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Microsoft has officially squashed all the rumors that suggested existence of 'Windows 8.1 Update 2.' Though, the company will deliver security patches and small tweaks through its monthly Patch Tuesday update. The rumour mill has been missing a lot lately. Almost makes me want to start ignoring them
Yes, I'm a tabloid.
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This kills me.
Why does Microsoft keep insisting on doing major announcements so close to Apple announcements?
Although maybe this one is actually by design if the talk of Microsoft wanting Windows 8 to vanish in a puff of denial are true.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Over the past few weeks, the details surrounding Threshold have slowly been surfacing and the picture is becoming a little bit clearer today. I'll just use this space to say that they are awesome and/or lame. Assuming they actually do get added.
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Virtual desktops.... hmmm, Windows NT 3.51 anyone? Wasn't that a sample app on Windows NT?
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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It was indeed one of the extras. I wonder if they just polished it up and stuck it in the main product? Wouldn't be the first time.
TTFN - Kent
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About f***ing time, if that's true!
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Paypal's two-factor problems are the rule, not the exception Let's forget about the whole password thing. It was a failed concept.
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The HTTP/2 protocol will speed Web delivery, though it also may put more strain on Web servers I still read that as half a protocol
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Ah, people that don't like others googling for them, how handy.
Still, without reading that site (I'm allergic to the TSA), what do they do? Grope you in advance? Ask you to fax in a picture of you sitting on a photocopier?
TTFN - Kent
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Kent Sharkey wrote: what do they do? Grope you in advance? Ask you to fax in a picture of you sitting on a photocopier?
No, I am afraid not  . It's an expedited security screening thing. The description contains a lot of "ifs" and "mays" along with "at participating US airports and with participating airlines" (it sounds like one of those disclaimers at the end of a radio commercial). I guess they will let you leave your shoes on and thing like that.
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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I got lucky and got waved through the PreCheck (I refuse to type it with the cute check mark) line when it was first starting. You can leave your shoes on, your laptop can stay in your bag, and I think liquids can stay in your bag too, but I could be wrong on that one as I make it a point to not have any liquids in my carry on.
It was nice, but I wouldn't pay for it. Maybe if I travelled every week and it was more widespread.
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Yeah, I wouldn't pay for it either. I am eligible for the program since I have a SENTRI pass[^] (expedited processing when crossing the border from Mexico into the US), so I might give it a try next time I go on a plane.
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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You might like PRO*C .
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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Half a protocol is better than none!
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Microsoft and Samsung are frenemies—both competitors and partners—but the tone of the relationship edged closer to the enemy category on Friday: Microsoft has sued Samsung, alleging that the mobile device giant is trying to illegally back out of the Android patent licensing contract the two firms signed in 2011. Ship a new Windows Phone, and maybe we'll skip the lawsuit...
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Steps up campaign against the U.S. company with public warning. "Microsoft estimates that 90% of China uses some form of pirated software on their computer"
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Kent Sharkey wrote: "Microsoft estimates that 90% of China uses some form of pirated software on their computer"
We're Flintstones kids, one billion strong ... and counting.
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By pointing a video camera at the bag while audio is playing or someone is speaking, researchers can detect tiny vibrations in it that are caused by the sound. When later playing back that recording, MIT says that it has figured out a way to read those vibrations and translate them back into music, speech, or seemingly any other sound. Mental note: make sure all bags of chips in meeting rooms are empty
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A couple of decades back, scientists figured out that they could train a laser at a window in a conference room and pick up the conversations inside by measuring and transcribing the vibrations of the window pane so this idea is nothing new.
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Other than it not needing a laser (so the cost to implement has dropped by many orders of magnitude), sure.
TTFN - Kent
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I'd imagine the biggest cost in this scenario is software/processing/expertise rather than the laser or camera.
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How would they do if I were eating the bag of chips?
Probably not too well, since my wife cannot understand me when I'm doing that in the same room with her.
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Exactly! So, for security mind you, we must eat all the chips!
TTFN - Kent
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