Windows Phone users have been waiting for an update that Microsoft has been readying for a while now. The company is calling it ‘General Distribution Release 3’ but just ahead of its formal release, screenshots posted on the web divulge the features that the update offers.
Ever since Microsoft lifted the curtain off its Windows 8 operating system, many hardware vendors have come out with hybrid laptops which are essentially a mix between a laptop and a tablet. While these machines haven’t gained much traction, Sony hopes to change that with the new Vaio Flip.
In Windows 8, Microsoft has offered Picture Gesture Authentication (PGA) system which lets you manipulate an image to set password. However, researchers have now confirmed that PGA offers very weak security because PGA passwords are really easy to crack.
It has been a while since Microsoft launched Windows 8 amid a lot of fanfare. The OS didn’t exactly spread like wildfire after the launch but new numbers suggest that it is finally beginning to catch up, grabbing 7.41% of the global market share.
NASA routinely carries out such experiments which may raise many an eyebrows but are essentially aimed at making some scientific measures. The agency recently live-streamed a staged helicopter crash, together with dummies within the copter and a whole plethora of internal and external cameras.
Apple’s iWork for iCloud beta has been around for a while. Initially, the service was offered only to a limited number of users and ever since, Apple has gradually expanded the user base by offering it to more and more people. Now, the company has announced that it is making the iWork for iCloud beta available to the public.
Sony has announced at Gamescom event in Germany that its PlayStation 4 console will reach European retailers on 29 November. Sony will sell its latest console price for £349 in the UK and $399 (£254) in the United States.
Overclocking can certainly yield better benchmark results but in order for them to be acceptable, overclocking must not tinker with the way a system works. In the case of Windows 8, however, overclocking either slows down or speeds up the system clock, thus disturbing the benchmark results.