Thursday, November 19, 2015

IT News Head Lines (Tech Report) 19/11/2015





Microsoft Edge update protects users from unsigned DLL injection
Microsoft seems to be taking the security of its Edge browser seriously. Last May, the company announced Edge would drop support for the much hated ActiveX and Browser Helper Objects. This time around, the company is taking a hard stance against code injection.
Until recently, users could be affected by certain strains of malware which would hook unsigned DLLs directly into the Edge process without consent. One of the most "popular" outcomes was the ...
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We have a winner in our Skylake Damagebox giveaway
After two weeks and dozens of submissions, we have a winner in our competition to take home Scott's Skylake Damagebox. We asked The Tech Report's readers to create humorous comics related to PC hardware and the world of technology, and we got some amazing submissions from our community. You can see them all in the contest entry thread on the TR forums.
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Asus' Chromebit CS10 puts a Chromebox on a stick
Asus is no stranger to doing interesting things with Chrome OS systems, but none of those experiments have been as small or inexpensive as the Chromebit CS10. This little computer puts a complete Chromebox in an HDMI stick that's only about the size of a first-generation Chromecast, and it'll set you back less than a Benjamin (not me).
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Nvidia's Shield Tablet returns for the holidays at $199
Nvidia's Shield Tablet has been a staple of our past mobile staff picks, but it's been difficult to find a Shield in stock over the past few months. That might be because the company recalled some of its tablets in July to address a battery fire risk. Against that backdrop, the Shield Tablet is making a triumphant return of sorts. Nvidia says it's "bringing back" the slate today as the Shield Tablet K1. The K1 comes with 16GB of storage, and it'll cost $199—$100 less than the original 16GB Shield Tablet.
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Catalyst 15.11.1 beta is ready for the latest game releases
AMD may have announced that the refreshed Radeon Crimson drivers and control panel software will be released by the end of this year, but Catalyst isn't dead just yet. The Catalyst 15.11.1 beta is hot off the presses with support for some recently-released and upcoming games.
Performance and quality optimizations for four November releases headline this version's release notes. Star Wars Battlefront , Fallout 4 , Assassin's Creed Syndicate , and Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 ...
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Monday Shortbread
The Pick 6
  1. Intel @ SC15: Launching Xeon Phi "Knights

    Landing
    " & Omni-Path Architecture
  2. Legit Reviews: Intel Kaby Lake processor

    and 200 series chipet overview posted
  3. Neowin: Microsoft now confident Windows 10 is

    ready for the enterprise with November Update
  4. WCCFtech: Xbox Elite Controller will allow to fix

    deadzones and possibly to add more functions on PC
  5. Softpedia: Fallout 4 has major bug linked to

    Monsignor Plaza, workarounds are available
  6. BGR: Report says Apple won't wait until

    September to release first new iPhone of 2016
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