Called the Pine 64, this device is powerful as the $35 Raspberry Pi 3 and could serve as a PC replacement. The most expensive Pine 64 which comes with Wi-Fi, is priced at $29. Pine 64 runs on Android and Remix OS, a version of Android for PCs. The backers who contributed a total of $US1.7 million into a Kickstarter campaign to build the computer would be the first to receive the initial shipments....

Vineet Taneja, chief executive officer, Micromax Informatics, commenting at the launch said “Consumer demand is constantly shifting towards devices offering multitasking capabilities, 24×7 data connectivity with increased video consumption and real-time mobility solutions.” By offering a new Airtel 4G SIM card and a ‘double data’ deal from Airtel, the company plans to attract customers. The user who activates the provided number can take advantage of the ‘deal’ benefits by getting twice the amount of 4G data they pay for....

In a recent announcement, Microsoft has admitted that Windows 10 will sometimes shut down third-party anti-virus software after the OS is updated, albeit temporarily. The announcement made by Microsoft comes after Eugene Kaspersky, founder of Kaspersky Lab, filed an antitrust complaint with the European Commission (EC), which accuses Microsoft of disabling third party anti-virus software in Windows 10 without the consent of users to favor the in-built Windows Defender. It raised questions over Microsoft’s potential abuse of its place in the market “to fiercely promote its own – inferior – security software at the expense of users’ previously self-chosen security solution”....

Recently, the software giant announced the release of Quantum Katas, an open source project on GitHub for those who wish to learn about quantum programming and how to program in the Q# language. Quantum Katas is a “series of self-paced tutorials aimed at teaching you elements of quantum computing and Q# programming at the same time.” It is a series of programming exercises that provide immediate feedback as you progress....

Windows 10 will power an incredibly wide variety of devices – ranging from PCs, tablets, phones, Xbox One, Microsoft HoloLens and Surface Hub. In other words, customers will have three versions of Windows 10, which is Windows 10 Home, Windows 10 Mobile and Windows 10 Pro. Also, there are different versions for the Enterprise. Windows 10 Home is the “consumer-focused desktop edition” of the OS, which will ship on most pre-built PCs and laptops....

Microsoft said it is looking into the issue and is working on a resolution. According to TechDows, who first reported on this issue, the crashes began after Windows 10 users upgraded to the stable version, Microsoft Edge 90. Apparently, the upgrade freezes and the Edge sub-process consumes a lot of CPU and RAM often causing a crash. Users took to Reddit [1, 2, 3] to report about the bug, which has been acknowledged by Microsoft....

The upcoming version called the 40th Anniversary Edition is described as “a comprehensive celebration of the franchise with both a tribute to our past as well as an introduction to new and highly anticipated aircraft types.” The update will be a completely free offering for those who already own Microsoft Flight Simulator or play it via Xbox Game Pass. It will be reintroducing some classic airports and adding four famous planes from earlier versions including Microsoft Flight Simulator X and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight, as well as two helicopters, two gliders, and a true-to-life airliner....

Last year, Microsoft announced that they are working on turning Windows into a more modular operating system, a vision that has been codenamed “Windows Core OS.” Windows Core OS which will eventually be the future basis for all forms of Windows 10 is designed to provide flexibility that creates a versatile and an excellent new Windows experience for multiple device-form factors. One such example is “Andromeda OS”, which is for the mobile version that will be installed on two-screen folding devices such as Surface Phone, operated primarily with the use of stylus....

According to Mark Marron, Microsoft’s computer scientist and chief developer of the language, the key design features of the language provide ways to eliminate “accidental complexity” in the development and coding process. It does so by embracing algebraic operations and by breaking nearly 50 years of existing programming models. The company says that the language “derives from a combination of TypeScript inspired syntax and types plus ML and Node/JavaScript inspired semantics”....

Cortana on Android has just been leaked on the internet. According to Microsoft officials, the personal assistant was supposed to come to Android later this month, however, it has just been leaked and it is fully functional. Just like the Windows 8.1 and 10 version, Cortana on Android comes with all the features which are available on Windows 10. You can set reminders, check for weather, sport results, ask Cortana to tell you some jokes, etc....

The Redmond giant will now focus on selling its products on digital retail moving forward. However, the company’s retail team members will continue to serve customers from Microsoft corporate facilities and remotely providing sales, training, and support. While Microsoft is pulling the plug on nearly all of its retail stores, the four Microsoft Store locations that will remain open are New York, London, Sydney, and Redmond campus locations, transforming these last stores standing into what it’s calling “Experience Centers”....

Microsoft .NET Core 1.0 development framework and its ASP.NET Core webpage-building ecosystem for Linux, macOS, and Windows operating systems will now be open source. Microsoft said that open sourcing .NET framework will make it easier for developers of varied operating systems to implement the framework. The Redmond giant intends to make .NET framework into a development platform that can be used on desktops, servers, and even on mobile simultaneously. Its new development was helped a great deal by its acquisition of Xamarin, which makes tools for developers to build mobile apps on Android and iOS using the ....

Microsoft says Nov. 18 Azure outage due to misconfigured codeOverruling ProtocolThe Statement Overruling Protocol Microsoft developers it seems, were working to iron out a bug in their software. The solution to the bug solving, apparently caused the massive outage of Azure cloud services. Microsoft said that it had tested the update before rolling it out. But it is not always possible to accurately predict the result of a software update on such a huge platform under a controlled testing environment....

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This is the first tech demo of Servo, which Jack Moffitt, Servo project lead at Mozilla, had termed as “a next-generation browser engine focused on performance and robustness,” in March. Servo is a new browser engine created by Mozilla Research and built by a global community of individuals and companies including Mozilla and Samsung. The build comes with a browser wrapper which is still a little vehicle, and a new tab page, which has links to popular sites and graphical tests, which Servo handles a lot better than the current version of Firefox....

Ghacks notes that Mozilla’s Electrolysis “e10s” project which brings multi-process to users will be released with Firefox 46 Stable release. According to test results gathered by Mozilla Platform Engineer Eric Rahm, users can expect Firefox to consume more memory under multi-process enabled versions of Firefox. Through the years, Mozilla has tried to control Firefox’s rampant use of memory through features like MemShrink, which slashed memory utilization by as much as 50 percent....

From sending out curriculum vitae’s to checking up on friends, to sending classified and important documents, to the dispensing of information or just the plain cold pitches and follow-ups, the use of emails cannot be understated. This very reason of importance is the same reason why like social networks, and emails must be secure enough for usage. Users want their information private and secure. Unfortunately, while we have gotten this security feature all these years, it is now under threat because of a serious flaw recently found....

While everyone is speculating about the upcoming Nokia 9, leaked images from the Chinese social network Baidu reveals that HMD Global has already started working on the ultimate 2018 flagship dubbed the ‘Nokia 10’. If the information coming from Baidu is to be believed, Nokia 10 could be the world’s first smartphone to feature a penta-lens (5-lens) rear camera. According to the sketch, the smartphone will feature a large circular placed on the rear with five cameras and two LEDs, and a fingerprint reader on the rear....

So here’s everything you need to know about Microsoft’s new Windows Terminal for Windows 10. Microsoft’s New Windows Terminal Windows Terminal is a new, modern, fast, efficient, powerful, and productive terminal application that’s dedicated for developers who use Command Prompt, Windows Subsystem for Linux, and PowerShell. Microsoft’s New Windows TerminalDownload Windows Terminal As far as the features are concerned, the new Windows Terminal app includes multiple tab support. Furthermore, it supports themes and more customization for developers who want to tweak the Terminal app....

The new Nintendo Switch (OLED model) features a larger, vibrant 7-inch 720p OLED screen with vivid colors and crisp contrast. It also comes with an upgraded Nvidia chip that offers a TV output of 1080p image when connected to a TV. Further, the new Switch features a wide, adjustable stand for easy viewing in tabletop mode, a built-in wired LAN port to connect online when playing in TV mode, 64GB of internal storage (which is expandable up to 2TB via microSDHC or microSD cards), and enhanced audio from the system’s onboard speakers for handheld and tabletop play....