Running Windows 10 Mobile On An In-Car Display
Sorry officer, I was just trying to finish up this Excel sheet.
If
you own a car with an HDMI port in your display, you might be able to
hook up a Windows 10 Mobile phone and have it work on that screen.
Windows Central reader Matthew Johnson alerted us to his experiment on
Twitter with a Pioneer in-car display. As you can see from the image,
connecting the phone to its HDMI-in port seems to work. Johnson notes
that the display is not a touchscreen, so he can't actually access
Windows 10 Mobile directly on his car, but it does show that Windows 10
Mobile's Continuum feature could be used in some vehicles with the right
hardware inside.
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Feds Drop iPhone Unlocking Case After Perp Remembers His Password
I
think this is the best one yet. So did the defendant actually
momentarily "forget" his passcode, or did a fed give him that idea?
Feng's
phone is an iPhone 4s running iOS 7, an older version with far less
protections than the iOS 9 iPhone 5c in the San Bernardino case. That
means it's so old it could have been unlocked using a widely-available
$200 forensic tool, completely negating the need to ask Apple for help.
The All Writs Act, a 227-year-old law that was used to compel Apple's
cooperation in both cases, requires that the government first exhaust
all other possible methods. But in the New York case, it seems the
government overlooked several possibilities—including, apparently,
asking Feng for the passcode after he was convicted.
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Merchants See Dip In Fraud Thanks To Chip Cards
Chip
cards seem to be making a positive difference. Counterfeit transactions
have supposedly decreased as much as 18% from merchants who have
updated their systems.
Among the 25 merchants who were
suffering the most instances of counterfeit fraud at the end of 2014,
five that began processing credit and debit cards equipped with the new
EMV technology saw those infractions fall 18.3% as of the final quarter
of 2015, says Stephanie Ericksen, vice president of risk products at
Visa. Meanwhile, five of those merchants who were not yet equipped to
handle chip-enabled cards saw an increase in fraudulent transactions of
11.4%. "We're seeing EMV is having a positive impact on counterfeit
fraud,'' Ericksen says. "Merchants who implement chip, their counterfeit
fraud is going down, while those still finalizing plans, their
counterfeit fraud is going up.''
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Consumer Complaints About Broadband Caps Are Soaring
This
article shines a light on Comcast, which is being accused of protecting
legacy TV revenues from Internet video with its new pricing plans.
Consumer
complaints to the Federal Communications Commission about broadband
data caps rose to 7,904 in the second half of 2015 from 863 in the first
half, notes a new report by the Wall Street Journal. The Journal filed a
Freedom of Information Act request with the agency to obtain the data
on complaints, which have spiked as a growing number of fixed-line
broadband providers apply caps and overage fees to already pricey
connections. According to the Journal, the FCC has received 10,000
consumer complaints about data caps since 2015.
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Xbox 360 Production Has Ended
After being around for over a decade, Microsoft has finally pulled the plug on the good ol' 360.
Head
of Xbox Phil Spencer has announced Microsoft will no longer be making
Xbox 360 consoles. "Xbox 360 means a lot to everyone in Microsoft,"
wrote Spencer. "And while we've had an amazing run, the realities of
manufacturing a product over a decade old are starting to creep up on
us. Which is why we have made the decision to stop manufacturing new
Xbox 360 consoles. We will continue to sell existing inventory of Xbox
360 consoles, with availability varying by country."
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CERN Releases 300TB Of Large Hadron Collider Data
CERN has begun releasing data dumps for all of you wannabe particle physicists or data hoarders out there.
CERN
just dropped 300 terabytes of hot collider data on the world and you
know you want to take a look. Kati Lassila-Perini, a physicist who works
on the Compact Muon Solenoid (!) detector, gave a refreshingly
straightforward explanation for this huge release. "Once we've exhausted
our exploration of the data, we see no reason not to make them
available publicly," she said in a news release accompanying the data.
"The benefits are numerous, from inspiring high school students to the
training of the particle physicists of tomorrow. And personally, as
CMS's data preservation coordinator, this is a crucial part of ensuring
the long-term availability of our research data."
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Amazon Prime Video Now Has Four Times As Many Movies As Netflix
Netflix,
however, has more shows, and you could also argue for its value when
you look at its exclusive content, most of which is pretty well rated.
Research
last month showed that since January 2014, the number of titles
available on Netflix in the US has shrunk by 31.7%. This was
particularly pronounced in movies, where Netflix's selection had gone
down by over 2,000 titles. Netflix now actually has 4 times fewer movie
titles than Amazon Prime Video, one of its major competitors (which
recently rolled out a standalone option), according to research by
Barclays.
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Opera Bakes Free, Unlimited VPN Directly Into Desktop Browser
Something tells me that a free VPN can't possibly be good, particularly in regard to privacy.
The
launch is the result of Opera's acquisition of North American VPN
company SurfEasy last March. The two companies kinda integrated back in
September with version 32 of the Opera browser, but users were prompted
to install the SurfEasy extension. It's also worth noting here that
other third-party providers, such as perennial favorite TunnelBear, have
long provided VPN add-ons for Opera. But by making it a default
feature, Opera goes some way toward making privacy a core facet of the
browser.
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Galaxy Note 6 Could Feature 5.8" Curved Display, 4,000 mAh Battery
I
still think curved displays like the Edge are gimmicky, but I do like
the sound of that battery. The Note 6 is also expected to be IP68 water
resistant and possibly include an iris scanner.
The
other interesting tidbit in this leak is the battery size of the Note 6.
The source doesn't exactly know the battery capacity but suggests a
4,000 mAh battery might power the device. With a larger body, it
wouldn't exactly be hard to fit in a 4,000 mAh battery inside the Note
6, especially if Samsung makes the device thicker than its predecessor
(a move that helped the company fit the large batteries inside the
Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge).
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Amazon Blocking Non-Prime Members From Buying Certain Video Games
I like how Amazon's response to this is to just buy a Prime membership.
Amazon
has extended its "Prime-Exclusive Items" initiative to block non-Prime
members from being able to purchase certain video games. The change was
spotted by customers this morning, with the PS4 versions of GTA 5,
Rainbow Six Siege and Assassin's Creed Syndicate now only available to
Prime members, along with the PS4 and Xbox One versions of FIFA 16, Far
Cry Primal, Battlefield Hardline and more. If you aren't a member of
Amazon Prime, you will now see a box with a blue border on the right of
the page "identifying the item as Prime-Exclusive", and will not be able
to add the item to your basket.
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Gearbox Confirms Borderlands 3 Will Be Its Next Game
Wait, you mean it won't be Aliens: Colonial Marines 2?
"It's
no secret, obviously there's going to be another Borderlands," Gearbox
CEO and president Randy Pitchford said. Battleborn art director Scott
Kester said he will be the art director on Borderlands 3. "We don't even
know if we're going to call it that. We could call it Borderlands 4 for
all we know," Pitchford added. Gearbox chief creative champion Mikey
Neumann, who also provides the voice of beloved mechanic Scooter, will
be writing it.
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Latest Windows 10 Preview Includes Updated Start Menu, Windows Ink
The
latest insider preview is a "major" one for PC. Aside from Start Menu
improvements and Ink, tablet mode and search functionality have also
been updated.
We have merged the most used apps list
and the All apps list into a single view and elevated it to the top
level of the UI to reduce clicking and scrolling. You can now access all
your apps with one click on the Start menu. We have also moved
important functionality such as Power, Settings, and File Explorer so
that they are always visible in the left rail in the Start menu, and
updated the Recently added section so that it will now show 3 entries
instead of just 1, and can be expanded to see the entire list of new
apps.
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DOOM Will Have Advanced Video Features
Most
of you will remember that we were more than a bit surprised last week
when we realized there was no tab or menu for advanced video features in
the DOOM Open Beta (here). Well, Bethesda must've heard our cries
because today they posted a detailed list of advanced features that will
be in the retail game at launch.
Manually Lock Framerate (un-locked by default)
Lights Quality
Chromatic Aberration Toggle
Shading Quality
Post Process Quality
Particles Quality
Game F/X Quality
Decal Quality
Directional Occlusion
Reflections Quality
Depth of Field Toggle
Decal / Texture Filtering
Motion Blur Quality / Toggle
Sharpening Amount
Lens Flare Toggle
Lens Dirt Toggle
Texture Atlas Size
Show Performance Metrics
Resolution Scaling
UI Opacity
Film Grain
Rendering Mode
FOV Slider
Simple Reticle
Show First-person Hands Toggle
Use Compute Shaders
Vsync (support or triple buffering)
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Thermaltake Core W100 Super Tower Chassis Review
The
W100 SUper Tower Chassis is not small and it is not cheap. It even
comes fully unassembled. It does however look to fit the needs of the
most hardcore water cooling enthusiasts however. The W100 is likely the
most versatile case we have ever reviewed in terms of fan and radiator
compatibility.
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