Microsoft Trademarks 'Windows 365'
Microsoft has filed for a trademark on Windows 365 leading many to believe that sometime in the future, Microsoft intends to take the operating system down the same road as Microsoft Office. From the announcement that Windows 10 will be a free upgrade, it doesn't look like there will be a subscription based fee in the near future, but from all indications, it looks like that is the direction Microsoft is taking.
Although, Microsoft has recently filed for a trademark for 'Windows 365', which adds a bit of fuel to the subscription based version of Windows. While this trademark could be a defensive claim, to make sure it is not taken by another company, if and when Microsoft does announce a subscription version of Windows, 'Windows 365" would likely be the name.
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Watch Live as SpaceX Attempts to Land a Rocket on a Drone Ship...Again
SpaceX is up for another stab at a controlled soft landing on a drone platform in the Atlantic. Elon Musk puts the odds on this second attempt at an even 50/50 and we'll either be witnessing history being made or be treated to an excellent fireworks display at SpaceX expense. Either way, you are sure to enjoy the show. NASA and SpaceX will be streaming the entire event viewable in the embedded article beginning at 5:50 PM EST.
SpaceX equipped this rocket with more hydraulic fluid, which was the main problem the last time, but the first stage of the rocket has to go through carefully choreographed aerial maneuvers on a flight path that Musk says is even more tricky than the last one.
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Apple Is Talking to TV Programmers About Its Own Web TV Service
Apple is making an awful lot of noise lately about jumping into the TV business with the likes of Dish and Sony. The service would be Internet based, bundling together programming and selling directly to the Internet consumer. Apple is said to be presently in talks with providers about securing programming. It may or may not come to pass, but it would be novel to be able to pick and choose the programming we wish to see.
Industry executives say Apple is in talks with TV programmers about deals that would allow Apple to offer an "over the top" pay-TV service, like the one Dish has started selling with its Sling TV product, and the one Sony is getting ready to launch.
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Microsoft Quietly Had a Really Good Week
Microsoft looks to be doing a lot of things right since the installment of Satya Nadella as CEO. Microsoft is making good on promises of creating one operating system that will span all of Microsoft's product lines and also bringing the company's services to other platforms.
The ability to reach all Windows customers with one app may appeal to some developers who weren't interested in writing an app that only worked with Windows 8, or only on Windows Phone.
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Assassin's Creed Rogue Min PC Requirements
We've all been hearing about Assassin's Creed Rogue since it was verified back in October, but not too much in the way of minimum PC requirements. Ubisoft finally got around to announcing some details on the release date and minimum system requirements for the PC platform.
Pre-ordering the PC digital version will also grant two additional bonus packs: The Siege of Fort de Sable and The Explorer.
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There's a Weird Problem with the New Raspberry Pi Computer
Just about all computers have some embedded quirks that can't be easily explained away. Take the new model Raspberry Pi 2; early testers have found that when you try to take a picture of the diminutive computer with a Xenon flash, the whole kit and caboodle crashes. Nothing worse than a camera shy computer.
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Anthem's Stolen Customer Data Not Encrypted
More bad news for the customers concerning Anthem's hack from earlier this week. Anthem's CEO Joseph Swedish made the announcement on Friday that none of the personal information of the 80 Million or so employees and members was encrypted. It's amazing that huge corporations like Anthem don't feel it's important to divulge all of the facts up front.
The HIPPA ruling recommends using encryption if the health insurer believes it's an appropriate measure to mitigate risk. But lacking a specific requirement essentially leaves it up to each company to decide how to protect its data.
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Google Glass Will Be Completely Redesigned Under Tony Fadell
The New York Times reports that Google has taken a new strategy with its now-defunct Google Glass project. That portion of Google Glass is dead and buried. From this point onward everything starts from scratch and works up from there. New goals, a new man in charge and no public testing this time around.
Google co-founder Sergey Brin was the one that thought it was a good idea to experiment with Glass on a public stage and with the company's marketing engine behind him, he made it happen.
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Experience Samsung's Virtual Reality World at Best Buy
If you are interested in the progress of VR, today would be a good day to take some time out of a lazy Sunday and drop by your nearest participating Best Buy store to check out Samsung's Gear VR up close and personal.
Don't worry about knowing how to use the virtual reality headset. That's where our expert Blue Shirts come in. They will sit you down and adjust the headset so you can dive right into a new immersive world.
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Pillars of Eternity Nears Launch Date, Sequel Discussed
Obsidian's Kickstarter crowd-funded game, Pillars of Eternity, is not quite out of the gate yet, with a deployment date of March 26th targeted. It would seem a wee bit premature to begin talk of a sequel, but that is exactly what CEO Feargus Urquhart is doing with more discussion on the possibilities for a Pillars of Eternity 2 game coming at the end of this month.
"We've already started working on artwork. So we've already kind of figured out where we want to go in the world and the artists are doing some tests.
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The Latest Numbers Suggest Netflix Really Is Killing Traditional TV
Cord cutters always seem to have a little glint in their eye and wry smile on their faces whenever we run a story on traditional TV's steady loss of customers.The streamers like Netflix, Prime, Hulu, et al are taking a bigger bite than usual according to the latest figures from Nielsen, with the Guardian reporting traditional viewing has fallen 12% in the past year.
The data suggests that it's services like Netflix, Amazon Instant Video, and Hulu that are greedily grabbing viewers away from traditional TV. Analysts Anthony DiClemente and Benjamin Black from Nomura Securities called the latest results "one of the worst declines we have seen since we launched coverage of these companies."
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UK Universities Ban Watches in Exam Halls Ahead of Apple Watch Release
Looks like some universities in the UK are getting a big jump on the upcoming flood of Smartwatches that will be released this year. Buzzfeed reports that several of the universities in the UK have already established policies on the non-use of smartwatchs in an exam setting, with many more expected to follow suit in the near future.
Students are already asked to place mobile phones in a plastic wallet under their desk, so we adopted the same procedure for watches. Students either don't wear them to an exam venue, or they remove the watch in the venue and place it in the plastic wallet.
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Chrome OS Lets You Lock Lost or Stolen Computers
Google is making a step in the right direction by giving Chrome OS administrators the ability to remotely lock the lost/stolen Chromebook computers. The catch in all of this is, it's only available on Enterprise/Business or Education computers and not on personal computers…..yet.
Those who do use a school/work-issued Chromebook only have to ask their IT admin to lock it remotely from the web-based control system.
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Office for Windows 10 Preview Available
Microsoft is putting the finishing touches on the new Office 2016 (or whatever name the company will use on the finished product) and is giving it a test run. If you are participating in the Windows 10 Technical Preview, you can go straight to your store and download Office for Windows 10 Preview. You can also get there from the links in the article, couldn't be easier. Office 2016 will be available to the general public in conjunction with the release of Windows 10 sometime in late Q315 or early Q415.
There will be a traditional, full featured desktop client, including the entire suite of Office applications, such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, Access, and Publisher. But up until now, there has not been a publicly available version of Office for touch based Windows computers.
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