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The future of the tablet is the PC - CNET

Today, these tablet-laptop hybrids -- which blend the mobility and touchscreen friendliness of a tablet with the capabilities of a PC -- are on track to becoming the fastest-growing computing category. Shipments of so-called 2-in-1 devices like Microsoft's Surface Pro 3 and the Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro, for example, are expected to grow almost fivefold this year. That's thanks in part to attachable or foldable keyboards and more-powerful hardware, such as Intel's Core M microprocessors, that let slimmer, tabletlike devices hit speeds on par with midrange laptops.



And tablet sales? The market for large slabs of glass that are used mostly for playing games, reading email and watching videos has begun to slide. Sales of slate-style tablets are expected to fall 8 percent, according to a report from research firm Strategy Analytics. Sales in Apple's iPad business, meanwhile, fell 18 percent year over year in its most recent quarter, the sixth consecutive quarterly decline.



Consumers can't seem to get enough of devices that let them have, and do, it all.



"I feel like this took about three years," said Patrick Moorhead, an analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy. "You now have very high quality 2-in-1s that are very thin, affordable -- and people haven't upgraded their notebook for a while."



The future of the tablet is the PC - CNET

Samsung Galaxy Note 5 and S6 Edge+ vs. Galaxy S6, S6 Edge, Apple iPhone 6 Plus and LG G4 - CNET

Samsung Galaxy Note 5 and S6 Edge+ vs. Galaxy S6, S6 Edge, Apple iPhone 6 Plus and LG G4 - CNET

Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Preview - CNET

Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Preview - CNET

The Babies - Jasiri X

NYTimes: Google Is Restructuring Under a New Company Called Alphabet

Moto G (late 2015) review - CNET

Moto G (late 2015) review - CNET

Federal Appeals Court Rules Texas Voter ID Law Violates Voting Rights Act

"Conservative 5th Circuit rules that Rick Perry's voter suppression law is unconstitutional."

What you need to know about artificial intelligence, and the imminent robot future

"The immediate threat, experts warn, comes in the form of autonomous weapons -- military machines capable of killing without permission from a human. From unmanned planes to missile defence systems to sentry robots, we've already got military hardware that functions with very little input from a human mind.

Groups such as the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots say we're inching ever closer to closing the loop, and letting machines handle our killing for us -- a scenario that's legally, pragmatically, and of course ethically, problematic.

The less sensationally named Future of Life Institute only days agopublished an open letter signed by hundreds of AI researchers and famous tech personalities, warning, "If any major military power pushes ahead with AI weapon development, a global arms race is virtually inevitable, and the endpoint of this technological trajectory is obvious: autonomous weapons will become the Kalashnikovs of tomorrow."

How Microsoft Edge beats Internet Explorer

The edge for Edge

"The good news is that you'll actually want to give it a try. The best thing about Edge is that it's not "Internet Explorer 12;" it's a complete reboot, with some nice modern tools and worthy additions, the best of which are highlighted below."

Microsoft Windows 10 review - CNET

"This is what Windows 8 always should've been: an operating system that bridges the divide between touch and non-touch, without alienating folks who fall into one camp or the other. Like it or not, the future belongs to devices with touchscreens. But Microsoft (finally) understands that we'll all get there at own pace, and Continuum makes the transition painless. And now that there are so many hybrid devices to choose from, making the switch to touch without abandoning the interface we know is more important than ever."

Microsoft Windows 10 review - CNET

THE GOOD Windows 10 bridges the gap between PCs and tablets without alienating anyone. The new OS combines the best bits of old and new Windows features into a cohesive package, while correcting nearly all of the missteps of Windows 8. The upgrade process is mostly painless, and free for most Windows 7 and 8 users.

THE BAD Many of the new features will be lost on those who don't care about touch. Automatic, forced updates could spell trouble later on. Cortana's features are better suited for smartphones.

THE BOTTOM LINE Windows 10 delivers a refined, vastly improved vision for the future of computing with an operating system that's equally at home on tablets and traditional PCs -- and it's a free upgrade for most users.

Microsoft Windows 10 review - CNET

Siri vs. Google Now: Who wins the AI cat fight? | Cult of Mac

Siri certainly kicked off the trend in 2011, but I think most would agree it’s nowhere near as good as Google Now four years on.

What I really love about Google Now is that it “just works” — as you would expect an Apple product to. Once it is setup, it’s always working in the background and ready when you need it. With just one swipe from your home screen on Android, Google Now is there with an abundance of useful, timely information.

Whether you need details on an upcoming flight, travel information for your next meeting, the closest coffee shop, or just last night’s sports scores, Google Now has it all. And most of the time, you don’t even need to ask for it; it’s just there, waiting for you.

Siri can find you a coffee shop and fetch sports scores, too, of course — but only if you ask for it. And who really wants to do that in public?

Siri vs. Google Now: Who wins the AI cat fight? | Cult of Mac

Microsoft Windows 10 review - CNET

Microsoft Windows 10 review - CNET

Moto X Style, first look: Motorola's new phones in NYC

Experts Found a Unicorn in the Heart of Android › Zimperium Mobile Security Blog

Built on tens of gigabytes of source code from the Android Open Source Project (AOSP), the leading smartphone operating system carries a scary code in its heart. Named Stagefright, it is a media library that processes several popular media formats. Since media processing is often time-sensitive, the library is implemented in native code (C++) that is more prone to memory corruption than memory-safe languages like Java.

Zimperium zLabs VP of Platform Research and Exploitation, Joshua J. Drake (@jduck), dived into the deepest corners of Android code and discovered what we believe to be the worst Android vulnerabilities discovered to date. These issues in Stagefright code critically expose 95% of Android devices, an estimated 950 million devices. Drake’s research, to be presented at Black Hat USA on August 5 and DEF CON 23 on August 7 found multiple remote code execution vulnerabilities that can be exploited using various methods, the worst of which requires no user-interaction.

- See more at: http://blog.zimperium.com/experts-found-a-unicorn-in-the-heart-of-android/#sthash.Y48se8On.dpuf



Experts Found a Unicorn in the Heart of Android › Zimperium Mobile Security Blog