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Microsoft Guidance to protect against speculative execution side-channel vulnerabilities on Windows, Windows Server and Azure (Meltdown and Spectre)

Thomas Maurer — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 09:51:54 +0000

Microsoft very quickly responded to the speculative execution side-channel vulnerabilities also called Meltdown and Spectre which affect many modern processors and operating systems, including chipsets from Intel, AMD, and ARM. Microsoft released some guidance how you should protect your devices against these vulnerabilities. The Microsoft Security Defense Team also published an article with guidance and more details on …

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My first year with Windows Phone

Thomas Maurer — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 15:13:58 +0000

Exactly one year ago I got my first Windows Phone. Since then a lot has change and Windows Phone has really improved. After the first update, called NoDo, I could leave my iPhone 4 behind and change to the HTC 7 Trophy. Of course the hardware was nowhere near the iPhone 4 but the Windows Phone OS …

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Another HTC TITAN Windows Phone review

Thomas Maurer — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:19:35 +0000

I know I said the Nokia Lumia 800 would be my next Windows Phone, but after Nokia announced that the release date of the Lumia 800 in Switzerland would be Q1/2012 I could not resist to buy a HTC TITAN. I also know there are a lot of good HTC TITAN reviews already out, but I …

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Office 365 and Windows Phone Mango – an awesome team

Thomas Maurer — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 14:22:50 +0000

Now I am still working with Office 365. I am still try to test all the features and also the support for mobile devices like the iPhone or Windows Phone 7. As a Windows Phone 7 developer I could get the beta for the next update of Windows Phone 7 called Mango. Now Mango will …

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PC vs Mac ;-)

Thomas Maurer — Mon, 23 May 2011 14:20:08 +0000

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HP Elitebook comparison

Thomas Maurer — Wed, 04 May 2011 14:39:24 +0000

I thinking about buying a new notebook and since HP, Dell and other vendors released new notebooks based on Intel Sandy Bridge this would be the perfect time to replace my current MacBook Pro with a new Windows Laptop. So basically I made this HP Elitebook comparison for all Important things for me based on …

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New Awesome HP Notebooks (Elitebooks and ProBooks)

Thomas Maurer — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 20:35:44 +0000

After some years with my Apple MacBook Pro its time for a new notebook. Now since my work now is really in the Microsoft field, it does not really make sence to buy a MacBook Pro again. So first I check out the new Dell Latitude E-Series, and now HP released the new Elitebook Workstations. Now …

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Import Evernote notes to OneNote 2010

Thomas Maurer — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 14:13:15 +0000

Since I work more and more with Windows 7 I had a look at Microsoft OneNote 2010. Before I used Evernote and I was happy with it. But as I saw OneNote and startet using it, I can’t think being without it. There are alot of features I really love and OneNote 2010 is really …

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Cyberduck for Windows

Thomas Maurer — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:02:11 +0000

Today I saw that my favorite FTP tool on Mac also released a version for Windows. The software is still beta but if you like the Mac version you will also like the Windows version. I don’t think it will replace Total Commander for me, but we will see. You can find more information about …

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Use Hotmail as a Exchange Account on your iPhone

Thomas Maurer — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 13:00:53 +0000

Hotmail or Windows Live do support ActiveSync for Mobile Devices like Windows Phone 7, iOS, Blackberry and so on. But it does not support Desktop Clients like Mac OS X Mail, iCal and Apple Address Book. For Windows Computers with Outlook I recommend using Microsoft Office Outlook Hotmail Connector. So if you wanna setup your …

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