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Today we’re celebrating 50 years of Star Trek and giving you the chance to earn great rewards with a special offer on Star Trek movies and TV shows in the Windows Store. This offer includes Star Trek movies and TV series spanning the franchise since the original Star Trek launched. You can be amongst the first to pre-order the newly released movie, Star Trek Beyond. Earn great rewards simply by purchasing or renting any of the Star Trek content in the Windows Store We recently introduced Microsoft Rewards, a program that gives members the ability to earn rewards by searching with Bing, as well as earn points when shopping with Microsoft and browsing the w…
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Stampado ransomware author returns with new creation Emsisoft security researcher Fabian Wosar informed Softpedia today about a new decrypter he put together that can unlock files encrypted by a new ransomware family called Philadelphia. The number of Philadelphia infections is relatively low because the ransomware was only recently released by its creator, the same crook that developed the Stampado ransomware. Fabian Wosar previously released a free decrypter for the Stampado ransomware as well, about which you can read more here. Since the two ransomware families are related, both being coded in the AutoIT scripting language, Fabian Wosar was able to crack …
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Here’s what’s new in the Windows Store this week: We hope you enjoyed this week’s episode of This Week on Windows! To learn more about how you can search your PC and web with Cortana*, check out our Windows 10 Tips blog post. Head over here to read about the Microsoft Solitaire Collection milestone and learn all the ways you can get ready for the football season with Microsoft, and keep reading to see what’s new in the Windows Store! Halo 5: Forge Bundle for Windows 10 PCs – Free We are bringing the Forge toolset to Windows 10 PCs with the release of the Halo 5: Forge Bundle. The precision, speed and control available on PC using keyboard and mouse will make …
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Ransomware made over 10K victims in just two weeks MalwareHunterTeam has discovered a new ransomware family that calls itself CryLocker and abuses legitimate services such as Google Maps, Imgur, and Pastee. Researchers first spotted this ransomware towards the end of August, when they noticed something peculiar about its mode of operation, meaning the usage of UDP packets instead of TCP and several connections made to legitimate sites. After further analysis, researchers discovered that CryLocker was infecting users and locking a large number of file types. Instead of sending all information to remote C&C servers, the ransomware was encoding this data a…
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Forza Horizon always gives players the chance to drive to the music they love, and today we’re excited to unveil that Forza Horizon 3 is taking it to an all-new level! The Forza Horizon 3 original soundtrack features a broader musical selection than any Horizon game before with nearly 150 songs across eight, in-game radio stations. On top of returning favorites like Horizon Pulse and Horizon Bass Arena, several new stations add new and classic hits from genres across hip hop, indie rock, punk/metal, and of course, classical music. There’s even more to the Forza Horizon 3 music experience than a sweet soundtrack. Now, for the first time ever, you can rock music y…
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Since the release of Halo 5: Guardians last year, the team at 343 Industries has continued to provide free content updates, expanding the experiences available to players within our community and supporting the game post-launch. Today, we are releasing Anvil’s Legacy, which is our ninth major, free update for Halo 5: Guardians on Xbox One. In it, we are releasing two new maps and a bunch of new REQ content, but perhaps the biggest news relates to Forge. Along with Anvil’s Legacy, we are finally bringing the Forge toolset to Windows 10 PCs with the release of Halo 5: Forge. The precision, speed and control available on PC using keyboard and mouse will make it …
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Football season is here! Today, we’re sharing ways you can celebrate with Microsoft, from weekly game predictions to Special Edition Surface NFL Type Covers. Let Bing predict which teams will win Bing has you covered this professional football season from basic player info to schedules and more. The Bing team created a unique professional football experience powered by Bing Predicts for all types of football fans looking to get the edge, including: Game by Game Predictions – Predictions on which team will win every weekly matchup. Fantasy Football Predictions – Weekly predictions of who to start in your fantasy league by position including predictions of…
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As the makers of recruiting platforms are happy to remind us, your social media self is extremely likely to be perused by recruiters who’ll either snap you up when they see the results or turn up their noses at, say, your posts about OMG how much you HATE your boss and hope he DIES! According to one such vendor, as of 2013, 93% of recruiters were likely to look at a candidate’s social profile, and 42% had been moved to give the thumbs-up or -down based on what they turned up. There have been various tools put forth that make it easier for employers to get at your “true” self. (And before you protest that our social media selves are not, in fact, our “true” selves…
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The wait is over! Today, we are excited to announce that Sling TV, the live and on-demand Internet streaming service is now available on Windows 10 PCs and tablets, allowing you to watch popular entertainment at home and on the go, all within a single free app and service starting at $20 per month. What is Sling TV? Sling TV is an app for everyone who loves live and on-demand television, but hates the out-of-date cable model. With Sling TV there are no long-term contracts, no equipment rental fees, no hidden fees and no strong arm tactics. Sling TV offers today’s top entertainment on televisions, tablets, phones, computers, gaming consoles and other streaming …
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Last week, we gave you a tour around what’s new in the Windows Store with the Windows 10 Anniversary Update. Today, we’re going to show you how you can quickly and easily search your PC and the web all in one place. Your customizable taskbar is a great place to start any search! To search from your taskbar, simply click the Cortana* icon and type your query: For example, if you search “Xbox” you’ll see it brings up apps, apps related to Xbox, Xbox-related settings, and additional Xbox entries in the Windows Store. It also allows you to select a web search for Xbox, or search for the term “Xbox” within the folders and documents on your PC. Have a great week!…
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When police put your photo on a “Wanted” poster for violating probation on two counts of battery, it’s not the best idea to use that photo as your Facebook profile picture. A 42-year-old Florida man learned that lesson the hard way. Police arrested Mack Yearwood last Tuesday on outstanding warrants from Citrus County, on Florida’s Gulf Coast, according to local publication the Palm Beach Post. Police from the town of Stuart said on their Facebook page that the picture came from a “Wanted of the Week” poster. Beyond the bad judgment on what photo to use on Facebook, Yearwood also apparently forgot that he allegedly had a bag of weed in his jeans pocket. Whil…
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We’ve reached an important milestone in the development of Forza Motorsport 6: Apex – as of today, we’re lifting the “beta” tag and releasing Apex as a full-fledged (and still free!) product on the Windows 10 Store. We’re extremely excited to announce that today’s content update for Apex will bring wheel support to the Forza Motorsport series on Windows 10 for the first time. This is a major landmark for the Forza series on Windows 10 and has been the result of months of hard work from the Turn 10 and Windows teams. By adding wheel support to Forza Motorsport 6: Apex, we continue to work towards our goal of improving the Apex experience for players and making ra…
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A bad malware signature caused Sophos antivirus products to detect a critical Windows file as malicious on Sunday, preventing some users from accessing their computers. The false positive detection flagged winlogon.exe, an important component of the Windows Login subsystem, as a Trojan program called Troj/FarFli-CT. Because the file was blocked, some users who attempted to log into their computers were greeted by a black screen. Sophos issued an update to fix the problem within a few hours and said that the issue only affected a specific 32-bit version of Windows 7 SP1 and not Windows XP, Vista, 8 or 10. "Based on current case volume and customer feedback, we b…
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Your fridge is getting so smart, security-software maker Kaspersky Lab thinks you probably shouldn’t trust it. As makers of household appliances fill their machines with computer chips to make them smarter, consumers and privacy watchdogs should beware the data collected by these objects and how it’s used, Marco Preuss, a director on Kaspersky’s global research and analysis team in Europe, said at the IFA consumer electronics conference in Berlin. "A fridge is no longer only a fridge, it’s now also a sensor collecting private information," Preuss said. "Vendors need to say what data they collected, where it’s stored and who’s using it, and regulators need to work on…
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If you’re hitting the road this holiday weekend, you might find yourself visiting some unfamiliar gas stations, ATMs, or kiosks that accept credit cards. The recent arrest in California of two men who are accused of draining $500,000 from US Bank customers’ accounts should remind people across the country and all over the world: be careful where you swipe your debit card, and be protective of your PIN. KCAL reports that the two men are suspected of multiple skimmer thefts, and they were caught in a sting by police. In these incidents, the suspects used a super-thin device about as wide as a credit card that captures the information on a card’s magnetic strip, and a pin…
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We hope you enjoyed this week’s episode of This Week on Windows! Take the tour of everything new in the Windows Store with the Windows 10 Anniversary Update in our Windows 10 Tips blog post, head over here to see all the Windows 10 devices announced at IFA, and keep reading for a great offer from Best Buy and everything new in the Windows Store this week! Save $150 on Lenovo Yoga 900 at Best Buy, Students can save an additional $150 From now until 9/3/16, Best Buy is offering $150 off the purchase of the Lenovo Yoga 900 and students can save an additional $150 off through Best Buy’s student portal. Customize your laptop experience to fit any occasion with this…
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Today, we’re happy to announce that you can now pre-order Windows 10 PC games from the Windows Store. As we prepare for one of our biggest holiday launches ever, the Window 10 PC versions of ReCore, Forza Horizon 3, and Gears of War 4 can be pre-ordered from the Windows Store starting today. Each of these games supports Xbox Play Anywhere, giving our community the freedom to play their games wherever they want. These are just the first few Xbox Play Anywhere games, with many more coming – check out the full list at Xbox Play Anywhere. When you buy an Xbox Play Anywhere digital game through the Xbox Store or the Windows Store, it’s yours to play on both Xbox One …
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Xbox Wire revealed a new trailer for ReCore this morning and shared the global release dates for ReCore on Windows 10 and Xbox One. Developed by legendary creator Keiji Inafune and Armature Studio, the team behind the Metroid Prime series, ReCore is an exclusive new IP for Xbox One and Windows 10 that marries action and platforming gameplay with incredible visuals, unique art and an emotional, engaging story. ReCore is the first game to feature Xbox Play Anywhere, with one purchase of $40 USD providing access to the game on both Xbox One and Windows 10 and progress shared across devices for easy picking up where you left off, no matter where you play. ReCore will …
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When you update to or install Windows 10 there are quite a few first party apps that are installed at that time. Many of them are key elements of the operating system including Mail, Calendar, Groove Music, Movies & TV, Sports, Money and others. However, there are a couple that are installed by default that are not as critical to the OS such as Candy Crush and the Get Office app. Attempts to uninstall these non-critical apps meet with mixed success. Sometimes once removed they stay gone but many times they show back up as an update in the Windows Store. Luckily Candy Crush does not push any notifications to the Action Center but the Get Office app does eve…
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There was an “anomaly” today during testing of a SpaceX rocket at Cape Canaveral… the kind of “anomaly” that creates a spectacular fireball, goes “BOOM,” and leaves a smoke plume in the sky. Happily, nobody was hurt during the incident. However, one very expensive piece of high-profile technology went BOOM along with. That tech would be a broadband satellite meant to expand Facebook’s Internet.org access, as Recode reports. The payload was meant to be launched on Saturday (Sept. 3), and now will not be launching at all because much of it (and the rocket) has been reduced to its component atoms. In a statement, SpaceX said it “can confirm that in preparation for toda…
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It doesn’t happen a lot, especially if you’re an Amazon Prime member, but occasionally if you order an item from an Amazon third-party seller you might end up with an item shipped in a Target box, or containing a shipping receipt from Walmart. It’s not illegal or a scam, but it probably means you paid more than you should have. CNBC’s Courtney Reagan writes about an experiment her team tried, ordering a bunch of identical items from Amazon, Walmart.com, and Target.com, shipped to various addresses around the country. They didn’t use an Amazon Prime membership, as Prime items are generally purchased directly from Amazon or fulfilled through Amazon warehouses. One ite…
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It’s been an exciting last few weeks watching our OEM partners introduce a collection of new Windows PCs at variety of recent industry events including gamescom in Cologne, IFA 2016 in Berlin, and PAX West 2016 in Seattle. Partners including Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP and Lenovo have all unveiled their latest Windows 10 2-in-1s, ultrathin notebooks, unique desktop PCs, all-in-ones and gaming rigs. Windows 10 is better than ever at helping people and businesses be more productive and secure, and our partners continue to introduce innovative devices that bring the Windows 10 experiences to life. From the world’s thinnest notebooks to the first curved-screen gaming notebook…
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Today at PAX West, Dell unveiled all-new Alienware gaming notebooks with Windows 10, including the introduction of its thinnest and first-ever VR-ready notebooks. To celebrate its 20th anniversary as a leading pioneer in specialty high-performance PC gaming systems, this new line of notebooks run on Windows 10 and boast the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 10-Series family of GPUs, desktop-class graphics performance on notebooks and more. Let’s take a look at these gaming-ready PCs: The Alienware 17 with Windows 10 Click to view slideshow. The new Alienware 17 is the ultimate gaming notebook with an emphasis on screen size, gaming performance and overall immersion. This flags…
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It’s our pleasure to announce another exciting expansion of the Microsoft Bounty Programs. Today, we will be adding .NET Core and ASP.NET Core to our suite of ongoing bounty programs. We are offering a bounty on the Windows and Linux versions of .NET Core and ASP.NET Core starting on September 1, 2016. The program highlights are: Microsoft will pay a bounty for critical and important vulnerabilities on the latest RTM version, or supported Beta or RC releases of latest versions of Microsoft .NET Core, ASP.NET Core It includes vulnerabilities in the default ASP.NET Core templates provided with the ASP.NET Web Tools Extension for Visual Studio 2015 or later Also includ…
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Over the summer we had overwhelming response to our BlueHat v16 call for papers. We would like to give a special thanks to all who submitted papers for consideration. The range of content and quality of content was exceptional. So with that, today we are happy to announce our schedule for the general audience portion of the conference.
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