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June 22, 2017 A guide for buying one of Microsoft’s excellent Surface computers
Microsoft’s Surface laptopsPhoto by Tom Warren / The Verge Microsoft now has a variety of Surface devices that are designed to replace your laptop. There’s the Surface Book with a removable display, the Surface Pro with a kickstand, and now the new Surface Laptop that is the most traditional laptop Microsoft has ever made. I’ve […]
COMPUTERS May 29, 2017 US Weighs Banning Laptop Computers On International Flights
US is considering banning laptop computers on international flights into and out of the country WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES: US Homeland Security John Kelly said Sunday that he was considering banning laptop computers on international flights into and out of the country, amid signs of “a real threat.” Kelly made his remarks during the Memorial Day […]
COMPUTERS May 25, 2017 Mayor gives away ‘talking’ computers
The city Corporation, as part of its various welfare measures, distributed ‘talking’ computers and laptops to the visually challenged at a function on the Corporation premises on Wednesday. Mayor V.K. Prashanth distributed the computers to the beneficiaries. He said that the Corporation was turning the city into a differently abled friendly city. Projects are being […]
COMPUTERS May 22, 2017 When Video Game Consoles Wanted (and Failed) to Be Computers
Image: Scan of Intelivision owner manual. A lot of early video game consoles secretly wanted to be home computers, too. Their makers either sold keyboard add-ons or failed miserably in the process. A version of this post originally appeared on Tedium, a twice-weekly newsletter that hunts for the end of the long tail. Of all […]
COMPUTERS May 13, 2017 LEAKED NSA MALWARE IS HELPING HIJACK COMPUTERS AROUND THE WORLD
IN MID-APRIL, an arsenal of powerful software tools apparently designed by the NSA to infect and control Windows computers was leaked by an entity known only as the “Shadow Brokers.” Not even a whole month later, the hypothetical threat that criminals would use the tools against the general public has become real, and tens of thousands […]
COMPUTERS May 11, 2017 ‘Crazy bad’ Windows bug used antivirus to infect computers
The bug allowed cyber criminals to view, change, or delete data and create new accounts / REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton A recently discovered vulnerability in Windows has been described by security experts as “the worst Windows remote code execution in recent memory.” It allowed cyber criminals to remotely gain control of a computer running Microsoft’s desktop operating […]
COMPUTERS May 9, 2017 Nanofridge could keep quantum computers cool enough to calculate
Even quantum computers need to keep their cool. Now, researchers have built a tiny nanoscale refrigerator to keep qubits cold enough to function. Classical computers require built-in fans and other ways to dissipate heat, and quantum computers are no different. Instead of working with bits of information that can be either 0 or 1, as […]
COMPUTERS 
May 4, 2017 Computers learn to understand humans better by modelling them
The picture shows how ABC-driven parameters lead to more accurate predictions of user behavior. Credit: Aalto University Computers are able to learn to explain the behavior of individuals by tracking their glances and movements. Researchers from Aalto University, University of Birmingham and University of Oslo present results paving the way for computers to learn psychologically […]
COMPUTERS April 26, 2017 TVs are now tablet computers without a touchscreen
A few weeks back I turned on my television to find out it had stopped receiving two of the free-to-air channels I watched most often. All of the other channels still resolved with perfect, digital clarity, so I couldn’t work out why these two channels – out of four in packaged in a multichannel broadcast […]
COMPUTERS April 26, 2017 Newark City Hall computers hacked with ransomware
Some computers in the City of Newark have been infected with ransomware, rendering them unusable, and the hacker is demanding payment of 24 Bitcoin, or about $30,000 in ransom, according to a document obtained by TAPInto Newark and a city official with knowledge of the hack. The document reveals that that city computers were infected with RSA-2048 encryption, which […]
COMPUTERS April 21, 2017 New quantum liquid crystals may play role in future of computers
These images show light patterns generated by a rhenium-based crystal using a laser method called optical second-harmonic rotational anisotropy. At left, the pattern comes from the atomic lattice of the crystal. At right, the crystal has become a 3-D quantum liquid crystal, showing a drastic departure from the pattern due to the atomic lattice alone. […]
April 11, 2017 Gordon Ramsay’s father-in-law admits hacking chef’s computers
Chris Hutcheson, father of Ramsay’s wife, Tana, on his way to court on Tuesday. Photograph: Jeff Spicer/Getty Tuesday 11 April 2017 08.44 EDTFirst published on Tuesday 11 April 2017 08.00 EDT Gordon Ramsay’s father-in-law and two of his brothers-in-law have admitted hacking computers at the celebrity chef’s restaurant and business empire during a time of bitter dispute […]
