iPhone Source Code From iOS 9 Leaked on Github

Computer PC Tips - bits and bytes
iPhone Source Code From iOS 9 Leaked on Github   It seems poor old Apple has run into some serious issues in the last few months where the first thing was a poor battery forcing the iOS to be slowed down, followed by a bug that allowed anyone to change the password on their App Store and finally this where the source code for a core component of the iPhone's operating system was leaked on GitHub. The code, which appears to be for iBoot, or the part of iOS that ensures a trusted boot of the operating system, was initially shared online several months ago on Reddit, but it resurfaced today on GitHub where it will presumably receive more attention. The iBoot code appears to be from a version of iOS…
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Microsoft Office 2019 will only work on Windows 10

Software Releases
Microsoft Office 2019 will only work on Windows 10 Microsoft is providing an update on Office 2019 today, revealing that it will only run on Windows 10. On the Microsoft web site there is a story for service and support of Windows and Office, Microsoft has revealed you’ll need to upgrade to Windows 10 if you want the latest version of Office without subscribing to the company’s Office 365 service. Microsoft Office 2019 has been one of the strongest profit making packages that Microsoft does sell and since It’s a move that’s clearly designed to push businesses that are holding off on Office 365 into subscriptions to use it will have to upgrade all machines to Windows 10. This won’t affect Office for Mac, which is a separate product with a different release…
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AlMediaDev Releases StyleControls Version 3.90 for Delphi

Rad Studio Delphi Development
AlMediaDev Releases StyleControls Version 3.90 for Delphi AlMediaDev has released the latest version 3.90 of StyleControls for the Delphi / C++ Builder.  StyleControls is a stable, powerful package (more than 100 components), which uses Classic drawing, system Themes, GDI+ and VCL Styles. This package contains the unique solutions to extend standard VCL controls and also has many unique, advanced controls to create modern applications (UWP design). Also with this package you can really improve applying and using of VCL Styles in your application. Latest updates are: * improved: VCL Styles support * improved: High-DPI support * improved: TscStyledForm component * fixed: TscExPanel.OnCaptionClick not fired when Moveable = True * updated: "CustomGPForm 2" high-dpi demo   Baron Software uses the StyleControls with our applications providing a robust method to making beautiful forms…
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Elevate Software announces V2.27 release of ElevateDB

Rad Studio Delphi Development
Elevate Software announces V2.27 release of ElevateDB ElevateDB is licensed per-developer, and includes royalty-free distribution. License management isn't required at all.  The software is written for Delphi development and brings out the ability of handling multiple users for a small company.  Flexible database commands allow SQL-like searches, modifications and extractions.  Great product for a small amount upfront. The following are breaking changes in 2.27 The XML output from the EXPORT TABLE SQL statement now includes a top-level "table" element in order to properly adhere to the XML specifications and allow exported XML files to be properly validated. Comparisons between timestamp values and date values now ignore the time portion of the timestamp value and only compare the date portion of the timestamp value with the date value. 2.27 New Features New VCL TEDBDataSet Import and Export methods…
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Critical SQL Server Patches for Meltdown and Spectre

Microsoft Development, News Items, SQL Tips
Critical SQL Server Patches for Meltdown and Spectre There are two new possible viruses Meltdown and Spectre that can lead to dangerous situations on your SQL server by attacks. The following summary allows you to review and decide how to patch your systems.  All SQL DBAs need to take action to make sure that they have backups as well as protecting the current systems.   SQL Server Versions Affected This is a hardware issue, so every system is affected. SQL Server running on x86 and x64 for these versions: SQL Server 2008 SQL Server 2008R2 SQL Server 2012 SQL Server 2014 SQL Server 2016 SQL Server 2017 Azure SQL Database It is likely that SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 7, SQL Server 6.5 are all affected. No…
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