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Docker Introduces Hardened Desktop for Business Users
The latest release of Docker Desktop introduces a new security model to help sys admins secure their organizations' supply chains. Dubbed Hardened Desktop and available only to business customers, the new model includes Settings Management and Enhanced Container Isolation.
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Microsoft Announces the General Availability of Azure Automanage Machine Best Practices
During the recent Ignite Conference, Microsoft announced the general availability of Azure Automanage Machine Best Practices for Azure Virtual Machines (VMs) and Arc-enabled servers (the company’s multi-cloud management solution).
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Visual Studio Code Server Now Available in Private Preview
Microsoft has announced a private preview of the backend service that powers its Visual Studio Code editor, along with a specific CLI to manage it. Visual Studio Code Server can be installed everywhere and easily used through VS Code for the Web running in a browser.
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GitHub Desktop 3.0 Improves Collaboration and Development Workflow
The latest release of GitHub official GUI client app for macOS and Windows, GitHub Desktop 3.0, brings new features that, while not striking on the surface, may improve collaboration and development workflow, including new notifications and improved checks UI.
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.NET Framework January 2022 Cumulative Update Preview
Last month, Microsoft released the .NET Framework January 2022 Cumulative Update Preview, part of the company's promise to support .NET Framework. The update targets .NET Framework versions 3.5 and 4.8 and focuses on the Common Language Runtime and Windows Presentation Foundation. The preview release aims to increase reliability and quality of the .NET Framework features for Windows OS.
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Flutter 2.10 Brings Stable Windows Support
With the release of version 2.10, UI framework Flutter extends the number of supported platforms by including stable Windows support. In addition, the new release brings performance improvements and begins the transition to Material 3.
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Docker Desktop Best Practices for Code Sharing
In a recent article, Docker engineer Stephen Turner shared a few best practices to help developers understand file sharing between a Docker container and its local host and how its performance varies across OSes.
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Docker Now Requiring Paid Subscription for Large Businesses
Docker has introduced a new Subscription Service Agreement which requires organizations with more than 250 employees or more than $10 million in revenue to buy a paid subscription, starting at $5 per user per month. Additionally, Docker has launched a new Business subscription plan for larger organizations operating at scale.
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Microsoft at Work to Bring eBPF to Windows
Microsoft has announced it is working on bringing eBPF to Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 and later to support use cases such as denial-of-service protection and observability.
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Microsoft Previews Rust For Windows
Microsoft announced the preview of Rust for Windows, which aims to enable creating Rust apps for Windows using any Windows API.
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Writing Native Windows Apps with React and WinUI 3
The latest releases of React Native Windows, a Microsoft framework for building native Windows 10 applications, upgrade to the latest React Native version (0.64) and experimentally support WinUI 3 (in preview). Microsoft also maintains react-native-macos for native MacOS applications.
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Analyzing Git Clone Vulnerability
A new Git version, 2.30.2, fixes a security vulnerability in Git large file storage (LFS) and other clean/smudge filters affecting Git 2.15 and newer. An analysis.
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Xamarin Forms 5.0 Stabilizes New Graphic and Interactive Features
Xamarin Forms 5.0 is a major new release of Xamarin open-source framework to create cross-platforms UI for iOS, Android, and Windows. It stabilizes a number of new features such as Brushes, Shapes and Paths, CarouselView, drag and drop, and more.
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Qt 6 Improves QML, Adopts C++17, and More
Qt 6 is a new major release of Qt, the free and open-source, cross-platform toolkit for creating GUI apps that powers Linux's KDE desktop environment. While striving to keep full source compatibility, Qt 6 brings many changes, including improved QML, a new graphic architecture, C++17 support, improved tooling, and more.
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Microsoft Edge WebView2 Now Generally Available
After publishing last year a preview release of WebView2, a Chromium-based control to host web content within native Windows applications, Microsoft recently announced the general availability of WebView2 for production Win32 C/C++, .NET Framework, .NET Core, and .NET 5 applications. WebView2 provides two distribution models (evergreen/fixed) with a different update policy (automatic/manual).