06Mar 2018 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Bitcoin creator slapped with $10 billion lawsuit

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Bitcoin creator slapped with $10 billion lawsuit Craig Wright, the Australian who has previously claimed to be Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, is the subject of a multi billion dollar lawsuit. Wright is being sued by the estate of David Kleiman, who was thought to have co-created the cryptocurrency with the Australian. Kleiman passed away in 2013, but Kleiman's brother Ira claims that Wright somehow appropriated his former partner's bitcoin hoard. According to Motherboard, either Wright and Kleiman were involved in the creation of Bitcoin, or were there moments after the platform was created. Consequently, they apparently had access to mining tools at its earliest time, enabling them to rack up a small fortune in cryptocurrency. The pair are thought to have controlled anything up to 1.1 million BTC, although it's clear that nobody…
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24Feb 2018 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Latest uTorrent bug can control your computer to steal downloads

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Latest uTorrent bug can control your computer to steal downloads Two versions of uTorrent, one of the Internet's most widely used BitTorrent apps, have easy to exploit vulnerabilities that allow attackers to execute code, access downloaded files, and snoop on download histories recently discovered by a Google researcher. uTorrent developers are in the process of rolling out fixes for both the uTorrent desktop app for Windows and the newer uTorrent Web product.  The security breach only occurs for uTorrent users. The vulnerabilities, according to Google make it possible for any website when a user visits to control key functions in both the uTorrent desktop app for Windows and in uTorrent Web, an alternative to desktop BitTorrent apps that uses a Web interface and is controlled by a browser. The biggest…
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17Feb 2018 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Microsoft Surface Pro Celebrate 5 years of Surface with $200 savings

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Microsoft Surface Pro Celebrate 5 years of Surface with $200 savings Microsoft is having a huge sale for a pretty good replacement for your tablet or notebook, the surface pro. The benefits of the surface pro are: Up to 13.5 hours of video playback which is dependent on usage. Less than 2 pounds. Up to 16 GB of memory There are 3 different modes that a user can have which are Laptop where you pop in the special keyboard and write up your documents or do whatever you need to do prior to a meeting. Studio Mode which with the Surface pen can highlight sections or write notes.  Finally Tablet Mode which you can put on your lap to watch a presentation or movie. OneNote is a digital notebook for…
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16Feb 2018 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Microsoft releases new driver and firmware updates for Surface Book and Surface Pro and Microsoft Build

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Microsoft releases new driver and firmware updates for Surface Book and Surface Pro Microsoft released new driver and firmware updates for Surface Pro (Model 1796), Surface Pro with LTE Advanced (Model 1807) and Surface Book devices with Windows 10 Version 1703 (Creators Update) or above. These firmware updates improve system stability and on Surface Book devices provide improved battery reliability. Find the full change log from Microsoft below. Surface Pro (Model 1796): Surface System Aggregator Firmware (v233.2099.256.0) improves system stability. Surface Pro with LTE Advanced (Model 1807): Surface System Aggregator Firmware (v233.2102.1.0) improves system stability. Surface Book: Surface Embedded Controller Firmware (v90.2098.256.0) improves system stability. Surface Integration (v1.1.339.1) improves battery reliability. Microsoft has also released a new version of the Surface Dock Updater (v2.12.136.0) for IT professionals. This update includes fixes for external display stability…
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16Feb 2018 by richard@baronsoftware.com

Google Chrome Browser to Start Blocking Certain Web Advertising

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Google Chrome Browser to Start Blocking Certain Web Advertising All Google Chrome Browser users starting on February 15, 2018, your Chrome browser will start blocking ads that don’t meet the standards set by the Coalition for Better Ads. The idea is to improve the browsing experience of web users by getting rid of the worst of the annoyances that they generally object to. These annoyances include ads that provide auto-playing video with audio, ads that block the site you’re trying to reach and ads that cover large areas of the screen.  I am not sure how this will handle something like CNN.com that is famous for putting up some of the worst possible ads.  Even if you hover over the ad it sometimes will automatically start. Remember that CNN as well…
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