Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Microsoft's Surface godfather hints that Dial is just the start and other top stories.

  • Microsoft's Surface godfather hints that Dial is just the start

    Microsoft's Surface godfather hints that Dial is just the start
    Microsoft and Apple faced off with different ideas of the creative computing future last week, and in many ways Microsoft looked like more of the innovator. The new wheel-like Surface Dial, a larger Surface Studio touchscreen computer, an improved Surface Book, and a bold attack strategy regarding affordable virtual-reality headsets as a patient build-up to a broader mixed reality future -- in which users can see virtual digital objects overlying real-world space -- gave Microsoft a unique angl..
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  • This is the most stunning iPhone 8 mockup yet, and it might be accurate

    This is the most stunning iPhone 8 mockup yet, and it might be accurate
    Apple’s brand new iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus have been on sale for about a month and a half now, and they got off to a much better start than one might have assumed in light of all the complaints we saw prior to their release. The new iPhone design leaked months ahead of the iPhone 7’s actual unveiling in September, and gadget bloggers sang far and wide that the new models would be “boring” updates because they looked just like their predecessors — and their predecessors’ predecessors. Of cours..
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  • NASA Advisory Group Raises Concerns About SpaceX Rocket-Fueling Plans

    NASA Advisory Group Raises Concerns About SpaceX Rocket-Fueling Plans
    Months before an unmanned SpaceX rocket exploded on the launchpad during a routine fueling exercise in September, a NASA advisory committee had raised red flags about the company’s intention to use the same procedure to fuel future boosters carrying astronauts. On Monday, the committee met and issued further strong warnings about the potential safety hazards of the way entrepreneur Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp....
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  • Google just disclosed a major Windows bug — and Microsoft isn't happy

    Google just disclosed a major Windows bug — and Microsoft isn't happy
    Today, Google’s Threat Analysis group disclosed a critical vulnerability in Windows in a public post on the company’s security blog. The bug itself is very specific — allowing attackers to escape from security sandboxes through a flaw in the win32k system — but it’s serious enough to be categorized as critical, and according to Google, it’s being actively exploited. As a result, Google went public just 10 days after reporting the bug to Microsoft, before a patch could be coded and deployed. The..
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  • Samsung's CEO Says Employees Need to Ask Themselves This

    Samsung's CEO Says Employees Need to Ask Themselves This
    Samsung Electronics Chief Executive Kwon Oh-hyun on Tuesday said the South Korean tech giant must improve, as it reels from the costly withdrawal of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone. Without referring directly to the failure of the fire-prone Note 7s, Kwon said in a statement Samsung ssnlf employees should look back and ask whether they had been complacent in their work. “We have a long history of overcoming crises,” Kwon said. “Let us use this crisis as a chance to make another leap by re-e..
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  • Apple might update the MacBook Pro with 32GB in the second half of 2017

    Apple might update the MacBook Pro with 32GB in the second half of 2017
    New MacBook Pros might come in 2017 with lower price, 32GB of RAM The new MacBook Pro is thin indeed, but not powerful enough for some pros.Image: Kate Sommers-Dawes/Mashable By Stan Schroeder2016-11-01 08:42:50 UTC If you were underwhelmed by Apple's recent unveiling of the new, Touch Bar-equipped MacBook Pro laptops, you might want to wait until the second half of 2017.  According to KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo (as reported by MacRumors), this is when Apple will update its MacBoo..
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  • Samsung Working On A Full-Screen OLED Panel, Coming In 2017

    Samsung Working On A Full-Screen OLED Panel, Coming In 2017
    The Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge are Samsung's most powerful devices at the moment. The Galaxy Note 7 was introduced back in August, but the device got recalled twice in the meantime, and the company had opted not to sell it at all anymore, as they ...
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  • Apple iOS 10.2: Bacon, Shrug And 70 Other Emoji Are Coming

    Apple iOS 10.2: Bacon, Shrug And 70 Other Emoji Are Coming
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  • These NASA Photos of a Space Station Crew Landing Are Simply Gorgeous

    These NASA Photos of a Space Station Crew Landing Are Simply Gorgeous
    In Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Sunday October 30, 2016 (Kazakh time) the Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft with the Expedition 49 crewmembers returns after 115 days in space. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls When the Expedition 49 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) came to an end over the weekend, three space travelers returned to Earth on a Soyuz spacecraft while a NASA photographer capturing their arrival from the air in some spectacular photos. The crew, consisting of Anatoly Ivanishin ..
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