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- Danish Retailer Tips Holiday Release for Grand Theft Auto V on PC
- Device Authentication Could Make Passwords Obsolete
- MakerBot 3D Printers Infiltrate a Dozen Home Depot Stores in Three States
- Microsoft Reportedly Expands Free Windows License Program to Boost Hardware Sales
- Freshly Baked Raspberry Pi Model B+ Emerges From the Oven with More USB Ports, Improved Audio
- Newegg Daily Deals: AMD FX-8320 Vishera, Intel Core i5 4460 Haswell, and More!
- Microsoft's Cortana Voice Assistant Correctly Predicts World Cup Winner
- Cheaper Chromebooks in the Offing
- Adobe Now Guarantees Access to Lightroom Photos Even Beyond Subscription Expiry
Danish Retailer Tips Holiday Release for Grand Theft Auto V on PC Posted: 14 Jul 2014 10:14 AM PDT |
Device Authentication Could Make Passwords Obsolete Posted: 14 Jul 2014 09:56 AM PDT |
MakerBot 3D Printers Infiltrate a Dozen Home Depot Stores in Three States Posted: 14 Jul 2014 09:29 AM PDT |
Microsoft Reportedly Expands Free Windows License Program to Boost Hardware Sales Posted: 14 Jul 2014 08:41 AM PDT |
Freshly Baked Raspberry Pi Model B+ Emerges From the Oven with More USB Ports, Improved Audio Posted: 14 Jul 2014 08:16 AM PDT |
Newegg Daily Deals: AMD FX-8320 Vishera, Intel Core i5 4460 Haswell, and More! Posted: 14 Jul 2014 06:14 AM PDT Top Deal: Imagine if Jack had traded his mother's cow for a chip instead of three magical beans. Not just any chip, mind you, but an 8-core chip carefully crafted on a 32nm manufacturing process. Had it been thrown out the window, it might have grown into a towering AMD system, and who knows where the story would have gone from there. Want to find out? Then consider today's top deal for an AMD FX-8320 Vishera 8-Core Processor for $150 with free shipping (normally $160 - use coupon code: [EMCPCWP26]). We don't recommend tossing it out the window, but it sure would go nicely with a socket AM3+ motherboard. Other Deals: Intel Core i5-4460 Haswell Quad-Core 3.2GHz LGA 1150 Desktop Processor for $180 with free shipping (normally $190 - use coupon code: [EMCPCWP97]) Rosewill THOR V2-White Edition, THOR V2-W Gaming ATX Full Tower Computer Case for $100 with free shipping (normally $140 - use coupon code: [EMCPCWP44]) Asus 24-inch 2ms Full HD HDMI LED Backlight LCD Monitor for $145 with free shipping (normally $180 - use coupon code: [EMCPCWP59]; additional $20 Mail-in rebate) G.Skill Ripjaws Z Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000) Desktop Memory for $153 with free shipping (normally $170 - use coupon code: [EMCPCWP36]) |
Microsoft's Cortana Voice Assistant Correctly Predicts World Cup Winner Posted: 13 Jul 2014 10:45 PM PDT The voice assistant was spot on with 15 out of 16 knockout match predictionsThe quadrennial soccer extravaganza that is the FIFA World Cup just got over in Brazil, with the Germans beating the Argentinians for the title by scoring the only goal of the match in the second half of extra time. But they weren't the tournament's only winners. The final also saw Microsoft's Windows Phone voice assistant Cortana cap off an overall brilliant tournament by once again correctly predicting the winner prior to kick off. During the knockout matches she was spot on with all her predictions, save for the Brazil-Netherlands third place playoff, where her mojo deserted her and she ended up favoring hosts Brazil instead of the actual winners, the Dutch. Here's an excerpt from a post on the Bing Blog explaining how the predictions work: "The process of predicting outcomes of sporting events is unlike voting show predictions [another thing Cortana does], as popularity and some sentiment signals do not play similar roles in determining who wins a contest. Rather, the actions and performances of a handful of individuals solely determine who wins, loses, or ties. For the tournament, our models evaluate the strength of each team through a variety of factors such as previous win/loss/tie record in qualification matches and other international competitions and margin of victory in these contests, adjusted for location since home field advantage is a known bias. Further adjustments are made related to other factors which give one team advantages over another, such as home field (for Brazil) or proximity (South American teams), playing surface (hybrid grass), game-time weather conditions, and other such factors. In addition, data obtained from prediction markets allows us to tune the win/lose/tie probabilities due to the 'wisdom of the crowds' phenomenon captured by the people wagering on the outcomes. You can read more about the model on the Next Blog here." Image Credit: Bing Germany Follow Pulkit on Google+ |
Cheaper Chromebooks in the Offing Posted: 13 Jul 2014 10:23 PM PDT Use of inexpensive ARM SoCs could pave the way for sub-$200 ChromebooksWhen Acer recently introduced the C720 Chromebook, a Haswell Core i3-toting device, we couldn't help but wonder if users would be comfortable shelling out $350 or more for a Chromebook. This is an especially pertinent question because if there's one thing that has helped these nifty little devices carve a niche for themselves, it is their greater affordability compared to entry-level Windows machines. The good news is that Chromebooks are likely to get even more affordable in the near future. This is because inexpensive ARM-based SoCs from the likes of MediaTek and Rockchip could end up powering future Chromebook models. Taiwan-based MediaTek, in fact, has already begun its efforts to get in on the Chrome OS action. "A new experimental ARM Cortex A7 board named Moose has recently been added to the open-source Chromium OS repository by MediaTek," Google's François Beaufort revealed in a Google Plus post Saturday. With A7 chips from the likes of MediaTek being cheaper than even the ARM-based Exynos chips Samsung currently uses in a couple of its Chromebooks (the only company to do so), any device based on such SoCs will no doubt be cheaper than existing ARM- and X86-based Chromebooks, albeit while being considerably slower as well. However, all such dirt cheap devices are still quite far off — that is, if they show up at all. Follow Pulkit on Google+ |
Adobe Now Guarantees Access to Lightroom Photos Even Beyond Subscription Expiry Posted: 13 Jul 2014 10:04 PM PDT Lightroom 5.5 update addresses "lingering concern"Over a year back, Adobe abandoned its pay-once, use-forever Creative Suite in favor of a subscription-based app distribution model. Despite the ensuing furor, the company's recurring annual revenue from Creative Cloud subscriptions has grown to over $1.20 billion. That being said, the company seems willing to address some of the gripes of its over 2.4 million Creative Cloud subscribers — well, especially where Lightroom users are concerned. Last month, it made the once promotional $9.99 per month (annually) Creative Cloud Photography bundle, which includes access to Photoshop and Lightroom, a permanent part of its product portfolio, giving users of its popular photography apps a more affordable alternative to the $50-per-month Creative Cloud annual subscription. (Note: A perpetual license option is also available but the standalone Lightroom bought thus does not come with any mobile capabilities.) Now the company says it has addressed a major issue that has been bothering those who happen to access Lightroom under one of the subscription plans. "With the latest update to Lightroom 5.5 I believe we've also addressed a lingering concern in the community: What happens to my photographs after my membership ends? With Lightroom 5.5, at the end of a membership, the desktop application will continue to launch and provide access to the photographs managed within Lightroom as well as the Slideshow, Web, Book or Print creations that we know many photographers painstakingly create," Tom Hogarty, principal product manager of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, said in a blog post Thursday. "The Develop and Map modules have been disabled in order to signal the end of the membership and the need to renew in order to receive Adobe's continuous innovation in those areas. Access to Lightroom mobile workflows will also cease to function. We hope this meets the expectations of our customers and we look forward to an ongoing dialog." Follow Pulkit on Google+ |
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