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- Office 365 Subscribers Now Get Unlimited Cloud
Storage - Microsoft has added unlimited
One Drive cloud storage for Office 365 subscribers.
- The clock on most Windows 7 OEM sales runs out this week - At
the end of this month, Microsoft
will pull the plug on the sales of Windows 7 licenses to OEMs for
most versions of the OS. What this means is that vendors, such as HP
and Dell, can no longer buy the licence keys from Microsoft for the OS,
but they will still be able to sell through their existing stock. So,
on November 1st, Windows 7 machines wont disappear completely but they
will quickly become much harder to find. For Dell and HP, this is not
good news as both companies are still pushing the five-year-old OS with
promotions and prominent placing on their websites. As you can see in
the images in this post, HP and Dell are still attracting enough
customers who want Windows 7 to warrant placing links that are highly
visible on their websites.
- Researchers upgrade fiber tech to transmit data at 255
Terabits/s - Researchers at the Eindhoven University of Technology
and the University of Central Florida have successfully transmitted
data over a new type of fiber at a
blistering speed of 255 Terabits per second. The new fiber consists
of 7 cores as supposed to the 1 core that standard, state-of-the-art,
fibers currently carry. Furthermore, the researchers also implemented
two additional "orthogonal dimensions" for data transmission, which is
purportedly similar to having 3 cars driving on top of each other.
These two methods in turn help to deliver 21 times more bandwidth than
the 4-8 Terabits per second of current fiber technology.
- AT&T ruins Apple SIM by locking it to their carrier - The
Apple SIM concept wasn't exactly revolutionary, but it was a pretty
great introduction of the technology. The concept is fairly simple:
there are a lot of different carriers out there, and rather than buying
a SIM card locked down to a specific carrier, you should be able to
change your carrier and retain your SIM card. Great right?
Unfortunately, it seems that AT&T was unhappy with this level of
freedom. The CEO of T-Mobile, John Legere, posted a
series of photos on Twitter showing that once a user selects
AT&T as their carrier, they can never change it to something else.
This effectively turns the Apple SIM into an AT&T SIM card, and
ruining a fairly interesting element of Apple SIM. The device itself
isn't locked-- you can get a new Apple or carrier SIM and keep using it
as you normally would, but the SIM card itself is locked at that point.
- Apple Watch to iPhone home screen prototype - The
inspiration for the project started when programmer Lucas
Menge, read an article about modernizing the iOS home home screen
by utilizing the design language from the Apple Watch. The result,
although only a prototype, is fairly impressive. The iOS home screen
has been completely changed to reflect the interface that is found on
the Apple Watch. The icons span edge to edge, making better use of the
screen real estate. Menge has also made navigation a bit simpler by
adding a function that will allow you to zoom in and out of the icon
map just by tapping in the corresponding section or tapping a blank
area.
- Apple iPhone 6 Plus Crushed By A Tank - The chaps over at
TechRax traveled to Tank Town USA to crush an
iPhone 6 Plus by driving a tank over it. And they ended up crushing
two iPhone 6 Plus units as the guy who was doing the recording forgot
to hit the record button during their first attempt
- Sony XPERIA Z3 Burger on fire! - Some folks are placing a
Sony
Xperia Z3 inside the patty of a burger and grilling it to test the
device's heat resistance. It's a very dangerous experiment as the
phone's battery can overheat and explode. But it doesn't explode and
the handset also survives the test. In the end, the device's display
appears to be working fine. The screen was greasy as it was inside the
burger; maybe they can give it a hot bath to remove the fat.
- Samsung Galaxy Note 4 TV ads focus on the S-Pen and camera - Samsung
has been busy promoting its new Galaxy Note 4 with recent short and
long form TV ads. Now the company has released two more
commercials for the recently launched 5.7-inch smartphone.
- One-on-One with Elon Musk - MIT AeroAstro Centennial Symposium
- The high point of the MIT Aeronautics and Astronautics
Department's 2014 Centennial celebration is the October 22-24
Centennial Symposium featuring some of the most illustrious names in
aerospace reflecting on past achievement, celebrating today's
innovative research and education, and offering their perspectives on
what lies ahead.
- Robots to fly planes where humans can't -
Researchers in South Korea are developing a robotic
pilot that could potentially replace humans in the cockpit. Unlike
drones and autopilot programs which are configured for specific
aircraft, the robots' humanoid design will allow it to fly any type of
plane with no additional sensors. Ben Gruber reports.
- Littlefinger (Game Of Thrones) Stars In Sci-Fi Short Film - check it out
- The Most Epic Safety Video Ever Made - Released by Air
New Zealand, this one cleverly cashes in on the Hobbit obsession and
has been released in time before the final film of the trilogy. The
instructional video features Elijah Wood, Peter Jackson, orcs, wizards,
a shiny ring and nearly everyone else you'll spot in Middle Earth.
This one also sports cameos by Dean O'Gorman and Sylvester McCoy and
was shot in places that hosted the trilogy, including Hamilton and
Central Otago.
- Lincoln Ads - Saturday Night Live - Matthew
McConaughey (Jim Carrey) ponders the important questions in life
and takes Allstate spokesman Dennis Haysbert (Kenan Thompson) for a
ride in a new set of commercials.
- 'Thriller' Covered In 20 Different Styles - Ten Second
Songs is ready for Halloween. Are you?
- When Mom Isn't Home -"Son, I
burned dinner, but instead we're gonna order pizza and do this."
- I'm Concerned About This Guy's Weird Snoring :D - Allegedly
this poor guy was sick and his swollen throat caused this bizarre
sound to come out of his mouth. Happy flu season, everyone!
- Anais Zanotti Smoking Hot Pics In Bikini at the Beach! - French
model and sexy person Anais Zanotti looked incredibly hot in a teeny
tiny bikini on Miami Beach.
- Behati Prinsloo poses for Victoria's Secret October 2014 - Check it out!
- Lily Aldridge 4 Victorias Secret Lingerie - Victoria's
Secret Angel Lily Aldridge showed her enviable physique in another
photoshoot for Victoria's Secret lingerie.
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