MICROSOFT INTRODUCES NEW SHORTCUTS IN WINDOWS 10

The Windows 10 Technical Preview adds all sorts of cool new features designed to appeal to PC power users, but it also includes some nifty newcomers that you can’t actually see—fresh keyboard shortcuts!
The details come courtesy of Brandon LeBlanc of Microsoft’s Blogging Windows blog. If you install the Windows Tech Preview this weekend be sure to check these out.

• Snapping window: Windows key + Left or Right — LeBlanc says: "(Can be used with UP or DOWN to get into quadrants.)" Quadrants is the new Snap view mode that pins apps to the four quarters of the screen.
• Switch to recent window: Alt + Tab – LeBlanc says: "Hold shows new Task View window view, let go and switches to app."
• Task view: Windows + Tab – LeBlanc says: "New Task view opens up and stays open."
• Create new virtual desktop: Windows key + Ctrl + D
• Close current virtual desktop: Windows key + Ctrl + F4
• Switch virtual desktop : Windows key + Ctrl + Left or Right

REVIEW OF GNOME 3.14

GNOME 3.14, the latest version of GNOME 3, has been released. Announcing the new version, Matthias Clasen said: “This is another exciting release for GNOME, and brings many new features and improvements.”
The new release is the result of six months’ work by the GNOME project, and includes 28,859 changes by 871 contributors. Highlights for 3.14 include:

• New animations in the Activities Overview, along with new window animations.
• Automatic handling for Wi-Fi hotspots that require you to login (so called “captive portals”).
• A redesigned Weather application, which uses geolocation to show the weather for your current location.

SAMSUNG SENDS BARBS AT APPLE ON BENDGATE ISSUE

It is a shame the iPhone 6  yields to pressure applied at the right spot with SAMSUNG and  LG  also playing up their own curved phones at Apple's expense and taking turns to  jibs at  the #bend gate  issue.

A tweet posted by Samsung Mobile early Thursday displayed a photo of the company's Galaxy Note Edge with the tagline "Curved. Not bent" followed by the hash tag #GALAXYNoteEdge. Slated to reach US consumers sometime later this year, the Note Edge will sport a 5.6-inch screen that's curved at the right edge.

HOW TO USE TOR BROWSER TO BROWSE WITHOUT LEAVING A TRAIL ON THE INTERNET INCLUDING A TUTORIAL ON HOW TO CONFIGURE YOUR PC TO USE TOR

What is Tor?

Tor is a computer network run by volunteers worldwide. Each volunteer runs what is called a relay, which is just a computer that runs software allowing users to connect to the Internet via the Tor network.
Before hitting the open Internet, the Tor Browser will connect to several different relays, wiping its tracks each step of the way, making it difficult to figure out where, and who, you really are.

While Tor is gaining a reputation as a tool for buying illicit goods online, the software has numerous legitimate uses. Activists masking their location from oppressive regimes and journalists communicating with anonymous sources are two simple examples.

SAMSUNG INTRODUCES NEW TECHNOLOGY OF CHARGING OTHER DEVICES FROM GALAXY DEVICES

Samsung just came up with a solution for those times when you need a quick charge but there's no power outlet in sight. Using the company's new Power Sharing cable, you can transfer power directly from your Galaxy device to any micro USB-compatible gadget, like a smartwatch or a tablet, to name just two examples.

A SNEAK PREVIEW OF WHAT IS COMING ON WINDOWS 10

MICROSOFT stunned the PC word with the announcement of a new version o Windows OS by skipping Windows 9 which everyone was expecting (according to some insiders because it was too good to be released) and moving to Windows 10.Find below a detailed preview mainly sourced from a reliable source at Windows windows blog,

DESKTOP ADMINISTRATORS GET MORE CONTROL WITH VMWARE MIRAGE

WHAT DOES MIRAGE DO?
It manages a layered system by allowing updates from the mirage server to peer-to-peer networks using minimum bandwith and easy upgrading of Windows OS
VMware has upgraded desktop management tool Mirage with bandwidth control features and also published APIs to allow sharing of the data it collects.