Oracle VM VirtualBox has received a major upgrade, moving up to version 5.0. The new release brings a variety of features including USB 3 device support, disk image encryption, and a headless mode to start VMs in a separate process. The new features are a welcome addition to the popular, free VM software. You can see the full list of changes since version 4.3 in the … [Read more...]

Microsoft has released an update to the Office 2016 Preview. The Preview was first released in early May and shows some new features of the office productivity suite. The update to the Preview, released yesterday, is no different and continues to add new features. Some of the highlighted features include: New charts in Excel Real-time typing in Word - collaborate on … [Read more...]

Malwarebytes recently released a new version of its software, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware version 2.1.8.1057. One of the updates mentioned in the changelog is showing your license key in the 'My Accounts' page. This change goes hand-in-hand with Malwarebytes' amnesty program to upgrade their licensing system to make it stronger against piracy. What is the Malwarebytes Amnesty … [Read more...]

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer announced in the recent shareholders meeting that Yahoo may be increasing its search traffic. It is accomplishing that increase through a partnership with Oracle as Yahoo becomes the new toolbar to be pushed out with Java by default. This change removes Ask Toolbar from being the opt-out sponsor offer for Java. The change of hands comes shortly after … [Read more...]

Microsoft has announced that its SQL Server Management Studio is now available as a stand-alone product with the June 2015 Preview release. This frees the useful tool from its normal bundling with the SQL Engine releases. This independence should allow Microsoft to give it more development and more frequent updates to keep in step with SQL Server and Azure SQL Database. The … [Read more...]