"We're dreaming about holograms," said Alex Kipman of Microsoft, as he unveiled a new set of technologies that will bring 3D imaging and augmented reality to Windows. That's right: holograms—possibly the biggest surprise from Wednesday's the Microsoft is building augmented reality into Windows using Windows Holographic and the Microsoft HoloLens, a headset for viewing 3D images.
Upcoming “universal” versions of Microsoft applications will run on PCs, tablets and small devices including smartphones, and will be different from the desktop version of Office. During Wednesday morning’s Windows 10 preview event, Microsoft Corporate Vice President Joe Belfiore demonstrated for the first time the most recent test builds of the universal versions of Office 10 applications. Microsoft plans to preinstall universal versions of apps on retail devices, such as future versions of Surface tablets. The universal apps amount to “a version of Office for Windows 10,” Belfiore said, built for touchscreens and predistributed on small devices.
It’s official, folks: Windows 10 will be a free upgrade for existing Windows users—as long as you claim it quickly. Kicking off the consumer-focused Windows 10 event in Redmond on Tuesday, Microsoft operating system chief Terry Myerson announced that current users of Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows Phone 8.1 will be able to upgrade to Windows 10 for free for one year after the operating system launches. Once you’ve claimed the upgrade, Microsoft will keep you updated for the supported lifetime of the device. “We think of Windows 10 as a service,” Myerson said. Is there a catch? Here's the fine print from the
Spending a little extra on a 4TB hard drive doesn't just grant you more storage. It might also give you better reliability. That's one conclusion from cloud backup provider Backblaze, which has compiled a new list of its As with last year's study, HGST (formerly Hitachi, now a subsidiary of Western Digital) had the most reliable drives overall, with failure rates as low as 1.4 percent for its 4TB drives. Western Digital came in second place overall, followed by Seagate in third place.
Forget the According to the It all sounds pretty neat in theory, but should be considered vaporware until further notice. Mouse Box's site shows little more than a concept, with no working demos. There's no price or release date, and we don't even know what operating system the device will use. (Though given the ARM processor, it'd probably be an Android variant rather than Windows.)
Students are often hard on their computer hardware—jamming them into backpacks as they rush to class, or throwing their school bag in the corner when they get home. To help Chromebooks stand-up to the casual punishment that students can mete out, Acer is introducing two new The Chromebook C740 and C910 have a number of special hardware features the company says will help the devices withstand punishment. Both laptops have reinforced covers that can endure up to 132 pounds of force, and the laptops' corners can withstand a fall of around a foot and a half. The clamshell hinges are reinforced against twisting and stress. The smaller-sized C740 also has extended metal hinges, which Acer says makes the device more rigid.
We’ve talked before about the importance of That’s all well and good if you like getting your hands dirty, but the whole point of what we do here is to find solutions that are—dare I say it—hassle-free. Many VPNs these days offer their own no muss, no fuss downloadable client. You just download the program, turn it on, and boom! You’re connected.
Apple, it seems, has acquired U.K. company Semetric and its Musicmetric analytics platform, which could allow Apple to keep better track of what people listen to. There is little doubt that Apple has plans to step up its music push following last year’s acquisition of the Beats headphone vendor and streaming music service for about $3 billion. The acquisition of Semetric hints that Apple has larger plans for its future offerings, and associated services. Earlier this month Semetric changed its registered address, as recorded at the U.K.’s Companies House, to the same one as Apple Europe. The move was first spotted by Music Ally, which also pointed out that
Den Messenger kann man nun auch am PC nutzen. Ausserdem nimmt er Klone wie WhatsApp+ ins Visier.
Das im Herbst erscheinende Betriebssystem bringt vieles, was Nutzer vermisst haben. Es ist die letzte Chance für den grössten Softwarehersteller, im Mobilmarkt nicht vollends den Anschluss zu verlieren.
Das in der Schweiz entwickelte Smartphone-Game «Jass Liga» nutzt für ein altes Spiel modernste Algorithmen.
Der Suchmaschinist gab dem iPhone-Hersteller drei Monate Zeit, eine Sicherheitslücke zu schliessen. Weil das nicht geschah, wurde sie nun samt Anleitung zur Ausnutzung publik gemacht.
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In Marriott-Hotels kann man testweise Streaming-Dienste wie Hulu und Netflix mit privaten Konten nutzen.
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Die türkische Regierung beharrt auf stärkerer Internet-Kontrolle. Die regierende AKP soll unliebsame Websites ohne Gerichtsbeschluss sperren können.