grand Theft Auto 3, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004, The Sims, BioShock, Mass Effect, and Spore.
The issue was spotted by a user on Microsoft's forums, who found himself unable to play some older games . Both pieces of DRM are no longer maintained, meaning that any vulnerabilities could be ...
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Runic Games' Hob is a speechless, puzzling adventure
Torchlight developer Runic Games has announced its next project, Hob. Presented entirely without dialogue, Hob drops players off in a "beautiful and dangerous unknown world." The game's announcement trailer shows a glimpse of that world springing to life.
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