This widely installed and powerful program is riddled with security holes, and is a top target of malware writers and miscreants. Java 7 lets users disable Java content in web browsers through the Java Control Panel. Alternatively, consider a dual-browser approach, unplugging Java from the browser you use for everyday surfing, and leaving it plugged in to a second browser that you only use for sites that require Java. There are a couple of ways to find out if you have Java installed and what version may be running.
Users also can visit Java. Updates also should be available via the Java Control Panel or from Java. Mac OS X Nice tip, I have forwarded to my team in case they did not see it. LandzDown Team. Oracle released the schedules critical security updates for its Java SE Runtime Environment software.
Application authors and vendors have been encouraged to sign code with a certificate from a trusted Certificate Authority. Thus, as part of this update to Java SE 7u21, a change to the Java browser plug-in behavior has been introduced. Java users will be presented with a dialog s that will provide additional information regarding the certificate, providing the opportunity to continue or terminate execution.
These flaws could potentially affect a whole host of Java software and were not limited to programs running via the Java browser plugin , as has been the case with some previous Java exploits. After that, the next update is currently scheduled for October Worrying changes are afoot for e-comics vendor ComiXology as Amazon finally gets round to asserting copy control — meaning no more downloads of unprotected comics, even if you've paid for them.
It looks as if Amazon subsidiary Iconology Inc — which trades as ComiXology — is finally being subsumed, eight years after Bezos' behemoth bought the business. Back in , The Reg expressed concern that ComiXology's own dedicated comic-reading app might be replaced with the Kindle app, and that seems to be finally happening, at some as-yet unspecified time soon.
Comixology's latest blog post says that changes are coming in "early Indian IT services giant HCL Technologies has quietly removed some of the controversial clauses from its HR policy revealed by The Reg revealed last week, which required resigning employees to pay back bonuses.
According to the policy, employees who resign are responsible for paying back all the bonus they've received from their last appraisal cycle until their last working day LWD. A company email detailed that the LWD would be taken as 31 March , so if a staff member leaves on 3rd March , the amount paid from 1st April through to 28th February would be recovered.
Microsoft's board of directors has hired a law firm to review its sexual harassment and gender discrimination policies and practices following a shareholder proposal. The shareholder vote came at the urging of Arjuna Capital after the investment management firm warned that "sexual harassment at Microsoft presents a material investment risk. Vivaldi will not provide crypto-wallets in its browser because it doesn't want users to participate in digital coin trading — something CEO Jon von Tetzchner desribes as "at best a gamble and at worst a scam".
The move comes a week after rival Mozilla dipped a toe in the crypto-waters , only to have it angrily bitten off. Mozilla initially talked of accepting donations via cryptocurrencies but swiftly backtracked, saying the policy would be paused and reviewed.
Anti-malware veteran Norton also came a little unstuck at the same time thanks to inbuilt crypto-mining tech. Microsoft's cloudy storage platform, OneDrive, is a handy solution for mixed fleets. Using Windows and Mac hardware? No problem; a local-file-like experience is on hand for either environment Linux users, sadly, need not apply for the time being.
One facet of the OneDrive experience is Files On-Demand, where the content of files is not downloaded until needed for example, opening up a Word document. It saves disk space and means OneDrive only downloads what it needs when connected to the internet unless a user has manually specified that a file or folder be always available. Dropbox's Smart Sync does something similar.
Interview Supply chain woes continue to batter the tech industry but that didn't deter the makers of the diminutive Microlino from introducing a new electric vehicle amid a pandemic and chip shortage.
We last looked at the Microlino in , when the bubble-like electric car was shown off at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. June 19, am. Share this article:. Octopus Scanner Sinks Tentacles into GitHub Repositories At least 26 different open-source code repositories were found to be infected with an unusual attack on the open-source software supply chain. My guess is that most people would agree that there was one patch released this week that had 40 vulnerabilities in it, and that the number of disclosed vulnerabilies this year is higher than last year.
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