Category Archives: General

Facebook: EU imposes 797.72 million euro fine

Posted on 2024-11-15 by guenni

[German]The EU Commission has fined Meta €797.72 million for tying its online classifieds service Facebook Marketplace to its personal social network Facebook and imposing unfair trading conditions on other providers of online classifieds services.

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Windows: Mail app will no longer work from December 31, 2024

Posted on 2024-11-11 by guenni

[German]Brief information for users of Windows 10 (and possibly Windows 11) who are still using the "Mail and Calendar" app as their email client. Microsoft has started the transition to the new Outlook app. Anyone holding on to the old … Continue reading →

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Malware September 2024: Formbook on Windows devices

Posted on 2024-10-26 by guenni

[German]Brief addendum on the subject of security and malware risks. I have had the malware report for September 2024 from security provider Check Point since mid-October 2024. Windows systems in Germany were probably particularly affected by the Formbook malware. The … Continue reading →

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Issues with Microsoft 365 account – nothing is displayed

Posted on 2024-10-26 by guenni

[German]Short article on the topic "Problems with a Microsoft 365 account", which was brought to my attention by a reader. The administration interface no longer shows any data for the account and the reader is hoping for a tip from … Continue reading →

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Exchange Online reports lack of storage space

Posted on 2024-09-23 by guenni

[German]Another curious observation from a blog reader today, asking whether other administrators have ever encountered this. He gets a storage error in his Exchange Online environment because the "disk is full". However, we are talking about a Microsoft cloud offering … Continue reading →

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German Linux developer René Rebe was SWATted

Posted on 2024-09-16 by guenni

[German]An unpleasant experience for German Linux developer René Rebe, who was SWATted during a Twitch live streaming session. The doorbell rang and when Rebe opened it, the police were standing in the room. He was then handcuffed. Is an oppressive … Continue reading →

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Review: Windows and the TCP-IP vulnerability CVE-2024-38063

Posted on 2024-08-18 by guenni

[German]A small follow-up to the August 13, 2024 patchday, where the 0-day remote code execution vulnerability CVE-2024-38063 in the TCP/IP implementation of Windows became known. Attackers can compromise a host via IPv6 packets and execute code there. Based on the … Continue reading →

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Oracle's Java pricing: Subscribers switch to OpenJDK

Posted on 2024-08-02 by guenni

[German]Has Oracle simply gambled with the pricing of JAVA licenses? It will be bitter for subscribers when Oracle issues an invoice for the licensing of JAVA. After all, it is calculated on a "per user" basis. It is incomprehensible to … Continue reading →

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Investor Meridian BidCo LLC acquires majority stake in MariaDB plc

Posted on 2024-08-01 by guenni

[German]Small addendum from July 25, 2024: It was announced that MariaDB plc has a new majority shareholder. This is a subsidiary of an investment firm. This company has acquired 88.7% of the shares in MariaDB plc and can now determine … Continue reading →

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CrowdStrike: Investigation report; amount of damages and compensation; attribution of blame

Posted on 2024-07-28 by guenni

[German]Now that the initial dust has settled after the CrowdStrike incident, which paralyzed 8.5 million Windows systems following a faulty update, new information has emerged. CrowdStrike has presented an initial investigation report into what exactly happened. There are initial figures … Continue reading →

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