Microsoft aware of Registry hack of windows XP and warns you not to

Windows XP runs on a total of 26.29% of all computers globally now. Thats a pretty significant number of people to own a decade old OS. Commitment is good and even after Microsoft’s continuous effort to make people upgrade by stopping security updates people keep finding ways to get past it.

The recent hack to receive updates is something Microsoft is aware of and warns users not to.

“We recently became aware of a hack that purportedly aims to provide security updates to Windows XP customers,” Microsoft said in a statement given to ZDNet on Monday. “The security updates that could be installed are intended for Windows Embedded and Windows Server 2003 customers and do not fully protect Windows XP customers. Windows XP customers also run a significant risk of functionality issues with their machines if they install these updates, as they are not tested against Windows XP.”

The statement continued, “The best way for Windows XP customers to protect their systems is to upgrade to a more modern operating system, like Windows 7 or Windows 8.1.”

But seriously…. People using XP, UPGRADE will u !?

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Registry Hack lets XP users to receive security updates till 2019 >>But Seriously!! UPGRADE -_- << #windows #xp

Since the updates for POSReady 2009 are based on Windows XP Service Pack 3, this means that security updates being released for POSReady 2009 are unavoidably the same updates Microsoft would have provided for Windows XP if it was still supporting the OS.

Security updates and patches until 9 April 2019

To tweak the registry on a 32-bit system, simply follow the steps below:

The Surface Pro 3 #trulyremarkable

“You’ve been told to buy a laptop, but you know you need a laptop.” Though freshly-minted Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella gave the opening remarks, today’s Surface event was all about Surface creator Panos Panay — dropping tablets, playing with scales, pushing hinges, and giving more than a few shout-outs to Wall Street Journal editor (and former Verge editor) Joanna Stern. Here’s everything you need to know from the event in under five minutes.

-The Verge

Microsoft announces Indian hardware partner for Windows phone 8.1 #Micromax

 

Microsoft and Micromax have been having talks on a partnership for quite some time and looks like the talks have ended positively for micromax. India’s newest hardware partner for Microsoft will be Micromax as they will be bring more cheap and affordable Windows 8.1 handsets to the Indian market. This along with the announcement of the free licensing of their OS for those devices 9″ and less would prove to be a great plus for the Indian market.

Direct X 12 teaser- Lower-level access

Looks like all those rumors in the rumor mill about the DirectX 12 might soon be put to rest. Earlier today, Microsoft teased DirectX 12 saying that it will be unveiled at Game Developers Conference 2014 that will be held on the 20th of this month. One of the event schedules of microsoft,

DirectX: Evolving Microsoft’s Graphics Platform (Presented by Microsoft)

For nearly 20 years, DirectX has been the platform used by game developers to create the fastest, most visually impressive games on the planet.

However, you asked us to do more. You asked us to bring you even closer to the metal and to do so on an unparalleled assortment of hardware. You also asked us for better tools so that you can squeeze every last drop of performance out of your PC, tablet, phone and console.

Come learn our plans to deliver.

“You also asked us for better tools so that you can squeeze every last drop of performance out of your PC, tablet, phone and console.”

So one thing that most of the Game Devs wanted was a lower level access to hardware, which was the reason for AMD to move away from the DirectX drift into the creation of Mantle (Note: AMD is also a partner). This would make certain that more modern games would be able to leverage the power of the CPU which is something that hasn’t been seen on a more widespread level.

This all sounds so cool but it seems likely that this would just be the announcement for the new platform and we might start seeing DirectX 12 only on the next generation platform of Windows.(Windows 9 perhaps)…

Bill Gates is the World’s richest man “Again”

Microsoft Founder and ex-chairman, Bill Gates is now, according to the Forbes the richest man in the world. Forbes claim that Bill Gates is now worth at $76Billion and has taken over Mexico’s Carlos Slim who was at that position for the past 4 years. Gates recently stepped down from his post as the chairman and decided to work as the Technology advisor, along side CEO Satya Nadella.  “I’ll have over a third of my time available to meet with product groups, and it’ll be fun to define this next round of products working together,” Gates said last month. When away from Microsoft’s headquarters, Gates will continue to focus his attention on various philanthropic projects including The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Gates has also given in charity over $28Billion over the past few years.

Facebook’s Zuckerberg’s net worth at $28.5 billion, is now closer to Billionaires like Sergey Brin, Larry Page, and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos. And thanks to the Acquisition offer, WhatsApp founders Jan Koum and Brian Acton have joined the billionaires list.

Source: TheVerge

Two top tier executives step down from Microsoft.

According to Re/code, two of Microsoft’s top tier executives have stepped down from their positions. They are Tami L. Reller, Anthony J. “Tony” Bates . This is so to say the first high level stepdown after  Satya Nadella’s promotion. Re/code points out that Nadella announced the news to his staff on Friday, and planned to make a public statement on Tuesday this week. The company’s new CEO reportedly already has two other execs lined up to take on Bates and Reller’s responsibilities.

CEO Satya Nadella confirmed the rumors on Monday afternoon, sharing his internal memo on Microsoft’s public website. Eric Rudder will temporarily replace Tony Bates as interim leader for business development and evangelism, while Chris Capossela is set to take over Tami Reller’s position as Chief Marketing Officer. Finally, Mark Penn has been promoted to the position of Chief Strategy Officer.

To know more about them,

Cortana – The Microsoft personal assistant

Cortana, named often the personal assistant in the popular title Halo, will be available on Microsoft’s next offering of Windows 8.1. Cortana will work similar to Siri and Google Now and will be replying to questions using services like Bing, Foursquare and certain contextual power of Google Now. The impressive thing about Cortana is it’s ability to store personal information on it’s Notebook system. Notebook will allow the Cortana digital assistant to access information such as location data, behaviors, personal information, reminders, and contact information. Cortana can also track flights or other mentions in emails, allowing it to generate notifications similar to Google Now. It also includes nicknames.

Former CEO of Nokia to head Xbox divison #disaster ?

Microsoft have decided that Stephan Elop, Executive Vice President, Devices & Services at Nokia and Former CEO of Nokia Corporation, will be taking over the entirety of the Xbox division. This is following Don Mattrick, who left the company after the launch of the Xbox one.

Microsoft also chose Julie Larson-Green,20-year Microsoft veteran Larson-Green had led the Devices and Studios group with responsibility for all hardware development including Xbox, Surface and accessories and also oversaw Microsoft Studios, which “include(d) development of games, entertainment and premium content experiences for all devices across the company, to take up the role of Chief Experience Officer (CXO) of the “My Life & Work” team in Lu’s Applications and Services Group (ASG). She will be working along side Elop once the Nokia acquisition is complete, until when she will be continuing her current role.

Many feel however that appointing Elop to head the Xbox division could be a bad thing. His track record at Nokia suggests “During the 3 years Elop was Nokia CEO, Nokia revenues fell 40%, Nokia profits fell 95%, Nokia market share collapsed in smartphones from 34% to 3.4%, Nokia’s credit rating went from A to junk, Nokia’s share price dropped 60% in value and Nokia’s market capitalization lost 13 Billion dollars in value. The Financial Times calculated that Nokia shareholders ended up paying Elop a bonus of 1 million Euros for every 1.5 billion in market capital that Elop was able to destroy while Nokia CEO.”

What will become of the Xbox is still a big question mark. Maybe he might do well here. We will have to wait and see how this pans out.

Source : Extremetech, wikipedia