Daily Archives: December 11, 2023

• Apple releases several updates for zero days

  Posted on December 11, 2023 at 13:51 CST by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  

  Apple is once again sending out zero day fixes including backporting fixes to older iPhones.

  Several of these have to do with bugs in webkit and keep in mind that even if Safari is not your default browser, webkit is still in play

  Apple CVE-2023-42883, CVE-2023-42884, CVE-2023-42890, CVE-2023-42897, CVE-2023-42898, CVE-2023-42899, CVE-2023-42914, CVE-2023-42919, CVE-2023-42922, CVE-2023-42923, CVE-2023-42927

• Make Windows 11 easier to see, hear, and use

  Posted on December 11, 2023 at 02:45 CST by Lance Whitney • Comment in the Forums

  

  ISSUE 20.50 • 2023-12-11

  ACCESSIBILITY

  

  By Lance Whitney

  Whether or not you have specific disabilities or limitations, you can take advantage of a variety of accessibility settings to make Windows 11 more usable and accommodating.

  My eyes became much drier following eye surgery last year. As a result, my eyesight can at times get fuzzy, so I’ve had to adjust certain visual settings in Windows 11 so that I can more easily see text and other on-screen elements.

  If you’ve run into your own issues trying to see, hear, or otherwise use Windows 11, Microsoft offers several key accessibility features that can help. Here’s how they work.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (20.50.0, 2023-12-11).
  This story also appears in our public Newsletter.

  Accessibility Accessibility, Disabilities, Newsletters, Settings, Windows 11

• How Xbox and Windows work together

  Posted on December 11, 2023 at 02:44 CST by Simon Bisson • Comment in the Forums

  WINDOWS

  

  By Simon Bisson

  Windows, Xbox, and the cloud are changing the shape of gaming. And maybe Windows itself.

  Microsoft’s Xbox gaming console is, at heart, a very specialized Windows PC built around a custom AMD processor and designed to be a living-room gaming and media platform. Because developers can use the same tools to build Xbox and Windows apps, it is as much a replacement for gaming capabilities of the discontinued Windows Media Center edition — with applications from most streaming providers, as it is a built-in Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) support.

  But there’s more to the relationship between the two platforms than that, with Microsoft starting to blur the boundaries between its two consumer platforms.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (20.50.0, 2023-12-11).

  Windows Cloud Gaming, Gaming, Newsletters, Remote Gaming, Stream Deck, Windows 10, Windows 11, Xbox

• UpdateHub — Safety in updates

  Posted on December 11, 2023 at 02:43 CST by Deanna McElveen • Comment in the Forums

  FREEWARE SPOTLIGHT

  

  By Deanna McElveen

  Outdated software is one of the most common vulnerabilities that hackers use to gain a foothold in a computer system. Software authors fix their software by releasing updates when a vulnerability is discovered.

  Some software keeps itself updated even if you don’t use it. Most software prompts you for an update when you open it. But many programs don’t tell you about updates unless you click a “check for updates” button or something similar.

  If you think all the software on your computer is being kept updated automatically, you are probably wrong — unless you are using a software-updating program such as UpdateHub by the California-based company, Nexova Dev.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (20.50.0, 2023-12-11).

  Freeware Spotlight Deanna's Freeware Spotlight, Microsoft Store, Newsletters, Software, updates

• Gifts for your computer

  Posted on December 11, 2023 at 02:42 CST by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  ON SECURITY

  

  By Susan Bradley

  Technology is one of those purchases best done personally.

  It’s often hard to know how people like their technology, but for gift-giving it’s important to know whether they are firmly entrenched in the ecosystems of Microsoft, Apple, Android, or Kindle.

  That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t treat yourself. And your treat shouldn’t be limited to purchasing something new — this may be the time you want to upgrade the technology you already have. Even a Windows 10 PC might benefit from Santa’s visit.

  Your best gift to yourself is to take stock of your daily drivers. Know how much RAM and hard-drive space they have, determine how well your most important apps run, and decide how reliable and dependable the devices are. Do it once a year — the holidays are a great time for it!

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (20.50.0, 2023-12-11).

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