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Friday, November 21, 2014

Windows RCE Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild

Friday, November 21, 2014
Security companies have started detecting attacks that leverage a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Windows, which microsoft patched last week. read more ...

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Microsoft makes it less attractive for developers to create apps for Windows

Friday, November 21, 2014
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Friday, November 21, 2014
Office for Android updated with Dropbox support WinRumors microsoft first unveiled its Dropbox support for mobile versions of Office earlier this month, but despite the iOS apps getting updated soon after, Android has lagged behind until this week. The latest update to Office Mobile for Android adds Dropbox as an online storage application, allowing Offic ...

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Is Microsoft Stock a Buy After Its 70% Gain? (MSFT)

Friday, November 21, 2014
microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) is a laggard no more. After more than a decade of bobbing around the $30 mark, microsoft stock is up 70% since April of 2013. Money Morning Capital Wave Strategist Shah Gilani recognized the surprising turnaround early on, and started publicly recommending MSFT stock in July of 2013. But now that it has hit $50, is microsoft stock a buy? Or should investors take their profits and move on? The post Is microsoft Stock a Buy After Its 70% Gain? (MSFT) appeared first on Money Morning - Only the News You Can Profit From . ...

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Filezilla ftp file server not working with Microsoft Azure [on hold]

Friday, November 21, 2014
I have installed Filezilla ftp on (Windows 2012 r2 server). When i try to connect ftp through my local ip( ftp://localhost ) it askes login credentials once i enter credentials it connects without any issues but when i try to connect through my domain( ftp://alagu.in ) it askes login cridencials once i enter cridencials it throughs an error 425 Can't open data connection for transfer of "/" Thing that i have tried to solve tis problem but failed listed below changing active mode to passive mode adding range of local ports to ports inbound and outbound rules what am i missing here, Thanks EDIT server logs (000157)11/21/2014 11:46:17 AM - (not logged in) (1xx.xx.xx.xxx)> Connected on port 21, sending welcome message... (000157)11/21/2014 11:46:26 AM - (not logged in) (1xx.xx.xx.xxx)> USER raj (000157)11/21/2014 11:46:26 AM - (not logged in) (1xx.xx.xx.xxx)> 331 Password required for raj (000157)11/21/2014 11:46:26 AM - (not logged in) (1xx.xx.xx.xxx)> PASS ***** (000157)11/21/2014 11:46:26 AM - raj (1xx.xx.xx.xxx)> 230 Logged on (000157)11/21/2014 11:46:26 AM - raj (1xx.xx.xx.xxx)> SYST (000157)11/21/2014 11:46:26 AM - raj (1xx.xx.xx.xxx)> 215 UNIX emulated by FileZilla (000157)11/21/2014 11:46:26 AM - raj (1xx.xx.xx.xxx)> FEAT (000157)11/21/2014 11:46:26 AM - raj (1xx.xx.xx.xxx)> OPTS UTF8 ON (000157)11/21/2014 11:46:26 AM - raj (1xx.xx.xx.xxx)> 202 UTF8 mode is always enabled. No need to send this command. (000157)11/21/2014 11:46 ...

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Analysis: Xbox One: 12 months on, has the third Xbox recovered from its shaky start?

Friday, November 21, 2014
Xbox One turns one year old tomorrow, and what a frustrating, fascinating year it's been for fans of Master Chief and chums. microsoft entered the listings on an all-time high, having comfortably overturned Sony's market dominance with the Xbox 360. PS3 has now drawn level in terms of boxes shifted, but Xbox had the edge for much of the battle, while Sony struggled to overcome the fallout from a tardy debut and mountainous production costs. Nintendo's Wii may have beaten both consoles to the hundred million mark, but if you were a serious enthusiast, microsoft's was the machine to own – cheap, relatively easy to develop for and joined at the hip to Xbox Live, the only online multiplayer and distribution platform worth speaking of. Sony PS4: One year on, has the PlayStation 4 lived up to the hype? You couldn't have asked for a better platform to start to a new generation. And yet, here we are 12 months later with Xbox One trailing Sony's triumphant PS4 by millions of sales. How did that rallying cry to "jump ahead" become such a massive step back? Stumbling out the gate We looked on, aghast, as a firm often portrayed as the original "Evil Empire" cheerily unveiled a console that imposed limits on your ability to sell back games to retailers. We watched in baffled horror as, at the height of the Edward Snowden leaks, microsoft began singing the virtues of mandatory internet check-ins and the Kinect camera's ability to match faces t ...

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Xbox One Sales Pass the 1 Million Mark in the UK

Friday, November 21, 2014
microsoft has sold over 1 million Xbox One consoles in the UK. The news comes courtesy of MCV , where it's also announced microsoft's console has managed to outsell Sony's PS4 for the last three weeks on the trot. It's an impressive achievement for the Xbox One, but microsoft still has quite a way to go before it catches up with Sony, as the PS4 shot past the million mark in the UK back in September . Sony managed this feat is 42 weeks, while it seems to have taken microsoft around a year. That's only good enough for the second and third spots on the fastest-selling UK consoles though, with the Wii still sitting pretty at number one having hit it in 38 weeks. Continue reading… ...

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WebRTC close to tipping point as Cisco, Microsoft announce products

Friday, November 21, 2014
It was all the way back in the Spring of 2011 that Google released WebRTC, its nascent real-time, browser-based, HTML5-powered, no-plugin-required video chat project to the public. In the three and a half years since, the Internet Engineering Task Force and the W3C have been working together to try to formalize the standard, prepare the stable 1.0 release, and get it ready for prime time. ...

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Xbox One owners offered Sunset Overdrive for free for one day

Friday, November 21, 2014
microsoft is offering one of its latest titles for free to celebrate Xbox One's first birthday. Major Nelson says that Xbox Live Gold subscribers will tomorrow be able to download Insomniac's Sunset Overdrive for free and play it for as long as they like until it is removed from the service at midnight. It's the full game, too, including all the online and co-op options. Those who subsequently decide to buy the game will be able to resume from where they left off. Playing the demo will also unlock achievements. microsoft previously announced that it will be giving away an assortment of freebies to Xbox One customers in conjunction with the birthday celebrations. UPDATE: The UK times for this promotiion are from 05:01 AM GMT on Saturday 22nd Nov to 05:01 AM GMT on Sunday 23rd Nov. ...

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Free Sunset Overdrive trial coming this Saturday

Friday, November 21, 2014
Play the full game for 24 hours this weekend. microsoft will offer a free Sunset Overdrive trial this Saturday. Click here to read the full article ...

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Thursday, November 13, 2014

Microsoft Claims It Has Sold Nearly 10 Million Xbox Ones Since Launch

Thursday, November 13, 2014
This week microsoft announced that it has sold nearly 10 million Xbox One consoles since the system launched almost a year ago. The last time microsoft revealed numbers on sales - way back in April - it said that its newest system had sold five million units. Part of this growth is likely due two factors: the unbundling of the Kinect and a holiday price cut that runs until January of 2015. That price cut puts the system - including several bundles that include games - down to $349 - about $50 less than a PS4. read more ...

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Microsoft To Invest Nearly $23M On Three Cloud Data Centers In India

Thursday, November 13, 2014
microsoft will invest 14 billion Indian rupees, or $22.7 million, to set up three cloud centers in India. The company said it has started working on the new facilities to be located in three major Indian cities -- Mumbai and Pune in the west, and Chennai in the southeast. ...

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Microsoft Visual Studio Professional/Ultimate/Premium/Team Foundation Server 2013 with Update 4 ISO-TBE

Thursday, November 13, 2014
This article has been published at RLSLOG.net - visit our site for full content. Group DVTiSO has released "microsoft Visual Studio 2013″ with second update included as Express, Premium, Professional & Ultimate editions. Enjoy! Description: Visual Studio Professional 2013 can help you create applications that have innovative user experiences that delight your customers. The integrated environment makes complex tasks easier so that you can focus on achieving your goals. By using Visual Studio Professional 2013, you can deliver quality applications on Windows, Office, Windows Phone, the web, or the cloud. When you combine it with Windows 8.1, you'll be able to build Windows Store apps. Features: Create what you can imagine, build on the strengths of your team, and open up new possibilities. New prototyping, modeling, and visual design tools enable you to create innovative applications for Windows and the Web Create a shared vision as a foundation for creativity with SketchFlow ,in microsoft Expression Studio , and Team Foundation Server Take advantage of new opportunities & capabilities offered by multi-core programming and cloud development tools Simplicity through integration A single integrated development environment that takes your skills further and adjusts to the way you work Complete all your coding, modeling, testing, debugging, and deployment work without leaving the Visual Studio 2010 environment Use existing standards a ...

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Microsoft confirms acquisition of enterprise security startup Aorato, ends sales of firewall product

Thursday, November 13, 2014
microsoft today announced it has acquired Aorato , an enterprise security startup founded in 2011 by veterans of the Israel Defense Forces technology units. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed, though previous rumors had pegged it at around $200 million. On its website, Aorato says it will stop selling its Directory Services Application Firewall (DAF) product, which protects organizations from advanced targeted attacks. Instead, the technology will probably be integrated into microsoft's offerings, which should not be a surprise given that the behavior-monitoring firewall is specifically designed for Windows Server Active Directory. "As part of microsoft, we will share more on the future direction and packaging of these capabilities at a later time," the Aorato announcement states. Aorato's software offers an Organizational Security Graph, a continuously-updated view of all of the people and machines accessing an organization's Windows Server Active Directory, which most enterprises use for storing user identities and administering access to critical business applications and systems. microsoft says most of its enterprise customers should thus be able to take advantage of Aorato's technology. microsoft Azure, the company's cloud computing platform, is the most likely candidate for potential integration. While Azure is not mentioned in the startup's announcement, the logo is included in the message: microsoft also hin ...

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Microsoft Takes .NET Open Source And Cross-Platform

Thursday, November 13, 2014
On Wednesday, microsoft Corp. reinforced its commitment to cross-platform developer experiences by open sourcing the full server-side .NET stack and expanding .NET to run on the Linux and Mac OS platforms. microsoft also released Visual Studio Community 2013, a new free edition of Visual Studio that provides easy access to the Visual Studio core toolset. The announcements kicked off microsoft's Connect (); event, where the company released Visual Studio 2015 Preview and .NET 2015 Preview. Comments ...

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Microsoft leads last two weeks with Xbox One sales.. maybe?

Thursday, November 13, 2014
microsoft has some good news as they are doing better with the  Xbox One and are launching some new bundles. You'll be able to find an Xbox One bundled with such games as Sunset Overdrive, Assassin's Creed Unity and Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. Picking up one until the end of the year will allow you to save $50 on any SKU. microsoft is saying they have been leading the sales of consoles the past two weeks, but again they don't give us any specific figures. They say they have 10 million consoles sold in to retailers, but that's the amount shipped to retailers. They haven't really said how many they've sold to consumers, where Sony had that figure, but as a sold through a few months ago.  I'm never one to like the way wording gets mixed and how some can make you look better than you're actually doing. It's good to see microsoft pushing out a lot of consoles, but I'd like to see some figures as to how many are in consumers' hands rather than how many they've shipped out. All told, if you're in the market for an Xbox One, now's the time to pick one up for some sweet savings. ...

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Satya Nadella outlines Microsoft's vision of a mobile-first, cloud-first world

Thursday, November 13, 2014
Ed Jones works for  Firebrand Training , a microsoft Gold Learning Partner. He has worked in the IT training and certification industry for the past 3 years. He is a tech enthusiast with experience working with SharePoint, Windows Server and Windows desktop. Speaking in the UK for the first time as CEO of microsoft, Satya Nadella headlined a star studded list of globally recognised thought leaders including; Sir Bob Geldof, Jeremy Paxman and Dame Stella Rimington, as part of microsoft's Future Decoded event. The event, designed to discover, provoke and provide insight into an uncertain future shaped by rapid technological advancement, saw Nadella open up about his plans for microsoft and his views of a mobile-first, cloud-first world where individuals and businesses are empowered by the devices that they own. The Age of Mobile With studies indicating that in 2014 the average European household owns 10 digital devices, this truly is the age of mobile. Mobile devices now outnumber people on the planet, even greater in number however are sensors which through the aid of mobile we can now interact with the internet of things. Speaking on microsoft's mobile-first, cloud-first ethos, Nadella said: " To me, when we say mobile first, it's not the mobility of the device, it's actually the mobility of the individual experience. " Speaking of the sensors that surround us, Nadella talked about the emergence of new mobiles services made possib ...

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Computer whizzkid passes Microsoft exam

Thursday, November 13, 2014
Ayan Qureshi is now the world's youngest qualified computer specialist after aceing the test. Tech bosses were so shocked when the pint-sized programmer turned up that they initially told him he could not do the test. But Ayan, from Coventry,... ...

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Muhammad Omer Saleem commented on Andrew Parsons's blog post about Get Certified on Microsoft Azure or Office 365 with Free Exams in Born to Learn .

Thursday, November 13, 2014
Muhammad Omer Saleem commented on Andrew Parsons's blog post about Get Certified on microsoft Azure or Office 365 with Free Exams in Born to Learn . ...

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Microsoft snaps up Aorato to boost enterprise, hybrid cloud security

Thursday, November 13, 2014
Aorato deal promises to bring machine-learning smarts to bear to protect Active Directory assets in hybrid cloud deployments, microsoft said in a blog post. microsoft snaps up Aorato to boost enterprise, hybrid cloud security originally published by Gigaom , © copyright 2014. Continue reading… ...

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TeamViewer 10 Beta Available For Download [Remote Desktop Software]: http://www....

Thursday, November 06, 2014
TeamViewer 10 Beta Available For download [Remote Desktop software]: http://www.webupd8.org/2014/11/teamviewer-10-beta-available-for.html TeamViewer is a popular application for remote control, desktop sharing, file transfer, online meetings and more, that's available for Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, Android and iPhone. The application is free (freeware) for personal use and the Linux version uses Wine, which comes bundled with it (so users don't have to install Wine to be able to use TeamViewer). TeamViewer 10 beta was released recently and it comes with significant performance optimizations as well as new features, like Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive and Box integration, chat history and persistent chat groups, real-time session notes and more. TeamViewer 10 Beta Available For download [Remote Desktop software] www.webupd8.org TeamViewer is a popular application for remote control, desktop sharing, file transfer, online meetings and more, that's available for Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, Android and iPhone. ...

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TeamViewer 10 Beta Available For Download [Remote Desktop Software]

Thursday, November 06, 2014
TeamViewer is a popular application for remote control, desktop sharing, file transfer, online meetings and more, that's available for Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, Android and iPhone. The application is free (freeware) for personal use and the Linux version uses Wine, which comes bundled with it (so users don't have to install Wine to be able […] ...

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Download SQL Recovery Software 6.0

Friday, November 07, 2014
MS SQL user can download SQL recovery software without paying any cost for best & fast recovery ... ( read more ) ...

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Sales Funnel Ninja Download Page Builder Edition Download and Review – A Great Plugin to Become a Shortcut to Have Your Own Software

Saturday, November 08, 2014
Sales Funnel Ninja download Page Builder Edition download and Review – A Great Plugin to Become a Shortcut to Have Your Own software Have you ever tried to make your own sales funnel by yourself? Yes, it must have been complicated and spent so much time. How if you find out a way to create your very own sales funnel without having to do a lot of work? Sales Funnel Ninja download Page Builder Edition is a great plugin to become a shortcut to have your own software. This plugin was created by Coby Wright. With this plugin, you can generate a ready to use and monetized sales funnel quickly and easily. By doing a few clicks of your mouse, you can build a clean and professional sales funnel that you can automatically monetize with recurring commission Clickbank products for generating more profits. Besides that, you can give this plugin away to build your list. No coding is required. This is your huge opportunity to become a software expert. See a live demo Sales Funnel Ninja download Page Builder Edition Here : >> Sales Funnel Ninja download Page Builder Edition download and Review – A Great Plugin to Become a Shortcut to Have Your Own software << Sales Funnel Ninja download Page Builder Edition Review what is Sales Funnel Ninja download Page Builder Edition Description? does Sales Funnel Ninja download Page Builder Edition work? Yes, Sales Funnel Ninja download Page Builder Edition Coby Wright works . Sales Funnel Ninja download Page Bui ...

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Download Software Recovery Data Gratis

Saturday, November 08, 2014
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Download Free Software off the Internet for All Your Needs

Sunday, November 09, 2014
download Free software - In this internet era, you will be able to download every free software application from various type of website. There different categories of software available to choose from the web. Audio and multimedia categories have both encoders with also the decoders for any audio software package. Additionally, there is recorder software along with the audio software package . Midi as well as multimedia comes along with the software presentation tools which is very important for software program. Also streaming audio is found under the categories of the audio editor's software. All most all users can download the CD burning software as well as CD participants easily. The desktop applications generally come with different cursors and fonts. You can download monitor saver tools , science, nature, vehicles and many more and also available under such type of category like wallpapers and designs. There are various types of screen savers which will include art, periodic, cartoons and also people with utilities. One of the most well liked categories is games and also other entertainment category . Apart from this, there are other various options to select from. 5 Top Free download software Sites Though there are lots of website available by which you download your desired software, but here some popular and useful website are listed down. It is suggested by the internet expert that these can assist people to find as well as ...

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Where is is safe to download software from?

Monday, November 10, 2014
Until recently, I've been using Filehippo's Update Checker to check and update my software. I've been told, on this forum, that it's no longer a safe site. I've noticed that if you directly check CCleaner, if it has any updates the updates come from Filehippo. Is there a safe site to use to check software and update it? Am I better updating software from the software developer? What do you do when they download it through a third party? ...

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QMobile i6 Stock Rom Software Update Free Download

Monday, November 10, 2014
Free download QMobile i6 stock Rom software update is available only here. Qmobile i6 is one of the best smart phones that have supported 3G and 4G with dual SIM cards. It has different screen design with five mega pixel camera and having a lot of advanced features with latest specification and the favorite of ... ...

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VERICUT users can now download Iscar tool assemblies and use them within the software

Wednesday, November 12, 2014
CGTech, developer of VERICUT software for simulating CNC machine tools, has announced that as a result of the CGTech-MachiningCloud-Iscar partnership, VERICUT users can directly download Iscar tool assemblies and use them within VERICUT software with minimal effort. ...

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Friday, November 07, 2014

Microsoft Makes Full Office Suite Free on Mobile Platforms

Friday, November 07, 2014
An interesting read via Daring Fireball Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: Feedly , IFTTT , Recently Read , Saved for Later ...

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Microsoft Releases Second-Gen Server Design Spec As Part Of Open Compute Project

Friday, November 07, 2014
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Microsoft Kinect-based machines look to re-invent the ATM

Friday, November 07, 2014
ATM's were once thought of as revolutionary devices in the financial industry, they made offsite banking a reality. While they remain a convenient method to obtain cash quickly today, they have also gotten themselves a bad reputation for their rather weak security measures. ...

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Echt nett, Microsoft Office ab sofort kostenlos für iOS (iPhone / iPad) und Andr...

Friday, November 07, 2014
Echt nett, microsoft Office ab sofort kostenlos für iOS (iPhone / iPad) und Android: http://www.newgadgets.de/72473/microsoft-office-ab-sofort-kostenlos-fur-ios-und-android/ microsoft Office ab sofort kostenlos für iOS und Android | NewGadgets.de www.newgadgets.de microsoft bietet ab sofort seine Office Suite kostenlos für iPad, iPhone und Android-Geräte an. Mit diesem Schritt benötigt man ab sofort auch kein Office ...

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Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x86 Minimum Runüme 12.0.21W5

Friday, November 07, 2014
I have problem with installation visual studio express 2013 can somebody help me  This is log file Error 0x80070001: Failed attempt to copy payload from: 'D:\packages\vcRuntimeMinimum_x86\vc_runtimeMinimum_x86.msi' to: C:\Users\Slawek\AppData\Local\Temp\{1ef771b4-b774-439e-a015-23dec292d9a4}\vcRuntimeMinimum_x86. [1678:125C][2014-11-07T18:18:36]i000: MUX:  Set Result: Return Code=-2147024895 (0x80070001), Error Message=, Result Detail=, Vital=True, Package Action=Copy, Package Id=vcRuntimeMinimum_x86 [1678:125C][2014-11-07T18:18:36]e000: Error 0x80070001: Failed to acquire payload from: 'D:\packages\vcRuntimeMinimum_x86\vc_runtimeMinimum_x86.msi' to working path: 'C:\Users\Slawek\AppData\Local\Temp\{1ef771b4-b774-439e-a015-23dec292d9a4}\vcRuntimeMinimum_x86' [1678:125C][2014-11-07T18:18:36]e313: Failed to acquire payload: vcRuntimeMinimum_x86 to working path: C:\Users\Slawek\AppData\Local\Temp\{1ef771b4-b774-439e-a015-23dec292d9a4}\vcRuntimeMinimum_x86, error: 0x80070001. [0A54:022C][2014-11-07T18:18:36]i351: Removing cached package: Preparation_Uninstall_wdexpress_full, from path: C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\261C0776-D492-375F-9D85-85C20155E5FC\ [0A54:022C][2014-11-07T18:18:36]w353: Unable to remove cached package: Preparation_Uninstall_wdexpress_full, from path: C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\261C0776-D492-375F-9D85-85C20155E5FC\, reason: 0x80070003. Continuing... [0A54:022C][2014-11-07T18:18:36]i351: Removing cached package: vs_ ...

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New Microsoft Lumia Windows Phone device coming November 11

Friday, November 07, 2014
microsoft teased last month that its first microsoft Lumia-branded smartphone would be revealed "soon," and it looks like the folks in Redmond weren't kidding when they said that. microsoft today posted a teaser image to its Nokia Conversations blog along with the captions "Want to see #MoreLumia?" and "microsoft is delivering the power of everyday mobile technology to everyone." The company then invites us to check back on November 11 to learn more. Considering the captions and teaser image that microsoft posted today, it appears that the company is getting ready to show us a lower-end Lumia smartphone. The device in the teaser image looks similar to the RM-1090 that leaked out earlier this month , which itself looked like a fairly entry-level handset. So while this new Windows Phone may not wow us with its specs, it'll likely still be a big deal because it'll be the first microsoft-branded Lumia smartphone to hit the market. Via Nokia Conversations ...

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Microsoft to unveil new Lumia device next week

Friday, November 07, 2014
microsoft will reveal its first Lumia device next Tuesday, as the company today teased an announcement with the picture on the right and a tagline of "microsoft is delivering the power of everyday mobile technology to everyone." It's unclear whether the device will be a smartphone or tablet, but many are predicting that this will be microsoft's first Lumia phone without Nokia branding following the company's acquisition of Nokia's phone business earlier this year. Friday's announcement comes two weeks after microsoft confirmed that "Nokia Lumia" would be re-branded to "microsoft Lumia," and posted this image: Some leaks posted earlier this week from a Chinese regulator of the rumored new microsoft Lumia device show … Read More on GeekWire ...

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Hot: Microsoft Offers Free Office Suite For Mobile Devices Everywhere

Friday, November 07, 2014
Hot: microsoft Offers Free Office Suite For Mobile Devices Everywhere microsoft Offers Free Office Suite For Mobile Devices Everywhere hothardware.com ...

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Microsoft has a hefty batch of patches in store for this month.

Friday, November 07, 2014
microsoft has a hefty batch of patches in store for this month. microsoft plans big Patch Tuesday this month with 16 bug fixes - CNET cnet.co Users of Windows and other microsoft software will receive a slew of updates on Tuesday, including five rated as critical. ...

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Microsoft offers new wallpapers as "a little something for Windows Insiders"

Friday, November 07, 2014
microsoft has served up a little gift as a thank you to those who have installed the Windows 10 Technical Preview - and it's something that might make your Windows 10 PC look even nicer. Read more... ...

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Monday, October 27, 2014

Windows Phone Updated with Evening Reminders for Cortana in the UK

Monday, October 27, 2014
Britons who are using Cortana on their Windows Phones to keep things organized should start seeing the evening reminders these days, as microsoft is now rolling out a new pack of improvements in the United Kingdom. As Reddit user Inhopeless writes today, Cortana is now showing evening reminders to Windows Phone customers in the United Kingdom, but some could not get them just yet, as the update is being released to users gradually. As a reminder, in the United Kingdom, Cortana is only availa... ( read more ) ...

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Microsoft Global Readiness: Diverse cultures. Many languages. One world. Part 2

Monday, October 27, 2014
I recently heard about a study looking at how newborns may already be familiar with the sounds of their native language at birth, and may even cry in melodic patterns consistent with those sounds. An affiliation to language and culture would thus be present from the beginning, and become core to who we are. Similarly, research suggests that language profoundly influences how people see their world: not just how we talk, but how we think and relate to concepts such as time, space, and causality—among other notions. At the same time, in this world of technology, services, and cloud connectivity, there are no borders around our communication; it's global in nature, while locally experienced. Even if a product is originally intended for a single market, it's smart to build it so that it can be customized for other markets in the future. To be successful in diverse markets means adapting products to local requirements and expectations, while maintaining standards for global acceptability. Customer experience within a market should be consistent across offerings, though this can be a challenge, given the broad range of microsoft's portfolio. The microsoft Global Readiness team does not do this work alone. There is a company-wide community of experts in the topics of Global Readiness (for example, language or internationalization engineering). microsoft also benefits from its diverse and global workforce. We are a multi-lingual, multi-g ...

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Microsoft Launches Azure Cloud Services In Australia - (The Hosting News) – Micr...

Monday, October 27, 2014
microsoft Launches Azure Cloud Services In Australia - (The Hosting News) – microsoft has launched its cloud service, Azure, in Australia through a data center in Melbourne and anther in Sydney, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. In a recent interview, microsoft executive vice president of cloud and enterprise Scott Guthrie stated that Australian users would be able to start using the service starting October 27th. Guthrie noted that Azure is now available in 19 differe... http://ow.ly/2PJn5j microsoft Launches Azure Cloud Services In Australia www.thehostingnews.com (The Hosting News) – microsoft has launched its cloud service, Azure, in Australia through a data center in Melbourne and anther in Sydney, the Sydney Morning ...

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Monday, October 27, 2014
Xbox One : nouvelle baisse de prix (-50$) aux USA pour les fêtes de fin d'année www.gamekyo.com microsoft le sait : sur cette génération, le leadership US va être bien plus compliqué qu'avec la Xbox 360 et histoire d'assurer un minimum... ...

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Microsoft now giving Office 365 users unlimited storage with OneDrive

Monday, October 27, 2014
microsoft has announced today that if you subscribe to Office 365, you will now get unlimited storage with OneDrive - a considerable increase from the 1TB limit previously in place. Read more... ...

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Microsoft brings Black Friday early with another Xbox One price cut

Monday, October 27, 2014
This holiday season's Xbox team is different than last year's Xbox team for one simply reason: microsoft got a new CEO and a new head of Xbox. Here area those two new execs giving you all the info you need to get the Xbox One for a measly $349! The price cut applies to Xbox One Kinect-less version, as well as all Xbox One bundles. It is a U.S.-only promotion that lasts from November 2nd to January 3rd. ...

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An Offer You Can't Refuse? All Office 365 Subscribers Will Get Unlimited OneDrive Storage

Monday, October 27, 2014
It's Game Over for Dropbox and the storage pretenders Well, this much is clear: microsoft can't possible escalate its cloud offerings any higher than this. On Monday, the firm announced that all Office 365 subscribers—consumers, businesses, whatever—will now get unlimited OneDrive (or, for business users OneDrive for Business) storage. Not 25 GB. Not 1 TB. Unlimited. read more ...

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Storage Wars: Microsoft offers unlimited OneDrive storage for Office 365 custome...

Monday, October 27, 2014
Storage Wars: microsoft offers unlimited OneDrive storage for Office 365 customers http://livesi.de/1v5fXkS Storage Wars: microsoft offers unlimited OneDrive storage for Office 365 customers - LiveSide.net www.liveside.net First it was a terabyte of storage, and now microsoft has one-upped itself, announcing today that its offering unlimited storage for Office 365 customers. The offer includes both OneDrive and OneDrive for Business, according to Chris Jones in a post on the OneDrive blog, and is "rolling out over the coming months". If you're a current Office 365 customer you can… ...

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Microsoft’s Bing beats Google to emoji search

Monday, October 27, 2014
microsoft today added emoji support to Bing, allowing users to search using the characters and get back results based on the semantic meaning of the emoji. The feature has been added to Bing search in all English markets, both on desktop and mobile. For those who have never used emoji before, they are small pictures used to express an idea or emotion. They started being used in Japanese electronic messages and webpages, but their use is spreading outside of Japan. You can search for individual emoji: You can also search using a combination of multiple emoji characters, or even emoji and words: Searching for individual emoji usually returns results helping you understand the meaning of certain characters. This can be useful if you're not sure what someone just sent you. It can also be a quick way to find more information about a term if you simply prefer using the emoji rather than typing out the full word. Combination searches just show how much effort microsoft put in to get this feature right. If you're going to add emoji support, you might as well implement it in a way that lets users do anything they would normally do with any other search. So yes, you can string emoji characters together to create new meanings. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts: More to follow. Mobile developer or publisher? VentureBeat is studying mobile marketing automation. Fill out our 5-minute survey , and we'll share the data with you. Mic ...

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Microsoft Just Made Its Google Apps Killer Much More Attractive (MSFT)

Monday, October 27, 2014
microsoft and Google are in a price war over your office documents — and microsoft just took a big swing. microsoft says it is giving away unlimited storage to customers who buy the cloud version of its microsoft Office software, called "Office 365." This one-ups what Google is doing with its paid versions of Google Drive, called Google Drive for Work. Google Drive for Work costs as little as $5/user/month and restricts you to 30 gigabytes of online storage. For $10/user/month, you get 1 terabyte of online storage, until you add 6 people to the account ($60/month) and then storage is unlimited. To be fair, the paid versions of Google Drive are really geared toward business users, and businesses are biting. Google recently said it is signing up 1,800 new customers a week for the service. But microsoft is doing well attracting consumers to Office 365, too. microsoft launched Office 365 in early 2013, adding support for the iPad early in 2014. microsoft now has 7 million customers for the product, the company said last week , and grew by 25% last quarter alone. For those buying microsoft Office for personal or family use, Office 365 is arguably a better deal than a paid version of Google Apps. For the $6/month "Personal" version of Office 365, you'll get one account that has now has unlimited storage, plus copies of the microsoft Office software that runs on your PC (Mac or Windows) and a tablet (iPad or Windows), for offline usage. ...

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Friday, October 24, 2014

NYC has been struck by first case of Ebola

Friday, October 24, 2014
NYC has been struck by first case of ebola AP Officials confirmed Dr. Craig Spencer, 33, tested positive for the virus Thursday, but attempted to ease concerns about spreading. Three others quarantined Related coverage Who is Dr. Craig Spencer? CDC details new response teams ...

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How long can Ebola live on a surface?

Friday, October 24, 2014
How long can ebola live on a surface? Alamy As ebola spreads, everyone is wondering -- how long can the ebola virus live on a surface like a subway handrail? One body fluid survives several days In related news A crash course in fear ebola cases could spur lawsuits ...

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WHO sends medics to Mali; moves up Ebola vaccine trials

Friday, October 24, 2014
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After 1st Ebola case in NYC, 3 others quarantined

Friday, October 24, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — A doctor who became New York City's first ebola patient was praised for getting treatment immediately upon showing symptoms, and health officials stressed that the nation's most populous city need not fear his wide-ranging travel in the days before his illness began. ...

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NY governor: Doctor had 100.3 temp, not 103

Friday, October 24, 2014
NY governor says ebola doctor went out 'in a limited way' then sought help with 100.3 fever ...

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Doctors Without Borders: Ebola risk can't be zero

Friday, October 24, 2014
Doctors Without Borders says that while it takes measures to protect its staff treating ebola patients, the risk of contagion cannot be entirely eliminated. ...

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Retracing the Steps of Doctor Who Tested Positive for Ebola

Friday, October 24, 2014
Officials are retracing the steps of a doctor who tested positive for ebola Thursday, with the doctor in isolation at a New York City hospital and three others under quarantine, city and state officials said. ...

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Obama offers federal help to NY with Ebola case

Friday, October 24, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is offering federal support to New York as it responds to its first ebola case. Obama spoke Thursday night to New York Mayor Bill de Blasio (dih BLAH'-zee-oh) and Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The White House says some officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were already on the ground, with another team expected to have arrived late Thursday. ... ...

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NYC man diagnosed with Ebola amid official reassurances

Friday, October 24, 2014
A New York City doctor has tested positive for ebola after returning from aid work in West Africa. Authorities are tracking his movements and reassuring the public the risk of contracting the disease... To view the full story, click the title link. ...

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New Linux Releases from Ubuntu and SuSE

Thursday, October 23, 2014
In the same way as you wait ages for a bus only for two to come along at once, it's the season for new linux releases. Today Canonical released Ubuntu 14.10, aka Utopic Unicorn, and in less than two weeks OpenSuSE will push out 13.2. I'm a SuSE user so I'll be downloading that over the weekend and getting stuck in. It's good to see such a flurry of activity. The new releases all have a plethora of new features. Interestingly, Ubuntu is going after the Android developers with the new Ubuntu Developer Tools Centre which helps coders develop apps. The new Centre downloads the Android toolkits along with libraries and dependencies, bringing them into the launcher. Although first available for Android, the plan is to extend this to other platforms such as Go and Dart . A big win too is that Netflix now plays in Chrome without any trickery! From OpenSuSE , the new release focuses on the much-improved Gnome desktop (3.14), though KDE users aren't forgotten either with plenty of improvements there too. I think it would be fair to say that it's an incremental release but there's still plenty to look forward to – more will be revealed as the release gets closer. Reflecting on recent use, I don't get to use my desktop as much as I used to. Like many other people have found, tablets have taken over for day-to-day computing and the desktop has been relegated to occasional use. Between a Nexus 7, a Chromebook, a local NAS and the cloud, my big ...

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New Linux Releases from Ubuntu and SuSE: In the same way as you wait ages for a...

Thursday, October 23, 2014
New linux Releases from Ubuntu and SuSE: In the same way as you wait ages for a bus only for two to come along at once, it's the season for new linux releases. Today Canonical released Ubuntu 14.10, aka Utopic Unicorn, and in less than two weeks OpenSuSE will push out 13.2. New linux Releases from Ubuntu and SuSE - Geek News Central geeknewscentral.com Tweet In the same way as you wait ages for a bus only for two to come along at once, it's the season for new linux releases. Today Canonical released Ubuntu 14.10, aka Utopic Unicorn, and in less than two weeks OpenSuSE will push out 13.2. I'm a SuSE user so I'll be downloading that over the … ...

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How does Linux determine filename case on ISO 9660?

Thursday, October 23, 2014
Here is a quote from this article: ISO 9660 is not a complex file system, but has a few quirks that are worth remembering. It seems that some operating systems also create non-compliant CDs, so beware! The main example of this is the character set that is available for file names. Strictly,filenames may only consist of uppercase letters A-Z, digits, dots, and underscores. Further there is a semicolon which separates the visible file name from its version number suffix. Many operating systems also allow lower case letters and other characters. linux's VFS displays lower case filenames to the user despite the CD contents actually containing upper case characters. So my question is, how does linux know which letters are supposed to be uppercase and which letters are supposed to be lowercase, when on the CD they are all uppercase? ...

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Linux - select() call not returning when I expect

Thursday, October 23, 2014
I have a C++ application that is reading data from a serial port but I'm seeing some weird behavior with regards to the amount of time it takes to complete a select call. I'm trying to read some data from another device which is streaming out 5 kB blocks at 115200 baud, the device streams out a total of 200 kB total during an entire transaction. The actual read calls grab 512 bytes at a time. When grabbing the 5 kB blocks the first select call takes ~475ms then the subsequent ones take 48ms. So it looks like select is only unblocking once all the data reaches the port. Since 475ms at 115200 baud gets me about 5 kB. Then the 48ms gets me about 512 bytes which is the size of the UART buffer on my device. What's strange is that when grabbing the last 3-4 blocks the first select call returns in 48ms which is what I'd expect it to do in the first place. From what I gather it looks like select is blocking until the device is finished writing all data over UART since it's only the initial one in each block that's effected. Is select supposed to return once there's any data to read on the device? Or are there some other conditions it's looking for? Is there any way I can configure my serial port to return from select once there is data available on the handle? ...

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Very Large Linux Distribution Performance Comparison [1410247-SO-1306245SO67]

Thursday, October 23, 2014
Very Big linux distribution performance testing. Benchmarking many different BSD and linux operating systems for a future article on Phoronix.com. Benchmarking by Michael Larabel. ...

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IC Software: Validation Engineer - Linux / Android - Greater London

Thursday, October 23, 2014
£25000 - £50000 per annum: IC Software: Fancy a kick-starting your career with a world leading software organisation? London ...

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Troubleshooting INET Routing - Linux IPsec (Racoon) HQ to Cisco Router Remote Site

Thursday, October 23, 2014
I have two devices. I have a Cisco 29xx series router with datak9 and securityk9 enabled. I also have a linux machine acting as a server at the main location running shorewall. I am trying to configure the remote location (with the Cisco router) to connect to the linux server in order to communicate across the two LAN segments. I also would like to have all internet traffic routed from the remote location through the main location and through a firewall. I modified /etc/iproute2/rt_tables and added a separate line with: 1002 IPsec and configured an IP route and ip rules for this new table so that the IPsec traffic should use it. Code: #Configure IP Rules for Remote ip rule add from 192.168.5.0/24 table 1002 #Configure IP Routes for Remote ip route add default via 192.168.3.1 dev eth0 table 1002 I am seeing the traffic go from the 192.168.5.0/24 network through the tunnel, out to the HQ router and out to the internet, but when I do a tcpdump -i any, I see duplicate packets with the same sequence number. I can also ping and traceroute, but I can not get internet traffic working. If I set up the linux server to NAT the traffic out of its eth1 interface, internet works, but with a lot of latency due to a bunch of RESET packets being sent. Basic Topology Diagram: Attachment 16738 racoon.conf: Code: path include "/etc/racoon"; path pre_shared_key "/etc/racoon/psk.key"; log notify; # log verbosity and set to 'notify' when debug complete ...

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YiKai Chen replied to Secure setting issue with New Z-Stack Linux Gateway in ZigBee®, 6LoWPAN & 802.15.4 MAC Forum .

Thursday, October 23, 2014
YiKai Chen replied to Secure setting issue with New Z-Stack linux Gateway in ZigBee®, 6LoWPAN & 802.15.4 MAC Forum . ...

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Linux VPS Hosting - CentOS, Ubuntu, or Debian|Fast & Stable Servers - Jumpline!

Friday, October 24, 2014
VPS gives you total control and isolation: install and deploy your own applications, restart the virtual server, and gain access to the underlying operation system. With VPS, unlike Shared Web Hosting, your data is protected and isolated from everyone else. Ready to graduate from Shared Web Hosting... ...

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U2 album stumbles in Billboard chart after free iTunes debut

Apple CEO Tim Cook stands with Irish rock band U2 as he speaks during an Apple event announcing the iPhone 6 and the Apple Watch at the Flint Center in CupertinoBy Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U2's controversial free album on Apple's iTunes had a less than stellar performance once released for commercial sale, coming in at No. 9 in its first week on the Billboard 200 album chart on Wednesday. Country group Florida Georgia Line far outperformed the Irish rockers by selling 197,000 copies of "Anything Goes" in its first week for the top spot on the chart, compared with U2's 28,000 units sold, according to sales figures compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. "Songs of Innocence," the 13th studio album from U2, became the largest album release in history after being made available for free in September on Apple Inc's iTunes online store to half a billion iTunes users. Billboard does not count sales of albums priced under $3.49 for its weekly album chart listings.


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Early Apple computer sells for $905,000 at auction

NEW YORK (AP) — A vintage Apple computer that was one of only 50 made in Steve Jobs' garage in 1976 sold for $905,000 at auction on Wednesday, far exceeding pre-sale estimates and outdoing a previous high price of more than $671,000 paid in Germany last year.

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Apple computer sells for record $905K in NY: Bonhams

File photo of an Apple-1 computer, built in 1976, on display at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CaliforniaOne of the first Apple computers ever built has sold in New York for $905,000, leading Bonhams auction house to declare it the world's most expensive computer relic. The Apple-1 computer, built by hand in 1976 by Steve Wozniak in Apple co-founder Steve Jobs' garage or his sister's bedroom, fetched nearly twice its pre-sale high estimate, Bonhams said. It was bought by the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, the auction house said. The Apple-1 is considered a vanguard of the personal computer revolution, being the first pre-assembled personal computer ever sold.


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Christian Bale to play Apple's Steve Jobs

Actor Christian Bale addresses a press conference for the film "American Hustle" in the Berlinale Special category at the 64rd Berlinale Film Festival in Berlin, on February 7, 2014Oscar-winner Christian Bale -- best known for his star turn as Batman in the blockbuster "Dark Knight" films -- will play Apple co-founder Steve Jobs in an upcoming biopic. "We needed the best actor on the board in a certain age range and that's Chris Bale," the film's screenwriter Aaron Sorkin said, in an interview with Bloomberg Television posted online Thursday. Sorkin, who won an Academy Award for his screenplay for "The Social Network" about Facebook and its co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, said giving the lead role to Bale was an easy call. "He has more words to say in this movie than most people have in three movies combined," said Sorkin, who is writing the script for Sony Pictures based on the 2011 biography "Steve Jobs," by Walter Isaacson.


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Thursday, October 16, 2014

Apple's iPad Air 2 has anti-reflective coating, a first for a tablet: Philip Schiller, SR VP

Apple's iPad Air 2 has anti-reflective coating, a first for a tablet: Philip Schiller, SR VP.

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Apple's new iPad Air starts at $499

CUPERTINO Calif. (Reuters) - Apple Inc said on Thursday its new iPad Air will go for $499, and the smaller iPad mini will sell for $399 and above. Pre-orders begin on Friday. Executives introduced the new tablets that will lead Apple's battle for holiday-season spending. (Reporting by Christina Farr; Editing by James Dalgleish)

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iPhone rollout likely widened T-Mobile's growth lead

An iPhone 6 phone is seen on display at the Fifth Avenue Apple store on the first day of sales in Manhattan, New YorkBy Marina Lopes WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Apple's iPhone 6 only went on sale in the last two weeks of the quarter, but the device's rollout may have been the U.S. cellular industry's top growth catalyst in the period, with T-Mobile US benefiting the most. Since the larger, slimmer iPhone was unveiled on Sept. 9, the U.S. cellular market has been flooded with deals for subscribers looking to switch providers ahead of earnings reports starting next week. Helped by T-Mobile's claim that it was offering the best repurchase terms on old iPhones, the No. ...


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APPLE LIVE: iPad Air 2, Apple Pay, new Macs debut

Apple CEO Tim Cook introduces the new Apple iPad Air 2 during an event at Apple headquarters on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014 in Cupertino, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) â€" Apple unveiled a thinner iPad Thursday with a faster processor and a better camera as it tries to drive excitement for tablets amid slowing demand.


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New Apple iPad can switch wireless carriers with a touch

By Marina Lopes WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Apple's new iPad Air 2, announced on Thursday, will allow subscribers to switch wireless carriers much more easily, by swiping an icon across the screen of the device. The feature, available thanks to a neutral Apple SIM card installed in the device, will allow customers to sign up for short-term service plans and switch carriers using their iPad, the company said. The SIM card supports AT&T , T-Mobile and Sprint high speed networks. For service from the largest U.S. carrier, Verizon Wireless , customers need to install a separate Verizon SIM card. ...

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Sunday, October 12, 2014

Patient isolated at Massachusetts clinic after displaying Ebola symptoms: newspaper

Source: www.reuters.com --- Sunday, October 12, 2014
(Reuters) - A medical clinic in Braintree, Massachusetts, near Boston was evacuated and a patient has been isolated because of his recent travel to West Africa and medical symptoms, the Boston Globe reported on Sunday. ...

From ebola phone call to the golf course — click to read

Source: gretawire.foxnewsinsider.com --- Sunday, October 12, 2014
Subject: In-town travel pool report #4 Motorcade has reached the Ft. Belvoir golf course. WH informs that members of POTUS' foursome today are Joe Paulsen, Mike Brush and Marvin Nicholson. Pool had been separated and will hold at a nearby shopping center. David McCumber The post From Ebola phone call to the golf course — click to read appeared first on Gretawire . ...

Texas Health Worker Tests Positive for Ebola

Source: io9.com --- Sunday, October 12, 2014
According to officials, a worker at the Texas hospital that cared for the United States' first Ebola patient has tested positive for the disease. Read more... ...

Ebola Response: Maining one ebola free area in Seirra Leone with methods not endorsed by pubic health community

Source: ghdonline.org --- Sunday, October 12, 2014
The Washington Post story is here: The fight to save the last Ebola-free district in Sierra Leone http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/storyline/wp/2014/10/10/the-fight-to-save-the-last-Ebola-free-district-in-sierra-leone/ A local business man convinced politicians and community leaders early on in the outbreak to implement a controlled quarantine with additional economic incentives to keep Koinadugu district free of Ebola. Among the activities are the following: The few roads leading in and out of the mountainous area are guarded Farmers are to paid to cover losses from the quarantine Traditional healers are paid in exchange for their not treating Ebola-like symptoms. Do the methods used in Koinadugu district correspond to a traditional quarantine? Are these methods ethical? Are temporary restrictions on healthy individuals a reasonable step to take if it prevents the population from the fate which has fallen on the rest of Sierra Leone? By Elizabeth Glaser on Sun, 12 Oct 2014 04:04:50 -0400 ...

Health IT: Ebola technology survey

Source: ghdonline.org --- Sunday, October 12, 2014
Ellen Ball < >: Oct 10 02:11PM -0700 Partners In Health (pih.org) is leading a coalition to combat the Ebola outbreak, working alongside two outstanding grassroots organizations—Last Mile Health in Liberia and Wellbody Alliance in Sierra Leone. These longtime PIH partners are already working to train health workers, identify sick patients, and deliver quality care. As the epidemic advances, these groups need support to provide comprehensive prevention, care, and treatment. We can and must stop the spread of diseases like Ebola — and TB, cholera, and malaria around the world. Everyone deserves high-quality care, and together we can make that happen.   If you are working on technologies for the Ebola response, please take the survey or share with your colleagues. Let's contribute resources and use them in the best possible way. All information will be available.   Ebola technology survey   Thank you,   Ellen Ball Partners In Health By Ellen Ball on Sat, 11 Oct 2014 11:54:29 -0400 ...

Ebola Response: How can we Spiked M. tuberculosis into sputum

Source: ghdonline.org --- Sunday, October 12, 2014
Dear all,is there any one who give me advise or guideline on how to spike M. tuberculosis into sputum? Thank you. By Dossegnaw Aragaw on Sat, 11 Oct 2014 04:44:21 -0400 ...

Ebola Response: Maintaining one ebola free area in Seirra Leone with unconventional methods

Source: ghdonline.org --- Sunday, October 12, 2014
Let's try that again? The Washington Post story is here: The fight to save the last Ebola-free district in Sierra Leone http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/storyline/wp/2014/10/10/the-fight-to-save-... A local business man convinced politicians and community leaders early on in the outbreak to implement a controlled quarantine with additional economic incentives to keep Koinadugu district free of Ebola. Among the activities are the following: The few roads leading in and out of the mountainous area are guarded Farmers are to paid to cover losses from the quarantine Traditional healers are paid in exchange for their not treating Ebola-like symptoms. Do the methods used in Koinadugu district correspond to a traditional quarantine? Are these methods ethical? Are temporary restrictions on healthy individuals a reasonable step to take if it prevents the population from the fate which has fallen on the rest of Sierra Leone? By Elizabeth Glaser on Sun, 12 Oct 2014 04:09:07 -0400 ...

DOH rolls out multi-sectoral response plan versus Ebola - Palace

Source: news.pia.gov.ph --- Sunday, October 12, 2014
MANILA, Oct. 13 -- The Department of Health rolled out a multi-sectoral response plan against the Ebola virus disease, Malacaandntilde;ang said on Sunday, amid lingering concerns that it might enter the country.andnbsp;Health Secretary Enrique Ona announced during the first National Ebola Virus Disease Summit, which was held recently in Quezon City, that this plan contains the interim guidelines for disease surveillance, notification and reporting of suspected Ebola virus disease cases; clinical management including laboratory testing from susp... ...

CBS Medical Expert Praises Ebola Response, Discourages ‘Magical Thinking’

Source: www.mediaite.com --- Sunday, October 12, 2014
CBS chief medical correspondent John LaPook told Face the Nation' s Bob Schieffer Sunday morning that the public health community's response to the first case of Ebola was heartening, and tamped down on theories that the second case represented some mutation or undiscovered aspect of the virus. "This is a great time not to have magical thinking," LaPook said. "We have forty years of experience treating Ebola. We know how it's transmitted. There is no evidence from a huge New England Journal of Medicine review that this virus is any different than any of the previous viruses, that it's mutating or anything like that." "What protects the community is the public health system," LaPook continued, "isolating the person, making sure you track down their contacts. And I have to say after some missteps at the beginning, where the apartment wasn't clean, people weren't moved out, the health care system did a very good job of responding to this. In fact it only took forty-eight hours for the CDC to track down all forty-eight contacts." Compare with ABC News' medical expert's less sober response this morning. Watch the clip below, via CBS News: OO.ready(function() { OO.Player.create('ooyalaplayer-xjN2MycTo83hC7SxBeORrrR8-ov7O1FA', 'xjN2MycTo83hC7SxBeORrrR8-ov7O1FA'); }); Please enable Javascript to watch. [ Image via screengrab ] —— >> Follow Evan McMurry (@evanmcmurry) on Twitter ...

Breach in Protocol Led to New Ebola Diagnosis: CDC

Source: 7online.com --- Sunday, October 12, 2014
A breach in protocol resulted in a preliminary Ebola diagnosis for a female health care worker who treated Thomas Eric Duncan, the first Ebola patient in the United States, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said today. ...

Texas health worker with Ebola wore full protective gear

Source: medicalxpress.com --- Sunday, October 12, 2014
A Texas health care worker who treated a Liberian man who died of Ebola was wearing full protective gear but was infected with the dangerous virus anyway, health officials said Sunday. ...

Second US Ebola case raises questions about safety protocols

Source: medicalxpress.com --- Sunday, October 12, 2014
A Texas health care worker who treated an Ebola victim has tested positive for the deadly virus, dealing a blow to the global battle to stem the epidemic and sparking questions about safety precautions. ...

Dallas Health Care Worker Tests Positive For Ebola

Source: www.newson6.com --- Sunday, October 12, 2014
CDC Director Thomas Frieden told CBS' "Face The Nation" in an interview airing Sunday morning that the case is troubling "because clearly there was a breach in protocol." ...

ABC Chief Medical Expert: CDC Wrong, All US Hospitals Can't Treat Ebola Safely

Source: www.breitbart.com --- Sunday, October 12, 2014
AUSTIN, Texas -- Dr. Richard Besser, the chief health and medical editor for ABC News, told WFAA-Dallas on Sunday that he found the second Texas Ebola case "very concerning." As reported by Breitbart Texas, the latest patient diagnosed with Ebola is a female nurse at the Texas Presbyterian Hospital who treated Thomas Eric Duncan before he died from the disease. Besser, having recently returned to the United States after visiting Ebola-stricken areas of Liberia, expressed sharp disagreement with the protocols being followed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), dissatisfied with their admission that they needed to adopt enhanced protocols  in a press conference Sunday. Besser told WFAA that he had been anticipating the news of a second Ebola case. "I don't find it surprising, but I find it very concerning," he said, continuing that it was necessary for health authorities to cast "a very wide net" to search for anyone who may have had even the most incidental contact with either Duncan or the nurse. The difficulty in containing the spread of the disease, according to Besser, is that it takes special training and experience to follow the isolation protocols and use the protective gear properly.  "The idea that this could be done by any American hospital that has an isolation room and can be done safely, I was skeptical about that," said Besser, in a clear departure from recent statements by the CDC that any Americ ...

Suspected Ebola case isolated at Braintree clinic

Source: www.bostonherald.com --- Sunday, October 12, 2014
A man who turned up at the Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates urgent-care offices in Braintree this afternoon complaining of a headache and other Ebola-like systems has been quarantined as a precaution, according to the Braintree Fire Department. Firefighter Joe Zanca said the man was isolated "based on his travel history." Zanca said the patient showed up at the Grossman Drive facility shortly after 1:30 p.m. The building was evacuated and the patient was isolated at the scene. ...

The Extremely Remote Accuracy of Ebola Predictions

Source: www.dailypundit.com --- Sunday, October 12, 2014
Expert: 'Very real' chance U.S. soldiers deployed to African hot zone will get Ebola « Hot Air While the potential for an African-style Ebola outbreak in the United States remains extremely remote, American health and defense officials do not appear to be taking the appropriate precautions in order to prevent one. Note the goalpost whiplash: First, Ebola would burn out in Africa soon enough. Then, there was only an extremely remote chance that Ebola would break out of Africa into the western world. Then there was almost no chance that Ebola would evade airline screening procedures and come to America. Then, even if Ebola did somehow, by some miracle, make it to America, we would catch it before it did any damage. Then, we absolutely know how to stop Ebola from spreading. (Note: this involves a miracle that includes perfect humans in perfectly designed systems using perfectly unfailing equipment and procedures). And now, well, the possibility of an African-style Ebola outbreak in America, with millions of infections, remains "extremely remote." I personally think that what is really "extremely remote" is that the situation is as under control as they keep telling us it is. I wonder what they'll tell us when third generation infections start popping up? ...

Scientists in Russia developing three Ebola vaccines – Health Ministry

Source: healthandmedicine.org --- Sunday, October 12, 2014
Scientists in Russia developing three Ebola vaccines – Health Ministry ...

2nd Ebola case in Dallas: Nurse tests positive

Source: www.turnto23.com --- Sunday, October 12, 2014
A health care worker who provided hospital care for an Ebola patient who later died has tested positive, officials said. ...

NIH Official: ‘The System Worked’ on Ebola

Source: pjmedia.com --- Sunday, October 12, 2014
I think it pretty obvious by now that everyone in the executive branch who is going to go before the media and talk about Ebola has been instructed to deliver nothing but happy talk pronouncements and soothing bromides about how the government has everything under control. The confidence may or may not be justified. But the infection of a second American in Texas wasn't supposed to happen. The unidentified health care worker who was infected with the Ebola virus took every precaution a modern, 21st century health care system could take. And yet the virus found a way. So it is faintly ridiculous for a representative of the National Institutes of Health to go on camera and say something silly like this: Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health, said on Sunday the system put into place to slow the spread of Ebola transmission in the United States was working. "The system worked," Fauci said on ABC's "This Week." On Sunday, officials in Texas announced that a second person in Dallas had tested positive for the deadly virus — a health care worker at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital who cared for Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan, who died last week. "She was on voluntary self-monitoring," he said about the latest victim. "She found she got infected, and she immediately did what she was supposed to have done." "So even in this troublesome situation, t ...

Second case of Ebola in Texas

Source: media.brisbanetimes.com.au --- Sunday, October 12, 2014
Texas health officials say a health care worker who provided care for the Ebola patient who died there has now tested positive for Ebola. ...

At Least 100,000 Snapchat Photos Hacked

Source: www.newsfactor.com --- Sunday, October 12, 2014
Hackers are threatening to post online at least 100,000 photos, including nude images, sent by SnapChat users and apparently intercepted via third-party apps. Many images are of underage users. ...

v1: Ebola screening for NHS 111 calls announced

Source: www.newssniffer.co.uk --- Sunday, October 12, 2014
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Snapchat videos and pictures stored on a third party website posted online

Source: www.theguardian.com --- Sunday, October 12, 2014
Images from up to 200,000 teenagers leaked on to internet after users lured into saving images on Snapsaved.com Videos and pictures of as many as 200,000 teenagers posted via the SnapChat service and stored on a third party website have been put online, apparently by the same people who were behind the posting of nude celebrity photos in August. The photos and videos were captured after some users of SnapChat a mobile phone app which allows people to send photos to each other but which delete themselves within seconds of being viewed were tempted into using a site called Snapsaved.com. That offered to let them use the service on a website on a desktop computer, rather than just on a mobile phone. Continue reading... ...

Get up to speed on Ebola outbreak

Source: www.wdsu.com --- Sunday, October 12, 2014
Concerns about the Ebola virus were heightened Sunday when a health care worker in Texas had a positive preliminary test for the disease. If confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the worker's case would mark the first known tra... ...

SNAPCHAT LEAK Hackers get their hands on 100K 'deleted' images

Source: www.foxnews.com --- Sunday, October 12, 2014
FLASHBACK: SnapChat CEO 'mortified' by leaked emails from fraternity days British Police use SnapChat to fight crime FLASHBACK: SnapChat adds regular text, video chats ...

More Than 200,000 Snapchat Accounts Hackeds

Source: www.bidnessetc.com --- Sunday, October 12, 2014
Hackers at 4Chan have struck again and released a massive database of videos and images intercepted from the popular photo-messaging application SnapChat. Anonymous users on 4chan claimed that the database compromises the privacy of more than 200,000 SnapChat users. Last month, the world was shocked by the news of a  massive leak of scandalous celebrity photos  on the notorious web forums 4chan. The photos were claimed and later confirmed to be obtained through hacking of Apple, Inc.'s ( AAPL ) iCloud user accounts. The nude celebrity photo-leak was dubbed "The Fappening" by 4Chan users. The new leak has been called "The Snappening." As opposed to "The Fappening," hundreds of thousands of users have been affected by the "The Snappening." The photos are supposedly collected by a third-party SnapChat application that has been building its database of photos and videos over the years. The database had accumulated over 13GB of compromising data during the time. SnapChat has denied that its own servers were hacked, and the company has blamed third-party applications for the breach in privacy. However, it has recognized that users' data has been compromised. The official statement by SnapChat said, "We can confirm that SnapChat's servers were never breached and were not the source of these leaks. Snapchatters were victimized by their use of third-party apps to send and receive Snaps, a practice that we expressly prohibit in our Terms o ...

There is still uncertainly over whether there will be further Snapchat photo leaks.

Source: www.facebook.com --- Sunday, October 12, 2014
There is still uncertainly over whether there will be further SnapChat photo leaks. Is the 'Snappening' just a hoax? www.independent.co.uk Fears that nearly thousands of naked videos and images sent via SnapChat and reportedly leaked could be released this weekend remain shrouded in confusion. ...

SnapChat Pics Leaked From Hacked Archive

Source: blog.gadgethelpline.com --- Sunday, October 12, 2014
SnapChat, an app which allows you to send images and videos to your friends which have a set expiration date for deletion, has no real dedicated archive service. Indeed, one of the reasons people sue the app is because their images are not saved and don't permanently exist. Cue a raft of naughty photos. A recent hacking attack may have caused some SnapChat users to think twice about the safety of the app. Some users signed up their SnapChat account to third-party archiving site SnapSaved.com, which lets users register for the site to save the images and videos they create and/or receive with the service. SEE ALSO: Apple October Event Will Be Livestreamed We're not 100% clear on exactly how SnapSaved works, as the website has been down following the attack, but what we do know right now that over 200,000 photos were ripped off from the third party service's servers, some allegedly of a sexual nature with subjects who are underage. Not good at all. This means that even if you don't use the site, someone who has received photos of you could have saved them with SnapSaved, and hackers in turn may have made off with pictures of you. It's not really much comfort that the hacking hasn't affected every SnapChat user, since there's no way to confirm which users use SnapSaved. iCloud has also suffered from hacking attacks recently. The photos have been circulating the internet, including web forum 4chan, where some users are claiming to be ...

Snapchat is the latest service to have images leaked to the Web

Source: www.digitaltrends.com --- Sunday, October 12, 2014
We've barely recovered from the last photo hacking scandal, and now there's another one to contend with: SnapChat is the latest service to get hit, with a third-party add-on to blame. The post SnapChat is the latest service to have images leaked to the Web appeared first on Digital Trends . ...

Saturday, October 11, 2014

Snapchat leak affects tens of thousands of people, including minors: http://wjax...

Source: www.facebook.com --- Saturday, October 11, 2014
SnapChat leak affects tens of thousands of people, including minors: http://wjax.tv/ZV7QQd Do you have the SnapChat app? ...

Snapchat photo leak: Company says its servers are not compromised

Source: tech.firstpost.com --- Saturday, October 11, 2014
Mobile messaging company SnapChat blamed third-party software apps for possible security lapses that may have led to its users' private photos being at risk of online publication by hackers. A file containing at least 100,000 SnapChat photos has been collected by hackers who were preparing to publish them online, according to a report on the Business Insider blog. SnapChat lets users send photos and videos that disappear in seconds. "We can confirm that SnapChat servers were never breached and were not the source of these leaks," the company said in an emailed statement. Users were "allegedly victimized by their use of third-party apps to send and receive Snaps, a practice that we expressly prohibit in our terms of use precisely because they compromise our users' security." A SnapChat representative noted the company's statement was based on reports of leaked photos, and that it could not verify whether hackers had breached third-party software containing stolen SnapChat photos. SnapChat, one of a crop of new apps that compete with Twitter and Facebook, is popular among teenagers. Some media reports raised concerns that the hackers' file could contain nude "selfie" pictures of teens who expected the photos to be deleted. Leaked photos could also become problematic for SnapChat, which has faced criticism over privacy practices. It is now raising money in a funding round that would give it a $10 billion valuation, according to repo ...

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