Newfangled Microsoft Office 2019 Launch for Windows and Mac Worldwide

Newfangled Microsoft Office 2019 Launch Update:

It's that time of year again -- the time to upgrade your Microsoft Office Software.

Whether you're a classic user or an IT professional.

On Monday the 24th September 2018, Microsoft announced the Newfangled Microsoft Office 2019 Launch Windows and Mac.

Details About Newfangled Microsoft Office 2019 Launch

MS Office 2019 Software includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Project.

Customers have the option to download one of two version.

These version consists the standard, one-time "on-premises" release Office 2019 or the cloud-connected Office 365 ProPlus.

The updates present in the 2019 Software are those features and enhancements that have been added to Office 365 ProPlus since 2015.

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Newfangled Microsoft Office 2019 Launch. Because it is a one-time release, Office 2019 will not
receive updates like Office 365 ProPlus would.

OneNote is still free and can be downloaded separately without buying Office Software.

Therefore it’s downloadable for free on all platforms.

Besides that noticeable changes have been made to Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Project, Outlook, Visio, Access, and Publisher.

Most importantly Microsoft confirmed that Office 2019 is a one-off update. Newfangled Microsoft Office 2019 Launch.

Because there won’t be any further changes unlike the Office 365 ProPlus subscription.

The update will only roll out to commercial customers in its early stages.

Microsoft says that it will be available to other casual users in the “next few weeks”, without giving a fixed date.

Focus Mode, Read Aloud, 4K Export, & More

Microsoft Word, one of the oldest word processing apps ever, is now getting a new Focus Mode. Newfangled Microsoft Office 2019 Launch.

A new translator, and some accessibility features such as a Read Aloud function.

The Software also got a dark theme for Windows.

As for Excel, Microsoft added funnel charts to the spreadsheet software, timelines, 2D maps, and other new functions.

Users will now be able to use Excel’s data analysis feature in the Office 2019 suite as well.

Besides that The email service Outlook now has support for your professional Office 365 groups.

Because the contact cards have been updated in this Software.

The interface can now use mentions, display details on deliveries, and also has a new, more focused inbox.

PowerPoint now supports 4K video exports, and other image formats such as SVG and 3D models.

Software has a new roaming pencil case, as well as morph transitions.

The Office 2019 update is especially for those companies whose employees are having a hard time shifting to cloud-based subscriptions, much like Google Docs.

Users will be able to get the same features without committing to monthly payments for their organization. Newfangled Microsoft Office 2019 Launch.

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HP Laptops Hidden Keylogger Surveillance Software a Security Risk for Laptop Users

HP Laptops Hidden Keylogger Surveillance Software Update:

Do you own a Hewlett-Packard (HP) laptop?

Yes? Just stop whatever you are doing and listen carefully:

Your HP laptop may be silently recording everything you are typing on your keyboard.

HP is reported to have issued patches for 450+ commercial workstations, consumer laptops and other HP products after a HP Laptops Hidden Keylogger Surveillance Software was found to have been hidden in a driver.

While examining Windows Active Domain infrastructures, security researchers from the Switzerland-based security firm Modzero have discovered a built-in HP Laptops Hidden Keylogger Surveillance Software in an HP audio driver that spy on your all keystrokes.

Security researcher Michael Myng found the keylogging code in software drivers preinstalled on HP laptops to make the keyboard work.

What Is A Keylogger?

As the name suggests a keylogger / keystroke-logger usually refers to covert spying / monitoring software that tracks every key that you strike on your keyboard. This software is usually employed with malicious intent e.g. to collect account information, credit card numbers, user-names, passwords, and other private data.

HP computers come with Audio Chips developed by Conexant, a manufacturer of integrated circuits, who also develops drivers for its audio chips. Dubbed Conexant High-Definition (HD) Audio Driver, the driver helps the software to communicate with the hardware.

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Depending upon the computer model, HP also embeds some code inside the audio drivers delivered by Conexant that controls the special keys, such as Media keys offers on the keypad.

Keylogger Found Pre-Installed in HP Audio Driver

According to researchers, the flawed code (CVE-2017-8360) written by HP was poorly implemented, that not just captures the special keys but also records every single key-press and store them in a human-readable file.

This log file, which is located at the public folder C:\Users\Public\MicTray.log, contains a lot of sensitive information like users' login data and passwords, which is accessible to any user or 3rd party applications installed on the computer.

Therefore, a malware installed on or even a person with physical access to a PC can copy the log file and have access to all your keystrokes, extracting your sensitive data such as bank details, passwords, chat logs, and source code.

Modzero researchers question HP:

"So what's the point of a keylogger in an audio driver? Does HP deliver pre-installed spyware? Is HP itself a victim of a backdoored software that third-party vendors have developed on behalf of HP?"

In 2015, this keylogging feature was introduced as a new diagnostic feature with an update version 1.0.0.46 for HP audio drivers and existed on nearly 30 different HP Windows PC models shipped since then.

The issue of HP Laptops Hidden Keylogger Surveillance Software affects laptops in the EliteBook, ProBook, Pavilion and Envy ranges, among others. HP has issued a full list of affected devices with HP Laptops Hidden Keylogger Surveillance Software, dating back to 2012.
In a statement, the company said:

"HP uses Synaptics' touchpads in some of its mobile PCs and has worked with Synaptics to provide fixes to their error for impacted HP systems, available via the security bulletin on HP.com."

How to Check if You are Affected from HP Laptops Hidden Keylogger Surveillance Software and Prevent Yourself from HP Laptops Hidden Keylogger Surveillance Software.

If any of these two following files exist in your system, then this keylogger is present on your PC:

• C:\Windows\System32\MicTray64.exe
• C:\Windows\System32\MicTray.exe

If any of the above files exist, Modzero advises that you should either delete or rename the above-mentioned executable file in order to prevent the audio driver from collecting your keystrokes.
Researchers warned:

"Although the file is overwritten after each login, the content is likely to be easily monitored by running processes or forensic tools."
"If you regularly make incremental backups of your hard-drive - whether in the cloud or on an external hard-drive – a history of all keystrokes of the last few years could probably be found in your backups."

Also, if you make regular backups of your hard drive that include the Public folder, the keylogging file in question may also exist there with your sensitive data in plain text for anyone to see. So, wipe that as well.

Source: Mehran Post

Pakistani Maven Develops Dante Artificial Journalist for Blogs and News Papers

Pakistani Maven Develops Dante Artificial Journalist Update: The trend of shaping artificial intelligence software and programs is on the rise. A lot of tech companies are keen to make an impact in this very area. Likewise, a Pakistani tech firm, baseH had also been working on it. On Monday, the company conducted the launch of an AI writer, Dante, at their headquarters in Karachi.

Pakistani Maven Develops Dante Artificial Journalist. The first A.I. Writer which at present writes Pakistan Stock Exchange closing reports, however soon it will be writing financial news, international business news, sports and national news as well.

The world has ushered into the new era of endless possibilities finally and Dante is the harbinger of this change. Our focus at the moment are the media houses that would be able to produce endless content with the same staff and in practically no time, Dante A.I. writer has the capability to learn the style of writing where it is being deployed and quickly adapt to new writing styles and set of editorial policies or preferences. But if you are a bloggger or run a news website Dante can transform your business forever. Pakistani Maven Develops Dante Artificial Journalist.

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Pakistani Maven Develops Dante Artificial Journalist. BaseH is currently focusing on media houses that would be able to produce endless content in little to no time with the help of the same staff. It hopes that the AI writer could be used as a supplementary resource by newspapers, tv channels and blogs as it would be able to free up time for editors to focus on other stories.

Pakistani Maven Develops Dante Artificial Journalist. According to a local television channel, the stories written by Dante were sent to experienced journalists in Pakistan for feedback.

One of them said that he could not tell the difference between a human-written story or a robot-written news story.

BaseH is a small company of IT professionals headquartered in Karachi. To make the AI Content Writer, they also enlisted the expertise of software engineers from the NED University.

AI-powered writing assistance programs are becoming better by the day. Grammarly, a popular grammar checker, uses AI-powered products to help with writing tasks. Microsoft Word’s Editor feature also uses AI to understand nuances in writing styles. It not only flags grammatical errors but also points out the use of unnecessarily complex words and overused terms. It also provides smart suggestions. For example, if it marks a sentence as passive, it will reword the sentence in an active voice.


A leading newspaper in the United States, the Washington Post, also has an in-house automated storytelling technology called heliograf, that uses it to cover all high school football games in the Washington, D.C. area every week.

The company is hoping that their AI writer could be used as an additional resource by newspapers, TV channels and blogs as it would enable editors to save their focus on other stories.

Pakistan is a fertile land for software developers and IT professionals, this innovation in content development will certainly change the landscape of technology in Pakistan.

Source: Mehran Post