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Downloads: Download of the day: PotPlayer Posted: Download of the day: PotPlayer PotPlayer is a superb free media player that'll handle virtually any video and audio format you can throw at it. It's incredibly advanced, using hardware acceleration to make the most of your PC's components, and can form the heart of a home media center with output video to your HD TV. If you're passionate about music, TV and movies, give PotPlayer a go – it could be the only tool you need, and it's completely free. Why you need it PotPlayer contains everything you need for enjoying music and videos. In addition to the media player itself, it includes a screen recorder (with live streaming), TV receiver, and a video editor. The media player can handle files from local storage, URLs and FTP servers, analog and digital TV, DVDs and Blu-rays – all with playback optimized to suit your preferred output device. You can download and sync subtitles, add your own manually, and customize their appearance. The choice is yours. The video editor lets you blur or sharpen the image, adjust levels, rotate, mirror, warp and reduce noise to ensure your clips look as good as possible. There's also support for 360-degree and 3D video, so you can fully immerse yourself in the action. Expect PotPlayer's developers to expand these features as they become more mainstream. All these options are wrapped up in a smart interface that's uncluttered and simple to navigate. There's an array of skins to choose from, including some optimized for touchscreens, and many more are available to download free. PotPlayer is one of the most powerful and customizable free media players around - download it today and give it a whirl. Key features Excellent support for video and audio file formats Support for 360-degree and 3D video Video editor Live streaming Works on Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10 Price Free

Microsoft's new trick for Edge gives the browser a major security boost Posted: Microsoft is planning to make its Edge browser much more secure for businesses with the next major update to Windows 10 (hopefully due to land early next year), which will introduce virtualisation tech to help keep workers safe from any malicious sites. This new feature is called Windows Defender Application Guard, and it basically means the Edge browser is running in a lightweight virtual machine to prevent any nastiness from reaching the host PC. So any website which isn't on an organisation's trusted list will automatically launch in an isolated browsing session (which will be clearly marked with a red icon so users know when they are in a secure session). IT admins can of course decide which sites are trusted and will launch in Edge normally. This protected session, or virtual machine, effectively puts up a barrier between the website being browsed and the host PC, so any malicious content won't be able to access local apps or storage, or attack the kernel of the system. It should keep users safe from not only viruses, but also vulnerabilities and the likes of zero-day exploits. In the spiel for the YouTube video detailing the new feature, Microsoft announced: "The threat landscape has changed significantly. 90% of phishing attacks use a browser to open and initiate an attack. "Microsoft Edge with Windows Defender Application Guard mode enabled on the Edge browser will protect enterprises from advanced attacks that can infiltrate your network and devices via the Internet, creating a safer, worry-free browsing experience for customers." Hardware support Note that the virtualisation technology used does need to be supported by your processor, so older PCs may not be able to benefit from Application Guard – which is all tied into Microsoft's push to only support Windows 10 with future generations of CPUs. It's certainly an exciting development on the security front for browsers, and consumers may well wonder when they might benefit from such protection. At the moment, that isn't clear, but there are issues which stand in the way such as the aforementioned hardware requirements, and also things like cookies (which can't be permanently stored when using these virtual browsing sessions). We can but hope for a wider expansion of this sort of protection in the future, but initially Windows Defender Application Guard will only be available to those running the enterprise version of Windows 10. Edge should get these new capabilities in preview soon, so Windows Insiders will be able to test out the system before long, and as we mentioned Application Guard should be fully released at some point early in 2017. Microsoft also announced some other new security measures at its Ignite conference, including intelligence sharing between Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection and Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection, aiming to bolster the strength of both of these services which keep watch for freshly emerging threats. Via: Ars Technica If you're new to Microsoft Edge, check out our guide on how to use the browser

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