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Kevin Priddle Editor and Special Projects Manager - CodeProject

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This is a 'feature' that's currently only being shown to Windows Insiders, but it could spread to everyone else.

Kevin Priddle Editor and Special Projects Manager - CodeProject

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Kevin Priddle Editor and Special Projects Manager - CodeProject

ReadWrite[^]:

The wearables market is poised for a meteoric rise fueled by rapid technology advancements, a burgeoning Internet of Things ecosystem, and evolving consumer trends. According to IDC, 72 million wearable devices will be shipped this year, up more than 173 percent from 2014. Shipment volumes are expected to grow at at an annual rate of 43 percent over five years to reach 156 million by 2019.

Get your wearables into shape.

The Guardian[^]:

The moment Pluto was transformed from a fuzzy spot on the edge of the solar system to an exotic world with a spectacular landscape will be recorded by historians as 15 July 2015. When Nasa’s New Horizons spacecraft barrelled past Pluto the day before, it became the first mission to visit the object. A day later, the probe made contact with Earth. Since then, scientists on the team have released one breathtaking image after another, revealing vast, smooth plains, towering ice mountains and an inviting blue haze of hydrocarbons.

Researchers present collection of New Horizons data, revealing water icebergs on ‘a surface unlike any planetary surface we’ve ever seen before’

Reuters[^]:

Oct 15 Yahoo's next step in password security is to eliminate them altogether. Starting on Thursday, the company announced, users of the Yahoo Mail app on both iOS and Android will have access to a new service called Yahoo Account Key, which uses smartphones to verify identities in lieu of traditional passwords.

But we'll still need to enter a password on our phone to access the service...

BetaNews[^]:

We've all become used to the idea of ads online -- it's something that has become part and parcel of using the internet -- but in Windows? If you've updated to build 10565 of Windows 10, you're in for something of a surprise: the Start menu is now being used to display ads.

Oh, great... ಠ_ಠ

The Sydney Morning Herald[^]:

It has been called the most bizarre star in our galaxy and some think it just might be home to high-tech aliens. The unlikely suggestion that aliens live in this star system is being taken so seriously that a team of astrophysicists wants to train a radio telescope in its direction to determine if any signals could indicate advanced extraterrestrial life.

Step right up and place your bets!

Ars Technica[^]:

For years, privacy advocates have pushed developers of websites, virtual private network apps, and other cryptographic software to adopt the Diffie-Hellman cryptographic key exchange as a defense against surveillance from the US National Security Agency and other state-sponsored spies. Now, researchers are renewing their warning that a serious flaw in the way the key exchange is implemented is allowing the NSA to break and eavesdrop on trillions of encrypted connections.

Researchers show how mass decryption is well within the NSA's $11 billion budget.

Ars Technica[^]:

Now, a researcher who goes by the name Dark Purple has created a USB device that can permanently destroy much of a computer's innards, rendering the machine little more than an expensive doorstop. Within seconds of being plugged in, the USB stick delivers a negative 220-volt electric surge into the USB port.

Remember kids, don't let strange USB drives into the house.

ZDNet[^]:

​IBM Watson continues to grow up as its parent company strives to demonstrate the wunderkind supercomputer's potential beyond just winning a TV game show a few years ago.

"Watson, what is the meaning of life?"

The Verge[^]:

As part of its goals to achieve new environmental targets, Toyota Motor Corporation has said it will eliminate carbon emissions by 90 percent from its production processes by 2050, compared to 2010 levels.

We'll have an update for this on you in 35 years.

CNET[^]:

Apple could be forced to pay out hundreds of millions of dollars in damages after losing a patent lawsuit over its processors. The case relates to Apple's A7, A8 and A8X processors used in the iPhone 5S, iPhone 6 and 6 Plus and various iPads. In the latest of many patent disputes for Apple, a US District Court jury agreed Tuesday that the company infringed on a 1998 patent held by the University of Wisconsin. Apple now faces damages of up to $862 million (around £560 million or AU$1.1 billion).

That's basically chump change to Apple.

Ars Technica[^]:

Attackers are exploiting a previously unknown vulnerability in fully patched versions of Adobe's Flash Player so they can surreptitiously install malware on end users' computers, security researchers warned Tuesday.

Do you still need more reasons why you should disable Flash?

ZDNet[^]:

The latest preview release of Windows 10 includes the first glimpse of a new feature designed to eliminate one specific activation headache. When this change rolls out to the general public next month, you'll be able to use your Windows 7 or 8.1 product key to complete a Windows 10 upgrade.

We could all use a few less hassles in life.

ITworld[^]:

A California real estate development company plans to install Tesla batteries in nearly two dozen of its highest profile offices in the Los Angeles area.

For $1M a year in energy cost savings I'd install em' too.

InfoWorld[^]:

Once again, BlackBerry CEO John Chen, the man brought into save the long-foundering mobile company, has said he's willing to kill BlackBerry's smartphone business. He's been saying that publicly for nearly a year, effectively letting customers know to go elsewhere. Maybe the idea was to get customers to show their commitment to BlackBerry devices; if so that strategy has backfired -- BlackBerry device sales continue to decline to trivial numbers (now fewer than 3.5 million a year, or what Apple sells in five days), despite a series of new models of every conceivable design in the last two years.

Do you agree? Have any CPians actually bought a new BB device recently?

The New York Times[^]:

For years, business leaders here have closely studied the San Francisco region, seeking to emulate the way it churns out so many leading technology companies. In large measure, those efforts worked. But now, leaders in Seattle are looking to the Bay Area as a different sort of model: a cautionary tale.

I'm sure the good people of Seattle will figure out a soulution.

BBC[^]:

Three British companies have created a device to deter drones from entering sensitive areas by freezing them in mid-flight.

Let's kick some ice!

ZDNet[^]:

Startups could get a major lift from NASA if they can find a technology at the space agency that fits their commercial ambitions. The agency has also launched a new searchable database to help developers discover relevant patents.

You get a patent! You get a patent! EVERYBODY GETS A PATENT!