As you may already know, Microsoft is officially supporting the PHP interpreter on Windows. The company provides support for building and applying security patches to Windows binaries of PHP. This will no longer be true for PHP 8.0 and above.
Author: Sergey Tkachenko
Linux Mint 19.3 can now be upgraded to Mint 20
It has been quite a while since the release of Linux Mint 20. Finally, the distro team posted update instructions. The notable thing is that this time you can only upgrade Mint 19.3 64-bit. Users running a 32-bit Mint instance are out of luck.
Web content filtering will be offered as part of Microsoft Defender ATP
Web content filtering is a new feature in Microsoft Defender ATP that enables security administrators to track and regulate access to websites based on specified content categories. Microsoft offers a public preview of Web content filtering, so interested users can give it a try.
Firefox 78.0.2 is out with security and bug fixes
Mozilla has updated Firefox 78 in the stable branch. A new update,version 78.0.2, resolves a few bugs, and fixes a moderate security vulnerability.
Liquid Jewels 2 theme for Windows 10, 8, and 7
The Liquid Jewels 2 theme features 9 amazing wallpapers with macro views of flowers touched by a few drops of water. This beautiful themepack was initially created for Windows 7, but you can use it in Windows 10, Windows 7 and Windows 8.
Enable or Disable Offer to Translate Pages in Microsoft Edge Chromium
How to Enable or Disable Offer to Translate Pages in Microsoft Edge Chromium
By default, Microsoft Edge offers translating web pages that are not in your default language of the browser. If you are not happy to see such prompts every time you visit a page in a foreign language, you may want to disable them. For example, you may prefer alternative translators to Bing, which is enabled by default in Edge.
Microsoft introduced implementation of Storage Access API in Edge Can and Dev
Microsoft has announced the “first-look” rollout of the Storage Access API that is now available in the Canary and Dev channels of Microsoft Edge. This API allows developers to determine whether their access to browser-based storage is restricted by a user’s privacy settings and to request storage access from users if so. For users, this API provides greater transparency into and control over the sites that are requesting access to browser-based storage that could be used to track their behaviors across the web.
Microsoft introduces Kernel Data Protection, a new platform security technology for preventing data corruption
Microsoft has announced Kernel Data Protection (KDP), a new technology that prevents data corruption attacks by protecting parts of the Windows kernel and drivers through virtualization-based security (VBS). KDP is a set of APIs that provide the ability to mark some kernel memory as read-only, preventing attackers from ever modifying protected memory.
Clear Startup Cache in Mozilla Firefox
How to Clear the Startup Cache in Mozilla Firefox
To start faster, Firefox caches some internal data related to your software and hardware configuration. If the startup cache is corrupted, Firefox may fail to start, or start silently without displaying the GUI. There are two methods you can use, including a new option Mozilla has added to the about:support page.
Delete Microsoft Edge Address Bar Suggestions with Mouse
How to delete Microsoft Edge address bar suggestions with the mouse
Now you can finally delete an address in the Edge address bar with a mouse click. Microsoft has updated the browser with a new option.
