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Next generation of Windows is here

Enrico
Next generation of Windows is here

Microsoft has created an event for showing the next generation of Windows is (almost) here on June 24th. Here the event to add to your calendar. After teasing the next generation of Windows during Build last week, Microsoft announced that it’ll officially unveil the new version of its operating system on June 24th at 11AM Eastern. The company has begun sending out invites to media. It’s revealed that CEO Satya Nadella and chief product officer Panos Panay will be headlining the event. The promise at Build At Build, Nadella said he’s been testing the…

The world’s second-most popular OS

Enrico
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For ages now, every annual report on desktop operating system market share has had the same top two contenders: Microsoft’s Windows in a commanding lead at number one and Apple’s macOS in distant second place. But in 2020, Chrome OS became the second-most popular OS, and Apple fell to third. Here is the year-over-year breakdown (IDC’s numbers include desktops, laptops, and workstations): Windows: Down 4.9 points, from 85.4% in 2019 to 80.5% in 2020 Chrome OS: Up 4.4 points, from 6.4% in 2019 to 10.8% in 2020 macOS: Up 0.8…

SSL Encryption

Enrico
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In this blog post, you will learn what SSL Encryption entails, what it is, how it helps secure communication over networks you use. Security issues bothering on confidentiality and privacy are some of the most significant problems we face today in our world of information and communications. Hackers who get hold of the login information of individuals can use the details to access sensitive data from their victims. Increasing cybersecurity threats, combined with the constantly evolving technology behind such threats, give rise to security-related concerns. So, online communications, including transactions,…

Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing

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“While Artificial Intelligence is poised to change many industries radically, the technology is well suited to manufacturing.” – Andrew Ng, Creator of the deep-learning Google Brain Project and adjunct Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University. What is Artificial Intelligence? Artificial Intelligence (AI) represents a fast-growing sector in computing. Science fictions give the impression that Artificial Intelligence is about robots with human-like characteristics; humanoids. Artificial Intelligence demonstrates human intelligence-related behaviours, which are shown to be able to think, plan, learn, and show emotions. Then, artificial intelligence in computer science creates…

Microsoft Open-Sources GW-BASIC

Enrico

When I read that Microsoft released open-sources GW-BASIC, I couldn’t resist to take a look at the code on GitHub. I spent my childhood to play with GW-BASIC and Clipper (do you remember that?) These sources, as clearly stated in the repo’s readme, are the 8088 assembly language sources from 10th Feb 1983, and are being open-sourced for historical reference and educational purposes. This means we will not be accepting PRs that modify the source in any way. A little historical context The GW-BASIC source code being published is dated Feb 10th…

New Xamarin Application Developed to Track and Manage COVID-19 in Real-time

Enrico
Xamarin Application Developed to Track and Manage COVID-19 in Real-time

Volunteers re-engineer cancer treatment software to monitor coronavirus pandemic using Microsoft’s Xamarin mobile framework with Azure Mobile Angel has released a new mobile application built on the Xamarin platform to manage potential and at-risk coronavirus patients in real-time.  The free application monitors patients in clinics across the country through self-reported symptoms and prioritizes them in a triage list based on fever and other symptoms. With built-in telemedicine features, clinic staff can directly monitor patients while reducing in-person visits and potential exposure. The application also aggregates reports across the country so…

Windows Subsystem for Linux is making inroads with developers

Enrico

Last week, Microsoft and Canonical (the company behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution) were scheduled to host a developer conference focused on the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) at Microsoft’s Redmond campus. Ars was invited, and I had plane tickets in hand—but the physical conference was canceled at the last minute due to the coronavirus. Note that I did say the physical conference was canceled—WSLconf itself went on, with 22 speakers and 21 talks given. Virtual attendees were reportedly more than double the (sold out) physical attendee registration and included developers…