Author: rlevchenko

New Windows 10 Build 10240

Hi, folks!

MS released new Windows 10 build 10240 yesterday.

1) new brand “TH1”. Windows 10 codename is “Threshold”.

2) available not only in the fast ring but in slow ring as well

3) there is no “Insider Preview” in the title.

So, I suppose this is the final RTM build. Only 2 weeks remain until official Windows 10 release.

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http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2015/07/15/build-10240-now-available-for-windows-insiders-in-fast-and-slow-rings/

Some changes in this build:

The Edge team has been continuing to optimize performance since first adding the new browser to Windows 10. In this build, Microsoft Edge is even better and is beating Chrome and Safari on their own JavaScript benchmarks:

  • On WebKit Sunspider, Edge is 112% faster than Chrome
  • On Google Octane, Edge is 11% faster than Chrome
  • On Apple JetStream, Edge is 37% faster than Chrome

Verified! Edge works better and faster!!

Critical security update for Hyper-V (Win8.1, 2008 – 2012 R2)

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/ms15-068.aspx

This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution in a host context if a specially crafted application is run by an authenticated and privileged user on a guest virtual machine hosted by Hyper-V. An attacker must have valid logon credentials for a guest virtual machine to exploit this vulnerability.

This security update is rated Critical for Windows Hyper-V on Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, and Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2. For more information, see the Affected Software section.

The security update addresses the vulnerabilities by correcting how Hyper-V initializes system data structures in guest virtual machines. For more information about the vulnerabilities, see the Vulnerability Information section.