 Microsoft is rebuilding its Edge browser on Chromium. The software maker has been testing versions of this browser internally at Microsoft, and now The Verge has secured an exclusive first look at the early work thanks to a source who wishes to remain anonymous. While the previously leaked screenshots made Edge look very similar to Chrome, Microsoft is adding its own touches and animations to make it look and feel like a Windows browser. When you first install the Chromium version of Edge, Microsoft will prompt you to import favorites, passwords, and browsing history from Chrome or Edge (depending on your default). The setup screen also prompts you to pick a style for the default tab page before you start browsing. Most of the user interface of the browser is a mix of Chrome and Edge, and Microsoft has clearly tried to add its own little touches here and there. There’s a read-aloud accessibility option, and it simply reads the page out loud as it does in existing versions of Edge. Some features that you’d expect from Edge are missing, though. Microsoft hasn’t implemented its set aside tabs feature just yet, and write on the web with a stylus isn’t available. Microsoft also has support for extensions and a dedicated extensions page for ones that it has approved. You’ll also be able to install Chrome extensions from Google’s online store, just by flipping a switch in the extension's settings. We’ve tried a number of extensions like 1Password and Ghostery, and they work just like you’d expect them to in Chrome. We have more posted on OUR FORUM.  Intel announced that its 9th generation mobile Core processor (H series) would be released soon. The announcement was made at Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. The General manager of premium and gaming notebook segments at Intel, Frederik Hemberger promised to release the processor very soon, in the second quarter of the year. Compared to previous CPU generations, the new processor includes a variety of exciting new features, especially for game lovers. But what are the gaming features that Intel promises to bring in this new chip? Any guesses? No? Then keep reading to learn more. Intel’s sources claimed that this new processor would provide a “more rounded experience for gamers”. It offers an optimum environment for gaming and streaming. Not only this, but it would also be able to operate triple -A (AAA) titles with the option of recording and streaming on Youtube and Twitch. The exact date of Intel’s 9th-gen processor's release is still a mystery and yet to be announced by the company. However, we expected the new CPU to be released in July 2019. Intel‘s 9th-gen mobile Core processor is based on the older 14nm Coffee Lake architecture. As the previous 8th generation H series CPUs consist of 6 cores, so it is expected that the 9th -gen processor may contain 8 cores. Further details can be found on OUR FORUM.  Facebook on Thursday said it has fixed a security issue wherein millions of its users' passwords were stored in plain text and "readable" format for years and according to reports, were searchable by thousands of its employees. The report by KrebsOnSecurity claimed on Thursday around 200-600 million Facebook users may have had their account passwords stored in plain text and searchable by over 20,000 Facebook employees. In a blog post later, Facebook said as part of a routine security review in January, it found that some user passwords were being stored in a readable format within our internal data storage systems. "This caught our attention because our login systems are designed to mask passwords using techniques that make them unreadable. "We have fixed these issues and as a precaution will be notifying everyone whose passwords we found stored this way," wrote Pedro Canahuati, VP Engineering, Security and Privacy at Facebook. The company, however, said these passwords were never visible to anyone outside of Facebook. "We have found no evidence to date that anyone internally abused or improperly accessed them. We estimate that we will notify this to hundreds of millions of Facebook Lite users, tens of millions of other Facebook users, and tens of thousands of Instagram users. More details can be found on OUR FORUM. |
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