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Within Windows
withinwindows.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2009
Within Windows is a blog on Windows internals and news, covering Internet Explorer, WebGL, SmartScreen, and Microsoft's software practices.
What HN saysHN links it for early Windows leaks and findings, such as hints of WebGL support in Internet Explorer 11 and a leaked Windows build.
23HN people shared it
9linked it in comments
18stories submitted
204story points
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Most-shared posts
- 1WebGL in Internet Explorer 113 people · 21 points · first shared 2013 · 4 comments on HN
- 2InstallMonetizer quietly starts editing website, privacy policy2 people · 79 points · first shared 2013 · 37 comments on HN
- 3Internet Explorer 10 will Ship with Adobe Flash Within Windows2 people · 2 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
- 4Thoughts on the Windows SmartScreen scare2 people · 2 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
- 5Homepage2 people · first shared 2011
- 6Secret No More: Revealing Windows XP Mode for Windows 71 people · 38 points · first shared 2009 · 20 comments on HN
- 7Microsoft lifts GPL code, uses in Microsoft Store tool1 people · 27 points · first shared 2009 · 1 comments on HN
- 8Notch doesn’t hate Windows 8, he’s just confused1 people · 14 points · first shared 2012 · 5 comments on HN
- 9Internet Explorer 11 getting SPDY support1 people · 7 points · first shared 2013 · 2 comments on HN
- 10Yahoo confirmed culprit in Windows Phone data usage overages1 people · 3 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
- 11PC and Device Requirements For Windows 81 people · 3 points · first shared 2012 · 1 comments on HN
- 12Saudi retailer loves Windows Phone (Comparison)1 people · 2 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
- 13AVG for Windows Phone 7 is out, doesn't scan anything meaningful1 people · 2 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
- 14A knee-jerk, cursory analysis of InstallMonetizer1 people · 1 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
- 15Why leave the one who loves you? Stay, baby1 people · 1 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
mhiceoin · 2011-04-03
Just not buying that this real. Why would they reuse Windows 7 wallpaper, and return to NT style login. It is a repost from: http://www.withinwindows.com/ looks like they enjoyed the traffic too much to let it go, as a follow up reveals more detail: http://www.withinwindows.com/2011/04/02/windows-8-secrets-windows-expl…
cooldeal · 2012-10-01
The problem is that what Notch is saying is terribly unclear. Is he talking about the desktop game or about Windows RT? The two tweets are pretty ambiguous, and so it may seem to some that Notch is trying to cash in on the publicity with this while happily contributing to the death of the PC by selling the iPad version.
Here's an excellent series of articles about the confusion that Notch needs to clear up.
http://www.withinwindows.com/2012/09/28/notch-doesnt-hate-windows-8-he…
start123 · 2011-04-03
Here is the original post with more Pictures
http://www.withinwindows.com
mambodog · 2013-05-05
There is apparently evidence to the contrary in a leaked copy of the next version of Windows: http://withinwindows.com/within-windows/2013/3/30/blues-clues-how-to-e…
b0b_d0e · 2013-04-05
At least according to this blog post, there is hints that IE 11 might have some form of OpenGL support in it http://withinwindows.com/within-windows/2013/3/30/blues-clues-how-to-e…
withinrafael · 2013-01-18
FWIW, I pulled a shot of Babylon being offered through InstallMonetizer and it's almost identical. Sorry, but Patrick wins this round :)
http://www.withinwindows.com/share/2013-01-180322131210.png
mcpoulet · 2012-10-11
How is this news ? We know this since last May ( http://www.withinwindows.com/2012/05/23/windows-8-secrets-internet-exp… ).
kurtsiegfried · 2011-09-25
The actual source of the article is below. ZDNet didn't add much to the article other than ads.
http://www.withinwindows.com/2011/09/23/dissecting-case-01438-exhibit-…
arthurfm · 2014-12-27
> uninstall adobe flash and silverlight and never use IE.
Alternatively turn on ActiveX Filtering [1] in IE, whitelist [2] any websites that you need to run ActiveX controls on, make sure your plug-ins are up-to-date and install IE11 if you haven't already.
According to the Cyphort article linked above:
> Cyphort Labs researchers are still in the process of analyzing the Silverlight and flash exploits which exploit a known IE vulnerability (CVE-2013-2551). Angler EK is known to perform file-less injection (memory-based malware where nothing is written to disk).
As you can tell from the CVE number, the exploit used by Angler EK is quite old and doesn't affect IE11 [3] or older versions of the browser that have installed the KB2829530 hotfix [4].
> Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site that triggers access to a deleted object, as demonstrated by VUPEN during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2013, aka "Internet Explorer Use After Free Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-1308 and CVE-2013-1309.
[1] http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/browser/activexfiltering/about.html
[2] http://withinwindows.com/blog/2011/02/10/short-manage-your-internet-ex…
[3] http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-2551
[4] https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/ms13-037