Month: June 2017
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One Keyboard+Mouse, multiple computers, the Microsoft way
From Microsoft Garage, the new “Mouse without Borders” – it supports also keyboard, clipboard and file drag and drop. Its an alternative to Synergy, Input Director and similar solutions. I’ll give it a try later. Download it here.
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Getting Started with Hybrid App Development
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Web hosting company pays $1 million after Erebus ransomware attack
The cost of a ransomware attack can be pretty substantial. Businesses that are not well prepared are looking at lost revenue from downtime and massive damage to their reputation, not to mention a pretty hefty ransom bill as well. For web hosting company Nayana, that was $1 million. View original article
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Microsoft confirms that Windows 10 source code has leaked online
Microsoft has confirmed reports that some Windows 10 source code has leaked. The Register claims that 32TB of internal builds as well as large sections of source code were uploaded to betaarchive.com. View original article
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Build Desktop Apps Using Electron: The Beginner’s Guide
Electron is a framework for building cross-platform desktop applications using Node.js and Chromium. Electron uses web pages as its GUI, so you could also see it as a minimal Chromium browser, controlled by JavaScript. Before installing electron, make sure that you have installed Node. View original article
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Google’s Awareness API for building contextual Android apps now localizes time, holidays
One of the more interesting developments from last year’s Google I/O was the Awareness API. By understanding current context, Android apps can intelligently react based on what’s happening. View original article
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What really happened with Vista
This article has been in my to read list for a few days now, but due to a lack of time I haven’t been able to finish it yet. There’s a lot of information in the article about the development of Windows Vista, and even though I haven’t finished it yet I can guarantee you…
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Litho: A Declarative Framework for Efficient UIs
Litho: A Declarative Framework for Efficient UIsPosted on:Apr 18, 8:20pm PDT Components for Android allows developers to implement complex, efficient RecyclerViews through a simple declarative API. In this session we’ll discuss the function and features of this powerful framework. View original article
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Open-sourcing Litho, a declarative UI framework for Android
One challenge in Android development is achieving smooth UI performance. Developers can spend a lot of time optimizing, squeezing out every bit of speed from their UI code, and yet still experience lag and dropped frames in complex scenarios. View original article
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Open source ‘Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit’ for deep learning reaches version 2.0
Last year, Microsoft released an open source project called “Cognitive Toolkit.” This toolkit was designed with a focus on deep learning and artificial intelligence. Today, after a fairly long beta period, Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit is finally updated to version 2.0. View original article
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Open source ‘Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit’ for deep learning reaches version 2.0
Last year, Microsoft released an open source project called “Cognitive Toolkit.” This toolkit was designed with a focus on deep learning and artificial intelligence. Today, after a fairly long beta period, Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit is finally updated to version 2.0. View original article
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qemu-img for Windows
QEMU disk image utility for Windows. It is used for converting, creating and consistency checking of various virtual disk formats. It’s compatible with Hyper-V, KVM, VMware, VirtualBox and Xen virtualization solutions.This build has been optimized for Windows Server (x64), including Windows Nano Server. View original article