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Major news outlets in the USA reports a huge Cyber attack.

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/us-internet-disrupted-key-firm-hit-cyberattack-42965869
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The data flood came from tens of millions of different Internet-connected machines — including increasingly popular but HIGHLY insecure household devices such as web-connected cameras. It was an onslaught whose global shifts suggested a sophisticated attacker, though Dyn said it had neither suspect nor motive.

The attacks struck Twitter, Paypal, Spotify and other customers of an infrastructure company in New Hampshire called Dyn, which acts as a SWITCHBOARD for internet traffic

Finally! NETFLIX users can now download some shows and movies to watch offline.
CNBC: Select shows can be downloaded for off-line viewing.
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The features is available for phones and tablets on Android 4.4.2 or higher and iOS 8 and above, by updating the Netflix app, the company said in a statement. Popular shows like "Narcos," "Stranger Things," "Breaking Bad," and "Blacklist" are available for download, as are films such as "Spotlight," "Limitless, ..

The features is available for phones and tablets on Android 4.4.2 or higher and iOS 8 and above, by updating the Netflix app, the company said in a statement. Popular shows like "Narcos," "Stranger Things," "Breaking Bad," and "Blacklist" are available for download, as are films such as "Spotlight," "Limitless," and "Burn After Reading."

Would it work by running Android 4.2 on an emulator with Windows?
Just asking.

From NBC News:
Mystery Device Could Let Thieves Get In Your Car in Seconds.
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The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, an auto industry ASSOCIATION, told NBC News that "protecting vehicle access and security continue to be top priorities" and that "automakers have been working on multiple fronts" to address security and enhance it.

The mobile chip designer, based in San Diego, California, has RECRUITED engineers from AMD, Intel and Broadcom, as well as tapped its internal pool of techies, to WORK on the processor family. Qualcomm believes that by going straight to 10nm, it will motor ahead of Intel, which is right now shipping 14nm server CPUs.

The latest update for Windows 7 SP1 machines (KB 2852386) includes a new option in the Disk Cleanup tool called Windows Update Cleanup.

Full article: Recover Tons of Wasted Disk Space with the New Windows Update Cleanup

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(Note: Windows Update Cleanup is included in Windows 8.1.)

For just US $449.99 you get a Core i5-6600K CPU with AMD's Polaris GPU .
Huh?
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While this will get you a VR-ready system capable of pushing most of the games at ultra 1080p and 1440p gaming, according to AMD, you will also get a COUPLE of great games to play once you are done, the NEW Doom and CIVILIZATION VI.

Just received an email from Adobe informing me that my password has been reset, since they had recently had a SECURITY breach. Not really such a big DEAL for me since I only used it for downloading trial software BACK in like 2007, and I used some variant of a really obvious password.

http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/encc.html <-- email, available in a bunch of languages.

EDIT: Credit card details may have been TAKEN as well. http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/adobe-confirms-security-breach-says-credit-card-data-may-have-been-accessed/2013/10/04/c5033032-2cf0-11e3-8ade-a1f23cda135e_story.html

PC-World just published this:
What we know about AMD's Ryzen so far
AMD's much-hyped Zen CPU now has an official name. Ryzen
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Even AMD fanboys have to admit that the company's CPUs haven’t been competitive with Intel’s chips in a decade. With AMD finally unveiling its official CPU brand, Ryzen, this afternoon, as well as the first chip’s base clock speed, there are signs Intel might ACTUALLY have a FIGHT on its hands. Here’s every single THING we know about AMD’s Ryzen CPU so far.

The MS Surface phone was said to come in 2017. Or maybe 2018. Or never.
Here are some stories .

Just now:
http://www.ibtimes.com.au/microsoft-surface-phone-may-clash-against-likes-samsung-galaxy-s8-apple-iphone-8-google-pixel-2

About 10 days ago:
http://themissouriinjuryblog.com/22669/microsoft-surface-phone-whats-the-story-so-far/

Earlier this year:
http://mstarsnews.musictimes.com/articles/120557/20170130/microsoft-surface-phone-microsoft-surface-phone-rumors-microsoft-surface-phone-news-iphone-samsung.htm

Some images:
https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=surface+phone+2017&id=9600CBC5729F837626E9E24BD5CE581EDD9AFE97&FORM=IQFRBA

If they need SOMEBODY to TEST one, I am available.
Sounds like it could be pretty cool, if it's ever released. Personally though, I'm holding out for the 3310 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2017/02/14/nokia-bring-back-historic-3310/

What makes this newsworthy is the source. BBCm yes the BBC now bad mouths Wimdows 10 for turning off your wireless connection.
(Of course the workaround is to use Ethernet insterad of wureless. But thatis not the issue here.)

So, whyh would the BBC now call attention to an issue that has been around for so loong? Well, reade the story for yhour self.

BBC says Windows 10 drops Wireless.
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An update to Windows software has caused problems for personal computer users trying to connect to the internet.
Several European internet service providers (ISPs) have highlighted the problem, which can strike regardless of the type of ROUTER box or the particular ISP in use.

"So loong"? One week, I believe. KB3206632 fixes it, apparently.

Microsoft was tight lipped as always, but did publish a notification on the KB3201845 support page -- go figure! -- that asked users to restart the affected PC to fix the issue.

Microsoft pulls KB article 3201845 for Windows 10 14393.479
KB 3201845 isn't listed on the Win10 update history page, but the cumulative update can still be downloaded from the Microsoft Update Catalog

The new update was released to fix a problem with internet connections dropping for Windows 10 users, which Microsoft officially acknowledged in a blog post on December 8. The post has since been updated (on 12/13/’16) to reflect the new fix.
Cumulative Windows 10 Update KB3206632 should come through as a forced update, says Microsoft, but you can also go to Settings -> Update & Security -> Windows Update and click Check for Updates.

Update 14 December 2016:
Microsoft says it has issued a further update to Windows 10 that will automatically install and resolve connectivity problems.

The full title is:
BartPE Windows 7 Live USB Could Serve to Revolutionize Anti-Virus Technology
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“This technology was designed for those whose computer have been sabotaged by invasive malware to the point of brokenness. It these ALLOWED targeted users to reenter their device and perform virus clean out in the hope of restoring the device's functionality.

“For some reason, most people have overlooked BartPE Live USB's function as a preventative measure for virus protection and have typically turned to it as a solution only after malware has wreaked its havoc on their device. If people begin to use this as a precautionary PROCEDURE, we could see a huge dip in worldwide malware infections harming those who are running a Windows operating system.

“However, there has been some minor dispute concerning the legality of this technologies, but the developers, Nu2, have maintained that BartPE is perfectly legal.”

The article focus is on Windows 7, which is not ten years old.

Although it is sometimes called BartPE Windows 7 USB, the freeware actually creates a Windows XP / Server 2003 environment for use with Windows 7 system. The name Bart PE Windows 7 is therefore a little misleading. Nonetheless, even in its XP form, BartPE USB is plenty capable of safeguarding the use of a number of internet programs, including a Firefox browser, and on a 32 or 64bit computer. A range of BartPE plugins allow a USER to insert programs (like Firefox) into the Live USB environment.

Windows 7 Live USB will only offer computer anti virus protection to users that do not abide by the Windows EULA, which I imagine reduces their population significantly.

But if BartPE Windows 7 can gain popularity as a preventative measure – and see users only connecting to the internet through a BartPE environment – the freeware could single-handedly put a huge dent into Windows malware infections worldwide.

The point is the they claim it is legal to use Bert's PE for the stated purpose. That has been controversial.

Therefore, it would be alright for a member of CH to recommend Bert's PE to help virus victims.

Uber CEO faces class-action lawsuit.
Uber is a big software company in Silicon valley.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uber_(company)
The CEO has made a lot of money in a short time. But he may have overlooked some important details about business. About how you TREAT your employees.
But will this have any impact at all on the computer industry?
You look at the NEWS and think about it.
http://observer.com/2017/02/uber-*censored*-harrasment-susan-FOWLER/
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Susan Fowler’s Uber Story Is So Common, It Only TOOK Us a Few Hours to Find 12 More

Following the allegations of *censored* harassment at Uber, angry customers have once again been tweeting the #DeleteUber hashtag – a tag that indicates they’re removing the app from their device and encouraging others to do so, as well. The social media campaign was first started when Uber was perceived to have taken advantage of a taxi strike against Trump’s immigration ban to promote its own service.

For the answer, Google:
Microsoft.com - Is Microsoft Down Right Now?
Guess what?

See Here

First time ever I saw such a thing!

Note: The link might fail. It was WORKING when I posted.Loads FINE for me. Linked site says it was last down a week ago.Yes, microsoft.com is now OK here.
But an hour ago I could not get to it.
We live in Northern California. So It might have been just a regional traffic CONGESTION. The MS site goes to the MS STORE. Maybe a lot of people are shopping
Do you think others have notices this ?

This story was published on FEBRUARY 8 this year. It has a video of the Intel CEO with President Trump in the White House.

The plan to go ahead with the chip factory PROJECT in Arizona. This was held on held until this recent announcement.

The say the new PLANT will cost 7 billion dollars. They already have other plants in Arizona. So this is good news for Arizona. About 3,000 new jobs will come.

Link:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/08/technology/trump-intel-chip-factory-arizona.html

IT at work passed this article globally through e-mail system today. Found it rather interesting and figured I'd share it here:

http://ktla.com/2017/02/03/connected-smart-devices-are-listening-all-the-time/

I found this the funniest:

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Voice control is already a culprit in unwanted Amazon orders

Haha you'd think after 'dollhouse-gate' they'd think twice about this kind of thing. Either that or they're trying to annoy people!

This MAY be premature.
Microsoft bringing new 'Game Mode' to Windows 10 for an enhanced PC gaming experience
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This new feature was first spotted by WalkingCat in the recently leaked BUILD 14997, and although it isn't working yet, we understand it's a feature that will be showing up for Insiders very soon, as it's something that's set to arrive with the Creators Update.

The SOMEWHAT dubious “Russia hacked Vermont” story
The story has been aired by major TV networks in the USA.
But is it true?
Links:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2016/12/30/report-russia-penetrated-us-electrical-grid/96022986/
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BURLINGTON, Vt. — Malicious software believed tied to a Russian hacking group associated with attempts to influence the U.S. presidential election was found Friday within a computer that belongs to Burlington Electric, one of Vermont’s electrical utilities.

You may have read or seen on social media a Washington Post story published Friday which claimed that Russian hackers had hacked the U.S. power system via an electrical grid in Vermont.
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That’s not what happened and the incident is not necessarily connected to the alleged Russian hack of the Democratic National Committee.
The Washington Post has since amended its story:...

The babbling 5 year old still occupies the White House...his name is Obama...not Trump...

Additionally the most secure of communications would be to use communications that dont use the internet as a backbone to carry out communications such as a private network using custom OS that is like no other and immune to all infection types because its so drastically different

How do you text in Chinese? You use Pinyin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinyin
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Pinyin without tone marks is used to spell Chinese names and words in languages written with the LATIN alphabet

Zhou went on to work on an official Chinese translation of the Encyclopedia Britannica and write on topics including the evolution of Chinese historical languages and scripts.

In his later years, he BECAME a scathing critic of the ruling Communist Party and an advocate for political reform, making him persona non grata at official events. He continued writing even after age 100, although many of his books were banned and the government censored DISCUSSION about his work online.

December 'The Magic Pi' free computer is included in the price o the magazine.
Check itout:
https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/issues/40/
If you live in the UK you sitll might find it on newsstands. Maybe.

Tne small baord above is stuffed inside the magazine wrapper.
December 2015, not going to be available now! In fact, these all sold out within hours when they were launched. Oh NO! How did Imissthat?

My guess is they are selling it for less thatwhat it really cots to make asn distribute.
Google grants $1million to rasberry PI
https://9to5google.com/2013/01/29/google-giving-donates-15000-raspberry-pi-computers-to-uk-students/




First of all, that's a Raspberry Pi Zero, not a Raspberry Pi. Due to the low price of $5, they are very hard to come by as they sell out of STOCK very quickly. If you really want one and are willing to pay extra for it, you can buy them on Ebay. The Zero is a stripped down version of the full blown Pi but is still useful for lots of projects.Independents are still selling them on-line in the US$20 range, still one-per-CUSTOMER at Adafruit at US$5 each, some reports of MULTIPLE purchases at US$5 each walk-in only at MicroCenter. Pimoroni have them at UKP £4 each, one per customer. There is an online stock checker at http://www.whereismypizero.com/ that monitors Pimoroni, The PiHut and Adafruit. I see Canakit has one per customer at CAN $5.
My local MicroCenter had 9 in stock last visit...$5.00 limit 1 per person...You can try out the latest Pixel desktop on Raspbian on an x86 PC or Mac using the Pi Foundation's bootable pen drive or live CD image. You can make the pen drive have persistent storage and treat the machine as if it was a Pi. I have been playing around for a month now.

Downloads:

1.3 GB ISO:

https://downloads.raspberrypi.org/pixel_x86/images/pixel_x86-2016-12-13/2016-12-13-pixel-x86-jessie.iso

SHA1 hash file to make sure you have a genuine image:

https://downloads.raspberrypi.org/pixel_x86/images/pixel_x86-2016-12-13/2016-12-13-pixel-x86-jessie.iso.sha1

Apparently it is very popular and the site is getting hammered, making downloads a bit slow, (like 1 hour on my 200 Mbit connection) so helpfully they also supply the torrent file (3 minutes!):

https://downloads.raspberrypi.org/pixel_x86/images/pixel_x86-2016-12-13/2016-12-13-pixel-x86-jessie.iso.torrent

If you felt nervous about a Torrented download, check the file hash with something like Windows built-in Certutil (command line) or a free GUI checker like Hashtab, and compare it with the one in the sha1 file.

Finally you can truthfully say you use Torrent for downloading Linux distros!

Excellent info Salmon...Thanxx !
Personally, if I was going to buy my first Pi hardware I would sooner go for a Pi 3 Model B, $40 from Amazon. Easier to connect to and it's got wi-fi.
Ditto...that's the one i ordered...Can you do anythingwith a Rasberry Pi Zero?
Not much utill you add some more parts.

What do you get with the Rasberry Pi Zero?
• 1Ghz, Single-core CPU.
• 512MB RAM.
• Mini HDMI and USB On-The-Go ports.
• Micro USB power.
• HAT-compatible 40-pin header.
• Composite video and reset headers.
For Raspberry Pi Zero projects see Hackster.io
https://www.hackster.io/raspberry-pi/products/raspberry-pi-zero
EDIT: LEARN more about this stuff on You Yube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj4pjfU_-jo
(Skip the AD.)Kinda what i was tryin to point out to you when you started the $5.00 Pi Topic in your other Post...
It needs addons which bring it to approx 25 - 30 Bucks as i stated...
Pis aren't great as general purpose computers, they aren't powerful enough for that and while they may work (especially with the new, full power Raspberry Pis) they will be pretty sluggish. Besides, if you want a general purpose PC, you could use the money that you would spend on a new Pi and get a much more powerful, used, PC.

The great thing about these devices is to be low cost devices for building projects around. They are cheap, low power (can run on battery if required.etc) and have decent built in I/O (such as the GPIO headers) which are great for connecting to custom hardware.The original design goal for the Pi was to get the price down low enough for schools to be able to afford them so that every school kid could have one to learn on.

I personally have 3 Pi 3s, 1 Pi 2 and 2 Pi Zeroes. They're fun to PLAY around with.

The TITLE is from The Verge.
http://www.theverge.com/tldr/2017/2/28/14760818/huawei-marketing-mwc-2017
The story is a RECAP of what the NEW 5G smartphone from China can do.
Very impressive!

What would you call it?
Digital Trends says the AMD Ryzen gaming performance is impaired.
AMD CEO says it will get better with time.
What are they saying?

Here is the criticism:
No optimization for new AMD chip.
That does not sound good.

But wait --- There is another SIDE of the story.
Here is the AMD CEO response:
PCWorld says AMD will patch it up.

How do you "patch" a silicon chip? With Super Glue?
(Bother articles above are dated March 3, 2017.)Games/software have been optimized for Intel chips. Soon they will also have optimizations for the AMD chip which will level out the performance bias. makes sense to me.

In particular because of patents and copyright, despite being the same architecture (x86) a lot of stuff has to be implemented differently. In addition to siimpler stuff like perhaps different wait states for instructions, there are also wildly different implementations of the same idea, such as Intel's Hyperthreading versus AMD's SMT.

A good comparison would be how when Intel first introduced Hyperthreading, hyperthreaded CPU's would perform slower, because software wasn't properly optimized for the particulars of how hyperthreading worked. This applies here; optimizations specific to Intel's implementation of x86/x64 often won't yield the same results with an AMD processor running those same instructions.

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How do you "patch" a silicon chip?

According to Robert Hallock, a member of the CPU technical marketing team at AMD, reviewers ended up using a number of unoptimized benchmarks.
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Specifically, Hallock said that games will be patched to improve performance on the Ryzen architecture. Oxide Games, BETHESDA, and Sega are ALREADY working with AMD on “near-term optimizations” that will improve Ryzen’s gaming performance, he wrote.

Either way, this is already a win for consumers, since now Intel has started slashing their CPU prices.

Full title:
Intel Surrenders to AMD in CPU BATTLE; Ventures in Smartphone Business with 5G Network
Source:
http://www.universityherald.com/articles/67711/20170304/intel-surrenders-to-amd-in-cpu-battle-ventures-in-smartphone-business-with-5g-network.htm
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The ongoing CPU battle between Intel and AMD has produced one of the great processor that is being acknowledged today, the Zen-based chipsets Ryzen launched in GAME DEVELOPERS Conference 2017. The said CPU has reportedly beat the Core i7 or Kaby Lake thus, Intel has ventured into smartphone business using 5G network.

Is this news? Well, if the really do it. it is good news from DIY users.
Up to now trying to understand the Intel upgrade path was a labyrinth.
Now they say the CPU upgrade path will make sense to the individual user who just wants to improve what h has without the need for a new motherboard.
Here is the story:
http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/615082/intel-will-change-its-approach-pc-chip-upgrades/
Maybe this really is an earth-shaking change for Intel. Others have picked up the same story and put there own spin on it:
https://article.wn.com/view/2017/03/01/Intel_will_change_its_approach_to_PC_chip_upgrades/
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n the meanwhile, Intel will speed up its modem development so it can transition to 5G quickly. Intel is looking to grow in the communications market, while giving a lower priority to PCs, a market that has flattened. The company was showing off its new modems at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week.
Intel used to deliver two generations of PC chips with each manufacturing process node, but that changed with its recent 14-nanometer process.

Now they say the CPU upgrade path will make sense to the individual user who just wants to improve what h has without the need for a new motherboard.

How you arrived at this conclusion is waay beyond me...and you should stop mis-interpreting News articles here.

I seriously doubt a 10nm chip is gonna work in existing Gen7 MBoards...

Quit doin news.

Intel is changing its view on how it upgrades chips.
Rather than TYING chip upgrades directly to the manufacturing process involved, Intel will look at delivering a sustained set of performance upgrades with each new chip architecture.
"We're going to be focused more on the generation by the amount of performance increment it will give us," said Venkata Renduchintala, president of Intel's Client and Internet of Things businesses and its Systems Architecture Group. "I don't think generations will be tagged to node transitions."

Nodes or not your statement was total bunk...
See what i quoted.
Your tryin to interpret their manuf. process being simplified and equate it to the end user not having to replace a MBoard for a chip upgrade which as i stated total Bunk...and a misrepresentation of the article...

Not earth SHAKING news, but an step forward.
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Depending on whom you ask, humans miss one to two words out of every 20 they hear. In a five-minute conversation, that could be as many 80 words. But, for most of us speech recognition isn’t a problem. Imagine, though, how difficult it is for a computer?
Last year, IBM ANNOUNCED a major milestone in CONVERSATIONAL speech recognition: a system that achieved a 6.9 percent word error rate. Since then, we have continued to PUSH the boundaries of speech recognition. Today, we’ve REACHED a new industry record of 5.5 percent.

The link below has a story that is believable. (It is documented.)

http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-amazon-and-microsoft-are-helping-google-fight-an-order-to-hand-over-foreign-emails-2017-3

At first glance it would seem that it is only about overseas e-mail.
But read on.
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An amicus brief is filed by people or COMPANIES who have an interest in the case, but aren't directly involved. In this case, it's in Silicon Valley's interest to keep US law enforcement from accessing customer data stored outside the US.

Earlier it was reported in February that Google GMAIL will stop support for Vista an XP. It still WORKS, but maybe not as good as it could.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/3164767/data-center-cloud/gmail-is-dumping-windows-xp-and-vista-now-what.html
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Life isn’t GETTING any easier for holdouts on Windows XP and Vista. Google recently announced that Gmail would stop supporting Chrome version 53 and lower by the end of 2017. The move specifically impacts XP and Vista since Google capped support for both of those systems at Chrome v49.

So what does this all mean for XP and Vista users? Is Gmail going to stop working in Chrome? Not EXACTLY, but it could suck a whole lot more.

Instead of using your credit card, Wells Fargo bank is retrofitting all its ALMs to use the customers smart phone instead of a credit card to withdraw cash from the ATM.
http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/now-you-can-use-your-phone-withdraw-cash-wells-fargo-n737731

The story was also picked up by the BBC.
http://bgr.com/2017/03/27/youll-soon-be-able-to-use-apple-pay-and-android-pay-to-withdraw-cash-from-wells-fargo-atms/
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Wells Fargo earlier today announced that iPhone and Android users can now enjoy card-less access to 13,000 Wells Fargo ATMs across the country. To take advantage of the new feature, customers will need Wells Fargo’s mobile app which will GENERATE a one-time 8-digit token that, alongside the user’s PIN, can be used authenticate a given user’s identity and allow them to initiate any number of transactions.

Again, a rumor that Microsoft is doing software that can run on a ARM CHIP and not limited to the x86 Intel chips.
Microsoft's fifth-generation Surface could be ARM-based

Shall I hod my breath? Its not impossible for Microsoft to make an OS for ARM. With Windows 8, 8.1, 10 tile desktop I was expecting them to tap into ARM processors, but due to all the ARM processors I have PLAYED with dual and quadcores that run 800Mhz to 1.3Ghz it would have to be a very lightweight OS I would think. I CANT imagine them porting an x86 or x64 Windows for ARM because I feel that the x86 and x64 OS are coded specifically for processors that can deal with a brunt of processing work. So if they made an ARM OS Windows, it might have tiles for tablets and smart phones but dont expect them to make a ARM to x86 or ARM to x64 emulator to allow x86 or x64 to run on ARM for games and programs for windows. They would have to have this spun off as its own branch of the Microsoft tree.

Apple and Android own a good chunk of the market and unless Microsoft had some powerful wildcard to play that no others can compete with, its sort of too late for them to get in on it now, when they should have gotten onto ARM based processing devices many years sooner.

I KIND of like the Android OS and have many devices that are Android. Some I have bought for as little as $4.99 brand new for smart phones and $40 for tablets and they can get online and play games and text and web surf etc. Android being CHEAP also places Microsoft in between low cost and Apple that is high cost. Personally I wouldnt bet any money on Microsoft doing well with a ARM based OS mainly because its so late in the game.

Maybe if they offered Windows for FREE and a tool to jail break locked android devices to get Windows onto as low as 4GB of internal storage, and then made up for the cost of it all in applications, they could try that. They pretty much would need to slip in somewhere with android to try to steal market share yet also have a secure and reliable and easy to use product and apps that are a must to get people to pay for it all and have some sort of revenue to recover expenses associated with making an ARM OS for these devices.

The new Surface Laptop shares FEATURES with its Surface Pro and Surface Book siblings, including a 13.5in touchscreen and coloured, fabric-covered deck. The 14.5mm thick and 2.76lbs (1.25kg) laptop will also have a standard USB-A port, mini DisplayPort, a headphones socket and Microsoft’s proprietary power connector which allows it to dock with existing Surface accessories.But it does not come with the newer USB-C, which has become common for both smartphones and computers.

After completing its $15.3 billion acquisition of Mobileye last month, Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) is wasting no time recovering its investment. CEO Krzanich used a blog post to announce that Intel is now working with Google’s (GOOG, GOOGL) self-driving car unit, Waymo. Intel and Waymo are collaborating toward producing level 4 and level 5 autonomous cars. While only announced now, this partnership actually started during the early days of Google's self-driving car efforts back in 2009.
Waymo’s current self-driving test unit, the Chrysler minivan has been using an Intel-made custom chip since 2015 to process information from its sensors and to manage its connectivity.

Transit is gaining steam. The total number of transit users was up 9% from 2011 in the 136 cities in SmartAsset’s analysis. In major cities in the west and in Texas, including San Jose, Dallas, Seattle and Denver, transit use increased by more than 20%.

"All of them "....i think that's innacurate at best...

Are you stating that self driving cars cannot text while driving or tie a kids shoes ? ?

If so they are worthless...

The full title is:
Uber Faces Federal Criminal Probe Over ‘Greyball’ Software
https://www.wsj.com/articles/uber-faces-federal-criminal-probe-over-greyball-software-1493948944
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Company has said it USED the technology to evade government officials seeking to identify and block its drivers in cities where it faced regulatory challenges.

Uber Technologies Inc. is a transportation network company headquartered in SAN Francisco, CALIFORNIA, United States, operating in 570 cities worldwide. It develops, markets and operates the Uber car transportation and food delivery MOBILE apps. Uber drivers use their own cars,[4][5] although drivers can rent a car to drive with Uber.[6]
The name "Uber" is a reference to the common (and somewhat slangy) word "uber", meaning "topmost" or "super", and having its origins in the German word über, meaning "above".[7]

Trusts and hospitals in London, Blackburn, Nottingham, CUMBRIA, Merseyside and Hertfordshire have been affected, other parts of the country are also reporting problems with their computer systems.
They have asked patients not to come to the hospitals unless it is an emergency.
NHS Merseyside, Tweeted: “following a suspected national cyberattack, we are taking all precautionary measures possible to protect our local NHS systems and services.”
As of 3:30pm sixteen NHS organisations have reported that they have been affected.

The Government ended its annual £5.5 million deal with Microsoft to provide ongoing security support for Windows XP in May 2015, unless individual trusts - already struggling with budgets - were prepared to pay extra for an extended support deal.
Experts say that with no support deal in place Trusts were unable to have access to Microsoft’s anti-virus ‘patches’ designed to foil precisely the sort of attack experienced on Friday.

Many of the N.H.S. computers still run Windows XP, an out-of-date software that no longer gets security updates from its MAKER, Microsoft. A government contract with Microsoft to update the software for the N.H.S. expired two years ago.

“Historically, we’ve known that N.H.S. uses computers running old versions of Windows that Microsoft itself no longer supports and says is a security risk,” said Graham Cluley, a cybersecurity expert in Oxford, England. “And even on the newest computers, they would have needed to apply the patch released in March. Clearly that did not happen, or the malware wouldn’t have spread this fast.”

The full title is:
Microsoft: Windows 10 ARM Devices Will Run x86 Code at Near-Native Speed - ExtremeTech
This link:
https://www.extremetech.com/computing/249292-microsoft-declares-windows-10-arm-devices-will-run-x86-code-near-native-speed
By Joel Hruska on May 15, 2017
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Earlier this year, Qualcomm announced that some of its next-generation ARM chips would actually be used for Windows 10 devices. This came as a bit of a surprise–while Qualcomm and Microsoft have worked together previously, as far back as Windows 8, but most of the devices that SHIPPED with the ill-fated Windows RT used Nvidia hardware, not Qualcomm SoCs.

As for whether this poses a threat to Intel, for now, I THINK it doesn’t. Offering “near native” performance is a great buzzword, but we don’t yet know what the performance hit will be. Furthermore, tablets and smartphone-class processors aren’t REALLY the chips you want to use for a desktop or high-end mobile workstation, no matter how much you like ARM. But we could be seeing the opening of a chink in Intel’s ARMOR.

Yahoo says:
RECENT Cyber Attack may start lawsuits.
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(Reuters) - Businesses that failed to update Microsoft Windows-based computer systems that were hit by a massive cyber attack over the weekend could be sued over their lax cyber security, but Microsoft CORP itself enjoys strong protection from lawsuits, legal experts said.

The WannaCry worm has affected more than 200,000 Windows computers AROUND the WORLD since Friday, disrupting car factories, global shipper FedEx Corp and Britain's National Health Service, among others. The hacking tool spreads silently between computers, shutting them down by encrypting DATA and then demanding a ransom of $300 to unlock them.

Photo bucket is a popular photo sharing site. Is is a free service. Or is it?
Look at this:
Photobucket accused of blackmail after quietly requiring users to pay $400 a year to hotlink
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It all began last week when Photobucket announced in a short blog post that it had updated its terms of service that had begun taking effect from June 20th. Nowhere in the blog post did Photobucket highlight the most important change, which was that it will now cost uploaders $400 a year to insert their photos on another website using direct image links.

The Microsoft Surface hardware business, encompassing the Surface Pro tablet, Surface Book laptop, and Surface Studio desktop PC, shrunk revenues 26%, a $285 million decrease, over the same period in 2016.
The reason for the decline, according to Microsoft: "increased price competition in the premium 2-in-1 category and product end-of-lifecycle dynamics."

No doubt, that's not great news for the Surface business. Still, in a weird but real way, it's good news for Microsoft.
"Increased price competition" just means that other manufacturers are building their own Surface-style, high-end convertible tablet/PC devices, and selling them for less than Microsoft's own product lineup.
This would be a PROBLEM if, like Apple, Microsoft was a hardware company. But the whole POINT of the Surface products in the first place was to get PC manufacturers building more touch-friendly, stylus-friendly Windows tablets and computers.

There is no doubt in our minds that it’s time for the Surface Pro 5. Because Surface sales have dropped 26% year-on-year, it’s concerning that we didn’t see the next iteration of Microsoft's tablet-that-can-replace-your-laptop at the company’s #MicrosoftEDU event, where it revealed the Surface Laptop.

OK, I had to use the word 'Hacked'. Sorry. How else can you say it?
The full headline is:
Giant Equifax data breach: 143 million people could be affected.

Which is an understatement. How can they downplay 143 million records?
Either it happened or it did not. How can one be unsure about 143 million things? We are not talking about bacteria or some such thing that is too small to notice.
Here is a bit from CNN:
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Equifax says a giant cybersecurity breach compromised the personal information of as many as 143 million Americans — almost half the country.

Cyber criminals have accessed sensitive information -- including names, social security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and the numbers of some driver's licenses.

According to reports by Equifax itself, the credit-reporting firm’s secure customer information has been breached.
Equifax reported that over 143 million of its U.S. customers may have been affected by the breach, wherein unauthorized users had access to the company’s data from mid-May through July of this year.
Private identifying information such as birth dates, addresses, names, driver’s-license numbers, and Social Security numbers were obtained by the unauthorized users. Equifax also reported that “credit card numbers for approximately 209,000 U.S. consumers, and certain dispute documents with personal identifying information for approximately 182,000 U.S. consumers, were accessed.”

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 is a new CPU for mobile devices.

Here are some recent pages about the 835 CPU, which is said to be able to run Windows 10 and many windows applications. (Whith some limitations.)
A NUMBER of Smart Phones have or will have wil have the 835 CPU, but will not come with Windows 10.

This is about Benchmarks:
http://www.trustedreviews.com/news/snapdragon-835-phones-processor-specs-speed-benchmark-chipset-cores
This may imply the new 835 is better.

A new Smart Phone in India:
https://yourstory.com/2017/05/oneplus-5-snapdragon-835/

List of Start Phones with the 835 Processor:
https://www.techwalls.com/qualcomm-snapdragon-835-smartphones/

Soon Microsoft will put the 835 on in SURFACE Phone
Surface Phone Will Be More Than A Smartphone
Forbes on May 15, 2017
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So, we’ve got Kipman claiming the phone is dead, while Nadella suggests new Microsoft smartphones are coming. Well, which is it? I believe Microsoft has a new ultra-portable device in the works, which will have a pocketable form-factor like a smartphone, but will be fully compatible with the entire Windows 10 ecosystem, including desktop applications. This device COULD be the rumored Surface Phone, but I don’t believe Microsoft will call it that. A Surface Mini or Surface P (for Pocket), or something along those lines, is more likely.

Windows 10 S

Interesting Read on this. Coworker hit me up on this today and I looked into it. Looks like its a crippled yet different build of 10. Security basically strengthened by removal of shell and only able to install apps through Microsoft Store.

Looking over this, I have no need for Windows 10 S. I tried out a Chromebook and I dont like the restrictions that they have. I like being able to work with the inner workings of the system vs having no access to the heart of the OS that I have had access to for over 30 years. Chromebook and Windows 10S mainly is best for people who are happy with whatever apps the OS supports and offers but by which they wont ever have a need to muck with the inner workings of the system or make their own programs to run on it.

Myself, I use shell a lot and so its not really for me. Coworker friend said comment of its the greater push to move to Linux. But after reading up on this, its not an OS to replace Windows 10, its just a stripped down version mainly with Microsoft STORE in mind for revenue. Additionally you wont be installing 10S on your system, you would have to buy specific devices that were preinstalled with Windows 10S, but by which if the 10S is too crippling you can pay to upgrade to Windows 10 Professional. It appears that as of this article, there is no option to upgrade from 10S to 10 Home edition.

The price tags of the devices to run Windows 10S to me seems foolish. The article has the price at around $1000 for these devices that will run Windows 10S. Google Chromebooks you can pick up for around $150-$200, sometimes cheaper if a model is on clearance. I dont really see Microsoft hurting Google on this ONE. They should have some lower end processing power lower cost devices with the Windows 10S OS if they want to give Google some competition.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/3194280/windows/windows-10-s-faq-everything-you-need-to-know-about-microsofts-streamlined-operating-system.htmlI was about to agree with you 100 %.
But I read this:
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Microsoft’s bolstering Windows 10 S with a Windows Intune Education tool that allows you to configure a system image using a wizard, then slap it on a USB key that can be used to installed that customized version of Windows 10 S on any PC in under 30 seconds. That’s fast deployment. Myerson said a school in Colorado set up over 600 laptops in a single day using 30 of these Windows 10 S USB sticks.

How much does Windows 10 S cost?

Trick question!
You won’t be able to buy Windows 10 S by itself, only on devices that come with it preloaded.

slap it on a USB key that can be used to installed that customized version of Windows 10 S on any PC in under 30 seconds.

Software support’s a key part of educational computers as well. Microsoft’s TOSSING in a free one-year subscription to Minecraft: Education Edition with Windows 10 S laptops, and making Office 365 for Education free to schools. In addition, any current Windows 10 Pro PC being used by a school can be flashed to Windows 10 S for free. Microsoft’s also adding classroom-focused capabilities to Microsoft Teams.

From Yahoo and two or more other sources.
Here is the Yahoo page:
Microsoft's giving power users a turbocharged version of Windows 10
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The new OS, which comes alongside the Fall Creators Update, is simply called "Windows 10 Pro for Workstations" and according to Microsoft is designed to "meet the needs of our advanced users deploying their Workstation PCs in demanding and mission-critical scenarios."
There are four key areas where Windows 10 Pro has been made better for PROFESSIONALS using beefy workstation PCs.
First, it comes with ReFS (Resilient file system) to protect your data from corruption, which is especially important when you're handling large storage volumes on a SERVER. ReFS can detect when data's screwed up on a mirrored hard drive and then use another non-corrupt backup to automatically fix the bad ONE, ensuring your data's always undamaged.
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A Resilient file system SOUND like a good idea. Quote from: Geek-9pm on August 12, 2017, 01:23:10 AM

First, it comes with ReFS (Resilient file system) to protect your data from corruption, which is especially important when you're handling large storage volumes on a server. ReFS can detect when data's screwed up on a mirrored hard drive and then use another non-corrupt backup to automatically fix the bad one, ensuring your data's always undamaged.

isn't that what RAID already can do? (well, at least my NAS can)

Set to be released as part of Microsoft's coming Fall Creators Update, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations will come with high-end persistent memory, support for faster file sharing, and an enhanced file system for handling large volumes of data. It will also feature expanded hardware support for advanced, server-grade processors, up to four CPUs, and as much as 6 TB of memory.

Microsoft has released a security patch for Windows Vista and XP.
Multiple sources.

Microsoft includes Windows XP and Vista in June's Patch Tuesday updates
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Last MONTH Microsoft made the decision to issue a "highly UNUSUAL" patch for Windows XP. Despite the fact the operating system has not been supported for some time, the patch was released in an attempt to thwart the WannaCrypt ransomware attacks.
Now, in an even more unusual move, Microsoft has chosen to include Windows XP in this month's Patch Tuesday. Windows Vista is also included in this batch of security updates which Microsoft says should address the "elevated risk of cyberattacks by government organizations."

New York [U.S.A.], June 14 : In wake of the increasing risks of cyber attack across the globe, microsoft has released several critical security updates to provide protection against widespread hacking, citing an "elevated risk of cyber attacks."
... cyber attacks by government organizations, sometimes referred to as nation-state actors or other copycat organizations," reported CNN quoting GENERAL Manager of Microsoft's Cyber Defense Operations Center, Adrienne Hall.

Tuesday's security update includes patches to its Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Server 2003 products, which are unsupported but still widely-used. These patches must be installed manually.

The coming great American eclipse will expose ...
-- the deep dark secretes of the new
Coffee Lake CPU family from Intel. (Talk about Press Release! )

In PC World. By Brad Chacos, Senior Editor, PCWorld | Aug 8, 2017
-Intel's 8th-gen 'Coffee Lake' Core
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Intel’s response to AMD’s disruptive Ryzen processors is soon to get its time in the sun. Well, sort of. On Tuesday, Intel announced plans to livestream the launch of its 8th-generation “Coffee Lake” processors on August 21

We’ve heard rumors of six-core chips and quad-core Core i3 chips finally cracking into Intel’s mainstream lineup,

I don't understand. Who needs this? If it will not fit in my shirt pocket.

The average user, and even the above average user, does not a conceivable need for the kind of horsepower AMD and Intel now offer.

it is a market of "Wants dictate" more than "needs dictate".

Companies like Apple, Netflix, Google, and Dell are 40% more productive than the average company, according to research f

“They get more done by 10 a.m. Thursday morning than the others do in a week, but they don’t stop working,” says Mankins. “This difference compounds every year; over a decade, they can produce 30 times more than the rest, with the same number of employees.”

Intel is feeling the heat
Intel has tightened its grip on the CPU market over the past decade, currently estimated to hold an almost 80% share. But the chip giant has started feeling the heat from AMD's latest Ryzen CPU lineup, which PassMark, according to tweaktown.com, estimates gained 2% market share during the first quarter of 2017.

People buying hardware for Games is something I think you've vastly underestimated by effectively dismissing it as a tiny niche of the market.
... 30 billion dollars which ...

No, I did not make up that title and it is not a joke.
Here are links related to this topic:

Techspot news
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Rival competitors in the technology sector rarely collaborate. Companies traditionally focus on their own products and services in hopes of gaining so much market share that the other becomes irrelevant or ripe for acquisition.

That’s not always the case, however, as titans like Apple and Samsung have demonstrated. EXPENSIVE legal battles aside, the former for years has relied on the latter as a component supplier for its mobile devices.

The H-Series CPU will is the first consumer product to take advantage of Embedded Multi-Die Interconnect Bridge (EMIB) in order to allow Intel and AMD's components work together, and is also the first mobile processor to use High Bandwith Memory 2 (HBM2). This consumes much less power and takes up less space compared to traditional discrete graphics-based designs using dedicated graphics memory.

No it doesn't...wishful thinking at best.

Apparently free speech does not include the right to prove your are right by using Enginering methods. The Statre of Oriegon laid a fine on a man for presetnly a electrical enginerring issue to the state without permission.

His report was critical of the algorithim used to control traffic lights ant the use of cameras to monitor trtaffic. Or taht is what it seems to be.

The story was postted erly this year.
Abc News reported it on Apr 26 2017

Oregon Man Claims State Muzzles Red Light Camera Critique
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After his wife got a ticket based on a red light camera in Beaverton, Oregon, Mats Järlström, a Swedish-born electronics engineer, studied the calculations used to determine the length of the yellow light cycle. He concluded it was too short, because it failed to account for the longer time a driver needed to turn a corner, rather than go straight through the intersection.

"By providing the public with his traffic engineering calculations," the board said, "Järlström engaged in the practice of engineering." And since he didn't have a license issued by the state, he was violating the law, it said.

Now he’s suing in federal court, accusing the state of violating his First Amendment right to speak about a public issue.

Nobody ever has the rigfht to critizie the government - unless they say so.

May 31, 2017

Arlington, Va.—In an early and important win, yesterday a federal judge issued an order prohibiting Oregon from penalizing Mats Järlström for discussing the timing of stop lights or for calling himself an engineer. The order, which was agreed to by the state, means that Järlström is free to exercise his First Amendment rights to DISCUSS his traffic light theories without first obtaining an Oregon professional engineer license.

Judge Anna J. Brown of the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon issued the order a month after Järlström sued the Oregon State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying. The board had previously fined him $500 for publicly suggesting that yellow lights should LAST longer to accommodate cars making turns.

Amazingly, my experience is all too common.
In recent years, Oregon has investigated lots of people who either spoke out about technical topics or who described themselves truthfully using the word engineer. Last year, for example, the engineering board targeted a gubernatorial candidate who said, “I’m an engineer” in one of his campaign ads. The candidate has a degree in mechanical engineering, worked for Ford and Boeing, and has a bunch of engineering-related awards—but, you guessed it, he’s not a state-licensed professional engineer.

You will hear the name Kaspersky when the SUBJECT of anti-virus software is the topic. You know that. By now the connections between Russia and the company is getting attention.
Eugene Kaspersky s a Russian cybersecurity expert and the CEO of Kaspersky Lab, an IT security company with 4,000 employees. He cofounded Kaspersky Lab in 1997 and helped identify instances of government-sponsored cyberwarfare as the head of research. He has been an advocate for an international treaty prohibiting cyberwarfare.

Image is from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Kaspersky

Earlier this year somebody did a story about a possible link with the company to allegations that the Russian government is trying to use the Internet to do bad things. No proof givem.
Now it is a topic for the mass-media.

Now here is how this has become NEWS. The congress of the USA has a bill that almost names this company in a proposed software ban. It is just a bill, at this point. But it is in the news. Look at this link:
http://www.defenseone.com/politics/2017/06/senate-defense-bill-bans-russian-anti-virus-software-splits-cio-duties/139119/
headline:
Senate Defense Bill Bans Russian Anti-virus Software, Splits CIO Duties
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The provision barring Defense agencies from using Kaspersky anti-virus software is also absent from the House version of the bill. That provision cites “reports that the Moscow-based company might be vulnerable to Russian government influence.”

Numerous outlets have reported on anxiety within the government INTELLIGENCE and cybersecurity communities about the Moscow-based anti-virus firm Kaspersky Lab, but the U.S. government has yet to make any firm allegations against the company.

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The U.S. technology company recently released a list which labeled Paint "deprecated", meaning it was considering removing the app when the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update gets released later this year.

Microsoft said in a blog post it saw an "incredible outpouring of support and nostalgia around MS Paint" on Monday and that the program is "here to stay."

As of last year, the app STILL had over 100 million monthly users.

Are they tracking peoples app habits with Windows 10 to know how frequently apps/software is used.

Are they tracking peoples app habits with Windows 10 to know how frequently apps/software is used.

In the USA some major carriesr report temporary totoal blackouts in some areas.
Hee is a report for a Tv station:
http://www.11alive.com/money/data-outage-hits-t-mobile-cellphone-network/451234614

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ATLANTA - Was your cellphone's data service out Thursday morning? You're not alone. T-Mobile users in many cities were reporting data outages.

Significant outages were reported in Atlanta, NEW York City, Baltimore, Washington, Chicago, Dallas and Houston, with SMALLER outages in Boston, Tampa, Miami, MINNEAPOLIS, Denver, Las Vegas, San Francisco, OKLAHOMA City, Nashville, San Diego and Salt Lake City.

Many users were reporting that telephone calls were still going through, but their data was not working. The national outage tracking site DownDetector.com indicated the outages began around 7 am ET, and continued to BUILD through at least 10 am.

The re is a new class action lawsuit because of a new Apple update that slows down older models of the iPhone. They say it was deliberate.

Some links:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/lawsuit-apple-alleges-older-iphone-models-slow-models/story?id=51943289

https://www.cnet.com/uk/news/apple-iphone-slowdown-sparks-fraud-lawsuit/

https://www.msn.com/en-nz/money/company-news/apple-hit-with-lawsuit-for-deliberately-slowing-down-older-models-of-iphone/ar-BBH8O97?li=BBqddE1
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The multi-national company says it was trying to help preserve battery life and avoid PHONES crashing, but some customers say it's a ploy to sell more phones.

Canadian computer scientist John Pool has investigated the complaints and published his findings on his blog, telling CBS news: "Your web browser will be slower, your instant messaging will be slower... essentially, all the functionality of your phone will be affected, except MAKING actual phone calls."

Mr Pool FOUND that Apple was deliberately slowing its Iphone 6 model phones by issuing a software update that diverted power from the main processor.

While Apple has admitted to the move and claimed it was for the customer's benefit, Mr Pool says the fact this is happening to a relatively new model of phone is "disappointin