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1551.	Solve : Microsft tosell 1500 patents to Xianomi?
Answer» Just announced. Xiaomi is GOING to something. Xiaomi is a telecommunication firm in China. From various SOURCES. Here is one from: Bloomberg‎ Quote The patents cover a range of wireless communications, video, cloud and multimedia technologies, spokeswoman Kaylene Hong said. The acquisition came as part of a broader AGREEMENT announced Wednesday with the U.S. software GIANT, under which Microsoft Office and SKYPE will come pre-installed on the Chinese smartphone maker devices. This is said to be a 'long-term partnership.'

1551.

Solve : Microsft tosell 1500 patents to Xianomi?

Answer»

Just announced. Xiaomi is GOING to something.
Xiaomi is a telecommunication firm in China.
From various SOURCES. Here is one from:
Bloomberg‎
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The patents cover a range of wireless communications, video, cloud and multimedia technologies, spokeswoman Kaylene Hong said. The acquisition came as part of a broader AGREEMENT announced Wednesday with the U.S. software GIANT, under which Microsoft Office and SKYPE will come pre-installed on the Chinese smartphone maker devices.

This is said to be a 'long-term partnership.'

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1552.	Solve : End of Code - Potential Future of Computer Programming - Wired Magazine?
Answer» I found this article interesting reading my Wired Magazine. Its available online, so I am sharing it here: http://www.wired.com/2016/05/the-end-of-code/ This was a big concern in the read for future programmers.. Quote But a world run by neurally networked deep-learning machines requires a different workforce. Analysts have already started worrying about the impact of AI on the job market, as machines render old skills irrelevant. Programmers might soon get a taste of what that feels like themselves. Lots of concerns with some of this read... Future employment for programmers, the vast amount of data collected to teach the program dynamically unable to be easily checked out to figure out WHY it reacted a specific way because its just a huge mathematical mess of data with rules that are so dynamic that it appears that after base rules are created the program itself can then create its own dynamic rule sets from what is learned and turn into any number of combinations. Programming would be a group of teachers teaching it, and failed branches from the original source killed off and those successful duplicated and built further upon etc in an attempt to make something even more complex and able to outsmart markets etc. They already have AI algorithm instructions in control of trading etc, some are there to avoid a runaway condition and put a freeze on things and others are there to skim money from here or there in automated trading behaviors to tap and sap the stock markets in a likely legal but cheating the system way. Just like in multiplayer game cheats, there is a person or persons who gain using the cheats and then there are others who the cheats affect in which they are taking advantage of. Fortunately in many video games there are rules against such automated cheating behavior that KEEP people out of messing with the balance in the game, but in the real global economy these cheaters are leaches skimming the system, and other systems are in place to avoid a mathematical runaway that would crash it. Some years ago there was a runaway condition where algorithms were not able to counteract an imbalance and it was like a boat with people on it leaning and it telling people to move quickly to certain points of the boat to try to keep it from capsizing, meanwhile the waves affecting the boat and people running around as directed to try to keep the boat upright got to a point where decisions made matched the wave in which the person moving to a specific location on the boat didnt help but made matters worse because the waves hitting the ship were not of a specific time interval to know how to cancel out the negative effects. Wallstreets response to this issue was to put a freeze on the market for a short period of time until they could right side the boat in this case the Titanic of the greater proportion of the world economy. There are pros and cons that come along with handing the controls over to AI and automated systems. Some systems should remain in the control of humans without the humans using systems as cheats, skimmers, or countermeasures. Skynet does come to mind as also stated in this, but im not paranoid yet about that. As long as humans are in control of pulling power plug we still have the upper hand... However! some time ago a Missile Defense system accidentally mistaken a meteorite falling as a warhead and it TRIGGERED an automated response that could have started a nuclear war. Fortunately humans were able to stop it from reacting and launching nukes! Tried to find the example to link to this automated response i heard it on a nova or history channel program of a meteor triggering the system. But here is other info on ways they try to keep the defense system from a false positive to a warhead created by a meteor: http://www.space.com/20310-russian-meteor-missile-attack-military.htmlI recall reading the the secret to programming is not about knowing how to make something work. Instead, it is about know how it is wrong or why it will fail. That article is written by an idiot. They can't even decide what to write about. It's a load of idiotic gibberish filler obviously put together by somebody with the writing capacity of a small child. Quote In traditional programming, an engineer writes explicit, step-by-step instructions for the computer to follow. With machine learning, programmers don’t encode computers with instructions. They train them. No, you turkey brained, cerebrum lacking primate, You still have to program it. You don't just will a neural network into existence, you intellectually deficient hamster. Quote If you want to teach a neural network to recognize a cat, for instance, you don’t tell it to look for whiskers, ears, fur, and eyes. And of course the Neural network appears because when a mommy neural network and a daddy neural network love each other very much... Oh wait no, somebody has to program it. Quote Facebook uses it to determine which stories show up in your News Feed Which was programmed. They wrote code to accept INPUT DATA and that input data is evaluated to come to decisions about what to display. A programmer didn't sit at their computer with Cortana and Siri and go "I WANTS THE SITE TO DUH SHOW PAGES BASED ON BROWSING HISTORY" "I'M Sorry, I didn't catch that" "DAM U CORTANA ME ANGRY YOU MAKE IT SHOW PAGES, USE BROWSING HISTORY, OR ME SMASH U" Quote Google Photos uses it to identify faces. "OK Google, now add the capacity to identify faces" probably isn't how that feature was added, you puddle of unwelcome avian diarrhea. Quote Machine learning runs Microsoft’s Skype Translator, which converts speech to different languages in real time. Spoken like somebody who has never used it, apparently. What it is capable of is pretty cool but it's not exactly going to break down language barriers. Or, as it might describe them, talking walls. Quote Even Google’s search engine—for so many years a towering edifice of HUMAN-written rules—has begun to rely on these deep neural networks. Did this article have any sort of technical review? Or was the review panel FULL of people who struggle to understand electrical resistance when configuring their gramophone? The way they continue to write about it apparently neural networks just appear and apparently they don't need to have any changes made to introduce or remove bias. Nope, just go "You know what, I want a neural network" and then poof! There you go. Just train it and you don't have to program. You have to create the neural network. That's programming. You have to maintain it. Oh, look, more programming. When your algorithm relies on the absorption of loads of information through learning suddenly malice is far easier. We saw how successful Microsoft's AI chatbot was when everybody discussed Hitler and Nazism with it. In closing, once again, the article is poorly researched and written by somebody who has the journalism skill of perhaps a lemur or other small South American monkey. I'm surprised these idiots aren't pushing FORTH, given that it made the same promises in the 1980's. Kudos...well stated. However i'm upset you offended lemurs the world over...I don't think I can put it better than BC did but I also agree that this article is nonsense. I'm not remotely concerned. It feels like the author just found out what a neural network is then tried to spin and squish the idea as much as possible to try and fit it into an article that would have a catchy headline. He is correct in the fact that neural networks can be trained to recognise objects, but I have no idea how he expects them to go from that to writing code. Like, does he expect you to show a neural network a lot of code then it suddenly learns how code works to the level you can go "I need a program that does this very complex thing" and it somehow generates the code perfectly? And then of course, as BC says, he is totally ignoring the fact that neural networks are, in fact, code. The whole thing feels like it's written by some arty hipster who doesn't actually understand any of what they are writing about - For example "Code is logical. Code is hackable. Code is destiny. These are the central tenets (and self-fulfilling prophecies) of life in the digital age." - Complete arty nonsense. Also along with gems such as "Our machines are starting to speak a different language now, one that even the best coders can’t fully understand." - Yes, too complex for a human to understand, it's not like humans made them or anything... Oh yeah, I completely forgot about how computers evolve themselves without human involvement... I wonder how many stages of approval this got through before it was published, and why it wasn't stopped.Quote from: camerongray on May 27, 2016, 06:46:50 PM "Code is logical. Code is hackable. Code is destiny. These are the central tenets (and self-fulfilling prophecies) of life in the digital age." Yeah I have to admit I skimmed over many paragraphs before I got to anything that seemed remotely related to the entire concept being discussed, I missed that gem. I'm convinced that literally nothing substantive is even written until the last few paragraphs. It babbles on about Descartes and some how tries to draw parallels between attempts to understand the human brain and the development of computers. But it's basically contet-free statements like "The sophisticated AI toasters of tomorrow may be pushing us down!" Thing is, there is a kernel of truth in that developers/programmers do need to worry about being replaced, not by a computer, but by the next "generation" of programmers. Somebody who refuses to move forward with new development TECHNOLOGIES will find that they may be slowly replaced or phased out. It's actually kind of funny to read articles like this or the ones where surveyed developers are afraid of being replaced by AI. Have they looked around? Some of the most advanced Artificial Intelligence are about on par with a human 4-year old, only beating one when it comes to vocabulary. This is the thing that is threatening your Job? Do you lock the office door during "bring your kid to work day" for fear that you might be replaced as well? In fact, the most sophisticated AIs are about equal to a Lemur. And yet surveys don't ask "Are you afraid that Lemurs will replace you?". The reason people find it scary is because of how AI is portrayed in TV and Movies. The fact that "Skynet" is referenced in every single article, for example, is a pretty obvious indicator. You may as well be afraid that your IT security job would be taken by a Klingon, or that you'll have to wear a tacky tight-fitting uniform.

1552.

Solve : End of Code - Potential Future of Computer Programming - Wired Magazine?

Answer»

I found this article interesting reading my Wired Magazine. Its available online, so I am sharing it here:

http://www.wired.com/2016/05/the-end-of-code/

This was a big concern in the read for future programmers..

Quote

But a world run by neurally networked deep-learning machines requires a different workforce. Analysts have already started worrying about the impact of AI on the job market, as machines render old skills irrelevant. Programmers might soon get a taste of what that feels like themselves.

Lots of concerns with some of this read... Future employment for programmers, the vast amount of data collected to teach the program dynamically unable to be easily checked out to figure out WHY it reacted a specific way because its just a huge mathematical mess of data with rules that are so dynamic that it appears that after base rules are created the program itself can then create its own dynamic rule sets from what is learned and turn into any number of combinations.

Programming would be a group of teachers teaching it, and failed branches from the original source killed off and those successful duplicated and built further upon etc in an attempt to make something even more complex and able to outsmart markets etc. They already have AI algorithm instructions in control of trading etc, some are there to avoid a runaway condition and put a freeze on things and others are there to skim money from here or there in automated trading behaviors to tap and sap the stock markets in a likely legal but cheating the system way. Just like in multiplayer game cheats, there is a person or persons who gain using the cheats and then there are others who the cheats affect in which they are taking advantage of. Fortunately in many video games there are rules against such automated cheating behavior that KEEP people out of messing with the balance in the game, but in the real global economy these cheaters are leaches skimming the system, and other systems are in place to avoid a mathematical runaway that would crash it.

Some years ago there was a runaway condition where algorithms were not able to counteract an imbalance and it was like a boat with people on it leaning and it telling people to move quickly to certain points of the boat to try to keep it from capsizing, meanwhile the waves affecting the boat and people running around as directed to try to keep the boat upright got to a point where decisions made matched the wave in which the person moving to a specific location on the boat didnt help but made matters worse because the waves hitting the ship were not of a specific time interval to know how to cancel out the negative effects. Wallstreets response to this issue was to put a freeze on the market for a short period of time until they could right side the boat in this case the Titanic of the greater proportion of the world economy. There are pros and cons that come along with handing the controls over to AI and automated systems. Some systems should remain in the control of humans without the humans using systems as cheats, skimmers, or countermeasures.

Skynet does come to mind as also stated in this, but im not paranoid yet about that. As long as humans are in control of pulling power plug we still have the upper hand... However! some time ago a Missile Defense system accidentally mistaken a meteorite falling as a warhead and it TRIGGERED an automated response that could have started a nuclear war. Fortunately humans were able to stop it from reacting and launching nukes! Tried to find the example to link to this automated response i heard it on a nova or history channel program of a meteor triggering the system. But here is other info on ways they try to keep the defense system from a false positive to a warhead created by a meteor: http://www.space.com/20310-russian-meteor-missile-attack-military.htmlI recall reading the the secret to programming is not about knowing how to make something work. Instead, it is about know how it is wrong or why it will fail.
That article is written by an idiot. They can't even decide what to write about. It's a load of idiotic gibberish filler obviously put together by somebody with the writing capacity of a small child.

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In traditional programming, an engineer writes explicit, step-by-step instructions for the computer to follow. With machine learning, programmers don’t encode computers with instructions. They train them.

No, you turkey brained, cerebrum lacking primate, You still have to program it. You don't just will a neural network into existence, you intellectually deficient hamster.

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If you want to teach a neural network to recognize a cat, for instance, you don’t tell it to look for whiskers, ears, fur, and eyes.

And of course the Neural network appears because when a mommy neural network and a daddy neural network love each other very much... Oh wait no, somebody has to program it.

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Facebook uses it to determine which stories show up in your News Feed

Which was programmed. They wrote code to accept INPUT DATA and that input data is evaluated to come to decisions about what to display. A programmer didn't sit at their computer with Cortana and Siri and go "I WANTS THE SITE TO DUH SHOW PAGES BASED ON BROWSING HISTORY"
"I'M Sorry, I didn't catch that"
"DAM U CORTANA ME ANGRY YOU MAKE IT SHOW PAGES, USE BROWSING HISTORY, OR ME SMASH U"

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Google Photos uses it to identify faces.

"OK Google, now add the capacity to identify faces" probably isn't how that feature was added, you puddle of unwelcome avian diarrhea.

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Machine learning runs Microsoft’s Skype Translator, which converts speech to different languages in real time.

Spoken like somebody who has never used it, apparently. What it is capable of is pretty cool but it's not exactly going to break down language barriers. Or, as it might describe them, talking walls.

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Even Google’s search engine—for so many years a towering edifice of HUMAN-written rules—has begun to rely on these deep neural networks.

Did this article have any sort of technical review? Or was the review panel FULL of people who struggle to understand electrical resistance when configuring their gramophone? The way they continue to write about it apparently neural networks just appear and apparently they don't need to have any changes made to introduce or remove bias. Nope, just go "You know what, I want a neural network" and then poof! There you go. Just train it and you don't have to program. You have to create the neural network. That's programming. You have to maintain it. Oh, look, more programming.

When your algorithm relies on the absorption of loads of information through learning suddenly malice is far easier. We saw how successful Microsoft's AI chatbot was when everybody discussed Hitler and Nazism with it.

In closing, once again, the article is poorly researched and written by somebody who has the journalism skill of perhaps a lemur or other small South American monkey. I'm surprised these idiots aren't pushing FORTH, given that it made the same promises in the 1980's.
Kudos...well stated.

However i'm upset you offended lemurs the world over...I don't think I can put it better than BC did but I also agree that this article is nonsense. I'm not remotely concerned.

It feels like the author just found out what a neural network is then tried to spin and squish the idea as much as possible to try and fit it into an article that would have a catchy headline. He is correct in the fact that neural networks can be trained to recognise objects, but I have no idea how he expects them to go from that to writing code. Like, does he expect you to show a neural network a lot of code then it suddenly learns how code works to the level you can go "I need a program that does this very complex thing" and it somehow generates the code perfectly? And then of course, as BC says, he is totally ignoring the fact that neural networks are, in fact, code.

The whole thing feels like it's written by some arty hipster who doesn't actually understand any of what they are writing about - For example "Code is logical. Code is hackable. Code is destiny. These are the central tenets (and self-fulfilling prophecies) of life in the digital age." - Complete arty nonsense. Also along with gems such as "Our machines are starting to speak a different language now, one that even the best coders can’t fully understand." - Yes, too complex for a human to understand, it's not like humans made them or anything... Oh yeah, I completely forgot about how computers evolve themselves without human involvement...

I wonder how many stages of approval this got through before it was published, and why it wasn't stopped.Quote from: camerongray on May 27, 2016, 06:46:50 PM

"Code is logical. Code is hackable. Code is destiny. These are the central tenets (and self-fulfilling prophecies) of life in the digital age."

Yeah I have to admit I skimmed over many paragraphs before I got to anything that seemed remotely related to the entire concept being discussed, I missed that gem. I'm convinced that literally nothing substantive is even written until the last few paragraphs. It babbles on about Descartes and some how tries to draw parallels between attempts to understand the human brain and the development of computers. But it's basically contet-free statements like "The sophisticated AI toasters of tomorrow may be pushing us down!"

Thing is, there is a kernel of truth in that developers/programmers do need to worry about being replaced, not by a computer, but by the next "generation" of programmers. Somebody who refuses to move forward with new development TECHNOLOGIES will find that they may be slowly replaced or phased out.

It's actually kind of funny to read articles like this or the ones where surveyed developers are afraid of being replaced by AI. Have they looked around? Some of the most advanced Artificial Intelligence are about on par with a human 4-year old, only beating one when it comes to vocabulary. This is the thing that is threatening your Job? Do you lock the office door during "bring your kid to work day" for fear that you might be replaced as well?

In fact, the most sophisticated AIs are about equal to a Lemur. And yet surveys don't ask "Are you afraid that Lemurs will replace you?".

The reason people find it scary is because of how AI is portrayed in TV and Movies. The fact that "Skynet" is referenced in every single article, for example, is a pretty obvious indicator. You may as well be afraid that your IT security job would be taken by a Klingon, or that you'll have to wear a tacky tight-fitting uniform.

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1553.	Solve : Apple India Store must have 30%local stuff.?
Answer» Apple will not open India retail store with less than 30% local stuff This was just published in the Mac Rumors WEB site. Quote Apple's plan to open three Apple Store locations in India MAY fall through following a ruling from the Indian finance ministry that says Apple MUST sell locally sourced goods if it wants to open STORES in the country, reports Reuters. In India, 30 percent of goods sold by foreign companies must be manufactured or produced in the country, a requirement Apple does not meet as its products are largely made in China. India last year exempted RETAILERS selling state-of-the-art goods from the rule, prompting Apple to file a new application with the Indian government Mac Rumors Newsletter, May 25 Can they do that? Of course they can...

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1554.	Solve : Comcast Extends Internet Essentials for Poor Folks?
Answer» This is for the USA. Sounds like a PR gimmick. Comcast can charge any price they want and still make money. In many places they are the only cable in town. I was quoted $50 a MONTH on a contract. Too much for me. I am in the Poor house. But in April Comcast did bring out a LOW-cost service for families that qualify. The rate is a low as $10 a month with speeds equal to or better than DSL. The catch? It is not available everywhere. EVEN in places where Comcast has a strong presence, It might not be in your neighborhood. Here are the most recent articles: http://www.babwnews.com/2016/03/comcast-and-hud-expanding-internet-program-for-low-income-families/ Comcast and HUD expanding internet program for low-income families http://www.pcworld.com/article/237477/comcast_offers_10_a_month_internet_option_for_low_income_families.html Comcast Offers $10 a Month Internet Option For Low-Income Families Has anybody here been able to get $10 a month internet withing the past year? I have comcast and this is the first i have heard of this. I am guessing if its available you cant just go in and claim you want the $10 service. You would probably have to disclose actual income and be proven that your hard up. Cheapest internet package I saw available in my area was a $34.99 package for 3/1mbps. It wasnt enough bandwidth for Vonage VoIP and all users, so I went with the XFINITY® Performance Internet $44.99 per month for 12 months No Contract! This use to be 5/1 but is now 25/5 bandwidth. They also have larger bandwidth plans available for more cash too. But If it takes 5 minutes or 1 minute to download I am patient. Additionally a large download for a 28GB game installation I will just set it to download before I go to sleep and wake up the next day and its complete etc. http://xfinityspecial.com/lebanon-new-hampshire/internet.php?gclid=CK7vq8vpnc0CFQctaQodaccF-Q Prior to this I was PAYING over $120 a month for a package with cable TV. I did away with cable TV about 6 years ago. It would be nice if a cheaper internet provider came along with minimum of 5/1mbps bandwidth which is all I need. My Performance Internet package I get around 25/5mbps. I also save $6 a month not paying a lease fee on my modem. I bought my own surfboard modem for like $58 and within 10 months it paid itself off and that was almost 5 years ago. So I saved about $360 so far in not wasting money in modem lease fees. When the modem lease was only $3 I had no problem paying that because modems were costly and if it gets fried they had to give me a new one. But after having theirs for years with no problems and then they started hiking up the modem lease fees when the price of modems dropped significantly, I decided to then buy an exact same model modem and SHUT off this unnecessary $6 per month fee and take the risk that if it gets fried I will have to buy a new one. Since then I acquired another same modem for free that works, so if this one burns up I have a spare to install. Its just a matter of calling comcast and getting connected with the right person and give the mac address of the replacement modem and reboot and be up and running again.

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1555.	Solve : Apple Buys Chips from Intel. What??
Answer» I thought it was a joke. Never mind. It is not a joke. Not a rumor. Just HARD to believe. Go ahead and GOOGLE it. You will see it pop up in a few hours. Or check this search: Apple Buys Chips from Intel. Comments? Why wouldn't they ? ?It is a tradition! Chips in the iPhone have to be Qualcomm! Here is what WSJ says: http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2016/06/10/qualcomm-iphone-slippage-baked-in/ Quote Bloomberg reported Friday that Apple will use modem chips from Intel for some versions of the iPhone 7 coming this fall. That reportedly includes the version that AT&T sells in the U.S. Such chips, ALSO known as BASEBAND processors, are a huge part of Qualcomm’s business, though not as profitable as the company’s patent-licensing arm. Qualcomm has supplied baseband chips for the iPhone since 2010, when Apple BEGAN building a CDMA version of the smartphone. There is nothing that restricts them to using Qualcomm chips. We are also talking about the baseband processors, the actual system on chip (CPU, GPU.etc) used in the iPhone are designed by Apple themselves, not Qualcomm.

1555.

Solve : Apple Buys Chips from Intel. What??

Answer»

I thought it was a joke. Never mind.

It is not a joke. Not a rumor. Just HARD to believe.

Go ahead and GOOGLE it. You will see it pop up in a few hours.

Or check this search:
Apple Buys Chips from Intel.

Comments? Why wouldn't they ? ?It is a tradition!
Chips in the iPhone have to be Qualcomm!
Here is what WSJ says:
http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2016/06/10/qualcomm-iphone-slippage-baked-in/
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Bloomberg reported Friday that Apple will use modem chips from Intel for some versions of the iPhone 7 coming this fall. That reportedly includes the version that AT&T sells in the U.S. Such chips, ALSO known as BASEBAND processors, are a huge part of Qualcomm’s business, though not as profitable as the company’s patent-licensing arm. Qualcomm has supplied baseband chips for the iPhone since 2010, when Apple BEGAN building a CDMA version of the smartphone.

There is nothing that restricts them to using Qualcomm chips. We are also talking about the baseband processors, the actual system on chip (CPU, GPU.etc) used in the iPhone are designed by Apple themselves, not Qualcomm.

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1556.	Solve : News About Motorola Modular Phone.?
Answer» Earlier is was announced that Motorola would off era new design in a smartphone. Now some samples are AVAILABLE and the Wall Street Journal has a sneak peek. http://www.wsj.com/articles/motorola-moto-z-hands-on-a-snappy-take-on-modular-smartphones-1465646406 This image shows you can have a VARIETY of cases designs. But it is not just about outward APPEARANCE. Read the link above. It is almost a DIY project.: Make your own Smart PHONE. If you don't want to SEE the WSJ, try this link: http://www.wired.com/2016/06/motorola-moto-z-moto-z-force/

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1557.	Solve : Why AMD Stock Jumped 12.5% in June?
Answer» In the stack market, over 2 per cent in one month is big news. So what did AMD do to wake up wall street_ Here is the story: http://www.fool.com/investing/2016/07/06/why-amd-stock-jumped-125-in-june.aspx Among other things, it says: Quote AMD announced the RX 480 on June 1, confirming that its FIRST Polaris graphics card would be a mainstream part priced at $199. Rival NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) had previously announced two high-end cards based on its new Pascal architecture, leaving AMD with an opening to steal market share at lower prices. The RX 480 LAUNCHED on June 29 to positive reviews. NVIDIA will almost certainly launch a competing mainstream product in the coming months, but for the time being AMD has a good chance at picking up some market share. So.. a new top design card for under $200. Would you buy one? More.... http://www.anandtech.com/show/10477/amd-posts-radeon-1671-drivers-fixes-power-consumption-issues Here is a peek. NVidia announced the GTX 1080 and 1070 a while ago, this is as noted AMD's entry into the same Graphics card generation. However more recently (after the rx480 ANNOUNCEMENT) NVidia also announced the GTX 1060, starting at $250 USD. That's about 5 billion dollars Canadian at this point.I read today that even after the driver fix it's still over-drawing power from the PCI-e slot...doesn't look good for AMD...i don't care what their stock did in 2 days time.Patio, you would care if it was a big part of your retirement nest egg. But I no longer play the market... As stated i don't care what their stock did... See where it is now for grins.aftermarket designs will likely use an 8-pin power connector which should allow for the PCI-E slot to draw no more than 5.5 Amps. From what I can tell, they haven't issued any fixes for the power draw, yet. That might fix it for AMD's own designs. A bit of a censored up that it managed to get past their own testing. I won't be grabbing an RX480 either way, as I've already ordered a GTX 1070 just the other day, which should be a nice, direct upgrade for my 770.Sorry for the error I make. The short-term on AMD stock was unreal. It went from under 4.9 to over 5.1 and thus leasing some to believe a notable event had happened. Anyway, it looks like Nvidia is going to win this battle. AMD has released a new driver that addresses the PCI-E Draw issue: http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/Radeon-Software-Crimson-Edition-16.7.1-Release-Notes.aspx?sf30476898=1 Mind you while it is a tad of a silly issue to get passed QA (as noted) it seems that in general it has been somewhat overblown. It's like that issue with The Nvidia 970 which iirc had something to do with how The graphics memory was handled. something to do with only having 3.5GB of VRAM instead of the advertised 4GB of VRAM and the way people were talking about it in some places it was as if they had revealed that the card was manufactured using the tears from starving infants.The Title to this thread should say 2.5 % and not 12.5%.

1557.

Solve : Why AMD Stock Jumped 12.5% in June?

Answer»

In the stack market, over 2 per cent in one month is big news. So what did AMD do to wake up wall street_ Here is the story:
http://www.fool.com/investing/2016/07/06/why-amd-stock-jumped-125-in-june.aspx
Among other things, it says:
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AMD announced the RX 480 on June 1, confirming that its FIRST Polaris graphics card would be a mainstream part priced at $199. Rival NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) had previously announced two high-end cards based on its new Pascal architecture, leaving AMD with an opening to steal market share at lower prices.
The RX 480 LAUNCHED on June 29 to positive reviews. NVIDIA will almost certainly launch a competing mainstream product in the coming months, but for the time being AMD has a good chance at picking up some market share.

So.. a new top design card for under $200. Would you buy one?
More....
http://www.anandtech.com/show/10477/amd-posts-radeon-1671-drivers-fixes-power-consumption-issues
Here is a peek.

NVidia announced the GTX 1080 and 1070 a while ago, this is as noted AMD's entry into the same Graphics card generation. However more recently (after the rx480 ANNOUNCEMENT) NVidia also announced the GTX 1060, starting at $250 USD. That's about 5 billion dollars Canadian at this point.I read today that even after the driver fix it's still over-drawing power from the PCI-e slot...doesn't look good for AMD...i don't care what their stock did in 2 days time.Patio, you would care if it was a big part of your retirement nest egg.
But I no longer play the market... As stated i don't care what their stock did...

See where it is now for grins.aftermarket designs will likely use an 8-pin power connector which should allow for the PCI-E slot to draw no more than 5.5 Amps.

From what I can tell, they haven't issued any fixes for the power draw, yet. That might fix it for AMD's own designs. A bit of a *censored* up that it managed to get past their own testing.

I won't be grabbing an RX480 either way, as I've already ordered a GTX 1070 just the other day, which should be a nice, direct upgrade for my 770.Sorry for the error I make.
The short-term on AMD stock was unreal. It went from under 4.9 to over 5.1 and thus leasing some to believe a notable event had happened.

Anyway, it looks like Nvidia is going to win this battle.
AMD has released a new driver that addresses the PCI-E Draw issue:

http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/Radeon-Software-Crimson-Edition-16.7.1-Release-Notes.aspx?sf30476898=1

Mind you while it is a tad of a silly issue to get passed QA (as noted) it seems that in general it has been somewhat overblown. It's like that issue with The Nvidia 970 which iirc had something to do with how The graphics memory was handled. something to do with only having 3.5GB of VRAM instead of the advertised 4GB of VRAM and the way people were talking about it in some places it was as if they had revealed that the card was manufactured using the tears from starving infants.The Title to this thread should say 2.5 % and not 12.5%.

Discussion

1558.	Solve : Windows 10 -- $7 a month Windows Service for corporate?
Answer» This is interesting $7 a month for corporate use per workstation. Stupidly costly when Windows 7 is free until end of use. What better way to make businesses want to remain with Windows 7 and save $84 a year per workstation! http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2016/07/14/microsoft-confirms-windows-10-new-monthly-charge/?utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=partner&utm_campaign=yahootix&partner=yahootix&yptr=yahoo#1dc406dddfab http://www.extremetech.com/computing/231619-microsoft-will-start-selling-windows-as-a-subscription-product-to-large-businesses-this-fallProbably a Cheaper TCO for MANY businesses. Subscription ensures support, rather than deadline EOL dates.Another typical case of news outlets misreporting what Microsoft is doing to get TRAFFIC... They are reporting it as though people and businesses will suddenly need to start paying to use their current copies of Windows 10, this is simply not the case Like Office 365 this isn't going to be the only way they can use Windows, they can still buy it outright and use it forever if they want, this just gives businesses another option. I find that at least for Office 365 the subscription model works very well - Managing large numbers of RETAIL boxed copies of Office is a complete pain and volume licencing is both expensive and complicated for small businesses. Shocking to see places like Forbes pushing nonsense like this, it's what I'd expect from some random small tech blog, not a major news outlet!I've never considered Forbes a major news source myself...Quote Shocking to see places like Forbes pushing nonsense like this, it's what I'd expect from some random small tech blog, not a major news outlet! I also myself thought forbes was a credible source of info, but I guess they rushed this one out. What i found strange was that I didnt see anything official on google search from Microsoft, yet everyone is rushing out with these articles. https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=windows+10+monthly+feeIt's likely the powers to be at MS are using Forbes to float a few trial balloons to get a read on corporate sentiment....Well The Forbes Article is actually More like a Blog Post. Gordon Kelly has PREVIOUSLY written similar "Articles", and is well known for writing clickbait titles which poorly represent the facts. Not to say folks on the "other side" are peachy either. Both sides seem way to invested in their material. Paul Thurott, another supposedly "professional" writer, lambasted Gordon on Twitter for this post- calling him, well, an censored and saying he can burn in censored, as well as suggesting that he fornicate himself, though not in so many words, all over some inaccurate information about an Operating System.

1558.

Solve : Windows 10 -- $7 a month Windows Service for corporate?

Answer»

This is interesting $7 a month for corporate use per workstation. Stupidly costly when Windows 7 is free until end of use.

What better way to make businesses want to remain with Windows 7 and save $84 a year per workstation!

http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2016/07/14/microsoft-confirms-windows-10-new-monthly-charge/?utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=partner&utm_campaign=yahootix&partner=yahootix&yptr=yahoo#1dc406dddfab

http://www.extremetech.com/computing/231619-microsoft-will-start-selling-windows-as-a-subscription-product-to-large-businesses-this-fallProbably a Cheaper TCO for MANY businesses. Subscription ensures support, rather than deadline EOL dates.Another typical case of news outlets misreporting what Microsoft is doing to get TRAFFIC... They are reporting it as though people and businesses will suddenly need to start paying to use their current copies of Windows 10, this is simply not the case

Like Office 365 this isn't going to be the only way they can use Windows, they can still buy it outright and use it forever if they want, this just gives businesses another option. I find that at least for Office 365 the subscription model works very well - Managing large numbers of RETAIL boxed copies of Office is a complete pain and volume licencing is both expensive and complicated for small businesses.

Shocking to see places like Forbes pushing nonsense like this, it's what I'd expect from some random small tech blog, not a major news outlet!I've never considered Forbes a major news source myself...Quote

Shocking to see places like Forbes pushing nonsense like this, it's what I'd expect from some random small tech blog, not a major news outlet!

I also myself thought forbes was a credible source of info, but I guess they rushed this one out.

What i found strange was that I didnt see anything official on google search from Microsoft, yet everyone is rushing out with these articles.

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=windows+10+monthly+feeIt's likely the powers to be at MS are using Forbes to float a few trial balloons to get a read on corporate sentiment....Well The Forbes Article is actually More like a Blog Post. Gordon Kelly has PREVIOUSLY written similar "Articles", and is well known for writing clickbait titles which poorly represent the facts.

Not to say folks on the "other side" are peachy either. Both sides seem way to invested in their material. Paul Thurott, another supposedly "professional" writer, lambasted Gordon on Twitter for this post- calling him, well, an *censored* and saying he can burn in *censored*, as well as suggesting that he fornicate himself, though not in so many words, all over some inaccurate information about an Operating System.

Discussion

1559.	Solve : Meet Nvidia's GeForce GTX 1060?
Answer» Nvidia. You MUST already have hers there is a SMALL war GOING on --- with AMD and Nvidia. AMD went for the $200 MARKET, now Nvidia GOES for the $250 share. http://www.pcworld.com/article/3093005/components-graphics/first-look-meet-nvidias-geforce-gtx-1060.html If you don´t like that review, there are many others. http://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2016/7/7/12116666/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1060-specs-release-date-price-official http://www.kotaku.com.au/2016/07/finally-a-new-nvidia-geforce-graphics-card-you-can-afford/

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1560.	Solve : Man accused of attacking Google HQ?
Answer» Published today, July 6 on CNN. Quote Man accused of attacking GOOGLE HQ worried company was watching him Oakland resident Raul Murillo Diaz was arrested after midnight on June 30 after he was spotted driving through an empty Google campus parking lot. Police found a gun and materials for a possible bomb in his vehicle. So far, the 30-year-old man has only been charged with MALICIOUS damage by an explosive to a building or vehicle in CONNECTION with a May 19 incident. Google employees spotted a man THROWING bottles, which were later identified as Molotov cocktails, at a parked Google Street View vehicle in front of a Google building. The cars are outfitted with special cameras for taking photos of local streets for Google Maps. http://money.cnn.com/2016/07/05/technology/google-attack-cars/index.html Strange.

1560.

Solve : Man accused of attacking Google HQ?

Answer»

Published today, July 6 on CNN.
Quote

Man accused of attacking GOOGLE HQ worried company was watching him
Oakland resident Raul Murillo Diaz was arrested after midnight on June 30 after he was spotted driving through an empty Google campus parking lot. Police found a gun and materials for a possible bomb in his vehicle.
So far, the 30-year-old man has only been charged with MALICIOUS damage by an explosive to a building or vehicle in CONNECTION with a May 19 incident. Google employees spotted a man THROWING bottles, which were later identified as Molotov cocktails, at a parked Google Street View vehicle in front of a Google building. The cars are outfitted with special cameras for taking photos of local streets for Google Maps.

http://money.cnn.com/2016/07/05/technology/google-attack-cars/index.html
Strange.

Discussion

1561.	Solve : Avast purchase's AVG?
Answer» AVAST Announces Agreement to Acquire AVG for $1.3B https://press.avast.com/avast-announces-agreement-to-acquire-avg-for-13bI hope they FIX AVG and not destroy their product in the process...Time will tell, If they follow the AVG business model they are DEAD MEAT.

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1562.	Solve : I wonder if Blizzard will be able to sue this German Cheat company?
Answer» I wonder if Blizzard will be ABLE to sue this GERMAN Cheat COMPANY or if Germany is a safe haven for this sort of cheat software? Article is kind of worded poorly, but interesting that they are going after a cheat maker that threatens their Overwatch game: Quote sale and distribution of the Bossland Hacks in the United States has caused Blizzard to lose millions or tens of millions of dollars in revenue, So is it millions or tens of millions LOST ... perhaps just add 100 MILLION lost since the author sounds like they have the writing skills of a child.... hmmm. It would have been better to just state that the losses are in the millions or if its in the tens of millions to be determined state it could result in a loss of tens of millions of dollars in revenue. http://www.gamespot.com/articles/blizzard-sues-overwatch-cheat-maker-claims-million/1100-6441493/

1562.

Solve : I wonder if Blizzard will be able to sue this German Cheat company?

Answer»

I wonder if Blizzard will be ABLE to sue this GERMAN Cheat COMPANY or if Germany is a safe haven for this sort of cheat software?

Article is kind of worded poorly, but interesting that they are going after a cheat maker that threatens their Overwatch game: Quote

sale and distribution of the Bossland Hacks in the United States has caused Blizzard to lose millions or tens of millions of dollars in revenue,

So is it millions or tens of millions LOST ... perhaps just add 100 MILLION lost since the author sounds like they have the writing skills of a child.... hmmm. It would have been better to just state that the losses are in the millions or if its in the tens of millions to be determined state it could result in a loss of tens of millions of dollars in revenue.

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/blizzard-sues-overwatch-cheat-maker-claims-million/1100-6441493/

Discussion

1563.	Solve : Comodo addresses their CA competition- by filing for their trademarks?
Answer» source. "Let's Encrypt" is a Free, Open Certificate Authority provided by the Internet Security Research GROUP. COMODO has recently (recently in legal terms, anyway) filed for three trademarks directly related to "Let's Encrypt", despite Comodo themselves never having USED the term. It is considered to be a move intended to intentionally cause confusion in the market between Comodo and their Competition in the Certificate Authority space.Good catch, BC --from source given. Quote Since March of 2016 we have repeatedly asked Comodo to abandon their “Let’s Encrypt” applications, directly and through our attorneys, but they have refused to do so. We are clearly the first and senior user of “Let’s Encrypt” in relation to Internet security, including SSL/TLS certificates – both in terms of length of USE and in terms of the widespread PUBLIC association of that brand with our organization. This is disturbing news.

Discussion

1564.	Solve : When Virtual Reality Meets Education.?
Answer» Virtual reality is becoming more important not only as a type of SOFTWARE you COULD run on home computer, but ALSO an educational system. https://techcrunch.com/2016/01/23/when-virtual-reality-meets-education/ When Virtual Reality Meets Education

Discussion

1565.	Solve : USA Plans to Stop Internet for ISIS.?
Answer» The topic has already been considered earlier this year. But at the present time the election may prevent leaders from mailing a clear statement of what they PLAN to do soon. So, perhaps in a few months we would see Internet service in the middle east being stopped or throttled. Here are some earlier stories about this topic. Trump Wants Bill Gates to Stop ISIS. Not just USA: Shutdown The Internet In Canada To Prevent ISIS Recruitment Even Iraq: Please Turn Off ISIS' Internet Here is my question. Can this have any negative impact on the rest of us? Let's go through your links: 1. Trump's understanding of how the Internet works manages to be both out of date and flawed; Bill Gates NEVER had any sort of control over the Internet, and he's not even present in the modern computing industry anymore. 2. This link is "satirical" which is a WORD used to often today to get away with writing fake content. Trudeau has never said anything about shutting down the Internet, and the alleged "shutdown date" has come and gone (February 21st) and yet here I am, completely unaffected and never having dealt with any "shutdown". 3. Satellite Internet does not rely on any local infrastructure. Most Satellite companies already do not offer service to places such as Syria, nor have resellers. It's likely that much of their organization is accessing the Internet through smuggled portable terminals already. Another consideration is that even if it was possible, it would restrict the flow of intelligence from the region, their enthusiasm for sharing videos and using Social Media provides a wealth of intelligence about their operations, as well as information from other sources providing information on EVENTS and even what they are doing internally to combat extremism. Both are valuable intelligence sources which would be REMISS to remove. A better approach to prevent foreign recruitment is not to deny information, but to educate. Religious extremism of any kind proliferates through ignorance, and while it wouldn't be impossible to completely eliminate, peers or colleagues of possible extremist convertees could be more responsive in recognizing dangerous individuals before they act.

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1566.	Solve : Man Pleads Guilty in $30M Computer Hacking?
Answer» From ABC News. http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/georgia-man-pleads-guilty-30m-computer-hacking-scheme-41078310 Quote A Georgia man pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge Tuesday, admitting participating in a computer hacking scheme that used FACTS stolen from over 150,000 press releases to generate $30 million in illegal profits. Leonid Momotok, 48, of Suwanee, Georgia, entered the plea in Brooklyn federal court. U.S. Attorney Robert Capers said in a RELEASE that Momotok and a group of traders stole SECRETS by hacking into three business newswires to snatch information from unpublished press releases. Capers called it a "BRAZEN scheme that was unprecedented in its scope, impact and sophistication."

1566.

Solve : Man Pleads Guilty in $30M Computer Hacking?

Answer»

From ABC News.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/georgia-man-pleads-guilty-30m-computer-hacking-scheme-41078310
Quote

A Georgia man pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge Tuesday, admitting participating in a computer hacking scheme that used FACTS stolen from over 150,000 press releases to generate $30 million in illegal profits.
Leonid Momotok, 48, of Suwanee, Georgia, entered the plea in Brooklyn federal court.
U.S. Attorney Robert Capers said in a RELEASE that Momotok and a group of traders stole SECRETS by hacking into three business newswires to snatch information from unpublished press releases.
Capers called it a "BRAZEN scheme that was unprecedented in its scope, impact and sophistication."

Discussion

1567.	Solve : Get Windows 10 Now Before It Is Too Late.?
Answer» A NUMBER of Internet sites GIVE frantic t tips about how to get Windows 10before the bell rings.Friday is the deadline. Start here: http://www.infoworld.com/article/3098901/microsoft-windows/still-undecided-about-windows-10-heres-how-to-reserve-that-free-upgrade.html Look at this: http://windowsreport.com/how-to-get-windows-10-free-after-july-29/ Also http://www.howtogeek.com/244678/you-dont-need-a-product-key-to-install-and-use-windows-10/ Another: http://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-10-free-apocalypse-dont-forget-to-upgrade-your-vms/ So is there a way to get under the WIRE ? FLY to Hawaii?

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1568.	Solve : Major Web Sites Down last 60 hours?
Answer» Some Big Web Sites are / were Down. - Reported in the USA. - Last two or three days - Reports name: • AMAZON • Facebook • Google • Netflix Does anybody know more about this?Facebook and Google have worked flawless for me. Maybe it was a DNS issue with ISP or SOMETHING to be a LOCAL issue. I am getting Facebook and Google now. No problem. - But these two are in HOT water Amazon Quote Amazon’s Prime Video went down on Friday night, and the world exploded. All over Twitter, people could not contain their anger at Amazon, who’s Instant Prime Video service went down around 9:00pm ET. Netflix Quote International territories see outages, while Netflix says “working to solve this as quickly as possible” No SPECIFIC reason given. UPDATE. Amazon Web Services glitches, taking Netflix, Reddit, Pocket and more with it Full Story

1568.

Solve : Major Web Sites Down last 60 hours?

Answer»

Some Big Web Sites are / were Down.
- Reported in the USA.
- Last two or three days
- Reports name:
• AMAZON
• Facebook
• Google
• Netflix

Does anybody know more about this?Facebook and Google have worked flawless for me. Maybe it was a DNS issue with ISP or SOMETHING to be a LOCAL issue. I am getting Facebook and Google now. No problem.
- But these two are in HOT water
Amazon
Quote

Amazon’s Prime Video went down on Friday night, and the world exploded.
All over Twitter, people could not contain their anger at Amazon, who’s Instant Prime Video service went down around 9:00pm ET.

Netflix
Quote

International territories see outages, while Netflix says “working to solve this as quickly as possible”

No SPECIFIC reason given.
UPDATE.

Amazon Web Services glitches, taking Netflix, Reddit, Pocket and more with it

Full Story

Discussion

1569.	Solve : Microsft to go Open Source . Soon??
Answer» Really? After all, really? Microsoft: An Open Source Windows Is ‘Definitely Possible’ Before you roll your eyes, READ the story. Quote “If you open source SOMETHING but it comes with a build system that takes rocket scientists and three months to set up, what’s the point?” The story did not die. recently it came up again. It's time for Microsoft to open source Windows So anytime now, on a slow week, somebody will bring it up again. Wait and see. Maybe in September somebody will claim a new insight into this open pit. A almost true rumor: http://www.vinereport.com/article/microsoft-surface-phone-rumors-android-os-not-windows-10/12966.htmIt's certainly not impossible. They open sourced .NET, after all. Thing is- they haven't Open Sourced any of their actual products. When Visual STUDIO itself (Not the rebranded Atom editor they call Visual Studio Code) is Open Sourced I can see this becoming far more likely.

1569.

Solve : Microsft to go Open Source . Soon??

Answer»

Really? After all, really?
Microsoft: An Open Source Windows Is ‘Definitely Possible’
Before you roll your eyes, READ the story.
Quote

“If you open source SOMETHING but it comes with a build system that takes rocket scientists and three months to set up, what’s the point?”

The story did not die. recently it came up again.
It's time for Microsoft to open source Windows
So anytime now, on a slow week, somebody will bring it up again.
Wait and see.
Maybe in September somebody will claim a new insight into this open pit.
A almost true rumor:
http://www.vinereport.com/article/microsoft-surface-phone-rumors-android-os-not-windows-10/12966.htmIt's certainly not impossible. They open sourced .NET, after all.

Thing is- they haven't Open Sourced any of their actual products. When Visual STUDIO itself (Not the rebranded Atom editor they call Visual Studio Code) is Open Sourced I can see this becoming far more likely.

Discussion

1570.	Solve : Fujitsu Gambles to Replace DRAM with NRAM Using Carbon Nanotubes?
Answer» Saw this come through my IEEE membership REGISTERED e-mail. KIND of interesting. Came out on September 3rd, but just got the e-mail today. Fujitsu Gambles to Replace DRAM with NRAM Using Carbon Nanotubes http://electronics360.globalspec.com/article/7262/fujitsu-gambles-to-replace-dram-with-nram-using-carbon-nanotubesWow! That is news. They WANT to call it FRAM. ...from the link above: Quote Nantero NRAM technology is based on carbon nanotubes and allows for non-volatile memory with high density and random access. Elsewhere FRAM is defined: Quote 1) Short for Ferroelectric Random Access Memory, a type of non-volatile memory developed by Ramtron International Corporation. FRAM combines the access speed of DRAM and SRAM with the non-volatility of ROM. Because of its high speed, it is REPLACING EEPROM in many devices. The term FRAM itself is a trademark of Ramtron. This might be related: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nano-RAM Quote Nano-RAM is a proprietary computer memory technology from the company Nantero. It is a type of nonvolatile random access memory based on the position of carbon nanotubes deposited on a chip-like substrate. In theory, the small size of the nanotubes allows for very high density memories. Nantero also refers to it as NRAM. So, the idea is not new. If they pull it off and it does well, that will be a new thing. (Note that FRAM is a trademark.)Quote from: DaveLembke on September 28, 2016, 08:34:42 AM Saw this come through my IEEE membership registered e-mail. Kind of interesting. Came out on September 3rd, but just got the e-mail today. Fujitsu Gambles to Replace DRAM with NRAM Using Carbon Nanotubes http://electronics360.globalspec.com/article/7262/fujitsu-gambles-to-replace-dram-with-nram-using-carbon-nanotubes But how does it actually work? In other words, how do the nanotubes move? Is this not a true solid-state system with no moving parts? Does not movement cause heat and wear? Just curious here. Quote But how does it actually work? In other words, how do the nanotubes move? Is this not a true solid-state system with no moving parts? Does not movement cause heat and wear? Just curious here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NL27ohHCWqo

1570.

Solve : Fujitsu Gambles to Replace DRAM with NRAM Using Carbon Nanotubes?

Answer»

Saw this come through my IEEE membership REGISTERED e-mail. KIND of interesting. Came out on September 3rd, but just got the e-mail today.

Fujitsu Gambles to Replace DRAM with NRAM Using Carbon Nanotubes

http://electronics360.globalspec.com/article/7262/fujitsu-gambles-to-replace-dram-with-nram-using-carbon-nanotubesWow! That is news. They WANT to call it FRAM.
...from the link above:
Quote

Nantero NRAM technology is based on carbon nanotubes and allows for non-volatile memory with high density and random access.

Elsewhere FRAM is defined:
Quote

1) Short for Ferroelectric Random Access Memory, a type of non-volatile memory developed by Ramtron International Corporation. FRAM combines the access speed of DRAM and SRAM with the non-volatility of ROM. Because of its high speed, it is REPLACING EEPROM in many devices. The term FRAM itself is a trademark of Ramtron.

This might be related:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nano-RAM
Quote

Nano-RAM is a proprietary computer memory technology from the company Nantero. It is a type of nonvolatile random access memory based on the position of carbon nanotubes deposited on a chip-like substrate. In theory, the small size of the nanotubes allows for very high density memories. Nantero also refers to it as NRAM.

So, the idea is not new. If they pull it off and it does well, that will be a new thing.
(Note that FRAM is a trademark.)Quote from: DaveLembke on September 28, 2016, 08:34:42 AM

Saw this come through my IEEE membership registered e-mail. Kind of interesting. Came out on September 3rd, but just got the e-mail today.

Fujitsu Gambles to Replace DRAM with NRAM Using Carbon Nanotubes

http://electronics360.globalspec.com/article/7262/fujitsu-gambles-to-replace-dram-with-nram-using-carbon-nanotubes

But how does it actually work? In other words, how do the nanotubes move? Is this not a true solid-state system with no moving parts? Does not movement cause heat and wear? Just curious here. Quote

But how does it actually work? In other words, how do the nanotubes move? Is this not a true solid-state system with no moving parts? Does not movement cause heat and wear? Just curious here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NL27ohHCWqo

Discussion

1571.	Solve : Why Wait to Buy New Smartphone.?
Answer» Becuse some new stuff in coming very soon. This was just published: Why you shouldn't buy a smartphone now Also, look at this: Nokia UNLOCKED Nokia Lumia 520 3G Phone, 4" Touch Screen, 5MP 720P Camera, Windows Pho No, I am not selling smartphones. Just letting you know the marketplace is going into free fall soon. You will fine top smartphones dropping in price. Why? In a word: China. Published earlier this year: http://www.cnet.com/news/new-chinese-phones-cheaper-and-good-enough/ Quote You don't have to buy an Apple iPhone 6S or Samsung Galaxy Note 5 to get a decent phone anymore. ... because the gap between top-of-the line and mid-tier phones is shrinking. DIFFERENCES between camera quality and processor speeds, for example, are fairly small these days. Good enough has added benefit of price, since carriers now want you to pay the full cost of that spiffy, new phone right from the get-go. So where a basic iPhone 6S will set you BACK $650, you can spend half that for MANY of these Chinese phones. Quote So where a basic iPhone 6S will set you back $650, you can spend half that for many of these Chinese phones. Er... aren't Apple phones "Chinese phones"? Shenzen was in China last time I looked at a map of the world. Quote from: Salmon Trout on August 09, 2016, 11:46:52 AM Er... aren't Apple phones "Chinese phones"? Shenzen was in China last time I looked at a map of the world. You are right. What was i thinking? A tiny bit of investigation shows one might get a 'fake' Apple iPhone from China at a price hard to believe. In March Bloomberg published this report: China Loves IPhones, Just Not Cheap Ones Quote The iPhone 5c was a failure, and Apple killed it off less than a year after it was introduced. ... Apple is releasing the iPhone SE. Like the 5c, it’s cheaper than the marquee handset by recycling some of the previous year's tech specs. Notably, the screen (an iPhone's single most-expensive component) remains not only smaller but of lower quality than more-recent i Phones. ... Like consumers in many countries, more and more Chinese flock to the iPhone every year not despite its premium price but because of it. At the same time that iPhone 5c was introduced, so too came the iPhone 5S, itself an upgrade to the previous year's model. ... Somewhere I read you get a real good price on iPhone in Hong Kong. (I wouldn't know, never been there.) Back to topic. More kinds of smartphones an ere now emerging from China in mid and low price range. This is why you might get a good deal if you just wait little LONGER. Prices are falling on very good smartphones. Just published: OnePlus 3 review OnePlus One is Android smartphone manufactured by OnePlus, a Chinese startup company You can also get a set of Ping counterfeit golf clubs for $150.00 Bucks...retail $900.00. I see no point to this info...The "Chinese" branded phones are getting pretty good - I have a OnePlus 2 and it works brilliantly and cost a fraction of what a Samsung of a similar spec would have cost. Of course the downside is that if it goes wrong, you are going to have a "fun" time with customer support! That said, there is a huge difference between lesser known Chinese brands such as OnePlus/Xiaomi/Oppo who sell their own designs and the companies making fake branded phones (e.g. fake iPhones/Samsung phones) - The former are generally pretty good devices for the price, the latter are still bad, low quality and often illegal due to trademark infringement.Quote from: patio on August 09, 2016, 03:11:05 PM You can also get a set of Ping counterfeit golf clubs for $150.00 Bucks...retail $900.00. I see no point to this info... See the post by Camerongray Patio... just read on. The Chinese are comping!

1571.

Solve : Why Wait to Buy New Smartphone.?

Answer»

Becuse some new stuff in coming very soon.
This was just published:

Why you shouldn't buy a smartphone now

Also, look at this:
Nokia UNLOCKED Nokia Lumia 520 3G Phone, 4" Touch Screen, 5MP 720P Camera, Windows Pho

No, I am not selling smartphones. Just letting you know the marketplace is going into free fall soon. You will fine top smartphones dropping in price.
Why? In a word: China.

Published earlier this year:
http://www.cnet.com/news/new-chinese-phones-cheaper-and-good-enough/
Quote

You don't have to buy an Apple iPhone 6S or Samsung Galaxy Note 5 to get a decent phone anymore. ... because the gap between top-of-the line and mid-tier phones is shrinking. DIFFERENCES between camera quality and processor speeds, for example, are fairly small these days. Good enough has added benefit of price, since carriers now want you to pay the full cost of that spiffy, new phone right from the get-go. So where a basic iPhone 6S will set you BACK $650, you can spend half that for MANY of these Chinese phones.

Quote

So where a basic iPhone 6S will set you back $650, you can spend half that for many of these Chinese phones.

Er... aren't Apple phones "Chinese phones"? Shenzen was in China last time I looked at a map of the world.
Quote from: Salmon Trout on August 09, 2016, 11:46:52 AM

Er... aren't Apple phones "Chinese phones"? Shenzen was in China last time I looked at a map of the world.

You are right. What was i thinking?
A tiny bit of investigation shows one might get a 'fake' Apple iPhone from China at a price hard to believe.
In March Bloomberg published this report:
China Loves IPhones, Just Not Cheap Ones
Quote

The iPhone 5c was a failure, and Apple killed it off less than a year after it was introduced.
... Apple is releasing the iPhone SE. Like the 5c, it’s cheaper than the marquee handset by recycling some of the previous year's tech specs. Notably, the screen (an iPhone's single most-expensive component) remains not only smaller but of lower quality than more-recent i Phones.
... Like consumers in many countries, more and more Chinese flock to the iPhone every year not despite its premium price but because of it. At the same time that iPhone 5c was introduced, so too came the iPhone 5S, itself an upgrade to the previous year's model.
...

Somewhere I read you get a real good price on iPhone in Hong Kong. (I wouldn't know, never been there.)

Back to topic. More kinds of smartphones an ere now emerging from China in mid and low price range. This is why you might get a good deal if you just wait little LONGER. Prices are falling on very good smartphones.
Just published:
OnePlus 3 review
OnePlus One is Android smartphone manufactured by OnePlus, a Chinese startup company You can also get a set of Ping counterfeit golf clubs for $150.00 Bucks...retail $900.00.

I see no point to this info...The "Chinese" branded phones are getting pretty good - I have a OnePlus 2 and it works brilliantly and cost a fraction of what a Samsung of a similar spec would have cost. Of course the downside is that if it goes wrong, you are going to have a "fun" time with customer support!

That said, there is a huge difference between lesser known Chinese brands such as OnePlus/Xiaomi/Oppo who sell their own designs and the companies making fake branded phones (e.g. fake iPhones/Samsung phones) - The former are generally pretty good devices for the price, the latter are still bad, low quality and often illegal due to trademark infringement.Quote from: patio on August 09, 2016, 03:11:05 PM

You can also get a set of Ping counterfeit golf clubs for $150.00 Bucks...retail $900.00.

I see no point to this info...

See the post by Camerongray
Patio... just read on. The Chinese are comping!

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1572.	Solve : Microsft Testing Major Updarte.?
Answer» This is from The Verge. and published today. Microsoft starts testing Windows 10's next major update Quote The first few builds available for testing "may include more bugs and other issues that could be slightly more painful for some people to live" according to Windows software engineer Dona Sarkar. Microsoft has released Windows 10 build 14901, and the company is testing out NEW notifications within File Explorer to provide tips on what's new in Windows 10. You can OPT out of the notifications, and they're just a test for now. Quote may include more bugs and other issues that could be slightly more painful for some people to live Bugs and issues so bad that people refuse to continue to live? That's impressive.Insider Build 14901. As always these builds are for testing and may have some rough edges. Nothing to see here. Move along. Movie at 11. The sentence quoted from Sarkar's blog on blogs.windows.com has the word 'with' at the end in the original. Quote Known issues: Support for kernel debugging over 1394 has been removed, but will be available in an upcoming kit release. A work-around will be posted to the Debugging TOOLS for Windows Blog shortly. ADOBE Acrobat Reader crashes when you try to launch it. I’m LOVING this fairly aggressive update strategy – looking forward to seeing them start address the much needed UI and icon updates.What is "Blue Light Reduction" in a Operating System?

1572.

Solve : Microsft Testing Major Updarte.?

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This is from The Verge. and published today.
Microsoft starts testing Windows 10's next major update
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The first few builds available for testing "may include more bugs and other issues that could be slightly more painful for some people to live" according to Windows software engineer Dona Sarkar. Microsoft has released Windows 10 build 14901, and the company is testing out NEW notifications within File Explorer to provide tips on what's new in Windows 10. You can OPT out of the notifications, and they're just a test for now.

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may include more bugs and other issues that could be slightly more painful for some people to live

Bugs and issues so bad that people refuse to continue to live? That's impressive.Insider Build 14901. As always these builds are for testing and may have some rough edges. Nothing to see here. Move along. Movie at 11. The sentence quoted from Sarkar's blog on blogs.windows.com has the word 'with' at the end in the original.

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Known issues:

Support for kernel debugging over 1394 has been removed, but will be available in an upcoming kit release. A work-around will be posted to the Debugging TOOLS for Windows Blog shortly.

ADOBE Acrobat Reader crashes when you try to launch it.

I’m LOVING this fairly aggressive update strategy – looking forward to seeing them start address the much needed UI and icon updates.What is "Blue Light Reduction" in a Operating System?

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1573.	Solve : Windows 7 support 2020?
Answer» FULL story: http://www.techrepublic.com/article/microsofts-windows-7-support-u-turn-now-new-skylake-pcs-get-security-patches-until-2020/ Quote The Redmond-based firm goes back on its earlier decision to prematurely end security support for Windows 7 and 8.1 systems running on Intel Skylake PROCESSORS. This is about IIntel Skylake Devices .

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1574.	Solve : Dropbox Hacked - More than 68 million account details leaked online?
Answer» Hackers have obtained credentials for more than 68 Million accounts for ONLINE cloud storage platform Dropbox from a known 2012 data breach. Dropbox has confirmed the breach and already notified its customers of a potential forced password resets, though the initial announcement failed to specify the exact number of affected USERS. However, in a selection of files obtained through sources in the database trading community and breach notification SERVICE Leakbase, Motherboard found AROUND 5GB of files containing details on 68,680,741 accounts, which includes email addresses and hashed (and salted) passwords for Dropbox users. An unnamed Dropbox employee verified the legitimacy of the data. Out of 68 Million, almost 32 Million passwords are secured using the strong hashing function "BCrypt," making difficult for hackers to obtain users' actual passwords, while the rest of the passwords are hashed with the SHA-1 hashing algorithm. These password hashes also believed to have used a Salt – a random string added to the hashing process to further strengthen passwords in order to make it more difficult for hackers to crack them. Full Story: http://thehackernews.com/2016/08/dropbox-data-breach.htmlAnd the worst and most deceitful reality is they didn't disclose this breach, the exact number a whopping 68 million, until recently in 2016. How can they be ever able to restore their brand confidence and reputation among customers? I for once was the user of Dropbox, but have switched recently and there will be countless like me. Was Dropbox negligent in not discovering and DISCLOSING the extent of the breach earlier? Perhaps yes.

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1575.	Solve : HTC Nexus Sailfish with CPU-Z?
Answer» Full title is: HTC Nexus Sailfish Surfaces On CPU-Z With Snapdragon 821 As Its Processor Read more: http://wccftech.com/htc-nexus-sailfish-snapdragon-821/#ixzz4HMpCQ6uw Other site: http://htc.hdblog.it/2016/08/12/nexus-sailfish-snapdragon-821/ Quote Per il momento si sono sentite indiscrezioni che si possono ritenere affidabili da entrambe le parti - le ultime, provenienti dalle due famose piattaforme di benchmark GFXBench e AnTuTu, sembrano propendere per S820. Oggi, tuttavia, i colleghi di Android Police riportano una parte di un presunto screenshot di CPU-Z apparentemente installato su Nexus Sailfish, in cui si vede chiaramente che il SoC è Snapdragon 821 (MSM8996pro). NOTE: Here CPU-Z is not the software from Cpuid.com freeware site. http://www.cpuid.com/ Really, the Italian ARTICLE makes clear that a android version of CPU-Z was used to ID the CPU as a Snapdragon chip in the phone. Quote According to the source of this image, benchmark apps can not tell the difference between the MSM8996 and the MSM8996pro. This has been the root of all confusion surrounding this year’s Nexus lineup’s processor. My LG has the snapdragon processor in it and the Qualcomm 400 MSM8926 1.2Ghz and they make this same CPU under the Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 in both 2 and 4 core. I was looking into mine to see if it was a 4 core crippled intentionally to 2 cores, but its not. I use CPU-Z on my LG and its interesting that running CPU-Z it will show the cores running at 300Mhz to 1200Mhz and then when all is idle it claims both cores CPU 0 and CPU 1 are STOPPED. Not quite sure how a CPU can just stop and still be responsive to touch to launch apps and exit out of the CPU-Z. To me a stopped CPU with no cores running would be a system that is no longer functional. No longer able to sense through a feedback loop or a trigger to perform some other action. So the CPU-Z info it displays is interesting at the least. Maybe there is a sub-processor that is in the digitizer and button interface that stops the CPU clock, but runs on the side and when action to take is sensed it starts the clock to the Dual-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400. Otherwise it makes absolutely no sense how a CPU can be stopped for all cores and still responsive to user interaction. Quote Otherwise it makes absolutely no sense how a CPU can be stopped for all cores and still responsive to user interaction. That is logical. However.... A CPU might not be a SCS. ( Single Chip Stem.) Reference: Architecture Based on Single-Chip Multiprocessing In a typical PC or even a smartphone, other chips can interrupt the CPU and start it to cycle at its normal speed. Also, a CPU can be is a halted state and yet still refresh dynamic elements inside the chip. The refresh rates to KEEP the chip alive is very low, measured in kilocycles and not megacycles. This can be a topic unto itself. A CPU doing only internal refresh is not doing any processing. Look up the HALT instruction for many common CPU types. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3747847/how-to-completely-suspend-the-processor During the halt, there is no advance of the program counter, no loop and no counting. The CPU is dead in the WATER. But it does not sink under the waves. HALT is interesting in the context of Windows as well, as many criticized Windows 95 for not using the HLT instruction to save power on laptop systems. which is an interesting story. For CPU-Z on smartphones, my Nexus 6 has a 4-core Qualcomm 805 (apparently). if I leave it sitting, then it will drop to 300Mhz, but I can't get anything to show "STOPPED". If it did I'd imagine it is as Geek-9pm describes- the CPU is effectively on "standby" waiting for an interrupt from one of the various input devices. I was actually more interested in the variety of ACCELEROMETERS, magnetometers, BAROMETERS, light sensors, gyroscopes, rotation vectors, etc. on the "sensors" tab. One of them seems to even show the "Active" force on the phone- which at rest shows 9.8m/s squared as one would expect. I wonder if the variety of sensors may itself be keeping the CPU Cores from "Stopping". All this for what has amounted to an overpriced alarm clock.For benefit pf latecomers.... CPU-Z is an application that has been ported to a number of Operating Systems. It shows a nice table of the specs of a device, such as a Desktop, Laptop or Smartphone. It even includes information about what processor is used. In the lead story, it was used to determine that a new HTC Smartphone was using a very new processor. Possibly the app, CPU-Z, could be wrong g. So the authors of the rumor had to site CPU-Z as the source of information to protect themselves. The speculation is the new version of the HTC Nexus will have better performance and a more responsive display. But that has not been verified. Still, this has lead to some other questions about CPU-Z Google it and find where others doubt the veracity of the CPU-Z reports. Here is one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLUIxybrOBk

1575.

Solve : HTC Nexus Sailfish with CPU-Z?

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Full title is:
HTC Nexus Sailfish Surfaces On CPU-Z With Snapdragon 821 As Its Processor
Read more: http://wccftech.com/htc-nexus-sailfish-snapdragon-821/#ixzz4HMpCQ6uw

Other site:
http://htc.hdblog.it/2016/08/12/nexus-sailfish-snapdragon-821/
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Per il momento si sono sentite indiscrezioni che si possono ritenere affidabili da entrambe le parti - le ultime, provenienti dalle due famose piattaforme di benchmark GFXBench e AnTuTu, sembrano propendere per S820. Oggi, tuttavia, i colleghi di Android Police riportano una parte di un presunto screenshot di CPU-Z apparentemente installato su Nexus Sailfish, in cui si vede chiaramente che il SoC è Snapdragon 821 (MSM8996pro).

NOTE: Here CPU-Z is not the software from Cpuid.com freeware site.
http://www.cpuid.com/
Really, the Italian ARTICLE makes clear that a android version of CPU-Z was used to ID the CPU as a Snapdragon chip in the phone.
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According to the source of this image, benchmark apps can not tell the difference between the MSM8996 and the MSM8996pro. This has been the root of all confusion surrounding this year’s Nexus lineup’s processor.

My LG has the snapdragon processor in it and the Qualcomm 400 MSM8926 1.2Ghz and they make this same CPU under the Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 in both 2 and 4 core. I was looking into mine to see if it was a 4 core crippled intentionally to 2 cores, but its not.

I use CPU-Z on my LG and its interesting that running CPU-Z it will show the cores running at 300Mhz to 1200Mhz and then when all is idle it claims both cores CPU 0 and CPU 1 are STOPPED. Not quite sure how a CPU can just stop and still be responsive to touch to launch apps and exit out of the CPU-Z. To me a stopped CPU with no cores running would be a system that is no longer functional. No longer able to sense through a feedback loop or a trigger to perform some other action. So the CPU-Z info it displays is interesting at the least. Maybe there is a sub-processor that is in the digitizer and button interface that stops the CPU clock, but runs on the side and when action to take is sensed it starts the clock to the Dual-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400. Otherwise it makes absolutely no sense how a CPU can be stopped for all cores and still responsive to user interaction.
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Otherwise it makes absolutely no sense how a CPU can be stopped for all cores and still responsive to user interaction.

That is logical. However....
A CPU might not be a SCS. ( Single Chip Stem.)
Reference:
Architecture Based on Single-Chip Multiprocessing

In a typical PC or even a smartphone, other chips can interrupt the CPU and start it to cycle at its normal speed. Also, a CPU can be is a halted state and yet still refresh dynamic elements inside the chip. The refresh rates to KEEP the chip alive is very low, measured in kilocycles and not megacycles.

This can be a topic unto itself. A CPU doing only internal refresh is not doing any processing. Look up the HALT instruction for many common CPU types.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3747847/how-to-completely-suspend-the-processor
During the halt, there is no advance of the program counter, no loop and no counting. The CPU is dead in the WATER. But it does not sink under the waves.
HALT is interesting in the context of Windows as well, as many criticized Windows 95 for not using the HLT instruction to save power on laptop systems. which is an interesting story.

For CPU-Z on smartphones, my Nexus 6 has a 4-core Qualcomm 805 (apparently). if I leave it sitting, then it will drop to 300Mhz, but I can't get anything to show "STOPPED". If it did I'd imagine it is as Geek-9pm describes- the CPU is effectively on "standby" waiting for an interrupt from one of the various input devices.

I was actually more interested in the variety of ACCELEROMETERS, magnetometers, BAROMETERS, light sensors, gyroscopes, rotation vectors, etc. on the "sensors" tab. One of them seems to even show the "Active" force on the phone- which at rest shows 9.8m/s squared as one would expect. I wonder if the variety of sensors may itself be keeping the CPU Cores from "Stopping".

All this for what has amounted to an overpriced alarm clock.For benefit pf latecomers....
CPU-Z is an application that has been ported to a number of Operating Systems. It shows a nice table of the specs of a device, such as a Desktop, Laptop or Smartphone. It even includes information about what processor is used.

In the lead story, it was used to determine that a new HTC Smartphone was using a very new processor. Possibly the app, CPU-Z, could be wrong g. So the authors of the rumor had to site CPU-Z as the source of information to protect themselves.

The speculation is the new version of the HTC Nexus will have better performance and a more responsive display. But that has not been verified.

Still, this has lead to some other questions about CPU-Z Google it and find where others doubt the veracity of the CPU-Z reports.
Here is one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLUIxybrOBk

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1576.	Solve : The Worst Data Breaches ...?
Answer» Yahoo hacked again! Up to Now: http://www.tomsguide.com/us/biggest-data-breaches,news-19083.html Includes reference to the Yahoo event. Just Now: http://www.cnbc.com/2016/09/22/yahoo-data-breach-is-among-the-biggest-in-history.html Claims a huge number for the Yahoo event. It is said to be the worst ever. BTW, Yahoo is in the process being acquired by Verizon. Up Date: Fox News SAYS "Yahoo confirms 500 million ACCOUNTS compromised in huge data breach" http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2016/09/22/yahoo-confirms-500-million-accounts-compromised-in-huge-data-breach.html Quote The investigation has found that the attacker is no longer in Yahoo’s network. The internet giant said that it is WORKING with law enforcement. ... Yahoo is notifying potentially affected users and asking them to promptly change their passwords.

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1577.	Solve : PowerShell made cross-platform on 18 August?
Answer» PowerShell was made open-source and cross-platform on 18 August 2016. http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/08/powershell-is-microsofts-latest-open-source-release-coming-to-linux-os-x/ That can ALLOW a Windows network administrator do stuff on a remote Linux workstation. Even if you seldom program, you ought to take a look at PowerShell. Powershell addresses a deficiency in Windows, in terms of it's command interpreter (CMD) not being quite up-to-snuff when compared to THINGS like bash. While Open Sourcing and making the product cross-platform is neat, it's not GOING to provide a lot of value to existing nix users (and admins), as they already have a much better shell (in terms of being a good shell for nix systems) in the form of bash, SINCE it adheres to the *nix philosophy. A lot of the Open Source "moves" Microsoft has been taking- The .NET Roslyn Compiler, then .NET itself and now Powershell, and even the ability to integrate bash into Windows- are likely motivated not by any end-user consumer desire but by Microsoft's own desires when it comes to Azure.Quote from: Geek-9pm on August 21, 2016, 02:08:37 AM That can allow a Windows network administrator do stuff on a remote Linux workstation. I do that using SSH in a terminal window, and I get to use Bash, which I much prefer to Powershell.

1577.

Solve : PowerShell made cross-platform on 18 August?

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PowerShell was made open-source and cross-platform on 18 August 2016.
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/08/powershell-is-microsofts-latest-open-source-release-coming-to-linux-os-x/

That can ALLOW a Windows network administrator do stuff on a remote Linux workstation.

Even if you seldom program, you ought to take a look at PowerShell.
Powershell addresses a deficiency in Windows, in terms of it's command interpreter (CMD) not being quite up-to-snuff when compared to THINGS like bash. While Open Sourcing and making the product cross-platform is neat, it's not GOING to provide a lot of value to existing *nix users (and admins), as they already have a much better shell (in terms of being a good shell for *nix systems) in the form of bash, SINCE it adheres to the *nix philosophy.

A lot of the Open Source "moves" Microsoft has been taking- The .NET Roslyn Compiler, then .NET itself and now Powershell, and even the ability to integrate bash into Windows- are likely motivated not by any end-user consumer desire but by Microsoft's own desires when it comes to Azure.Quote from: Geek-9pm on August 21, 2016, 02:08:37 AM

That can allow a Windows network administrator do stuff on a remote Linux workstation.

I do that using SSH in a terminal window, and I get to use Bash, which I much prefer to Powershell.

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1578.	Solve : Google Maps Promise to be Better.?
Answer» Here are some new articles about improvements to GOOGLE Maps. https://www.engadget.com/2016/09/17/google-urban-engines-purchase/ http://www.macworld.com/article/3121210/ios/get-to-know-the-all-new-much-improved-maps-app-in-ios-10.html (I don't know if this MAC news is related to the Google news or not.) http://www.androidauthority.com/google-maps-getting-improved-location-analytics-thanks-urban-engines-acquisition-717010/ The above says this is the result of a new Urban Engines acquisition. Quote The exact details are a bit scarce. We don’t know the financial terms. We don’t even know what Google Maps really wants to do with this information, or how it could improve the product itself. Urban Engines only mentions the plan is to “help organizations”. Chances are this will also improve navigation, though. Well, let's hope it is an improvement. "While you’re actually navigating somewhere, most of the screen is taken up by the map". I am very glad finally they have addressed to it and now map screen can be scrolled up allowing the user to use other apps. P.S: I'd like a way to pause the turn-by-turn DIRECTIONS. For EXAMPLE, getting off the Interstate to get gas or food will cause no end of nags to proceed to the route.

1578.

Solve : Google Maps Promise to be Better.?

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Here are some new articles about improvements to GOOGLE Maps.

https://www.engadget.com/2016/09/17/google-urban-engines-purchase/

http://www.macworld.com/article/3121210/ios/get-to-know-the-all-new-much-improved-maps-app-in-ios-10.html
(I don't know if this MAC news is related to the Google news or not.)

http://www.androidauthority.com/google-maps-getting-improved-location-analytics-thanks-urban-engines-acquisition-717010/

The above says this is the result of a new Urban Engines acquisition.
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The exact details are a bit scarce. We don’t know the financial terms. We don’t even know what Google Maps really wants to do with this information, or how it could improve the product itself. Urban Engines only mentions the plan is to “help organizations”. Chances are this will also improve navigation, though.

Well, let's hope it is an improvement.

"While you’re actually navigating somewhere, most of the screen is taken up by the map". I am very glad finally they have addressed to it and now map screen can be scrolled up allowing the user to use other apps.
P.S: I'd like a way to pause the turn-by-turn DIRECTIONS. For EXAMPLE, getting off the Interstate to get gas or food will cause no end of nags to proceed to the route.

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1579.	Solve : CNN Cliams Russians Hacking... Again.?
Answer» HTTP://www.cnn.com/2016/08/23/politics/russia-hack-new-york-times-fbi/ Quote The INTRUSIONS, detected in recent MONTHS, are under investigation by the FBI and other US security agencies. Investigators so far believe that Russian intelligence is likely behind the attacks and that Russian hackers are targeting news organizations as part of a broader series of hacks that also have focused on Democratic Party organizations, the officials said. Evan Perez and Shimon Prokupecz, CNN Updated 10:42 PM ET, Tue August 23, 2016

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1580.	Solve : Slow and skinny iPhone 7?
Answer» Full STORY: There’s an Intel modem and an extremely SKINNY A10 chip inside the iPhone 7 Quote On the chip front, the A10 is front and center. And there’s a whole lot of it on the surface, with a 125 SQ. mm footprint. The chip, which also bears the far less memorable name APL1W24, LOOKS to be manufactured by TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company), tapped in part due to its InFO technology, which keeps the chip extremely thin Why?

1580.

Solve : Slow and skinny iPhone 7?

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Full STORY:
There’s an Intel modem and an extremely SKINNY A10 chip inside the iPhone 7
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On the chip front, the A10 is front and center. And there’s a whole lot of it on the surface, with a 125 SQ. mm footprint. The chip, which also bears the far less memorable name APL1W24, LOOKS to be manufactured by TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company), tapped in part due to its InFO technology, which keeps the chip extremely thin

Why?

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1581.	Solve : Samsung Galaxy 7 Recall?
Answer» FRIM CNN: U.S. and SAMSUNG tell Galaxy Note 7 owners: Power down now Even airlines tell owners toturnoff Galaxy 7. Quote The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Samsung are urging owners of the Galaxy Note 7 smartphones to stop using the devices while they work to formalize how a RECALL will work.

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1582.	Solve : Apple iOS update is worse that what yhou think.?
Answer» You already heard that the new Apple update was stopping some devices. But it may be worse. iOS 10 Problems: 5 Things You Need to Know Quote n June, Apple released an iOS 10 beta ahead of the update’s release to the public. The early version of iOS 10 DELIVERED many of the features found on the final version of the update including big changes to Messages and Maps and an assortment of bugs and problems. A USER comment: "iOS 10 beating down my battery LIKE I just come off a boat ride." This isn’t the first time a mistake like this has happened, and I think the last few updates have had issues. One update broke the (at the time) newly released iPad Pro 9.7", and another update broke SAFARI links for weeks until a fix was finally released. I’ve been someone that usually downloads the updates as soon as possible (which Apple encourages), so YEAH, this fiasco is inexcusable.

1582.

Solve : Apple iOS update is worse that what yhou think.?

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You already heard that the new Apple update was stopping some devices.
But it may be worse.

iOS 10 Problems: 5 Things You Need to Know
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n June, Apple released an iOS 10 beta ahead of the update’s release to the public. The early version of iOS 10 DELIVERED many of the features found on the final version of the update including big changes to Messages and Maps and an assortment of bugs and problems.

A USER comment:
"iOS 10 beating down my battery LIKE I just come off a boat ride."

This isn’t the first time a mistake like this has happened, and I think the last few updates have had issues. One update broke the (at the time) newly released iPad Pro 9.7", and another update broke SAFARI links for weeks until a fix was finally released. I’ve been someone that usually downloads the updates as soon as possible (which Apple encourages), so YEAH, this fiasco is inexcusable.

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1583.	Solve : Apple - Foxcom - Titan?
Answer» HTTP://www.cultofmac.com/445660/apple-taps-foxconn-cars-gain-project-titan-expertise/ Apple taps ‘Foxconn for cars’ to gain Project Titan expertise Quote ...Apple’s Project Titan has hit a number of speed bumps over the past year. Team leader Adam Zedesky left Apple, setting up the RETURN of VETERAN Bob Mansfield to take the reigns. The team consists of up to 1,000 designers and engineers, but Apple made some RECENT layoffs in an EFFORT to reboot the project. Also see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_electric_car_project

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1584.	Solve : Google introduces fact checking.?
Answer» One long headline READS:: Google introduces fact checking feature intended to help people see whether news is actually true. I did a Google and found this headline -- but I am not sure it is true. One of many..... http://www.kollytalk.com/technology/services/google-introduces-fact-checking-feature-477602.html Quote Through an algorithmic process from schema.org known as ClaimReview, live stories will be linked to fact checking articles and websites. This will allow readers to quickly validate or debunk stories they read online. Readers will thus be able to see if stories are fake or if claims in the headline are false or being exaggerated. They say it will only be available in US and UK. It's on a number of news outlets including BBC. They don't say it will "only" be available in the US and UK, merely that the service is starting first in those countries. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37657524 Quote Google has launched a new feature, fact check, which will add a label next to news stories in search results. Fact check will appear with other news organisations in Google News and will, Google says, "shine a light on its efforts to divide fact from fiction". Richard Gingras, Google's head of news, added it will "help readers find fact checking in large news stories". He said sites which already have a fact checking service can apply to be included to appear in search results. "You'll see the tagged articles in the expanded story box on news.google.com and in the Google News & Weather iOS and Android apps, starting with the US and the UK," he added in a blogpost. You certainly can't check if news is true by reading British newspapers, tabloids sensationalizing and the rest pushing their owners political opinions are not reliable sources of news.Lorraine, you should keep your political opinions to yourself. This is a computer forum. The Guardian and BBC are reliable sources of news.Ironically it is the sites that push that otherwise reputable news sites are not reliable or can't be trusted that tend to misrepresent information to fit a particular narrative. They are able to do so because a certain subset of people implicitly trust them merely because the sites claim that everybody else is lying to them, so it feeds their paranoia.On top of that most so called "fact-checking sites" are a friggin joke... So basically this is non-news...Snopes is OK, isn't it? I think so. It's hardly free from claims that it is biased, but the "bias" it is claimed to have tends to be a bias of reality.Snopes has been caught in a few high profile BS stories the past 3 years...but overall i say you just have to be careful...The Guardian? Look here: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/apr/17/fake-news-stories-clicks-fact-checking ...tweets about a trip to McDonald’s became a story, even though the poster admitted they were ‘embellished’ We really didn't need the photo...Quote from: patio on October 20, 2016, 04:07:45 PM Snopes has been caught in a few high profile BS stories the past 3 years... I'm unable to find any examples.Somebody vet these stories about the skill set of Snopes. http://drrichswier.com/2015/08/06/snopes-com-ceo-arrested-on-charges-of-fraud-and-corruption/ http://accuracyinpolitics.blogspot.com/2013/05/snopes-got-snoped.html http://www.thepeoplesview.net/main/2016/2/22/media-manipulation-the-truth-about-hillary-clintons-goldman-sachs-transcripts What is the real truth? (Photos not included.)I was THINKING that in a way this was getting away from the topic but perhaps it's actually right in line with it, as in some respect this is fact checking. Quote from: Geek-9pm on October 20, 2016, 07:45:12 PM http://drrichswier.com/2015/08/06/snopes-com-ceo-arrested-on-charges-of-fraud-and-corruption/ This is a satirical article that makes fun of the sort of content in the other TWO links. It is filed under "political satire" which is the first clue. the second clue is the fact that the content is silly. A player piano started the scandal? Quote http://accuracyinpolitics.blogspot.com/2013/05/snopes-got-snoped.html The origin of this writeup is from "Worldtruth.tv". Worldtruth.tv lists themselves as an "alternative news network". These fall neatly into the category of news sources that I described previously. It is run by Eddie Levin, a conspiracy nutcase who's affinity for reality is as low as his comprehension of it. Perhaps not coincidentally, The original source article on the site has been deleted. So, you MAY be wonder how I know it was there? It's in web.archive.org. (But I'm sure the evil lizard government paid off web.archive.org to fabricate the page to make the site look bad! /s) http://web.archive.org/web/20130107000124/http://worldtruth.tv/snopes-got-snoped Of particular interest and to HIGHLIGHT the ridiculousness of the article content, we see this in the first paragraph: Quote For several years people have tried to find out who exactly was behind the website Snopes.com. Only recently did they get to the bottom of it. Basically, it took them several years to find the "About Us" link at the bottom of the Snopes webpage? http://www.thepeoplesview.net/main/2016/2/22/media-manipulation-the-truth-about-hillary-clintons-goldman-sachs-transcripts I'm not sure what this link has to do with Snopes, and I think it's political content is outside the realm of what should be discussed here.Quote from: Salmon Trout on October 20, 2016, 10:02:02 AM Lorraine, you should keep your political opinions to yourself. This is a computer forum. The Guardian and BBC are reliable sources of news. My bad. Will be careful next time.

1584.

Solve : Google introduces fact checking.?

Answer»

One long headline READS::
Google introduces fact checking feature intended to help people see whether news is actually true.

I did a Google and found this headline -- but I am not sure it is true.

One of many.....
http://www.kollytalk.com/technology/services/google-introduces-fact-checking-feature-477602.html
Quote

Through an algorithmic process from schema.org known as ClaimReview, live stories will be linked to fact checking articles and websites. This will allow readers to quickly validate or debunk stories they read online. Readers will thus be able to see if stories are fake or if claims in the headline are false or being exaggerated.

They say it will only be available in US and UK. It's on a number of news outlets including BBC. They don't say it will "only" be available in the US and UK, merely that the service is starting first in those countries.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37657524

Quote

Google has launched a new feature, fact check, which will add a label next to news stories in search results.

Fact check will appear with other news organisations in Google News and will, Google says, "shine a light on its efforts to divide fact from fiction".

Richard Gingras, Google's head of news, added it will "help readers find fact checking in large news stories".

He said sites which already have a fact checking service can apply to be included to appear in search results.

"You'll see the tagged articles in the expanded story box on news.google.com and in the Google News & Weather iOS and Android apps, starting with the US and the UK," he added in a blogpost.

You certainly can't check if news is true by reading British newspapers, tabloids sensationalizing and the rest pushing their owners political opinions are not reliable sources of news.Lorraine, you should keep your political opinions to yourself. This is a computer forum. The Guardian and BBC are reliable sources of news.Ironically it is the sites that push that otherwise reputable news sites are not reliable or can't be trusted that tend to misrepresent information to fit a particular narrative. They are able to do so because a certain subset of people implicitly trust them merely because the sites claim that everybody else is lying to them, so it feeds their paranoia.On top of that most so called "fact-checking sites" are a friggin joke...

So basically this is non-news...Snopes is OK, isn't it?
I think so. It's hardly free from claims that it is biased, but the "bias" it is claimed to have tends to be a bias of reality.Snopes has been caught in a few high profile BS stories the past 3 years...but overall i say you just have to be careful...The Guardian?
Look here:
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/apr/17/fake-news-stories-clicks-fact-checking
...tweets about a trip to McDonald’s became a story, even though the poster admitted they were ‘embellished’

We really didn't need the photo...Quote from: patio on October 20, 2016, 04:07:45 PM

Snopes has been caught in a few high profile BS stories the past 3 years...

I'm unable to find any examples.Somebody vet these stories about the skill set of Snopes.

http://drrichswier.com/2015/08/06/snopes-com-ceo-arrested-on-charges-of-fraud-and-corruption/

http://accuracyinpolitics.blogspot.com/2013/05/snopes-got-snoped.html

http://www.thepeoplesview.net/main/2016/2/22/media-manipulation-the-truth-about-hillary-clintons-goldman-sachs-transcripts

What is the real truth? (Photos not included.)I was THINKING that in a way this was getting away from the topic but perhaps it's actually right in line with it, as in some respect this is fact checking.

Quote from: Geek-9pm on October 20, 2016, 07:45:12 PM

http://drrichswier.com/2015/08/06/snopes-com-ceo-arrested-on-charges-of-fraud-and-corruption/

This is a satirical article that makes fun of the sort of content in the other TWO links. It is filed under "political satire" which is the first clue. the second clue is the fact that the content is silly. A player piano started the scandal?

Quote

http://accuracyinpolitics.blogspot.com/2013/05/snopes-got-snoped.html

The origin of this writeup is from "Worldtruth.tv". Worldtruth.tv lists themselves as an "alternative news network". These fall neatly into the category of news sources that I described previously. It is run by Eddie Levin, a conspiracy nutcase who's affinity for reality is as low as his comprehension of it.

Perhaps not coincidentally, The original source article on the site has been deleted. So, you MAY be wonder how I know it was there? It's in web.archive.org. (But I'm sure the evil lizard government paid off web.archive.org to fabricate the page to make the site look bad! /s)

http://web.archive.org/web/20130107000124/http://worldtruth.tv/snopes-got-snoped

Of particular interest and to HIGHLIGHT the ridiculousness of the article content, we see this in the first paragraph:

Quote

For several years people have tried to find out who exactly was behind the website Snopes.com. Only recently did they get to the bottom of it.

Basically, it took them several years to find the "About Us" link at the bottom of the Snopes webpage?

http://www.thepeoplesview.net/main/2016/2/22/media-manipulation-the-truth-about-hillary-clintons-goldman-sachs-transcripts

I'm not sure what this link has to do with Snopes, and I think it's political content is outside the realm of what should be discussed here.Quote from: Salmon Trout on October 20, 2016, 10:02:02 AM

Lorraine, you should keep your political opinions to yourself. This is a computer forum. The Guardian and BBC are reliable sources of news.

My bad. Will be careful next time.

Discussion

1585.	Solve : Newegg Now Owned by Chinese Company?
Answer» https://www.techpowerup.com/226777/newegg-now-owned-by-chinese-company This might or might not change anything at Newegg but it's probably a good idea to make extra sure you know what you are ordering and where it is coming from. The last thing I bought from them was a refurbished Logitech surround sound system and it was just thrown in a brown box that was way too big and shipped with almost no packing material so things were already going way downhill IMO. I finally had one too many problems with the Amazon marketplace vendors and now only order items fulfilled by Amazon. I'm not someone who hates on China but many of the third party China vendors simply don't care. Interesting.... I bought a PlayStation 3 controller for my daughter for $16 at newegg and it took almost a week for them to bill my paypal and then when it finally arrived a month later, it came from China. I thought it was NEVER gonna arrive. I wonder if this is because of this or just happened to be direct from China shipping vs from warehouse in usa.You probably ordered it from a third party seller in the marketplace without knowing. It's not always clear if you are buying from Newegg or a third party storefront hosted by Newegg. That's my main issue with Amazon these days too. I have had to cancel a few orders this year because of the deception. They advertise their storefront as a US seller (it's easy to put in a US mailing address and phone NUMBER as your "business" location). Many are actually in China or they use a dropshipper in China. The third party storefronts are deceptive and Amazon/Newegg don't do enough to stop it from happening. I had two third party sellers pull out of Amazon this year and I never received my merchandise. They were taking peoples money and then just closed their accounts. Amazon has a solid consumer guarantee policy so I got my money back quickly but it still happened and I had to figure it out on my own and then ask Amazon for my money back. The marketplace model is killing peoples confidence in many ways. This reply on Reddit explains the various issues and frustration pretty good.This is pathetic..... Seller isnt in China and it takes New Egg ( 4 days ) to charge my paypal. Plenty of money in there, and in the past payment was charged same day as the order. This is the 2nd transaction that payment wasnt charged to my paypal account in a timely manner. Now to see if its going to take a month again to get the item. [attachment deleted by admin to conserve space]Yea that's pretty bad. That's equal to really crappy customer service.Newegg was not doing 3rd party referral sellers like Amazon does...Quote from: evilfantasy on October 15, 2016, 10:51:13 AM I have had to cancel a few orders this year because of the deception. They advertise their storefront as a US seller I had a similar issue with amazon.ca. There are things listed on Amazon.ca that are sold by U.S sellers that literally cannot get through Canada Customs. So why are they on amazon.ca?Amazon is the way to go now. I haven't bought from newegg in a while, Amazon just works better for me and delivers more speedily as well. I tend to avoid Amazon marketplace sellers entirely - I find that if you tell Amazon to show "Prime eligible" items only, this cuts them out from search results. That said, these days I buy most stuff from eBay and never have any issues.Quote That said, these days I buy most stuff from eBay and never have any issues. Maybe ebay is better these days, but, my issue is whoever i buy through I expect the transaction to happen right then and there no couple day delays until its processed ( which i never had with ebay but am referring to 2x in recent past with Newegg ), but I have had problems with ebay for large ticket items on the cheap. Years ago I bought a RCA device that allowed for you to send Dial-up internet over wireless as a bridge connection. I got this so that I could be outdoors with laptop enjoying the nice day and able to WORK online and get some sun. I should have just invested in a long phone cord and put that through a window of the home out to the lawn chair. As for the device didnt even power up when power connected. When i contacted the seller on ebay he said send it back and I will send you another. Sent it back, never heard from the guy ever again. He took my money and never sent me a replacement. The guy was based out of New York City and I thought WITHIN the USA was fine with a guy with a chinese name. But NOPE... he got it back and I paid for shipping it back and lost out on $80 for the dialup bridge that was a piece of junk. Ebay wasnt able to help me with it. Transaction was with money order in the mail. Maybe if I used Paypal I could have gotten my money back. I havent bought anything on ebay with money orders in years. I have used ebay however for buying cheap obsolete parts and no problems with a Athlon 64 x2 4450B CPU for $10.50 with free shipping for example. I suppose ebay is fine is buying everything through paypal which protects the customer some. Other issue I had was buying Blutooth speakers that the seller sold me and they also didnt work. Seller didnt respond to multiple attempts to get this fixed and I left negative feedback. Looking at the seller they appeared to be a quick scam. Sell a bunch of people junk fast and then disappear. They had 13 positive feedbacks for 100%, but the 13 was them buying from others not them selling stuff. Its as if they trash picked and listed a bunch of trash picked items that people would buy up and then took the money and ran. In the past I did have 1 issue with a PRODUCT and Newegg handled the issue well, it was a motherboard that didnt POST. They did a swap and shipped me replacement board in 3 days. And return label to send the DOA back. But within the last few months items are taking longer to arrive from newegg and they seem to have an issue with processing transactions the same day that they are made which to me makes no sense at all. As well as this 2nd item hasnt arrived yet but I will give it a week to see. Before Newegg I use to buy through Tiger Direct and had no problems with them. I ended up switching to Newegg mainly because they had some better deals than Tiger Direct. I might be going back to Tiger Direct. I tried Geeks.com for a few transactions, and some items were ok but a socket 939 motherboard for $19.99 for a no name board had issues. Then they went out of business. https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/13/08/03/1638203/geekscom-online-shop-has-closed Looks like someone else is running with that domain now for Geeks. It use to show items for sale even though still closed, and in a few pages crazy prices like 10 million dollars for a server which might have been a hacker toying with the site or something as it was pretty much dead but still hosted.Quote from: camerongray on October 18, 2016, 06:07:34 AM I tend to avoid Amazon marketplace sellers entirely - I find that if you tell Amazon to show "Prime eligible" items only, this cuts them out from search results. That said, these days I buy most stuff from eBay and never have any issues. Does this happen to you with all product categories?

1585.

Solve : Newegg Now Owned by Chinese Company?

Answer» https://www.techpowerup.com/226777/newegg-now-owned-by-chinese-company

This might or might not change anything at Newegg but it's probably a good idea to make extra sure you know what you are ordering and where it is coming from. The last thing I bought from them was a refurbished Logitech surround sound system and it was just thrown in a brown box that was way too big and shipped with almost no packing material so things were already going way downhill IMO.

I finally had one too many problems with the Amazon marketplace vendors and now only order items fulfilled by Amazon. I'm not someone who hates on China but many of the third party China vendors simply don't care. Interesting.... I bought a PlayStation 3 controller for my daughter for $16 at newegg and it took almost a week for them to bill my paypal and then when it finally arrived a month later, it came from China. I thought it was NEVER gonna arrive. I wonder if this is because of this or just happened to be direct from China shipping vs from warehouse in usa.You probably ordered it from a third party seller in the marketplace without knowing. It's not always clear if you are buying from Newegg or a third party storefront hosted by Newegg. That's my main issue with Amazon these days too. I have had to cancel a few orders this year because of the deception. They advertise their storefront as a US seller (it's easy to put in a US mailing address and phone NUMBER as your "business" location). Many are actually in China or they use a dropshipper in China. The third party storefronts are deceptive and Amazon/Newegg don't do enough to stop it from happening.

I had two third party sellers pull out of Amazon this year and I never received my merchandise. They were taking peoples money and then just closed their accounts. Amazon has a solid consumer guarantee policy so I got my money back quickly but it still happened and I had to figure it out on my own and then ask Amazon for my money back. The marketplace model is killing peoples confidence in many ways. This reply on Reddit explains the various issues and frustration pretty good.This is pathetic..... Seller isnt in China and it takes New Egg ( 4 days ) to charge my paypal. Plenty of money in there, and in the past payment was charged same day as the order. This is the 2nd transaction that payment wasnt charged to my paypal account in a timely manner. Now to see if its going to take a month again to get the item.

[attachment deleted by admin to conserve space]Yea that's pretty bad. That's equal to really crappy customer service.Newegg was not doing 3rd party referral sellers like Amazon does...Quote from: evilfantasy on October 15, 2016, 10:51:13 AM

I have had to cancel a few orders this year because of the deception. They advertise their storefront as a US seller

I had a similar issue with amazon.ca. There are things listed on Amazon.ca that are sold by U.S sellers that literally cannot get through Canada Customs. So why are they on amazon.ca?Amazon is the way to go now. I haven't bought from newegg in a while, Amazon just works better for me and delivers more speedily as well. I tend to avoid Amazon marketplace sellers entirely - I find that if you tell Amazon to show "Prime eligible" items only, this cuts them out from search results. That said, these days I buy most stuff from eBay and never have any issues.Quote

That said, these days I buy most stuff from eBay and never have any issues.

Maybe ebay is better these days, but, my issue is whoever i buy through I expect the transaction to happen right then and there no couple day delays until its processed ( which i never had with ebay but am referring to 2x in recent past with Newegg ), but I have had problems with ebay for large ticket items on the cheap. Years ago I bought a RCA device that allowed for you to send Dial-up internet over wireless as a bridge connection. I got this so that I could be outdoors with laptop enjoying the nice day and able to WORK online and get some sun. I should have just invested in a long phone cord and put that through a window of the home out to the lawn chair. As for the device didnt even power up when power connected. When i contacted the seller on ebay he said send it back and I will send you another. Sent it back, never heard from the guy ever again. He took my money and never sent me a replacement. The guy was based out of New York City and I thought WITHIN the USA was fine with a guy with a chinese name. But NOPE... he got it back and I paid for shipping it back and lost out on $80 for the dialup bridge that was a piece of junk. Ebay wasnt able to help me with it. Transaction was with money order in the mail. Maybe if I used Paypal I could have gotten my money back. I havent bought anything on ebay with money orders in years. I have used ebay however for buying cheap obsolete parts and no problems with a Athlon 64 x2 4450B CPU for $10.50 with free shipping for example. I suppose ebay is fine is buying everything through paypal which protects the customer some. Other issue I had was buying Blutooth speakers that the seller sold me and they also didnt work. Seller didnt respond to multiple attempts to get this fixed and I left negative feedback. Looking at the seller they appeared to be a quick scam. Sell a bunch of people junk fast and then disappear. They had 13 positive feedbacks for 100%, but the 13 was them buying from others not them selling stuff. Its as if they trash picked and listed a bunch of trash picked items that people would buy up and then took the money and ran.

In the past I did have 1 issue with a PRODUCT and Newegg handled the issue well, it was a motherboard that didnt POST. They did a swap and shipped me replacement board in 3 days. And return label to send the DOA back. But within the last few months items are taking longer to arrive from newegg and they seem to have an issue with processing transactions the same day that they are made which to me makes no sense at all. As well as this 2nd item hasnt arrived yet but I will give it a week to see.

Before Newegg I use to buy through Tiger Direct and had no problems with them. I ended up switching to Newegg mainly because they had some better deals than Tiger Direct. I might be going back to Tiger Direct.

I tried Geeks.com for a few transactions, and some items were ok but a socket 939 motherboard for $19.99 for a no name board had issues. Then they went out of business. https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/13/08/03/1638203/geekscom-online-shop-has-closed

Looks like someone else is running with that domain now for Geeks. It use to show items for sale even though still closed, and in a few pages crazy prices like 10 million dollars for a server which might have been a hacker toying with the site or something as it was pretty much dead but still hosted.Quote from: camerongray on October 18, 2016, 06:07:34 AM

I tend to avoid Amazon marketplace sellers entirely - I find that if you tell Amazon to show "Prime eligible" items only, this cuts them out from search results. That said, these days I buy most stuff from eBay and never have any issues.

Does this happen to you with all product categories?

Discussion

1586.	Solve : Apple-Samsung iPhone Patent Case Grips US Supreme Court.?
Answer» Full title is: Apple-Samsung iPhone patent feud leaves U.S. top COURT struggling Link: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-iphone-idUSKCN12B1XU Another: http://www.cnbc.com/2016/10/11/former-apple-ceo-heres-where-samsung-may-have-gone-wrong.html Quote Samsung's known for its great component design — so that's probably not what caused the issues plaguing its Galaxy Note 7 line, former Apple CEO John Sculley told CNBC's "Closing Bell" on Tuesday. Watch Out ! Bezels around the screen, displays icons in a grid, rounded corners... Apple is essentially suing everyone over the definition of a smartphone. I don't get it. Apple continues to file and get patents for a lot of things. This is, in fact, a way of doing business in American industry. Here is a Blog you might enjoy. Apple vs Microsoft vs Google - who has the strongest patent portfolio? Mike Lloyd - Posted by Mike Lloyd on Friday, 26 September 2014 http://ambercite.com/index.php/amberblog/entry/apple-vs-microsoft-vs-google-who-has-the-strongest-patent-portfolio Quote Apple, Microsoft and Google are three of the mightiest technology innovators on the earth today. Apple created the personal computer, i-tunes, the iPod and touchscreen phones and tablets. Microsoft wrote the operating system that underpinned the mass up-take of the PC, and then developed the Office products that most of us use every day, including Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint. Google invented the all encompassing SEARCH system, adword advertising and developed the Android operating system that underpins the majority of smartphones sold today. Like many OTHERS, I use products from all three companies on an almost daily BASIS. EVEN Shoelaces have patents! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoelaces I was abut to get a patent on a new coffee mug that would hold the right temperature... But somebody already did that Quote This is, in fact, a way of doing business in American industry. Doesn't make it right.

1586.

Solve : Apple-Samsung iPhone Patent Case Grips US Supreme Court.?

Answer»

Full title is:
Apple-Samsung iPhone patent feud leaves U.S. top COURT struggling
Link:
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-iphone-idUSKCN12B1XU
Another:
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/10/11/former-apple-ceo-heres-where-samsung-may-have-gone-wrong.html
Quote

Samsung's known for its great component design — so that's probably not what caused the issues plaguing its Galaxy Note 7 line, former Apple CEO John Sculley told CNBC's "Closing Bell" on Tuesday.

Watch Out ! Bezels around the screen, displays icons in a grid, rounded corners... Apple is essentially suing everyone over the definition of a smartphone. I don't get it. Apple continues to file and get patents for a lot of things. This is, in fact, a way of doing business in American industry.
Here is a Blog you might enjoy.

Apple vs Microsoft vs Google - who has the strongest patent portfolio?
Mike Lloyd - Posted by Mike Lloyd on Friday, 26 September 2014

http://ambercite.com/index.php/amberblog/entry/apple-vs-microsoft-vs-google-who-has-the-strongest-patent-portfolio
Quote

Apple, Microsoft and Google are three of the mightiest technology innovators on the earth today. Apple created the personal computer, i-tunes, the iPod and touchscreen phones and tablets. Microsoft wrote the operating system that underpinned the mass up-take of the PC, and then developed the Office products that most of us use every day, including Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint. Google invented the all encompassing SEARCH system, adword advertising and developed the Android operating system that underpins the majority of smartphones sold today. Like many OTHERS, I use products from all three companies on an almost daily BASIS.

EVEN Shoelaces have patents!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoelaces
I was abut to get a patent on a new coffee mug that would hold the right temperature... But somebody already did that Quote

This is, in fact, a way of doing business in American industry.

Doesn't make it right.

Discussion

1587.	Solve : US surgeon general warns of possible computer breach?
Answer» Headline from: http://www.usnews.com/news/news/articles/2016-10-07/us-surgeon-general-investigating-possible-computer-breach Quote By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Health and HUMAN Services Department is investigating a possible breach of a computer system holding PERSONAL INFORMATION of more than 6,700 doctors, nurses and other UNIFORMED public health WORKERS overseen by the surgeon general.

1587.

Solve : US surgeon general warns of possible computer breach?

Answer»

Headline from:
http://www.usnews.com/news/news/articles/2016-10-07/us-surgeon-general-investigating-possible-computer-breach
Quote

By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Health and HUMAN Services Department is investigating a possible breach of a computer system holding PERSONAL INFORMATION of more than 6,700 doctors, nurses and other UNIFORMED public health WORKERS overseen by the surgeon general.

Discussion

1588.	Solve : Intel in the News. Good and Bad.?
Answer» Today we have Intel in the News. Good and Bad. First the good news. http://www.theverge.com/2016/10/12/13254670/intel-commercial-drone-falcon-8 A drone with Intel in control. (click on link to see the image.) Now the bad news. Consortium will challenge Intel with Gen-Z http://www.pcworld.com/article/3130277/storage/hardware-makers-unite-to-challenge-intel-with-gen-z-spec.html Quote Gen-Z will have a new CONNECTOR, fabric and data transfer protocol. One GOAL is to CREATE an open standard so new forms of memory can communicate with processors and ACCELERATORS in a coherent manner. Gen-Z will also work with SSDS like QuantX from Micron.

1588.

Solve : Intel in the News. Good and Bad.?

Answer»

Today we have Intel in the News. Good and Bad.

First the good news.
http://www.theverge.com/2016/10/12/13254670/intel-commercial-drone-falcon-8
A drone with Intel in control.
(click on link to see the image.)

Now the bad news.
Consortium will challenge Intel with Gen-Z
http://www.pcworld.com/article/3130277/storage/hardware-makers-unite-to-challenge-intel-with-gen-z-spec.html
Quote

Gen-Z will have a new CONNECTOR, fabric and data transfer protocol. One GOAL is to CREATE an open standard so new forms of memory can communicate with processors and ACCELERATORS in a coherent manner. Gen-Z will also work with SSDS like QuantX from Micron.

Discussion

1589.	Solve : ABC News Burns Samsung for Cell Phone Battery Hazards.?
Answer» ABC News almost said 'Do Not Buy Samsung Galaxy', but they did not actually say that. The past few days they have been repeating the story about the few cases of Samsung smartphones that cough fire. Some recent ABC links: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/samsung-note-recall-us-expands-replacement-phones-42769915 http://abc7chicago.com/technology/boy-suffers-2nd-degree-burns-after-samsung-galaxy-note-7-explodes/1509672/ The story is also on other news sources: http://www.usatoday.com/videos/tech/2016/10/12/91935170/ Samsung did announce a recall. But more recent reports sound a lot worse CNET says you can get paid to return your phone. https://www.cnet.com/news/samsung-recall-galaxy-note-7-again-consumer-product-safety-100-dollars-credit/ I am greatly appalled by this because I really wanted this phone but safety comes first. I use my stylus everyday and I dont know how I made it without my note for as long as I had in the past.Glad I went with an LG phone. My wife has a 3 year old Samsung and its had issues ever since she got it. Everything is laggy with it. I looked at the properties of the phone with the CPU-Z for android and its running 4.0.4 and has just a single core 800Mhz A7 ARM Cortex. I have already done factory reset to her phone thinking something was causing it to lag out. But even after factory reset, it works fine as a phone, but that single core 800Mhz ARM processor that is in it is so crippled compared to the LG that I have with 1.2Ghz dualcore ARM CPU. My LG16C has a Android 4.4 running on a Qualcom Snapdragon Dualcore 1.2Ghz and is far quicker to end apps and LOAD apps and boot from shutdown to functional state. She has asked to trade with me and I refuse to trade my phone with her. Not bad for a small cheap LG phone, but not top of the line features etc. http://tracfonereviewer.blogspot.com/2015/05/lg-lucky-l16c-tracfone-android-review.html I feel kind of guilty TELLING her way back when she bought her Samsung that Samsung is a good brand and I'd go with that one. I didnt expect them to slap a weakling ARM single core into a phone under their brand to fulfill the TracPhone market for low cost phones. Im very happy with my LG16C which I bought as TracPhone inexpensively. I looked into rooting mine to do more with it, but TracPhones flash etc that they did to it has it LOCKED from root access. I only use the TracPhone service of my phone when away from wifi. Otherwise I have the 3G SHUT off to avoid burning my 180MB data plan which goes quickly if not using free wifi networks for web / online app use. Cant beat $6.67 per month for it with the 60 minute for $19.99 for 3 months plan that I keep using. Prior to this I was paying Fairpoint $120 a month for 2 phones.Its nice to save over $100 a month.Quote from: Geek-9pm on October 14, 2016, 01:23:43 AM ABC News almost said 'Do Not Buy Samsung Galaxy', but they did not actually say that. The past few days they have been repeating the story about the few cases of Samsung smartphones that cough fire. Why did you not mention the specific model that had a problem with some of them catching fire? The Galaxy Note 7 is the model with the issue. Quote from: DaveLembke on October 14, 2016, 07:55:03 AM Glad I went with an LG phone. My wife has a 3 year old Samsung and its had issues ever since she got it. Everything is laggy with it. I looked at the properties of the phone with the CPU-Z for android and its running 4.0.4 and has just a single core 800Mhz A7 ARM Cortex. ... ... I feel kind of guilty telling her way back when she bought her Samsung that Samsung is a good brand and I'd go with that one. I didnt expect them to slap a weakling ARM single core into a phone under their brand to fulfill the TracPhone market for low cost phones. ... Well, I think this issue is attributable to TracPhone, at least as much as it is to Samsung. Surely, TracPhone could test the phones they market to their customers before choosing to use certain models. I have a Samsung tablet and have no issues with it. My smartphone is an LG; it was priced at only $100 when I bought it about a year ago. It has worked fine, although I wish it had more than 8GB of storage. It does have a slot for a microSD card, and I have a card in it, but most apps cannot be moved to, or installed on, the microSD card. I got this phone from a low-cost provider, Boost Mobile, and currently get 3GB of data for $30/mo plus tax, by setting up automatic payment to get a $5 discount from the regular $35/mo. cost.Yes, I failed to say it was the Galaxy 7 phone that is in the recall. Some more recent news about this: From CBS: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/samsung-expands-fiery-galaxy-note-7-smartphone-recall-to-1-9-million-units/ Quote Samsung has received 96 reports of batteries in Note 7 phones overheating in the U.S., including 23 new reports since the recall announcement, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Samsung has received 13 reports of burns and 47 reports of property damage related to the Note 7 phones, the CPSC ... CNET: https://www.cnet.com/news/why-is-samsung-galaxy-note-7-exploding-overheating/ Quote Once again, every US carrier has halted sales of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7, and a second recall may be nigh. We're not sure why the new batteries might have caught fire, as Samsung told us they'd be brand-new. The recall is for the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 and not other models. EDIT: There are few reports of other brands catching fire. Apple iPhone 6: http://www.nbcnews.com/video/cell-phone-catches-fire-in-man-s-pants-719899715724 A HTC phone: http://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/public-safety/linn-county/fire-department-responds-to-cedar-rapids-fire-caused-by-exploding-cellphone-20160830

1589.

Solve : ABC News Burns Samsung for Cell Phone Battery Hazards.?

Answer»

ABC News almost said 'Do Not Buy Samsung Galaxy', but they did not actually say that. The past few days they have been repeating the story about the few cases of Samsung smartphones that cough fire.
Some recent ABC links:
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/samsung-note-recall-us-expands-replacement-phones-42769915
http://abc7chicago.com/technology/boy-suffers-2nd-degree-burns-after-samsung-galaxy-note-7-explodes/1509672/

The story is also on other news sources:
http://www.usatoday.com/videos/tech/2016/10/12/91935170/

Samsung did announce a recall. But more recent reports sound a lot worse CNET says you can get paid to return your phone.
https://www.cnet.com/news/samsung-recall-galaxy-note-7-again-consumer-product-safety-100-dollars-credit/

I am greatly appalled by this because I really wanted this phone but safety comes first. I use my stylus everyday and I dont know how I made it without my note for as long as I had in the past.Glad I went with an LG phone. My wife has a 3 year old Samsung and its had issues ever since she got it. Everything is laggy with it. I looked at the properties of the phone with the CPU-Z for android and its running 4.0.4 and has just a single core 800Mhz A7 ARM Cortex. I have already done factory reset to her phone thinking something was causing it to lag out. But even after factory reset, it works fine as a phone, but that single core 800Mhz ARM processor that is in it is so crippled compared to the LG that I have with 1.2Ghz dualcore ARM CPU.

My LG16C has a Android 4.4 running on a Qualcom Snapdragon Dualcore 1.2Ghz and is far quicker to end apps and LOAD apps and boot from shutdown to functional state. She has asked to trade with me and I refuse to trade my phone with her. Not bad for a small cheap LG phone, but not top of the line features etc. http://tracfonereviewer.blogspot.com/2015/05/lg-lucky-l16c-tracfone-android-review.html

I feel kind of guilty TELLING her way back when she bought her Samsung that Samsung is a good brand and I'd go with that one. I didnt expect them to slap a weakling ARM single core into a phone under their brand to fulfill the TracPhone market for low cost phones. Im very happy with my LG16C which I bought as TracPhone inexpensively. I looked into rooting mine to do more with it, but TracPhones flash etc that they did to it has it LOCKED from root access. I only use the TracPhone service of my phone when away from wifi. Otherwise I have the 3G SHUT off to avoid burning my 180MB data plan which goes quickly if not using free wifi networks for web / online app use. Cant beat $6.67 per month for it with the 60 minute for $19.99 for 3 months plan that I keep using. Prior to this I was paying Fairpoint $120 a month for 2 phones.Its nice to save over $100 a month.Quote from: Geek-9pm on October 14, 2016, 01:23:43 AM

ABC News almost said 'Do Not Buy Samsung Galaxy', but they did not actually say that. The past few days they have been repeating the story about the few cases of Samsung smartphones that cough fire.

Why did you not mention the specific model that had a problem with some of them catching fire? The Galaxy Note 7 is the model with the issue.
Quote from: DaveLembke on October 14, 2016, 07:55:03 AM

Glad I went with an LG phone. My wife has a 3 year old Samsung and its had issues ever since she got it. Everything is laggy with it. I looked at the properties of the phone with the CPU-Z for android and its running 4.0.4 and has just a single core 800Mhz A7 ARM Cortex. ...

...

I feel kind of guilty telling her way back when she bought her Samsung that Samsung is a good brand and I'd go with that one. I didnt expect them to slap a weakling ARM single core into a phone under their brand to fulfill the TracPhone market for low cost phones. ...

Well, I think this issue is attributable to TracPhone, at least as much as it is to Samsung. Surely, TracPhone could test the phones they market to their customers before choosing to use certain models.

I have a Samsung tablet and have no issues with it. My smartphone is an LG; it was priced at only $100 when I bought it about a year ago. It has worked fine, although I wish it had more than 8GB of storage. It does have a slot for a microSD card, and I have a card in it, but most apps cannot be moved to, or installed on, the microSD card. I got this phone from a low-cost provider, Boost Mobile, and currently get 3GB of data for $30/mo plus tax, by setting up automatic payment to get a $5 discount from the regular $35/mo. cost.Yes, I failed to say it was the Galaxy 7 phone that is in the recall.
Some more recent news about this:
From CBS:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/samsung-expands-fiery-galaxy-note-7-smartphone-recall-to-1-9-million-units/
Quote

Samsung has received 96 reports of batteries in Note 7 phones overheating in the U.S., including 23 new reports since the recall announcement, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Samsung has received 13 reports of burns and 47 reports of property damage related to the Note 7 phones, the CPSC ...

CNET:
https://www.cnet.com/news/why-is-samsung-galaxy-note-7-exploding-overheating/
Quote

Once again, every US carrier has halted sales of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7, and a second recall may be nigh. We're not sure why the new batteries might have caught fire, as Samsung told us they'd be brand-new.

The recall is for the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 and not other models.

EDIT: There are few reports of other brands catching fire.
Apple iPhone 6:
http://www.nbcnews.com/video/cell-phone-catches-fire-in-man-s-pants-719899715724
A HTC phone:
http://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/public-safety/linn-county/fire-department-responds-to-cedar-rapids-fire-caused-by-exploding-cellphone-20160830

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1590.	Solve : Scamers Attack eBay in Autralia.?
Answer» This was reported several days AGO in Australia. ...attack on eBay which sees BIDDERS redirected to malicious site in bid to capture their names and passwords Quote The security scam was spotted by an eBay USER based in Scotland Paul Kerr said less tech-aware users might not have realised the DANGER He said the auction site took more than 12 hours to REMOVE suspect listings Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2760219/Alert-hackers-attack-eBay-sees-bidders-redirected-malicious-site-bid-capture-names-passwords.html#ixzz4Lmmyu5jU

1590.

Solve : Scamers Attack eBay in Autralia.?

Answer»

This was reported several days AGO in Australia.
...attack on eBay which sees BIDDERS redirected to malicious site in bid to capture their names and passwords
Quote

The security scam was spotted by an eBay USER based in Scotland
Paul Kerr said less tech-aware users might not have realised the DANGER
He said the auction site took more than 12 hours to REMOVE suspect listings

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1591.	Solve : Rowhammer attacks: No Protection??
Answer» A Rowhammer attack ? What is it? Background: Quote A high-level illustration of DRAM organization, which includes memory cells ... address decoders..., and sense amplifiers... In dynamic RAM (DRAM), each bit of stored data occupies a separate memory cell ... The charge state of a capacitor... with some additional logic that organizes the cells for the purposes of READING, writing and refreshing the data.[7][8] (From Wikipedia.) In loose terms, it means there is a way to sneak into DRAM activity and defeat CRYPTOGRAPHY used as a security wall. Here is a new report by Dan Goodin - 8/31/201 New cloud attack takes full control of virtual machines with little effort. In his article above, Dan Goodin says Rowhammer attacks could come at anytime and the is no effective way to defend important data. Quote Until now, Rowhammer has been a somewhat clumsy and unpredictable attack tool because it was hard to control exactly where data-corrupting bit flips happened. While previous research demonstrated that it could be used to elevate user privileges and break security sandboxes, most people studying Rowhammer said there was little immediate danger of it being exploited maliciously to hijack the security of COMPUTERS that use vulnerable chips. The odds of crucial data being stored in a susceptible memory location made such hacks largely a matter of chance that was stacked against the attacker. In effect, Rowhammer was more a glitch than an exploit. Really? Postscript: The same author wrote earlier this year about a DRAM 'bug' that allows a posible row hammer attack. Once thought safe, DDR4 memory shown to be vulnerable to “Rowhammer” Quote And of course, the memory chips used by the host must be vulnerable to Rowhammer attacks, a requirement that's met by 110 out of 129 DDR3 models and eight out of 12 DDR4 varieties tested. Lastly, the PROTOTYPE attack relied on a Linux setting known as transparent huge pages to make the attack simpler and faster, but the researchers said it would work even if the setting wasn't enabled Curious if this also affects ECC RAM with ( error correction ). To me it would SEEM that it would only affect NON-ECC possibly Memory hacks are nothing new, used by many game cheats etc, however Rowhammer is interestingly different in that its hard to control where data corrupting bits were flipped. In game hacks that inject RAM addresses it was my understanding that specific addresses are targeted, unless there is a RAM sniffer that parses the RAM looking for a binary string match and then knowing that say the next 8 bits are to be targeted from the end of the last piece of info that designates its placement within RAM, so that a system with say 1GB RAM it might be sitting at 768 to 769MB block of 1MB while a system with 2GB RAM it night be between 1311 and 1312MB block so the address changes and address cant be targeted because its not the same for all systems. And so the address to target then has to be searched for by a unique identifier flag in memory to know where to start the 8 bit read at say 00110101 and then alter and write back or forced write back to 11111111 without reading in to make a game run a character in a god mode where the health memory address is targeted and injected to keep it max value at a certain iteration that doesnt waste clock cycles degrading performance and always keeps the health set to max.As for ECC, it is of some help, but not enough. What works is a more complex preventative method that senses a posible Rowhammer attack and refreshes the other rows to prevent the error. See the Wikipedia articles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Row_hammer ...page was last modified on 13 July 2016 What is scary is that some researchers claim the Row hammer can become more aggressive and hard to prevent. Other sties have echoed this recent claim. Micron, the chip maker, gave a report last year, but now some new research sounds grim. [Micro did not mention it in a new report.] http://investors.micron.com/results.cfm Most recent links like the one in my first post:: https://www.wired.com/2016/08/new-form-hacking-breaks-ideas-computers-work/ http://news.softpedia.com/news/new-ffs-rowhammer-attack-targets-linux-vm-setups-507290.shtml http://www.hostingtalk.it/rowhammer-exploit-vm-cloud/ Well I just bought 16GiB of G.Skill DDR4 for my cousin's Skylake build. And of course, before I even installed Windows, I let it run through 8 passes for Memtest86 6.3, which includes a very long rowhammer test. It's the single longest test and its PASSED!

1591.

Solve : Rowhammer attacks: No Protection??

Answer»

A Rowhammer attack ? What is it?
Background:
Quote

A high-level illustration of DRAM organization, which includes memory cells ... address decoders..., and sense amplifiers...
In dynamic RAM (DRAM), each bit of stored data occupies a separate memory cell ... The charge state of a capacitor... with some additional logic that organizes the cells for the purposes of READING, writing and refreshing the data.[7][8]

(From Wikipedia.)
In loose terms, it means there is a way to sneak into DRAM activity and defeat CRYPTOGRAPHY used as a security wall.
Here is a new report by Dan Goodin - 8/31/201
New cloud attack takes full control of virtual machines with little effort.
In his article above, Dan Goodin says Rowhammer attacks could come at anytime and the is no effective way to defend important data.
Quote

Until now, Rowhammer has been a somewhat clumsy and unpredictable attack tool because it was hard to control exactly where data-corrupting bit flips happened. While previous research demonstrated that it could be used to elevate user privileges and break security sandboxes, most people studying Rowhammer said there was little immediate danger of it being exploited maliciously to hijack the security of COMPUTERS that use vulnerable chips. The odds of crucial data being stored in a susceptible memory location made such hacks largely a matter of chance that was stacked against the attacker. In effect, Rowhammer was more a glitch than an exploit.

Really?

Postscript:
The same author wrote earlier this year about a DRAM 'bug' that allows a posible row hammer attack.
Once thought safe, DDR4 memory shown to be vulnerable to “Rowhammer” Quote

And of course, the memory chips used by the host must be vulnerable to Rowhammer attacks, a requirement that's met by 110 out of 129 DDR3 models and eight out of 12 DDR4 varieties tested. Lastly, the PROTOTYPE attack relied on a Linux setting known as transparent huge pages to make the attack simpler and faster, but the researchers said it would work even if the setting wasn't enabled

Curious if this also affects ECC RAM with ( error correction ). To me it would SEEM that it would only affect NON-ECC possibly

Memory hacks are nothing new, used by many game cheats etc, however Rowhammer is interestingly different in that its hard to control where data corrupting bits were flipped. In game hacks that inject RAM addresses it was my understanding that specific addresses are targeted, unless there is a RAM sniffer that parses the RAM looking for a binary string match and then knowing that say the next 8 bits are to be targeted from the end of the last piece of info that designates its placement within RAM, so that a system with say 1GB RAM it might be sitting at 768 to 769MB block of 1MB while a system with 2GB RAM it night be between 1311 and 1312MB block so the address changes and address cant be targeted because its not the same for all systems. And so the address to target then has to be searched for by a unique identifier flag in memory to know where to start the 8 bit read at say 00110101 and then alter and write back or forced write back to 11111111 without reading in to make a game run a character in a god mode where the health memory address is targeted and injected to keep it max value at a certain iteration that doesnt waste clock cycles degrading performance and always keeps the health set to max.As for ECC, it is of some help, but not enough.
What works is a more complex preventative method that senses a posible Rowhammer attack and refreshes the other rows to prevent the error.
See the Wikipedia articles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Row_hammer
...page was last modified on 13 July 2016

What is scary is that some researchers claim the Row hammer can become more aggressive and hard to prevent. Other sties have echoed this recent claim.

Micron, the chip maker, gave a report last year, but now some new research sounds grim. [Micro did not mention it in a new report.] http://investors.micron.com/results.cfm

Most recent links like the one in my first post::

https://www.wired.com/2016/08/new-form-hacking-breaks-ideas-computers-work/

http://news.softpedia.com/news/new-ffs-rowhammer-attack-targets-linux-vm-setups-507290.shtml

http://www.hostingtalk.it/rowhammer-exploit-vm-cloud/
Well I just bought 16GiB of G.Skill DDR4 for my cousin's Skylake build. And of course, before I even installed Windows, I let it run through 8 passes for Memtest86 6.3, which includes a very long rowhammer test. It's the single longest test and its PASSED!

Discussion

1592.	Solve : Nobel Prizes This Week. Look at Physics!?
Answer» Announcements of the 2016 Nobel Prizes https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/about/prize_announcements/ Already some have already been announced. HTTP://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/10/04/british-trio-win-nobel-prize-physics/91523336/ British trio win Nobel Prize in physics Why put this in Computer News? Because the work these men are doing may lead to MAJOR breakthrough in computer power. http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/04/world/2016-nobel-prize-physics/ Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to British trio for study of exotic matter Quote "This year's laureates opened the door on an unknown world where matter can assume strange states," said the Nobel Foundation in a statement Tuesday. "They have used advanced mathematical methods to study unusual phases, or states, of matter, such as superconductors, superfluids or thin magnetic films The winners get recognition and more funding for their research. Not this year, but soon we might have super computers in every school. Superfluidity is the characteristic property of a fluid with zero viscosity which therefore flows without loss of kinetic energy. When stirred a SUPERFLUID forms cellular vortices that continue to rotate indefinitely. Superfluidity is found in astrophysics, high-energy physics, and theories of QUANTUM gravity.

1592.

Solve : Nobel Prizes This Week. Look at Physics!?

Answer»

Announcements of the 2016 Nobel Prizes
https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/about/prize_announcements/

Already some have already been announced.
HTTP://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/10/04/british-trio-win-nobel-prize-physics/91523336/
British trio win Nobel Prize in physics

Why put this in Computer News? Because the work these men are doing may lead to MAJOR breakthrough in computer power.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/04/world/2016-nobel-prize-physics/
Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to British trio for study of exotic matter

Quote

"This year's laureates opened the door on an unknown world where matter can assume strange states," said the Nobel Foundation in a statement Tuesday.
"They have used advanced mathematical methods to study unusual phases, or states, of matter, such as superconductors, superfluids** or thin magnetic films

The winners get recognition and more funding for their research. Not this year, but soon we might have super computers in every school.

**Superfluidity is the characteristic property of a fluid with zero viscosity which therefore flows without loss of kinetic energy. When stirred a SUPERFLUID forms cellular vortices that continue to rotate indefinitely. Superfluidity is found in astrophysics, high-energy physics, and theories of QUANTUM gravity.

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1593.	Solve : Amazon Lawsuit to Stop Counterfeits?
Answer» The story was published three weeks ago. Amazon is trying to keep out fake goods. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-14/amazon-files-lawsuits-seeking-to-keep-counterfeit-goods-off-site Quote One suit targets ToysNet of Hacienda Heights, California; Disk Vision of Brandon, Florida; and individuals who Amazon says sold counterfeit Forearm Forklifts, straps used to carry heavy and bulky items. Amazon said it removed the fake items in June, and said Disk Vision forged an invoice to trick Amazon into reinstating the product listing. ANOTHER lawsuit targets several individuals who allegedly sold bogus TRX Suspension Trainers, an exercise system. The lawsuits were filed Monday in state COURT in Seattle. Amazon provided copies of the complaints, which couldn’t immediately be verified in court records. Rad the story. There is is more. And expect more of this.... I THOUGHT you were gonna stop readin PC Mag... Counterfeit goods are everywhere...The story I first saw on Bloomberg. It was also picked up by WSJ. Earlier there was a CASE of where Apple WENT after a Amazon seller for selling some fake Apple product. Now about you claim "Counterfeit goods are everywhere", I am still looking everywhere just to see. Well, yeah. There are travel advisors for people going abroad. The are saying it.: "Counterfeit goods are everywhere." But I was surprised to see it on Amazon.

1593.

Solve : Amazon Lawsuit to Stop Counterfeits?

Answer»

The story was published three weeks ago.
Amazon is trying to keep out fake goods.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-14/amazon-files-lawsuits-seeking-to-keep-counterfeit-goods-off-site
Quote

One suit targets ToysNet of Hacienda Heights, California; Disk Vision of Brandon, Florida; and individuals who Amazon says sold counterfeit Forearm Forklifts, straps used to carry heavy and bulky items. Amazon said it removed the fake items in June, and said Disk Vision forged an invoice to trick Amazon into reinstating the product listing. ANOTHER lawsuit targets several individuals who allegedly sold bogus TRX Suspension Trainers, an exercise system. The lawsuits were filed Monday in state COURT in Seattle. Amazon provided copies of the complaints, which couldn’t immediately be verified in court records.

Rad the story. There is is more.
And expect more of this.... I THOUGHT you were gonna stop readin PC Mag...

Counterfeit goods are everywhere...The story I first saw on Bloomberg. It was also picked up by WSJ.
Earlier there was a CASE of where Apple WENT after a Amazon seller for selling some fake Apple product.

Now about you claim "Counterfeit goods are everywhere", I am still looking everywhere just to see.
Well, yeah. There are travel advisors for people going abroad. The are saying it.: "Counterfeit goods are everywhere."
But I was surprised to see it on Amazon.

Discussion

1594.	Solve : AMD will start new ZEN CPU game.?
Answer» Full TITLE is: AMD will sneak-peek its high-end Zen CPU in December, starting a new CPU war http://www.pcworld.com/article/3145399/hardware/amd-will-sneak-peek-its-high-end-zen-cpu-in-december-starting-a-new-cpu-war.html Quote AMD has been tight-lipped about the CPU ever since shocking the world with a preview SHOWING an 8-core Zen could KEEP pace with an 8-core Broadwell-E chip. This latest news makes it clear gaming is important to AMD. For example, the host, Geoff Keighley, is a well-known video game journalist. Here's the full text of the INVITATION: Broadwell-E chip was announced EARLIER by Intel. http://www.fool.com/investing/2016/06/18/are-intel-corporations-new-broadwell-e-chips-total.aspx

1594.

Solve : AMD will start new ZEN CPU game.?

Answer»

Full TITLE is:
AMD will sneak-peek its high-end Zen CPU in December, starting a new CPU war
http://www.pcworld.com/article/3145399/hardware/amd-will-sneak-peek-its-high-end-zen-cpu-in-december-starting-a-new-cpu-war.html
Quote

AMD has been tight-lipped about the CPU ever since shocking the world with a preview SHOWING an 8-core Zen could KEEP pace with an 8-core Broadwell-E chip. ** This latest news makes it clear gaming is important to AMD. For example, the host, Geoff Keighley, is a well-known video game journalist. Here's the full text of the INVITATION:

** Broadwell-E chip was announced EARLIER by Intel.
http://www.fool.com/investing/2016/06/18/are-intel-corporations-new-broadwell-e-chips-total.aspx

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1595.	Solve : Microsoft quietly fixes Surface Pro 3 battery. Again.?
Answer» Full story: GUESS I got LUCKY as I've never had any issues with the battery on my Surface Pro 3. My SP3 has had all the firmware UPDATES along the way including the latest.

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1596.	Solve : Microsft Annouced VR headsetSp;ecs.?
Answer» This news was just published in PC World. http://www.theverge.com/2016/11/21/13697268/microsoft-windows-10-vr-headsets-minimum-specs Quote Microsoft is planning to support virtual reality experiences for all Windows 10 PCs as part of the Creators Update next YEAR. While HTC’s VIVE and Oculus’ Rift use their own custom software, Microsoft is ATTEMPTING to create its own VR platform with Windows Holographic, the same environment that POWERS the company’s HoloLens headset. The software giant revealed that VR headsets for Windows 10 will start at $299, and now it’s starting to detail the PC specs required to power those VR experiences. You need a quad core CPU.

1596.

Solve : Microsft Annouced VR headsetSp;ecs.?

Answer»

This news was just published in PC World.
http://www.theverge.com/2016/11/21/13697268/microsoft-windows-10-vr-headsets-minimum-specs
Quote

Microsoft is planning to support virtual reality experiences for all Windows 10 PCs as part of the Creators Update next YEAR. While HTC’s VIVE and Oculus’ Rift use their own custom software, Microsoft is ATTEMPTING to create its own VR platform with Windows Holographic, the same environment that POWERS the company’s HoloLens headset. The software giant revealed that VR headsets for Windows 10 will start at $299, and now it’s starting to detail the PC specs required to power those VR experiences.

You need a quad core CPU.

Discussion

1597.	Solve : Computer Virus hits hospitasl in UK?
Answer» BBC reports hospitals in Lincolnshire 'for five days'. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-humber-37833853 Quote Hundreds of people are affected by the attack on Northern Lincolnshire and Goole (NLAG) NHS Foundation Trust and United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust. About 20 operations have been cancelled at Lincoln County and 15 at Pilgrim Hospital in Boston. NLAG said contingency plans were in place to maintain emergency service A report by ZNET paints a grim picture of the problem. Quote As a result of the attack, all outpatient appointments and diagnostic procedures that were set to take place at the infected hospitals on Monday and Tuesday have been cancelled, while medical emergencies involving major trauma and women in high-risk labour are being diverted to neighbouring hospitals. http://www.zdnet.com/article/computer-virus-attack-forces-hospitals-to-cancel-operations-shut-down-systems/ Another place says three hospitals were affected. Can't understand how this COULD happen with all those antibiotics lying around...Quote from: patio on November 03, 2016, 08:29:15 AM Can't understand how this could happen with all those antibiotics lying around... Patio, the UK media are having a great time with this story. Some rags are sayhing that has to be retribution for such a despicable thing. BBC: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-37821867 Quote "If we do not have the ability to respond in cyberspace to an attack which takes down our power network - leaving us in darkness or hits our air traffic control system grounding our planes - we would be left with the impossible choice of turning the other cheek, ignoring the devastating consequences, or resorting to a military response," Mr Hammond said as he described the National Cyber Security Strategy in London I don't believe the claim at face value that this was an "Attack". I'd be more likely to believe that it was lax IT Security policies paired with average user capability managing to get the systems infected with Trojans. Of course placing the blame on "evil foreign hackers" helps deflect responsibility.BC_Programmer, You make a good point. either way, it is bad news. If a hospital computer system can be taken down because of user and IT carelessness, then it's another reason to stay away from hospital. On the other hand, if it really was an attack from outside the country, that too would be very disturbing. Too often many people who should be professionals seem to think they are not at risk for any kind of cyber attack. The fact of the matter is that the personal computers we now use were never intended to be resistant to hostile attacks. Nowadays it takes quite a bit of effort and caution to put take a desk top computer from all sorts of exploits that are circulating around on the Internet. If institutions such as hospitals and banks and other organizations that have a responsibility to protect the public, do not take cyber security more seriously we're all in for a hard time. I think BC is spot on in this one...Quote from: Geek-9pm on November 03, 2016, 06:02:43 PM If a hospital computer system can be taken down because of user and IT carelessness But this has pretty much always been the case. and not just carelessness, but ignorance of the risks, or not even being aware of all aspects of the entire hospital. For example a hospital could put in place very secure policies- strong WPA2 security on all wireless access points, authorized devices only connecting to open ethernet jacks, security audits about how necessary it is to connect a device to the network- for example that tablet they want to use to play games in the breakroom isn't going to be given access. Even with the most careful policies, it's easy to miss things and have them snowball from there. Even with all the above policies in place. For example during the switch over, they sweep the building to remove all open access points, they get rid of them, and it's deemed safe. But it's easy to miss things. For example maybe, 15 years ago they tried to setup wireless networking the first time with a wireless G router but found it unreliable and gave up. But it never got disconnected; Furthermore, the problems during the initial install were because it was connected to a plug that due to odd wiring was hooked up to the same circuit as the breakroom light switch- a light which was off when they did the sweep, so they never saw that open network access point, but every day when the light is on, the router powers up and provides free access to the hospital network. Then one day your typical user- maybe with malware on their laptop or tablet that doesn't even know about it, connects to that network when they see it in the breakroom. They've just unknowingly circumvented all of the careful policies that were put in place by IT, by connecting to a open network that they figured was IT finally capitulating to their request to use the internet on their break without having to use their mobile data. And if the malware on that system is designed to spread across the network, it does so. It get's onto the system running the CAT scan system for example, but because of their policy they have an AV program which finds the malware and sends an alert to the IT administration. But maybe a year previous when they installed that CAT system they found that t he device drivers kept being flagged by the AV software, so they've been receiving notifications from that system every day for the last year and started ignoring them, and today is no different, only that it isn't the device driver that set it off. Or maybe the CAT machine is using AV software that doesn't see the malware at all, but the way the malware works prevents the CAT machine from being used reliably, or maybe the machine doesn't even boot anymore. meanwhile, the malware infects other system across the hospital and it is only with the sudden influx of issues that IT even suspects something is amiss. By the time they are even able to confirm that it is in fact a malware infection it's already infected most of the systems, many of which are no longer usable. All started because of a Router that was setup and forgotten in a utility closet 15 years ago on a switching circuit, paired with other factors that simply couldn't be reliably expected in advance. Many ways of getting in. Not gonna say the business name, but a business had a HVAC computer that had a dialup modem as well as it was connected to network. Its dialup modem was somehow targeted as the means of breaking in. PC Anywhere was installed on this older HVAC control computer so that it could be managed remotely. A flaw in the PC Anywhere software security allowed a hacker to get in remotely. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2400609,00.asp The attack happened in 2008. Most users were gone from dial up but a hacker somewhere was able to test phone numbers or somehow know that the number had a computer at the other end of it. They also somehow knew that it had PC Anywhere at the other end to target that. They got in and planted loggers to steal information. While running wireshark on the network to see what traffic was happening as part of a security audit it was detected that information was leaking out of the company through a trickle of information PASSED at time intervals. I saw the unusual IP, tracked this down and LOOKED at the packets in the log. I then had to go in and kill the internet connection to stop the leak, and then trace down which computers are broadcasting these packets. There was just the HVAC computer infected as for by knowing the IP I found out what system it was. It seems as though the hacker was able to get onto that HVAC computer as admin, but unable to get to other systems, however they planted a keylogger that was broadcasting at timed intervals and they shut off Norton Corporate Edition AV so that their logger could run. No sensitive information was leaked out as for this system was rarely used. as long as everyone was happy with temperature of offices etc, it just sat in the dark running idle. Phone cord was unplugged from this HVAC system's modem and it was wiped clean and clean build as the fix. I was really surprised that of means of intrusion a hacker would still be targeting modem connections as of 2008 when DSL, Broadband, VPN's, Blue Tooth, and Wireless communications were more common. After this it sparked a push to become PCI compliant and perform a full security audit. It also opened up the ability to spend to replace obsolete hardware that was insecure with better secure hardware. We found a secondary Point of Sale system that was storing peoples credit card numbers that we had to get rid of and get a more secure solution as for if someone broke in and grabbed the register, they would potentially have everyones numbers who ever bought anything through that register. From then on the building guy didnt have ease of access to dial up to the HVAC computer from the ROAD or from home, but at least that intrusion point was removed.

1597.

Solve : Computer Virus hits hospitasl in UK?

Answer»

BBC reports hospitals in Lincolnshire 'for five days'.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-humber-37833853
Quote

Hundreds of people are affected by the attack on Northern Lincolnshire and Goole (NLAG) NHS Foundation Trust and United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust.
About 20 operations have been cancelled at Lincoln County and 15 at Pilgrim Hospital in Boston.
NLAG said contingency plans were in place to maintain emergency service

A report by ZNET paints a grim picture of the problem.
Quote

As a result of the attack, all outpatient appointments and diagnostic procedures that were set to take place at the infected hospitals on Monday and Tuesday have been cancelled, while medical emergencies involving major trauma and women in high-risk labour are being diverted to neighbouring hospitals.

http://www.zdnet.com/article/computer-virus-attack-forces-hospitals-to-cancel-operations-shut-down-systems/

Another place says three hospitals were affected.

Can't understand how this COULD happen with all those antibiotics lying around...Quote from: patio on November 03, 2016, 08:29:15 AM

Can't understand how this could happen with all those antibiotics lying around...

Patio, the UK media are having a great time with this story. Some rags are sayhing that has to be retribution for such a despicable thing.
BBC:
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-37821867
Quote

"If we do not have the ability to respond in cyberspace to an attack which takes down our power network - leaving us in darkness or hits our air traffic control system grounding our planes - we would be left with the impossible choice of turning the other cheek, ignoring the devastating consequences, or resorting to a military response," Mr Hammond said as he described the National Cyber Security Strategy in London

I don't believe the claim at face value that this was an "Attack". I'd be more likely to believe that it was lax IT Security policies paired with average user capability managing to get the systems infected with Trojans. Of course placing the blame on "evil foreign hackers" helps deflect responsibility.BC_Programmer,
You make a good point. either way, it is bad news. If a hospital computer system can be taken down because of user and IT carelessness, then it's another reason to stay away from hospital.
On the other hand, if it really was an attack from outside the country, that too would be very disturbing.
Too often many people who should be professionals seem to think they are not at risk for any kind of cyber attack. The fact of the matter is that the personal computers we now use were never intended to be resistant to hostile attacks. Nowadays it takes quite a bit of effort and caution to put take a desk top computer from all sorts of exploits that are circulating around on the Internet.
If institutions such as hospitals and banks and other organizations that have a responsibility to protect the public, do not take cyber security more seriously we're all in for a hard time. I think BC is spot on in this one...Quote from: Geek-9pm on November 03, 2016, 06:02:43 PM

If a hospital computer system can be taken down because of user and IT carelessness

But this has pretty much always been the case. and not just carelessness, but ignorance of the risks, or not even being aware of all aspects of the entire hospital.

For example a hospital could put in place very secure policies- strong WPA2 security on all wireless access points, authorized devices only connecting to open ethernet jacks, security audits about how necessary it is to connect a device to the network- for example that tablet they want to use to play games in the breakroom isn't going to be given access.

Even with the most careful policies, it's easy to miss things and have them snowball from there. Even with all the above policies in place.

For example during the switch over, they sweep the building to remove all open access points, they get rid of them, and it's deemed safe.

But it's easy to miss things. For example maybe, 15 years ago they tried to setup wireless networking the first time with a wireless G router but found it unreliable and gave up. But it never got disconnected; Furthermore, the problems during the initial install were because it was connected to a plug that due to odd wiring was hooked up to the same circuit as the breakroom light switch- a light which was off when they did the sweep, so they never saw that open network access point, but every day when the light is on, the router powers up and provides free access to the hospital network. Then one day your typical user- maybe with malware on their laptop or tablet that doesn't even know about it, connects to that network when they see it in the breakroom. They've just unknowingly circumvented all of the careful policies that were put in place by IT, by connecting to a open network that they figured was IT finally capitulating to their request to use the internet on their break without having to use their mobile data. And if the malware on that system is designed to spread across the network, it does so. It get's onto the system running the CAT scan system for example, but because of their policy they have an AV program which finds the malware and sends an alert to the IT administration.

But maybe a year previous when they installed that CAT system they found that t he device drivers kept being flagged by the AV software, so they've been receiving notifications from that system every day for the last year and started ignoring them, and today is no different, only that it isn't the device driver that set it off.

Or maybe the CAT machine is using AV software that doesn't see the malware at all, but the way the malware works prevents the CAT machine from being used reliably, or maybe the machine doesn't even boot anymore.

meanwhile, the malware infects other system across the hospital and it is only with the sudden influx of issues that IT even suspects something is amiss. By the time they are even able to confirm that it is in fact a malware infection it's already infected most of the systems, many of which are no longer usable.

All started because of a Router that was setup and forgotten in a utility closet 15 years ago on a switching circuit, paired with other factors that simply couldn't be reliably expected in advance.
Many ways of getting in. Not gonna say the business name, but a business had a HVAC computer that had a dialup modem as well as it was connected to network. Its dialup modem was somehow targeted as the means of breaking in. PC Anywhere was installed on this older HVAC control computer so that it could be managed remotely. A flaw in the PC Anywhere software security allowed a hacker to get in remotely. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2400609,00.asp

The attack happened in 2008. Most users were gone from dial up but a hacker somewhere was able to test phone numbers or somehow know that the number had a computer at the other end of it. They also somehow knew that it had PC Anywhere at the other end to target that. They got in and planted loggers to steal information. While running wireshark on the network to see what traffic was happening as part of a security audit it was detected that information was leaking out of the company through a trickle of information PASSED at time intervals. I saw the unusual IP, tracked this down and LOOKED at the packets in the log. I then had to go in and kill the internet connection to stop the leak, and then trace down which computers are broadcasting these packets. There was just the HVAC computer infected as for by knowing the IP I found out what system it was. It seems as though the hacker was able to get onto that HVAC computer as admin, but unable to get to other systems, however they planted a keylogger that was broadcasting at timed intervals and they shut off Norton Corporate Edition AV so that their logger could run. No sensitive information was leaked out as for this system was rarely used. as long as everyone was happy with temperature of offices etc, it just sat in the dark running idle. Phone cord was unplugged from this HVAC system's modem and it was wiped clean and clean build as the fix. I was really surprised that of means of intrusion a hacker would still be targeting modem connections as of 2008 when DSL, Broadband, VPN's, Blue Tooth, and Wireless communications were more common.

After this it sparked a push to become PCI compliant and perform a full security audit. It also opened up the ability to spend to replace obsolete hardware that was insecure with better secure hardware. We found a secondary Point of Sale system that was storing peoples credit card numbers that we had to get rid of and get a more secure solution as for if someone broke in and grabbed the register, they would potentially have everyones numbers who ever bought anything through that register.

From then on the building guy didnt have ease of access to dial up to the HVAC computer from the ROAD or from home, but at least that intrusion point was removed.

Discussion

1598.	Solve : Windows 10’s Continuum on your pphone?
Answer» ... x86 emulation for ARM64 Just read the story... Hard to Believe... Considering Windows on Phones is largely affected by the dearth of Applications and software, being able to run standard desktop programs can have a lot of appeal.Nothing at all "hard to believe" here, and no reason to roll on the floor laughing. CPU emulation in software is pretty commonplace. We already have Bochs for ARM architecture which runs MS-DOS. I have Z80 and 68000 emulators on my PC. I could emulate a VAX if I wanted.I am still rolling on the floor. However, everybody else is taking this as a real thing. The keywords are: x86 Emulation on ARM A google brings up DOZENS of recent stories and everyone of them take it on face value. Nobody wants to say anything critical. Instead they are saying this is just as important as sliced bread and soft toilet paper. This might be the only link out there that reflects my knee-jerk reaction. https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/85365/thinking-x86-emulation-arm Quote This is exciting. But it’s also challenging because our experience with past solutions of this kind was lackluster. And there is every reason to believe that x86 apps will run slowly on ARM. It will likely work better for simple apps than it will for big/complex apps like Photoshop, iTunes, or even Chrome. Quote ... There have been many efforts to emulate x86 on less-capable platforms. One many might not remember was the Transmeta Crusoe processor, which came to life in an early HP Tablet PC called the Compaq TC1000. That pretty but woeful device offered decent battery life for the day, but Windows and its desktop applications ran horribly slowly, and it quickly disappeared from the market. As did Transmeta. f Transmeta had a hard time, how can Microsoft make it work? About Transmeta https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmeta Transmeta was founded in 1995 by Bob Cmelik, Dave Ditzel, Colin Hunter, Ed Kelly, Doug Laird, Malcolm Wing and Greg Zyner.[6][7] The wiki article outlines how Transmeta was to sell an kind of x86 chip built without using patents from Intel. Some kind of AM design would emulate the features that are otherwise covered by Intel patents. The company was once named as the Most important company in Silicon Valley in an Upside magazine editorial but failed to obtain profitability while it was a chip vendor. As time went on, Intel and Transmeta had some very intense adjustments to make. Intel, arguably, came out ahead. Which begs the question: Will Intel permit Microsoft emulate x86 on a ARM? BTW: Microsoft already has deals with the ARM company.Quote from: Geek-9pm on November 22, 2016, 12:15:08 PM This might be the only link out there that reflects my knee-jerk reaction. https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/85365/thinking-x86-emulation-armf Transmeta had a hard time, how can Microsoft make it work? Even that Thurrott guy (who is he?) had this to say in his conclusion: Quote But what if it worked? Can you imagine such a thing? Done correctly, ARM support for x86 could be the final nail in the Windows desktop coffin, the thing that moves us past the legacy code that is now holding us back. I literally just wrote about this problem in The Biggest Problem with Windows Today? The Past. Interesting timing, no? I don’t want to get too far ahead of ourselves here. It may never happen. It may not happen in time for Redstone 3. It may happen so far out in the future that it doesn’t matter anymore. But if you’ve been pining away for Surface PHONE or something a bit more nebulous—like Microsoft having an in-house mobile strategy that actually makes sense—this is hopeful news. No promises, yet. But still, hopeful. So we’ll see what happens. He says such an emulation probably wouldn't run high end Windows apps like Photoshop but might be OK for e.g. simple Windows 10 apps. I can imagine a near future cutting edge ARM chip could be made to emulate the performance of (say) a low end Intel Atom. MS announced this project 4 years ago i seem to remember... Many of these expert writers just run out of material this time of year.Quote If Transmeta had a hard time, how can Microsoft make it work? Well, Microsoft tends to do business pretty well. And that is largely where Transmeta screwed up. Transmeta's issues weren't really related to their x86 emulation, which was purely a software ABSTRACTION. Transmeta's issues were largely business; long delays put off prospective customers. This was made worse because after Transmeta's IPO there was a defect found in the chips which lead to a recall of many of the existing tablets. When they moved to a new manufacturer and had Toshiba on board with plans for a new tablet using their chip- the engineering samples sent to Toshiba were found to have manufacturing defects as well, which eventually led to Toshiba axing their plans for a Tablet using the chips at all. And this was all 15 years ago when the "Tablet" market was a wholly different marketplace then it is now. There was no real demand for platform homogeneity.Some time ago, I don't when, the argument was that a RISC could be dater that a CISC. But that was not really proven to be true. RISC (Reduced instruction set computer) and CISC (Complex instruction set computer) are the types of instruction set for the processors. ... But now RISC architecture are also implemented with many number of instructions. So, RISC may have more number of instructions than CISC architecture. Of course, the intellectual property is not open to public study. It requires a license. To date nobody has built an x86 model that has been widely used in the real world. Yes, it is desirable, but the question is about reality. The is no simple metaphor that would illustrate the challenge of doing x86 or a ARM. For what it is worth, here is a link to the Standford site that gives a simple explanation of the CISC vs RISC problem. https://cs.stanford.edu/people/eroberts/courses/soco/projects/risc/risccisc/ Quote The simplest way to examine the advantages and disadvantages of RISC architecture is by contrasting it with it's predecessor: CISC (Complex Instruction Set Computers) architecture. I am still Quote from: Geek-9pm on November 22, 2016, 01:47:02 PM CISC vs RISC I was under the distinct impression that the x86 instruction set is CISC, but modern x86 processort architecture is RISC inside, for some value of "modern" (Pentium Pro and later?). Quote from: Salmon Trout on November 22, 2016, 01:58:50 PM I was under the distinct impression that the x86 instruction set is CISC, but modern x86 processort architecture is RISC inside, for some value of "modern" (Pentium Pro and later?). 1 of the more clear explanations...Quote from: Salmon Trout on November 22, 2016, 01:58:50 PM I was under the distinct impression that the x86 instruction set is CISC, but modern x86 processort architecture is RISC inside, for some value of "modern" (Pentium Pro and later?). Good observation. At one time, a long time ago, The things was about how much complexity was in the instruction set. Here is a rather old example. Into the time machine.... Code: [Select] swap HL [SP] Which might be 'exchange current value of the HL pair with the current value on the stack, do do not move the pointer. That would involve a number of clock cycles, but in CISC it is a single instruction. In RISC a sequence would be needed to to the same thing. The argument is that the amount of time it takes would be about the same. Now back to the future... Modern CPUs have been simplified internally. Some instructions are now executed using a sequence of ordinary orations instead of having super logic that implements the whole thing in hardware. So yea, modern Intel CPUs are really RISC with a CISC wrapper. The OS and other tools see it as a CISC, but on the inside is has RISC. Is that clear? The reasoning is that we now want to have multi-cores CPUs.So to keep them in sync they have to work as RISC to avoid the LATENCY issues when you try and get CISC chips to work in parallel. ARM chips are RISC. To get them to handle a CISC super structure, they need some more logic to translate the CISC codes into simple sequences. This might be what Microsoft wants to do. Rather that a emulator in software only, MS would offer a new kind of ARM design of their own that can do some of the translation. If so, then it will be a kind of hybrid micro code and software marriage. You would have to buy a smartphone that has the new MS ARM chip and also license the MS emulator. Put another way: It is not just a software emulation. You have to use a new ARM chip that will be an intercultural thing from Microsoft. Wait for details later.

1598.

Solve : Windows 10’s Continuum on your pphone?

Answer» ... x86 emulation for ARM64

Just read the story...
Hard to Believe...
Considering Windows on Phones is largely affected by the dearth of Applications and software, being able to run standard desktop programs can have a lot of appeal.Nothing at all "hard to believe" here, and no reason to roll on the floor laughing. CPU emulation in software is pretty commonplace. We already have Bochs for ARM architecture which runs MS-DOS. I have Z80 and 68000 emulators on my PC. I could emulate a VAX if I wanted.I am still rolling on the floor.
However, everybody else is taking this as a real thing.
The keywords are:
x86 Emulation on ARM
A google brings up DOZENS of recent stories and everyone of them take it on face value. Nobody wants to say anything critical. Instead they are saying this is just as important as sliced bread and soft toilet paper.
This might be the only link out there that reflects my knee-jerk reaction.
https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/85365/thinking-x86-emulation-arm
Quote

This is exciting. But it’s also challenging because our experience with past solutions of this kind was lackluster. And there is every reason to believe that x86 apps will run slowly on ARM. It will likely work better for simple apps than it will for big/complex apps like Photoshop, iTunes, or even Chrome.

Quote

...
There have been many efforts to emulate x86 on less-capable platforms. One many might not remember was the Transmeta Crusoe processor, which came to life in an early HP Tablet PC called the Compaq TC1000. That pretty but woeful device offered decent battery life for the day, but Windows and its desktop applications ran horribly slowly, and it quickly disappeared from the market. As did Transmeta.

f Transmeta had a hard time, how can Microsoft make it work?

About Transmeta
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmeta
Transmeta was founded in 1995 by Bob Cmelik, Dave Ditzel, Colin Hunter, Ed Kelly, Doug Laird, Malcolm Wing and Greg Zyner.[6][7]
The wiki article outlines how Transmeta was to sell an kind of x86 chip built without using patents from Intel. Some kind of AM design would emulate the features that are otherwise covered by Intel patents.
The company was once named as the Most important company in Silicon Valley in an Upside magazine editorial but failed to obtain profitability while it was a chip vendor.

As time went on, Intel and Transmeta had some very intense adjustments to make. Intel, arguably, came out ahead.

Which begs the question:
Will Intel permit Microsoft emulate x86 on a ARM?

BTW: Microsoft already has deals with the ARM company.Quote from: Geek-9pm on November 22, 2016, 12:15:08 PM

This might be the only link out there that reflects my knee-jerk reaction.
https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/85365/thinking-x86-emulation-armf Transmeta had a hard time, how can Microsoft make it work?

Even that Thurrott guy (who is he?) had this to say in his conclusion:

Quote

But what if it worked? Can you imagine such a thing?

Done correctly, ARM support for x86 could be the final nail in the Windows desktop coffin, the thing that moves us past the legacy code that is now holding us back. I literally just wrote about this problem in The Biggest Problem with Windows Today? The Past. Interesting timing, no?

I don’t want to get too far ahead of ourselves here. It may never happen. It may not happen in time for Redstone 3. It may happen so far out in the future that it doesn’t matter anymore. But if you’ve been pining away for Surface PHONE or something a bit more nebulous—like Microsoft having an in-house mobile strategy that actually makes sense—this is hopeful news. No promises, yet. But still, hopeful.

So we’ll see what happens.

He says such an emulation probably wouldn't run high end Windows apps like Photoshop but might be OK for e.g. simple Windows 10 apps. I can imagine a near future cutting edge ARM chip could be made to emulate the performance of (say) a low end Intel Atom.
MS announced this project 4 years ago i seem to remember...

Many of these expert writers just run out of material this time of year.Quote

If Transmeta had a hard time, how can Microsoft make it work?

Well, Microsoft tends to do business pretty well. And that is largely where Transmeta screwed up.

Transmeta's issues weren't really related to their x86 emulation, which was purely a software ABSTRACTION. Transmeta's issues were largely business; long delays put off prospective customers. This was made worse because after Transmeta's IPO there was a defect found in the chips which lead to a recall of many of the existing tablets. When they moved to a new manufacturer and had Toshiba on board with plans for a new tablet using their chip- the engineering samples sent to Toshiba were found to have manufacturing defects as well, which eventually led to Toshiba axing their plans for a Tablet using the chips at all.

And this was all 15 years ago when the "Tablet" market was a wholly different marketplace then it is now. There was no real demand for platform homogeneity.Some time ago, I don't when, the argument was that a RISC could be dater that a CISC. But that was not really proven to be true.
RISC (Reduced instruction set computer) and CISC (Complex instruction set computer) are the types of instruction set for the processors. ... But now RISC architecture are also implemented with many number of instructions. So, RISC may have more number of instructions than CISC architecture.

Of course, the intellectual property is not open to public study. It requires a license. To date nobody has built an x86 model that has been widely used in the real world. Yes, it is desirable, but the question is about reality. The is no simple metaphor that would illustrate the challenge of doing x86 or a ARM.
For what it is worth, here is a link to the Standford site that gives a simple explanation of the CISC vs RISC problem.
https://cs.stanford.edu/people/eroberts/courses/soco/projects/risc/risccisc/
Quote

The simplest way to examine the advantages and disadvantages of RISC architecture is by contrasting it with it's predecessor: CISC (Complex Instruction Set Computers) architecture.

I am still Quote from: Geek-9pm on November 22, 2016, 01:47:02 PM

CISC vs RISC

I was under the distinct impression that the x86 instruction set is CISC, but modern x86 processort architecture is RISC inside, for some value of "modern" (Pentium Pro and later?).

Quote from: Salmon Trout on November 22, 2016, 01:58:50 PM

I was under the distinct impression that the x86 instruction set is CISC, but modern x86 processort architecture is RISC inside, for some value of "modern" (Pentium Pro and later?).

1 of the more clear explanations...Quote from: Salmon Trout on November 22, 2016, 01:58:50 PM

I was under the distinct impression that the x86 instruction set is CISC, but modern x86 processort architecture is RISC inside, for some value of "modern" (Pentium Pro and later?).

Good observation. At one time, a long time ago, The things was about how much complexity was in the instruction set.
Here is a rather old example. Into the time machine....
Code: [Select] swap HL [SP] Which might be 'exchange current value of the HL pair with the current value on the stack, do do not move the pointer. That would involve a number of clock cycles, but in CISC it is a single instruction. In RISC a sequence would be needed to to the same thing. The argument is that the amount of time it takes would be about the same. Now back to the future...

Modern CPUs have been simplified internally. Some instructions are now executed using a sequence of ordinary orations instead of having super logic that implements the whole thing in hardware.
So yea, modern Intel CPUs are really RISC with a CISC wrapper. The OS and other tools see it as a CISC, but on the inside is has RISC.
Is that clear?
The reasoning is that we now want to have multi-cores CPUs.So to keep them in sync they have to work as RISC to avoid the LATENCY issues when you try and get CISC chips to work in parallel.
ARM chips are RISC. To get them to handle a CISC super structure, they need some more logic to translate the CISC codes into simple sequences. This might be what Microsoft wants to do. Rather that a emulator in software only, MS would offer a new kind of ARM design of their own that can do some of the translation. If so, then it will be a kind of hybrid micro code and software marriage. You would have to buy a smartphone that has the new MS ARM chip and also license the MS emulator.
Put another way: It is not just a software emulation. You have to use a new ARM chip that will be an intercultural thing from Microsoft. Wait for details later.

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1599.	Solve : Freedom pop sells used pholnes - (Bogus)?
Answer» This is a Bogus news story. Freedom pop has been around for awhile. They claim to have a working cell phone service that covers the more populated areas of the USA. But it is very hard to find a real story for a major source. So that's why can it a Bogus News Story. The SITES announcing tghis 'news' might well be a set of sties created to foster this kind of artificial news. So far, I can not find out how they make any money with this kind of advertising. So, for what it is worth, here is the story: FreedomPop Is Now Selling Used Smartphones for Cheap Including models from Apple and Samsung. FreedomPop, a U.S.-based free mobile phone service provider, plans to begin selling refurbished, used smartphones in several American and European markets for a fraction of the cost of new handsets. FreedomPop said it will sell used smartphones at up to 80% off the manufacturer’s suggested retail prices initially the United States, Britain, Mexico and Spain. The Los Angeles-based company, backed by top venture capitalists, said it aims to make in-roads into the highly fragmented used-phone market by creating FreedomShop, a centralized market for certified, pre-owned smartphones. FreedomShop will COMPETE with marketplaces for used electronics on eBay or Amazon.com by offering more than 100 different models from brands including Apple, Samsung and LG Electronics. Globally, consumers are expected to trade in more than 120 million phones next year, generating wholesale revenue of around $17 billion, the company said, citing data from Deloitte Global. Deloitte estimates that the refurbished phone market is growing four to five times faster than the sluggish new phone market, which market research firm Gartner estimates will grow a modest 1.6% in 2016 to 1.5 billion units. FreedomPop said it has established relationships with more than 200 refurbished smart phone suppliers stretching from multi-billion dollar logistics players that manage trade-in programs for U.S. CARRIERS to small family-run wholesalers. It said it will offer consumers a 30-day “no questions asked” money-back guarantee for phones bought from it. To date, FreedomPop primarily offers various free mobile voice and data packages in the United States and Britain. It also recently entered the Mexican market through a deal with pay TV joint venture Dish Mexico. Since its founding in 2012, FreedomPop has raised $109 million in funding from leading venture capital firms including LetterOne, Mangrove Capital, DCM, Partech, Intel Capital, Axiata, and Atomico. Link: http://fortune.com/2016/11/17/freedompop-used-smartphones/ The site fortune.com claims to be some kind of important web site. But I have my doubts. I don't know why you think it's "false". There are lots of stories about them. They have been operating in the USA and Europe for over a year. The free offers are an attention-getter. It's a classic scheme - offer something free which is so limited the user soon upgrades to a paid tier. The main verdict seems to be like this "PROS / Thanks to its free 500MB offer, it's a fine choice for extremely light users. CONS / Its website is confusing and there's no telephone support, so figuring out which plan you should pick can be tough. VERDICT / However cheap its tiers might be, TERRIBLE support and slow WiMAX-era speeds make FreedomPop a disappointing mobile broadband provider." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreedomPop http://www.toptenreviews.com/services/internet/best-mobile-broadband-providers/freedompop-review/ Salmon Trout, Thank you for the clarification. My problem is with the web site. It is hard to believe it is for a real business. I tried to get their offer and it never came in the mail. But here the mail is not 100%, so I can not be sure why I did not get the SIM card. The information I found about the site seem to be PR puffs and not base on user experience. For my, that is a sign of a vaporware business plan. In view of the time thy have been in business, one would expect a sport system that would work for cheap customers. Well, guess what I just did. I tried again to get a SIM card. This time they set up a TRACKING system so I can see where it is in the pipeline. But what bothers me is the logical errors on the web site. It is as if part of the site was never finished. The only part of the site that works is where you pay out some money, more than $1, for some kind of extra feature. So now I will wait and see if I get a free account. Below is the URL of their site. www.freedompop.com BTW: When I click on this, it remembers who I am and has the 'free' phone number they gave me. I will let you know next week if the SIM card every comes in the mail.Reconsidering your restrictions for posting News again...just sayin.

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1600.	Solve : New Chisps from AMD. Soon.?
Answer» The MacBook announcement reveals AMD does have a new GPU. http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/amd-radeon-pro-400-series-revealed-after-macbook-pro/ Quote If you didn’t notice, Apple showcased its new 15-inch MacBook Pro during Thursday’s press conference that packs an interesting new graphics processor: the AMD Radeon Pro 450 or Radeon Pro 455, depending on the model you pre-order. If you have never heard of these chips before, it is because they are part of AMD’s new Radeon Pro 400 Series launched on Thursday after Apple’s press EVENT. Surprise! There's more... http://gadgets.ndtv.com/games/features/amd-on-rx-480-india-price-nintendo-switch-and-more-1504761 The new chip will come to India. Quote ... one of the most hyped VIDEO cards in RECENT memory, and in India it saw an irresponsible flip flop on pricing that did it no favours in the eyes of gamers. Gadgets 360 spoke to Raja Koduri, Senior Vice President and CHIEF Architect and Chris Hook... That's not all... a new CPU! AMD confirms Zen processors launching early 2017 Story: http://www.pcgamer.com/amd-confirms-zen-processors-launching-early-2017/ The is about a new CPU to get ahead of Intel Quote AMD has fallen behind Intel in the processor space in recent years, however in testing its Zen architecture has been showing drastic improvement. So far we know AMD will have an 8-core, 16-thread chip on sale. Chisps? What them? Quote from: Geek-9pm on October 28, 2016, 02:04:03 AM http://www.pcgamer.com/amd-confirms-zen-processors-launching-early-2017/ The is about a new CPU to get ahead of Intel I'll be interested to see how well these end up working on Windows 7. I know they're not supported, but neither was the last Intel chip, and it even ran on XP.Quote AMD has fallen behind Intel in the processor space in recent years, however in testing its Zen architecture has been showing drastic improvement. So far we know AMD will have an 8-core, 16-thread chip on sale. Hoping they are able to compete with Intel with a CPU that runs cooler. My current AMD FX-8350 125 watt TDP pumps out the heat when gaming. My brother spent for a latest gen i7 and no where near the heat out the rear of computer as the AMD that I have. While the FX-8350 4.0 Ghz is a cheaper solution vs buying Intel, its PERFORMANCE for single threaded programs isnt all that impressive. Friend at work has one of the AMD FX-9590 4.7Ghz 220 Watt TDP liquid cooling required, and he also complained that the room he is in warms up from the computer when gaming. While better performance is of greater importance than heating up a room, it would be nice if they came out with a faster and cooler more power efficient design. Quote from: Salmon Trout on October 28, 2016, 02:37:01 AM Chisps? What them? I can not respond to this. More information about Chisps is found on the web site reddit.com. I have been told not to cite that site as a source of knowledge. Nevertheless, the term is in wide use.Sorry for any confusion. Give your voice to text app another oil change and lube...

1600.

Solve : New Chisps from AMD. Soon.?

Answer»

The MacBook announcement reveals AMD does have a new GPU.
http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/amd-radeon-pro-400-series-revealed-after-macbook-pro/
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If you didn’t notice, Apple showcased its new 15-inch MacBook Pro during Thursday’s press conference that packs an interesting new graphics processor: the AMD Radeon Pro 450 or Radeon Pro 455, depending on the model you pre-order. If you have never heard of these chips before, it is because they are part of AMD’s new Radeon Pro 400 Series launched on Thursday after Apple’s press EVENT. Surprise!

There's more...
http://gadgets.ndtv.com/games/features/amd-on-rx-480-india-price-nintendo-switch-and-more-1504761
The new chip will come to India.
Quote

... one of the most hyped VIDEO cards in RECENT memory, and in India it saw an irresponsible flip flop on pricing that did it no favours in the eyes of gamers. Gadgets 360 spoke to Raja Koduri, Senior Vice President and CHIEF Architect and Chris Hook...

That's not all... a new CPU!
AMD confirms Zen processors launching early 2017
Story:
http://www.pcgamer.com/amd-confirms-zen-processors-launching-early-2017/
The is about a new CPU to get ahead of Intel
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AMD has fallen behind Intel in the processor space in recent years, however in testing its Zen architecture has been showing drastic improvement. So far we know AMD will have an 8-core, 16-thread chip on sale.

Chisps? What them?
Quote from: Geek-9pm on October 28, 2016, 02:04:03 AM

http://www.pcgamer.com/amd-confirms-zen-processors-launching-early-2017/
The is about a new CPU to get ahead of Intel

I'll be interested to see how well these end up working on Windows 7. I know they're not supported, but neither was the last Intel chip, and it even ran on XP.Quote

AMD has fallen behind Intel in the processor space in recent years, however in testing its Zen architecture has been showing drastic improvement. So far we know AMD will have an 8-core, 16-thread chip on sale.

Hoping they are able to compete with Intel with a CPU that runs cooler. My current AMD FX-8350 125 watt TDP pumps out the heat when gaming. My brother spent for a latest gen i7 and no where near the heat out the rear of computer as the AMD that I have.

While the FX-8350 4.0 Ghz is a cheaper solution vs buying Intel, its PERFORMANCE for single threaded programs isnt all that impressive. Friend at work has one of the AMD FX-9590 4.7Ghz 220 Watt TDP liquid cooling required, and he also complained that the room he is in warms up from the computer when gaming.

While better performance is of greater importance than heating up a room, it would be nice if they came out with a faster and cooler more power efficient design. Quote from: Salmon Trout on October 28, 2016, 02:37:01 AM

Chisps? What them?

I can not respond to this. More information about Chisps is found on the web site reddit.com. I have been told not to cite that site as a source of knowledge. Nevertheless, the term is in wide use.Sorry for any confusion. Give your voice to text app another oil change and lube...

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