Новости за 25.09.2019

Microsoft set the patching world on its ear on Monday when it released an "out of band" patch to fix a vulnerability known as CVE-2019-1367. Susan Bradley raised the alarm immediately. I chimed in a few hours later with more details.

Enterprise users can now wrap a new layer of security around their web services, thanks to Apple’s introduction of support for USB security keys in Safari 13.0.1.

Historically, wholesale coffee prices have been volatile, fluctuating widely over time. In the past two years, coffee prices have dropped from a high of $1.55 per pound to a low of 87 cents. Currently, coffee is selling for 99 cents per pound.

It’s around the turn of the millennium, and not everyone trusts that newfangled internet. (OK, those people might have been wiser than we knew.) In fact, pilot fish reports, he had a family member who was so paranoid about the dangers of the internet that they had to rename their intranet as the “Iweb.” Says fish: “‘Intranet,’ you see, sounded too much like ... well, you know.”

Need to build a slide presentation for a meeting, training or other event? Google Slides is an easy-to-use presentation app that comes with the essential tools and more. You use it through your web browser, with your presentations stored in the cloud with Google Drive. Anyone with a Google account can use Slides and Drive for free. They’re also part of G Suite, Google’s subscription-based suite of office apps for business and enterprise customers.

Microsoft today began selling additional space on its OneDrive cloud-based storage service to customers who subscribe to its consumer-grade Office 365 plans.