January 2020 – Page 6 – Batterie Store Blog

Windows 7 Support Ends January 14, Chrome to Offer Windows 7 Support for 18 Months More: What to Do Next

Microsoft’s decade-old operating system – Windows 7 – will reach ‘end of life’ on January 14. This means that the company will stop the free technical support and producing ‘security patches’ to fix software vulnerabilities. It is recommended that all users switch to Windows 10 or newer Windows versions before Windows 7 support ends. While Windows 7 won’t see any support, Google claims that it will keep updating Chrome on Windows 7 devices with software and security patches for 18 more months. This means support for Chrome users on Windows 7 will go on till July next year.

The tech giant is all set to end support for its Windows 7 software next week i.e. on January 14. While the software won’t stop working, Microsoft won’t be delivering any security patches, t hereby making it a breeding ground for hackers to tinker with. The ideal solution, as mentioned, is to update to the latest software. While the free program to update to Windows 10 ended on July 2016, users can purchase the software and install it easily. If you have a genuine copy of Windows 7 installed, you can still download Windows 10 for free by heading to the download page, and installing the Media Creation Tool.

So, what does the January 14 date mean exactly? On its site, Microsoft says “After January 14, 2020, if your PC is running Windows 7, it will no longer receive security updates. Therefore, it’s important that you upgrade to a modern operating system such as Windows 10, which can provide the latest security updates to help keep you and your data safer. In addition, Microsoft customer service will no longer be available to provide Windows 7 technical support. Related services for Windows 7 will also be discontinued over time. For example, certain games such as Internet Backgammon and Internet Checkers as well as Electronic Program Guide for Windows Media Center are scheduled to be discontinued in January 2020.”

However, paid support is still available, and Microsoft notes: “Extended Security Updates (ESU) are available for Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise, and Professional for Embedded Systems editions of this product, for up to an additional three years past the end of support.”

Note that Microsoft advises against installing Windows 10 on a very old device, as some Windows 7 devices are not compatible with Windows 10 and could result in reduced feature availability. If you have an old device, consider updating to Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 instead. Software support for Windows 8.1 is slated to end on January 10, 2023, so you can buy a few years with that. Users can also alternatively, choose to ditch Window OS altogether, and opt for Linux distros like Ubuntu, Debian, and more.

Microsoft notes that support for Internet Explorer will also end with Windows 7 on January 14, and to compensate for that, Google Chrome has announced that it will support Chrome software updates on Windows 7 devices till July 15, 2021. This is 18 months of additional software support, after Microsoft ends support for Windows 7 next week. “We will continue to fully support Chrome on Windows 7 for a minimum of 18 months from Microsoft’s End of Life date, until at least July 15, 2021. So if you haven’t started your move to Windows 10 yet, or even if your organization is mid-way through migration, you can still benefit from the enterprise capabilities of Chrome,” Google notes on its blog.

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Intel ‘Xe’ DG1 GPU for Developers Unveiled at CES 2020, First Intel Discrete Graphics Card But Not for Sale

Intel has unveiled its first discrete graphics card, but you won’t be able to buy one. The unit is for developers only, and will be seeded throughout the industry to allow software makers to get an idea of how to optimise their work for Intel’s new Xe graphics architecture. The card is an implementation of the DG1 GPU, which will be Intel’s first discrete GPU, slated to launch this year. The move shows that Intel is very close to releasing graphics products, although we don’t yet know what form they will take. Intel was quick to emphasise that no conclusions should be drawn from the appearance or performance level of the card being demonstrated, and that it is not necessarily an indication of what any upcoming retail product will be like.

Intel has been on a years-long journey to completely reboot its graphics capabilities. The Xe architecture will find its way into the integrated GPUs within Intel CPUs starting with the 10nm Tiger Lake generation, which is set to launch later this year. Intel has also promised to launch discrete GPUs, and will be targeting all levels from ultra-mobile devices to gaming, workstation, data centre servers, and high-performance acceleration.

The company is not yet ready to disclose timelines, specifications, performance targets, or any other concrete details, but the launch of the developer kit should inspire confidence in the industry. Intel showed the device running gameplay demos at CES, but would not comment on whether or not this represents the performance of a final shipping product. Intel also had laptops with functioning DG1 discrete GPUs at the show, but only shown under glass, and was not offering hands-on demos.

Intel has said that DG1 will be tuned for power efficiency but will be capable of supporting gaming and content creation workloads. The development kit with its dual-slot cooler will of course not be as thermally constrained as a GPU running within a thin-and-light laptop chassis. Software and driver support is also not yet final.

The DG1 kit has a metal shroud with a fairly elaborate design and RGB LEDs for show, but the company would also not comment on whether final shipping products will have the same look. It has three DisplayPorts and one HDMI port, like many consumer graphics cards. Notably, it has no PCIe power connectors, indicating that total power draw is within the 75W that PCIe slots can provide.

Intel began publicising its work on a completely reinvented graphics product stack in 2017, and hired several high-profile executives and engineers from the industry including AMD’s graphics chief, Raja Koduri. The company has been courting gamers and fans through its Odyssey series of events and social media engagements.

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Google Urged to Take Action Against Android Vendors Offering Bloatware by Over 50 Organisations Including DuckDuckGo

More than 50 organisations have asked Google to take action against Android vendors who pre-install “exploitative” apps aka bloatware on their devices. In an open letter submitted to Google CEO Sundar Pichai, the group of organisations that include search engine company and Google rival DuckDuckGo and nonprofit organisation The Tor Project have shown their concerns over vulnerabilities that users face due to pre-installed apps that cannot be deleted and collect, share, and expose their private data without prior knowledge or consent.

The signees have highlighted that pre-installed apps can come with “privileged custom permissions” that allow them to operate outside the default security model provided by Android.

“We are concerned that this leaves users vulnerable to the exploitative business practices of cheap smartphone manufacturers around the world,” the signees wrote in the open letter that has been signed by a total of 53 organisations.

The letter also cites a research conducted by experts back in March 2018 that showed as much as 91 percent of all tested pre-installed apps weren’t available on Google Play, despite the fact that the phones used for testing had Google Play Protect for security.

Google have been asked to impose new rules on Android vendors to restrict bloatware. The organisations in the letter urged Pichai to let individuals permanently uninstall the apps on their phones and bring pre-installed apps adhere to the same scrutiny as the apps available for download through Google Play. Further, they have mentioned that pre-installed apps should have update mechanism through Google Play without a user account, and Google shall refuse to certify a device on privacy grounds where it find manufacturers or vendors have attempted to exploit users through bloatware.

“We, the undersigned, believe these fair and reasonable changes would make a huge difference to millions of people around the world who should not have to trade their privacy and security for access to a smartphone,” the signees said in the letter.

The group of signees include various universities, privacy groups, consumer protection bodies, and journalism organisations. It is led by London-based charity Privacy International. Moreover, a petition page has been provided to let individuals and smartphone users add their voice to the campaign by signing up a petition.