Microsoft Introduce the new Windows 10

San Francisco – 1pm Eastern, 10am Pacific, 6pm UK — Microsoft will unveil Windows 10 NOT Windows 9. The event is expected to focus on the changes to Windows 10 that will affect Desktop and enterprise users, though Microsoft might also show off some of the changes to the Metro/mobile side of things.

 But sadly, it seems Microsoft won’t be providing a live video stream.
I stay tune on live blog  theverge.com
 
"After the Build conference, mid next year" for Windows 10 release.

The Windows 10 Technical Preview will be made available tomorrow, for laptops and desktops. Servers will follow after that. It’s part of a new thing called the Windows Insider Program.

The Technical Preview will be available here: http://preview.windows.com/. 

 
Why Microsoft Skip to to Windows 10 ?
Belfiore: This product, when you see the product in your fullness I think you'll agree with us that it's a more appropriate name.

Belfiore is demonstrating windowed apps , for Windows 7 users to get the benefit of the new apps.
"In Windows 8 when users launched a modern app, it sort of had a different environment.
As users start using these apps they should just feel familiar and work in a way you'd expect with a mouse and keyboard.The tiles and icons that are shown are a blend of classic apps and new universal apps"

DEMO Windows 10 Preview  built Running on 9841

 

 This is for two-in-ones to change modes.
 
We're about to see a design study. "We call this continuum."
"With Windows 10, we think we have a better approach."
The task view is larger with buttons that are more touch friendly.
"In Windows 10, when you swipe in from the left, you get a task view."
So Microsoft is trying to keep some parts of Windows 8 alive here for touch users.
"The way we're going to evolve this touch UI, I expect that Charms bar to change."

 Windows 10 So even the command prompt has been improved.

Although it looks the same.
"This is... a geeky feature. I understand."
You used to have to trigger a context menu and hit the paste option. A lot easier now.
You can now paste in directories into command prompt with Ctrl+V. FINALLY.
"That gives you a look at the core experience. Not talking about cool new consumer features, that comes later."

"We want to deal with these different input methods in a way that works for everyone."

-Belfiore: 

Multiple Desktops Feature

Belfiore is showing off the multiple desktops feature. You can switch between different desktops with multiple apps running in their own separate areas.
There's a new "Snap Assist" UI at the side where you can grab apps from multiple desktops.
Power users will love this stuff.

Universal search from the Start Menu, and web results.
The search experience has been improved here.

Windows 10 the next mobile/phone operating system

It’ll be the next step up from Windows 8.1 (which scaled down to 8-inch devices). I think there’s still some more work to be done here, though. about designing a platform for all devices. Microsoft: “We’re building a platform that scales, from small devices up to Azure.”

We're trying to blend the experience across PCs, tablets. The best way to think of it, it will be a natural step forward from the Windows 8.1 model.
 -Belfiore 

 
  If you look at Windows 8 users on touch devices, they have higher satisfaction than those on Windows 7 devices. Windows 7 users have higher satisfaction on mouse and keyboard devices than Windows 8.

Watch Windows VP Joe Belfiore talk about some of the features in Windows 10, like the new Start menu, multiple desktops, and improved multi-tasking. Learn how you can be part of creating the best Windows yet with the Tech Preview and the Windows Insider Program.

Windows 10 isn’t finished yet—it will launch in mid-2015

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Most Mac OS X Users are not are Not Vulnerable to 'Shellshock' Bash because they are NOT Smart enough to configure advanced UNIX services

Apple said Friday that its Macintosh PCs are unlikely to be affected by the recently discovered "Bash" bug that could hit millions of computers and other devices connected to the Internet.
Even though the flaw was found in Unix-based Mac OS and Linux operating systems, most users of Apple computers should be protected, the US company said.

"The vast majority of (Macintosh) OS X users are not at risk to recently reported 'Bash' vulnerabilities," an Apple spokesman said in an email to AFP.

"With OS X, systems are safe by default and not exposed to remote exploits of Bash unless users configure advanced Unix services. We are working to quickly provide a software update for our advanced Unix users."

It comes a day after the US government and technology experts warned of a vulnerability in some computer operating systems that could allow widespread and serious attacks by hackers.

Security specialists say that if hackers develop malware to exploit the weakness, millions of Internet-connected devices could be at risk -- from web servers to PCs to routers, as well as any "smart" or wearable electronic devices using the software.

Some said the security hole would be more damaging than the "Heartbleed" bug which affected millions of computers worldwide earlier this year.
Patches were being made available for the flaw, which is also called "Shellshock."

On one hand where more than half of the Internet is considering the Bash vulnerability to be severe, Apple says the vast majority of Mac computer users are not at risk from the recently discovered vulnerability in the Bash command-line interpreter – aka the "Shellshock" bug that could allow hackers to take over an operating system completely.

Apple has issued a public statement in response to this issue, assuring its OS X users that most of them are safe from any potential attacks through the ShellShock Vulnerability, which security experts have warned affect operating systems, including Mac's OS X.

Till then, you may patch yourself using an unofficial patch that fixes the problem and claimed to completely addresses both vulnerabilities. In an email to the Open Source Software Security (oss-sec) mailing list, the maintainer of Bash, Chet Ramey addressed the vulnerability and issued the patch, but there is as of yet no official fix for the issue.

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Inventor of World Wide Web warns of threat to internet

LONDON: The British inventor of the World Wide Web warned on Saturday (Sep 27) that the freedom of the Internet is under threat by governments and corporations interested in controlling the web.

Tim Berners-Lee, a computer scientist who invented the web 25 years ago, called for a bill of rights that would guarantee the independence of the Internet and ensure users' privacy.

"If a company can control your access to the Internet, if they can control which websites they go to, then they have tremendous control over your life," Berners-Lee said at the London "Web We Want" festival on the future of the Internet.

"If a Government can block you going to, for example, the opposition's political pages, then they can give you a blinkered view of reality to keep themselves in power. Suddenly the power to abuse the open Internet has become so tempting both for government and big companies."

Berners-Lee, 59, is director of the World Wide Web Consortium, a body which develops guidelines for the development of the Internet. He called for an Internet version of the "Magna Carta", the 13th century English charter credited with guaranteeing basic rights and freedoms.

Concerns over privacy and freedom on the Internet have increased in the wake of the revelation of mass government monitoring of online activity following leaks by former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden. A ruling by the European Union to allow individuals to ask search engines such as Google to remove links to information about them, called the "right to be forgotten", has also raised concerns over the potential for censorship.

"There have been lots of times that it has been abused, so now the Magna Carta is about saying...I want a web where I'm not spied on, where there's no censorship," Berners-Lee said. The scientist added that in order to be a "neutral medium", the Internet had to reflect all of humanity, including "some ghastly stuff".

"Now some things are of course just illegal, child pornography, fraud, telling someone how to rob a bank, that's illegal before the web and it's illegal after the web," Berners-Lee added.

- AFP/rw

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FREE FACEBOOK FOR GLOBE and TM Prepaid Subscribers is BACK!

Earlier Friday, Smart, Sun Cellular and Talk N' Text  gave their 66-million prepaid subscribers free internet access that consists of 30 MB of data per day.

Now Globe  stemmed from the observation of Globe subscribers who use the free Facebook service that Globe claimed it "pioneered" and launched in the Philippines.

FREE FACEBOOK FOR GLOBE/TM Prepaid Subscribers is BACK!

Earlier  Today I receive a Text from TM , their is no cleared  promo period..

 Tested with 1 piso balance  on my extra SIM card.

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FREE INTERNET ON SMART UNTIL NOVEMBER 30 Text FREE to 9999

FREE INTERNET ON SMART UNTIL NOVEMBER 30

In an unprecedented move, wireless services leader Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) together with Talk ‘N Text and Sun Cellular today announced that they will start providing free Internet access to its prepaid subscriber base via their mobile phones.

Through this special offer, all of the 66 million Smart Prepaid, Talk ‘N Text, and Sun Cellular Prepaid subscribers can use their data-enabled cellphones to browse through and post on their Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts, visit their favorites websites, search on Google and Wikipedia, use navigation tools like Waze and Google Maps, book a cab or limo service via Easy Taxi and Uber, or use traffic info sites such as the MMDA's and InterAksyon's.

They can also send and receive emails, read their favorite blogs or update their own blogs, listen to songs via Smart’s Spinnr music service, shop via online stores like Zalora, Lazada, book their travel details through sites like Skyscanner and Expedia, among other things – all without incurring data charges.

Subscribers can access the internet either through data-capable feature phones or smartphones running on Android, iOS and Windows operating systems. This special offer will be available initially until November 30, 2014.

“We are launching this initiative to provide a much larger number of Filipinos the opportunity to try out and experience the Internet, enjoy its benefits and, as we at Smart like to say, live more,” said Manuel V. Pangilinan, chairman of Smart and its parent company PLDT.

“This special offer is specifically designed to assist our prepaid subscribers who make up the bulk of our population. Many of them already have the mobile devices capable of accessing the internet but have yet to use them to go online. In this way, Smart can effectively promote digital inclusion and spread the benefits of the Internet in the fastest and most effective way possible,” he added.

Internet for All

“This special offer is in line with our advocacy of ‘Internet for All’,” said Orlando B. Vea, Smart’s chief wireless advisor.

“It complements the affordable mobile Internet packages that Smart has been introducing over the past year. Among the latest of such innovations are PowerApp and the PisoNet service which provides 10 minutes of mobile internet access for one peso,” he explained.

To avail of the free mobile internet offer, Smart, Talk N Text and Sun Cellular subscribers must have an available airtime balance of at least one peso, or is subscribed to any load bucket or promo. They must register each day, by simply sending “FREE” to the number “9999.” Registration is free. They will receive an SMS confirmation upon successful registration.

Once registered, subscribers can enjoy a free data volume package of up to 30MB per day. Data charges will however apply to peer-to-peer uploads and downloads, videos, VOIP and messaging.

All ACTIVE Smart subscribers can avail of the free Internet promo anytime within the promo period. 

Get more info visit :  http://www1.smart.com.ph/prepaid/freeinternet

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Perhaps the race to the thinnest, lightest device, doesn't necessarily work well - iPhone 6 Plus Bends

Perhaps the race to the thinnest, lightest device, doesn't necessarily work well when also making it enormous. iPhone 6 Plus

Note to self: when wearing my hipster skinny jeans, place 6 plus in gold fanny pack

Some jeans are just too tight for Apple’s new larger iPhones, but even if you can squeeze it in a pocket, don’t try sitting down or it might get bent.

Despite insurance company finding new iPhones are most durable yet, users discover that pockets can warp them - and hands too if you try hard enough

A number of users across various forums, sites and Twitter have reported – and pictured – that their phones have become warped after they sat or bent down with them in front and rear trouser pockets.

The reports come just after an insurance company claimed that the new iPhones are the most robust ever – though its tests didn’t include bending.

                       

Apple’s new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus are bending while being carried in user pockets. Photograph: Lewis Hilsenteger/Unbox Therapy/YouTube

The bigger screens but thinner bodies of Apple’s new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus models have come at the cost of rigidity, according to owners who say they bent while being carried in trouser pockets.

The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus chassis is milled from a solid piece of aluminium alloy whose composition is secret. The weak area of the phone appears to be around the volume buttons, where the frame is at its thinnest and creates a fulcrum point around which the phone bends. Surprisingly, the screen does not break when the phone bends – though it does if the phone is then bent back to a flat profile.

-The race to the thinnest, lightest device, doesn't necessarily work well Not only for the iPhone 6 Plus

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Filipino Scientist helps make cooking on Mars possible in 2030

NEW YORK—For the next NASA space explorations, astronauts would soon be able to cook as if they were in their own home kitchen, without worrying about their ingredients floating away when they stir-fry in a zero gravity spacecraft, thanks in part to a Filipino scientist.

According to Apollo Arquiza, a postdoctoral research associate at Cornell University, it is now possible to cook on the moon or Mars without having the shredded potatoes and sizzling oil travel a greater distance from the pan.

Does it seem like a scene from a George Clooney movie? Yes. But can it really be done with modern-day technology and applied research? Absolutely.

“Even daing [dried fish] can now be fried, if there’s a Filipino aboard the spacecraft,” Arquiza, 45, said in an exclusive phone interview with INQUIRER.net. “No one in the world has ever done anything like this before.”

Arquiza was part of the team that designed the first low-gravity space galley ever recorded in history.
After a series of rigorous research and testing that started since 2011, the team led by Jean Hunter, assistant professor and director of undergraduate programs at Cornell’s College of Biological and Environmental Engineering unveiled the result early this year: a prototype cooking device which, to the untrained eye, may just look like an ordinary oven enclosed in a giant stainless metal box.

Last April, the team boarded a G-Force 1 space simulator aircraft to test the effectiveness of the galley. In a series of four flights from Houston, they sautéed tofu and potatoes in a frying pan.
Although the experiment was described as “a bit messy,” with oil splatters floating away, Arquiza said the results were crucial steps to improving the design of future terrestrial and extraterrestrial cooking technology.

“Gravity on Mars is only one-third as that on Earth,” he said. “The biggest challenge here is how to control the oil splatter from traveling.” Under low-gravity, he added, oil droplets are much bigger, more numerous and do travel more.

Mission to Mars in 2030

How significant is this new cooking innovation for space missions?
The U.S. government has reportedly been working on a NASA-led manned mission to Mars in 2030. With plans of establishing a permanent base on the Red Planet, Arquiza says, astronauts may have to stay there for a year or longer.
Traveling alone from Earth to Mars could take up six to eight months, depending on planetary alignments. That means that astronauts need to have the right amount of food for the entire duration of their mission.
“If they [astronauts] eat the same food over and over again, they could experience some kind of food fatigue,” he said. “So, if they are going to be on Mars for a long time, they may have to cook at some point.”
Astronauts today eat pre-packaged and freeze-dried meals that they get from the International Space Station. Yet experts are concerned that such diet has inadequate nutrition, making them malnourished, and that it may be difficult on their minds and bodies to sustain longer space visits.

From Los Baños, Laguna to Ithaca, NY

Before he came to Cornell University, an Ivy League school located in Ithaca, New York, to earn his doctoral degree in biological and environmental engineering, Arquiza was an adjunct professor at the University of the Philippines-Los Baños (UPLB) College of Engineering.

“My goal at the time was just to earn my PhD,” he said, “and, hopefully, get tenured and have a guaranteed permanent teaching position at UPLB.”

But during the course of his studies, he said, Professor Hunter became his academic adviser, and she then asked him to be part of the Reduced Gravity Program team, including another Cornell University research associate, Bryan Caldwell, and Susana Carranza, a scientist engineer from Makel Engineering in Chico, California.

“Getting accepted into Cornell’s PhD program is already a huge opportunity for me. Everything is free, and I get a monthly allowance,” Arquiza said. “But to be part of the team was a much bigger opportunity. I just feel very lucky.”

In most premier US universities, where there is a higher endowment to cover financial costs for doctoral and postdoctoral programs, admitted students are offered free tuition fees and living allowances.

Named by his parents after Apollo 11, the spaceship that NASA launched to the moon in 1969, the year he was born, Arquiza feels at times that “everything seems coincidental.”
Nevertheless, each time he gets introduced in relation to his research on low-gravity cooking, he says that people would give him a smile, alluding that his name is meant for his job.
“Nakakatuwa din [It’s quite amusing],” he said.

source: http://technology.inquirer.net/

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Google Mo Lang Campaign

Google Mo Lang Campaign

Google on Wednesday turned its search engine into an interactive game exclusively available in the Philippines.
http://www.google.com.ph/campaigns/googlemolang/
Create your own epic night with a little help from Google.
Unlocked your own stories

Google launches its Google Mo Lang game on September 24, 2014. This game will make you learn history, cultures of Filipinos by the help of Google.

Google Mo Lang, the game uses a series of fun and interactive clips

Featuring  some Internet Celebrity

• Bogart the  Explorer
• Sponge Cola
• Mikey Bustos
• Chicser
• Chef Erwan Heusaff 

It uses the mechanics of a regular choose-your-own adventure game, but one will need to answer a difficult question for the story to proceed. There are 8 Stories to Unlocked.

Try it now visit :  http://www.google.com.ph/campaigns/googlemolang/

Best Browser  to play  is Google Chrome  :p

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SHODAN Maps of Every Device in the World That's Connected to the Internet

This map was made on August 2 by John Matherly, the founder of Shodan, a search engine for internet-connected devices. Matherly, who calls himself an internet cartographer, collected the data to put it together by sending ping requests to every IP address on the internet, and storing the positive responses.

 A ping is a network utility that sends an echo-request message (known as a packet) to an IP address—the internet's version of "hey, are you there?"

 The red hot spots show where the most devices that can access the internet are located.

That part was relatively easy compared to the visualization process, says Matherly. "It took less than five hours to gather the data, and another 12 hours or so to generate the map image." For that, he used the matplotlib plotting library in the programing language Python.

With its rainbow of connectedness, the map is similar to one produced last year anonymously—which was illegal—and also to this project by CAIDA (these links and the credit to CAIDA has been updated). Although Shodan is well-known for its potentially shady practices that prey upon insecure networks, ping requests—the same thing your internet provider uses to test speed and data loss—are completely benign, Matherly says. "We've just advanced enough in technology where we can do it on internet-scale."

 Basically, Shodan is now able to send and receive the requests fast enough that the world can be queried in just a few hours. Armed with the new process, Matherly plans to track the changes in the globe's internet connectivity over time. With the proliferation of the Internet of Things, we're bound to see some of those black holes slowly colorize over the next few years. [Shodan]

 READ ABOUT CMD PINGER

http://blogmytuts.blogspot.com/2011/11/make-your-cmd-pinger-more-attractive.html 

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Hard reset ASUS memo pad 7 - ME172V

 With or without insurance, if your cell phone lost, damaged or stolen at least your invaluable data is backed up in a safe place. If you are about to sell your phone and you want to wipe your personal data, or if your phone affected with virus you have to do a hard reset.

In some cases, you can delete the forgotten password or lock pattern from your device as well. All information is for devices with stock based ROMs. If you are using rooted device, always back up your EFS folder first, containing your IMEI info, etc.!

Before  following procedure to repair your device. First charge your battery, backup your important data if possible and in most cases take out SIM and SD card before factory reset. It is impossible to recover your data after doing a hard reset, so online backup is always important. For all of your data, a backup should be done on an external device, hard drive, raid system or media.

Hard reset ASUS memo pad 7 - ME172V

Unlike other Android Device Reboot and Pressing Volume+ Power  will NOT Work on ME172V

1.You need to copy  a boot file on your SDCARD External drive. DOWANLOAD

2. Shutdown your Asus memo pad 7 -ME172V
3. Now press the power button and wait this option

4.Select "clear  user date"   use Power Button to confirm.. wait till it say remove installation file

5. Remove  your SDCard  system will reboot and your done just wait for your pad to completely restored.

6. Set Language  English then set all configuration needed  like gmail.............

 See also : http://blogmytuts.blogspot.com/2014/08/how-to-remove-android-device-screen.html

DOWANLOD BOOT FILE

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