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Security update: Attackers could run their own commands on Qnap NAS

Network storage from Qnap can be attacked through two holes. A patch can help.

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Anyone who owns a NAS from Qnap should bring the QTS operating system up to date. Otherwise, attackers could attack devices.

In a security warning, Qnap reported the vulnerabilities (CVE – 2020 – 2490, CVE – 2020 – 2492) outgoing threat level with ” medium “classified. Attacks should be possible from a distance. After a successful attack, you should be able to execute your own commands. The developers do not explain what an attack scenario looks like.

According to their own information, they have the vulnerabilities in Version 4.4.3. 1421 build 20200907 closed. The edition has been available since the beginning of September. In the system settings you can check the status of your own NAS device and update it if necessary.

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Windows 10, towards the elimination of Internet Explorer with the redirect on Edge. All the details

A new step towards the definitive abandonment of Internet Explorer, with more than a thousand sites (at least initially) that will be launched through the more modern (and supported) Edge based on Chromium

of Nino Grasso published on 28 October 2020 , at 15: 43 in the Operating Systems channel
Microsoft Windows

Like it or not, Windows users have had to progressively move away from Internet Explorer, web browser that has become legendary more for its negative characteristics than for its qualities. Microsoft has released a first version of Edge, its replacement, in a modern key (perhaps too much), and then retraces its steps with a new variant based on Chromium.

from Windows 10 20 H2 this version is now native to the operating system, and the permanent abandonment of Internet Explorer now seems to be a priority for Microsoft. After rolling out an update to install the new Chromium-based Edge on as many systems as possible, Microsoft plans to force over a thousand websites to run on Edge .

Specifically, as reported by ZDNet, starting next month if you try to access an “incompatible” website with Internet Explorer, the system will perform a redirect forcing the site to be played on the new Edge browser. The source also recorded a video showing how the novelty will operate on Windows 10.

In the list of sites that will be automatically launched on Edge you can read many names, and not just of websites unknown to most. Among these we find Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, various Google services, and again Microsoft Teams and several websites related to home banking systems and other large-scale brands. According to a Microsoft FAQ page the news will be distributed on Microsoft Edge version 87 , which is scheduled to debut next time 19 November.

A major change is also the fact that Edge will retrieve browsing data from Internet Explorer, unless you uncheck the option on first run which will be shown in the warning screen (photo below).

The elimination of Internet Explorer is a essential move for Microsoft , since for very long years the browser has been one of the biggest nightmares for web developers. To date, the old program for surfing the internet does not even account for 5% of traffic, so the cessation of its activities should not be frustrating for the vast majority of users. Those few who still use IE, however, know that the browser is running out of hours.

Pro1 X: here is the smartphone for the “ geeks ''! Physical QWERTY keyboard and Linux

A return to the past that of Pro1 X, the smartphone with extended QWERTY physical keyboard . Moreover, the possibility of using not only Android, as an operating system, but also Linux in the Ubuntu Touch and Lineage OS versions is particular.

by Bruno Mucciarelli published 28 October 2020 , at 15: 21 in the Telephony channel
Linux Android

A smartphone suitable for geeks with a return to past in design. Let’s talk about the new Pro1 X , the phone recently presented by the company F (x) tec in collaboration with the famous website XDA Developers . It is truly one of a kind and clearly brings your mind back to Nokia’s past. In this case the Pro1 X opens via a sliding movement of the screen towards the rear and is equipped with a 5, 99 inches with a resolution of 2160 × 1080 pixel , but also a QWERTY keyboard a 66 keys arranged in five rows. On a technical level, it is in possession of an old Qualcomm Snapdragon chip 835 and has 6 GB or 8 GB GB of RAM LPDDR4X and 128 GB or 256 GB of UFS 2.1 memory which can also be expanded by using a card microSD.

Pro1 X: the return to the past for the “ geeks ”

But what makes the Pro1 X unique is not only the presence of an extended physical QWERTY keyboard which these days is really a thing of the past but certainly also the use of operating systems different from the classic Android one, however present. In this case the options are LineageOS or Ubuntu Touch. The first is we can define it as a customized Android with advanced controls while the second offers users the functionality of a Linux PC to all the effects.

Pro1 X has an optimized launcher that allows you to use the device with the screen horizontally. Not only because there are also some customizable shortcuts even if in this case not all Google applications on Android will be optimized for the physical keyboard and therefore it will be quite difficult to be able to take full advantage of the device from this point of view. Nothing lost since the new Pro1 X can be connected to a display using a USB Type-C cable and used as a normal Linux PC. The touchscreen display can act as a trackpad, while the keyboard can be used for text entry.

At a photographic level, the sensors of Pro1 X are not very effective since we are talking about a main camera from 12 MP (Sony IMX 363), a 5MP focus sensor, an LED flash and an 8MP front camera. But it is clear that the smartphone is oriented towards something other than video and photo use. It’s a smartphone for nerds and it’s connectivity and its operating system that matter in addition to capable hardware.

The new Pro1 X should start to be launched on the market from March 2021. In any case, an 8GB version and 256 GB of smartphone is available for 499 dollars down on Indiegogo, although the final price of the device will be 799 dollars. Salty perhaps given the somewhat dated hardware.

Apple working on an alternative search engine to Google?

After the latest Department of Justice investigation, it appears Apple is trying to push for the development of an alternative web search system to that of Google

by Andrea Bai published 28 October 2020 , at 14: 31 in the Apple channel
Siri Apple Google

Apple would be “working hard” to develop proprietary search technology : this is what the Financial Times reports on the basis of the new operations of the antitrust authority of the United States of America which has targeted the precious agreement between Apple itself and Google that grants to the latter to have its own search engine as default option on all Apple devices.

Within the recent update of the mobile operating system iOS 14 Apple shows the web search results and their links in the form of “Siri suggestions” directly on the phone’s search screen, accessible by swiping down. Siri’s suggestions have been available for several generations of the operating system, but Apple’s willingness to push its relevance is recent, and that would testify that Apple is working to build its own search alternative to the Google engine.

Siri or Spotlight: could one of them be Apple’s future search engine?

From this point of view, the recruitment, which took place over the past years, of John Giannandrea, former head of Google search. Giannandrea was hired with the aim of improving the AI capabilities and functionality of Siri. It is also worth noting the continuous job offers proposed by Apple for figures who have among their skills those of programming and management of search engines and algorithms.

According to information gathered by the Financial Times, there is also an increased activity of Applebot, the web crawler of Apple, which currently works to improve the search results of Siri and Spotligh you who in the past had fueled speculations on the development of a search engine by the Apple.

In recent days, the US Department of Justice has formalized the launch of an investigation to verify the contours of the commercial agreement between Apple and Google and the value ranging from eight to twelve billion dollars that are awarded to Apple for leaving the Google search engine as the default on its devices. According to the Department, the agreement demonstrates disrespectful conduct of free competition to protect Google’s monopoly. The latter is in the viewfinder, but the Apple is simultaneously monitored

The Italian Antitrust investigates Google: abuse of dominant position in the advertising sector?

The Authority accuses Google of the discriminatory use of the amount of data, collected through their own applications, which prevents competitors from competing effectively and also has significant repercussions on consumers.

by Manolo De Agostini published 28 October 2020 , at 09: 57 in the web channel
Google

The AGCM, the Italian Competition Authority better known as Antitrust , has investigation initiated against Google assuming a abuse of dominant position . The company allegedly “ violated the article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union regarding the availability and use of data for the processing of display advertising campaigns “, the space that publishers and website owners make available for the display of advertising content.

The 27 October the Authority conducted inspections in the offices by Google , with the collaboration of the military of the Guardia di Finanza. According to the AGCM, Google makes a discriminatory use of the enormous amount of data collected through its applications, preventing competing operators in the online advertising sales markets from being able to compete in effective way .

In particular, Google seems to have carried out a conduct of internal-external discrimination, refusing to provide the decryption keys of the Google ID and excluding third party tracking pixels. At the same time it would have used trackers that allow you to make your own advertising brokerage services able to reach a capacity of targeting that some equally efficient competitors are unable to replicate.

Online advertising sales in 2019 recorded a value of over 3.3 billion , which currently represents 22% of the resources of the media sector, and the display advertising alone a turnover of more than 1.2 billion. “By importance, online advertising is, in terms of value, the second source of revenue in the media sector”, underlines the Antitrust Authority.

Through cookies placed together with banners , pop-ups or other forms of advertising messages visible during the consultation of a website, it is possible for advertisers, agencies and advertising intermediaries to acquire data relevant to the user’s consumption choice and thus personalize subsequent campaigns, orienting the positioning of messages on the content of interest of the individual user.

In addition to these relevant data, Google has multiple tools that allow you to reconstruct in a detailed manner the profile of the subjects to whom advertising messages should be directed. This is the mobile operating system Android , installed on most smartphones used in Italy, the browser for devices Chrome mobile, for searching on the move, the browser for Chrome personal computers, cartography and navigation services Google Maps / Waze and all other services provided through Google ID (gmail, drive, docs, sheet, Youtube).

The conducts that will be investigated by the Authority appear to have a “significant impact on competition in the various markets of the digital advertising chain with extensive repercussions on competitors and consumers. The absence of competition in the ‘digital advertising brokerage, in fact, could reduce the resources allocated to website producers and publishers, thus impoverishing the quality of content directed to the

Pro1 X: The first XDA smartphone with a sliding physical keyboard

XDA-Developers is not only an editorial office that provides English-language information to fans of mobile technologies. It is also an extensive forum and active users who contribute to various variations on the Android operating system. It turns out that XDA intends to go a step further to implement its ventures. Well, on the Idiegogo crowdfunding website, it was possible to order a smartphone designed by XDA and the manufacturer – F (x) tec. It is not just another piece of equipment based on secondary design and painstaking solutions, but the form that potential customers expect. The question is, who exactly is the target of the original Pro1 X smartphone equipped with a physical keyboard?

The Pro1 X smartphone is the result of cooperation between XDA and the British company F (x) tec, in which we find a foldable a physical keyboard and real freedom in the installation of the mobile operating system of your choice.

Samsung Galaxy M smartphone test 51 – battery 7000 mAh. There is power!

First, the price. The equipment will not be cheap, as its regular price will be 899 dollars. However, there is a limited pool for the XDA community that costs “only 639 dollars” . The smartphone can work under the control of Ubuntu Touch OS, but is sold with pre-installed LineageOS. A fairly old Qualcomm Snapdragon chip 835, 8 GB RAM and 256 GB of memory for user data. There will also be a variant with 6 GB RAM and 128 GB of memory for user data.

Xiaomi Mi smartphone test 10 T Pro: Pro Edition Night Photography

5, 99 – inch OLED screen with resolution 2160 x 1080 and aspect ratio 18: 9. This element is protected by a 3rd generation Corning Gorilla Glass layer. The battery with a capacity of 3200 mAh looks as poor as the photo set (12 Mpix zf / 1.8 and 5 Mpix zf /2.9). The key, however, will be the ability to use a physical QWERTY keyboard and any jump between systems from the Android family, selected Linux / GNU and Sailfish distributions, and perhaps even Windows. The equipment will not be the king of the store shelves, but I suspect that the enthusiasts will buy the first print.

	Samsung Galaxy M 51
Display	5, 99 – inch AMOLED 2160 x 1080 pix Gorilla Glass 3rd gen
Processor	Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
Data storage	256 GB
RAM	8 GB
Battery / Charging	3200 mAh
Main camera	12 Mpix f / 1.8 wide angle 5 Mpix f / 2.0
Front camera	8 Mpix f / 2.0
System	Android 9 LineageOS 17 Ubuntu Touch
Dimensions	154 x 73. 6 x 13. 98
Weight	243 g
Price	899 dollars

Source: XDA-Developers, Indiegogo

Apple, historic milestone: 1 billion iPhones are active right now

In the world there are 1 billion iPhones up and running, according to the latest estimates made by one of the most reliable analysts regarding the bitten apple company

of Nino Grasso published on 28 October 2020 , at 11: 15 in the Apple channel

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Neil Cybart is not the latest arrival among Apple analysts, and wrote in the past few hours that last month one billion iPhones were registered in use . The expert also pointed out that Apple has not yet reached the peak of sales, despite having decided not to reveal the sales numbers anymore. Cybart’s estimates were described in a post on Above Avalon.

“One billion people have an iPhone” , writes the analyst. “In my estimation, Apple passed the 1 billion iPhone user milestone last month. Thirteen years after it was introduced to the market, iPhone remains the most popular and best-selling smartphone “. Cybart’s information, if true, would be great news for Apple: since the company decided, in 2018, not to report the exact sales numbers it was thought that the iPhone by had reached the maximum sales peak. According to Cybart, however, the reasons were different.

“The simple units sold do not they can tell the business behind iPhones. This was the main reason for Apple’s decision to no longer provide iPhone unit sales numbers on a quarterly basis “, we read on the blog. Market analysts and experts used numbers incorrectly, according to Cybart, carrying out poor quality market analysis : “Flat or falling unit sales don’t automatically mean iPhone business fundamentals have deteriorated.” Cybart further specified: “Conversely, a longer update cycle may be a major factor behind declining unit sales. Furthermore, unit sales say nothing about customer loyalty and satisfaction rates, which are key. when it comes to a customer’s decision to continue using a product “.

are 1 billion iPhones in circulation

Wall Street and analytics firms have focused too much on the battle between Android and iOS, and specifically on the passage of users from devices with the green robot operating system to iPhones, however Cybart points out that new users in the Apple platform have always occupied a relatively small slice of the pie . To better understand the fundamentals of Apple Cybart recommends relying on the base of active users, which the analyst calculates based on the purchase data of the new models, and the models sold as used. In 2019 Apple indicated that the iPhone user base counted approximately 900 millions of users, and extrapolating the new data Cybart suggested that that number has now reached milestone of one billion .

Based on official Apple numbers revealed in 2019, 1.5 billion iOS devices were in circulation at the time, and 900 millions of these were iPhones. La Mela instead sold one billionth

Taxpayers' Association: Longer Windows 7 support costs Hamburg over 500,000 euros

The Association of Taxpayers (BdSt) has denounced in its current “Black Book” also wasting taxpayers’ money on IT issues: The association criticized that the Hamburg Senate “slept for eight years” because despite long-known support -End it still ran on 9000 administration computers with Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system. Now the Hanseatic city has to buy expensive extended support. At the federal level, the association complains about how the IT modernization of the federal administration has been “screwed up” and has led to a cost explosion.

“Schildbürgerstreich” with Windows 7 Overall 526. 000 Euro costs Hamburg the support contract for outdated Windows 7 computers, announced the BdSt. The BdSt Hamburg chairman Lorenz Palte described this to the dpa as a “felt little bourgeois prank”. This contract became necessary because with the discontinuation of Microsoft customer service for the old operating system in January 2020 in the public sector still more than 9123 Computers with Windows 7 were running – 8028 of which at the police.

The taxpayers’ association The Senate reported it as follows: “Minus the police devices were on 14. January 2020 already about 98 percent of devices on Windows 10 migrated. ” The crippling changeover is essentially due to “hardware or software not yet provided”. Planning for the conversion has already started 2016. But Hamburg is by no means alone: In many authorities, Windows 7, which is actually no longer supported, is still running on the computers. This year alone, the federal government will pay around 526 for the required special support. 000 Euro.

Unconsolidated IT consolidation At the federal level, the BdSt castigates the mammoth project the “Bund IT Consolidation”, which has been running for five years. This should actually modernize and standardize the operating systems and computer workstations of all ministries and authorities of the federal administration, but it is obviously anything but smooth. According to reports leaked to the press, the time and cost plans seem to be no longer tenable even after the re-allocation of responsibility with sovereignty at the Federal Chancellery. In addition, the project seems threatened overall. The Federal Audit Office had already criticized the project several times.

The BdSt complains that the sum originally estimated for the project in the three-digit million range was now spent on consultancy fees alone. 257, the government had already paid 6 million euros for the external expertise up to the beginning 2025 ; by 2025 plan

Accessible development: Marlem software presents text-based PyAssistent

Accessible software means that people with physical limitations or various types of disabilities can use the program. In Germany, the developer Markus Lemcke is promoting barrier-free software development; after four text editors for Java and .NET, among others, his company Marlem-Software has now released an assistant in Python.

Ubuntu, Windows and macOS According to the blog post, Marlem’s PyAssistent is a language assistant like Siri or Cortana. However, with the subtle difference that users do not speak the commands, but enter them using the keyboard. The PyAssistent also replies by text output and can therefore be used by developers who cannot speak or who are deaf. Lemcke has the program for the operating systems Windows 10, Ubuntu 20. 04 and macOS 10. 15 according to own information successfully tested. The wizard, written in Python, evidently masters 200 commands.

voice assistant via text input control Depending on the operating system that users are using, the front end has a slightly different appearance; everything should be the same in terms of functionality. A video demonstration that explains how Marlem’s PyAssistent works is available on the Marlem Software website. The commands cover areas such as route planning, navigating with GoogleMaps, date and time, Internet search, weather forecast, calling up Internet pages, but also films, games, music and information on disability and accessibility.

Interested parties can Download the PyAssistent in the download area at Marlem-Software, there is a version as an executable file for Windows and a version with Python code, which is based on the three operating systems Windows, Ubuntu

The Backbone One is a stunning controller that turns your iPhone into a more capable gaming device

Complete with software features that make it easy to join parties, record, and share video clips

As the high-profile disputes about what content you can play on your iPhone rage on between Apple, Epic Games, Google, and Microsoft, a company called Backbone is focusing instead on making sure you get the most out of the games that are currently available. Like Razer did with its Kishi controller for iOS, and as other companies have with snap-on controllers of their own, Backbone is introducing one for $100 that it calls the Backbone One. To buy it, you’ll first need to download the app and make the purchase from there.

With the controller fully extended, it can fit any iPhone running iOS 13 or later, starting with the iPhone 6S and including the new iPhone 12 lineup. It’s great for Apple Arcade games that support controllers. Sky: Children of the Light and Call of Duty: Mobile play wonderfully with the One. And, for popular games like COD: Mobile that don’t have controller support switched on from the start, Backbone curates visual tutorials that appear before it launches to walk you through the steps to turn it on in the game’s settings.

Looking forward, I’m excited to finally jump into Genshin Impact with the One once that game gets gamepad support. Even playing games like Hades through the Steam Link app (with my PC connected via Wi-Fi) felt surprisingly natural.

Unlike most controller accessories made thus far, the Backbone One is a hybrid of tightly integrated hardware and software. If we’re looking at the hardware, it’s arguably the best of its kind yet. Both sides of this controller have rounded edges that fit naturally in my hand. I praised the design of the Razer Kishi, but this has a more subtle look that doesn’t cover up as much of your phone’s edges. Each button has a more responsive, tactile click, and the analog sticks feel roughly the same size as Nintendo’s Joy-Con for the Switch. Speaking of the Joy-Con, the One’s rear triggers actually feel better.

The Backbone One features passthrough Lightning charging, with support for Lightning headphones if you have a set. It also has a 3.5mm headphone jack, giving you another way to listen to audio — even if your iPhone doesn’t have the port itself. As for power consumption, Backbone says the One itself demands less power from your iPhone than many wired Lightning earbuds do. I didn’t notice more battery usage during gameplay with the controller attached than I normally would without it.

The hardware alone might make it worth the purchase, but the software is what really makes it unique. The One doesn’t require its companion app to work with any iOS game that supports a controller, but using the app turns your iPhone into a game console of sorts.

Pushing the controller’s orange Backbone button while the One is connected to your phone will open up the Backbone app, which looks like an operating system. There, you’ll find all of your installed games cleanly laid out in an almost tvOS-esque interface. The app also shows new games available for download in the App Store that support controllers. To add games to the Backbone interface, just tap the orange button when you first boot up each new game. This app takes advantage of the iPhone’s excellent haptics to buzz when you flip around the menu, and the company made its own satisfyingly subtle vibration effect that you’ll feel while quickly flying through a bunch of tiles in the interface with the L1 and R1 shoulder buttons.

Scroll down a little more in the app, and you’ll find photo and video clips you’ve saved and those from friends. This controller has a dedicated button to let you snap a screenshot in-game, or even record a video clip, which are features that should be familiar to anyone who’s used a modern gaming console. Notably here, though, is that you can press and hold that button for a moment to bookmark key moments on the fly. The Backbone button illuminates a red LED while you’re recording, so it’s easy to see at a glance when you’re live. Backbone handles recording and accessing clips much more elegantly than the Xbox One, PS4, PC, or Switch.

After a video clip is saved, you can then trim and share the clip in the Backbone app, as well as via iMessage or any social media apps you use. One special thing to note is that Backbone says it can record 1080p clips at 30 frames per second in the HEVC / H.265 codec (supported on the iPhone 7 and newer), so you’ll have higher-quality video without sacrificing as much storage space as other codecs require.

Yet another software feature you’ll get with the controller is the ability to create parties and voice chat with friends in the app. These parties operate independently of the game you’re each playing (you don’t even need to be playing a game), so it’s a good way to connect even if you aren’t all into Call of Duty: Mobile, for example. If you’re into recording clips with your friends, the video recording feature will pick up your voice in the mix, along with everyone else’s in the party (indicated by the small orange light near the iPhone’s top bezel in iOS 14). Each participant can choose to mute their mic by double-pressing the left-most button that has three horizontal dots.

Snapshots, video recording, and organizing parties for voice chat are just a few ways in which Backbone takes the reins in iOS to create a more interesting experience than Apple itself offers to gamers. It also offers rich presence notifications, chiming in with a notification — whether you’re in the Backbone app or not — to tell you when a friend has logged on, or with an invite that you can click to join a party.

On its face, the Backbone One is just a controller — and a very good one, at that. But with software enhancements that take advantage of iOS in some clever ways, Backbone makes the iPhone feel like a bona fide gaming platform that I want to remain a part of. When the hardware and software are all working together, with the ability to easily join up with friends and record clips, the One feels like a gaming experience that somehow beats Apple to the punch of fleshing out its own gaming ambitions. It is no longer just like a phone strapped into a few pieces of plastic but the start of something very special. And for $100, without monthly charges to use its software and party tools, it’s an appealing price if you do a lot of mobile gaming.

Good as it works on iOS, the Backbone One seems even better suited to launch on Android, given that Fortnite isn’t available on Apple’s App Store — nor are Google’s Stadia or Microsoft’s xCloud game streaming services. Backbone wouldn’t comment when I asked about an Android-specific version of the One. While the experience would undoubtedly be better with more content to play with it, Backbone’s controller for iOS is already worth the cost of admission if you’re an Apple Arcade subscriber or just enjoy a few one-off games.

Photography by Cameron Faulkner / The Verge

The memory for your pocket: 20 years of USB sticks

Some good ideas have many parents, including that of the USB stick. In the year 2000 both IBM and the Singaporean company Trek 2000 Internationally first USB-connected flash memory sticks on the market. Those from IBM were called DiskOnKey and used technology from the Israeli company M-Systems. Trek 2000, on the other hand, coined the term ThumbDrive (thumb drive), which is common in the English-speaking world. Before that, IBM had published a “Patent Disclosure” of the then employee Shimon Shmueli on USB sticks in 1999.

Whoever the actual inventor is: End of the 1990 The most important ingredients for USB sticks were available. On the one hand there were already flash storage media such as CompactFlash (CF) as well as the now forgotten SmartMedia Cards and PC Cards. They were used, for example, in the then brand-new digicams. On the other hand, Intel 1996 had the PC mainboard chipset 440 FX introduced with Universal Serial Bus (USB).

In the late 1990 he Years ago, the idea of developing a portable storage medium with a USB connection so that it would work on any PC without a reader or adapter could well have come up. Those who 1998 needed removable storage for data exchange or for backups, often still handled floppy disks. There were also ZIP and Jaz drives, magneto-optical (MO) disks and recordable CDs and DVDs. None of the named removable media could be connected directly to any PC, rather they require suitable drives or readers.

A USB stick consists of a few components, in Essentially consisting of the actual NAND flash memory chip (far left) and a controller (middle) including firmware that manages the data, corrects errors and provides a USB connection.

Managed Flash plus USB The 1989 M-Systems founded by Dov Moran after studying at Technion Haifa in Israel had experience with flash storage media. 1995 the DiskOnChip was released, a compact flash storage medium for soldering onto embedded systems.

In contrast to mere NAND or NOR flash chips, the host system did not have to worry about error correction or wear leveling with a DiskOnChip: DiskOnChip is so-called “Managed Flash” with an additional controller and firmware. This allows the operating system to integrate the DiskOnChip in a similar way to a hard disk or floppy disk. M-Systems also developed the TrueFFS file system, which alleviates some of the disadvantages of flash memory.

Driver deficiency The step from DiskOnChip to DiskOnKey was then no longer great: In a certain way It is a DiskOnChip with a USB controller (and USB power supply) in a compact housing. But that in and of itself did not initially produce the desired all-purpose removable storage device that works right away on any PC with USB. Because USB was not ubiquitous at the time: older computers first had to be retrofitted with a PCI card as a USB host adapter or a PC card with notebooks Operating systems like Windows 98 and Windows NT could not do anything with a USB stick. First of all, the standard driver for USB mass storage devices (USB mass storage devices) built into practically every operating system had to be invented. It was only built into Windows ME and Windows 2000; OS / 2 made slow progress, and Linux also took a while. Until then, before the happy file exchange via USB, the installation of the

The premiere of OnePlus Nord N10 5G and N100 – this is the official specification

A few days ago we informed you about the leak of the probable specification of the OnePlus Nord N low and medium-budget smartphone 100 and Nord N 10 with a 5G modem. We did not have to wait long for the official announcement of the Chinese manufacturer. According to reports, today the premiere of new smartphones took place, which extend the offer of the said company for users looking for cheaper proposals. OnePlus Nord 100 is the first so cheap phone in the OnePlus portfolio. How proved to be the rumors? We got to know not only the official specification, which was largely confirmed, but also the release date, set for next month, and prices in Poland. OnePlus Nord N 10 will be one of the cheapest 5G smartphones on the market.

The premiere of OnePlus Nord N smartphones is behind us 10 5G and Nord N 100, which will debut on the market in November this year. We learned not only the specifications of the devices, but also the official prices in Poland.

OnePlus Nord 10 5G (left) and Nord N 100 (on the right).

The premiere of the OnePlus 8T smartphone – it’s better than expected

More expensive model, OnePlus Nord 10 5G, comes with 6, 49 – inch IPS FHD + screen (1800 x 2400 pixels) with the refresh rate 90 Hz. Its heart is the Qualcomm Snapdragon processor 690, which works with 6 GB of RAM . Inside you will find 128 GB of internal memory (with expandable) and a battery with decent capacity 4300 mAh with Warp Charge fast charging 30 T (USB-C ). The device is equipped with 64 – megapixel main camera (f / 1. 79) supported by an 8-megapixel ultra-wide angle lens (f / 2. 25, 119 °) and two 2MP for macro and portrait (f / 2.4). The front camera is used for the selfie 16 – megapixel (f / 2. 1600 ). The smartphone is available in the Midnight Ice color and its dimensions are 128 x 74, 7 x 8, 95 mm.

OnePlus 7T – premiere of a refreshed flagship with a screen 90 Hz

OnePlus Nord N smartphone 100 – with a very similar appearance and a similar diagonal to the IPS LCD display (6, 52 all and resolution 720 x 1600 pixels) – features, as you might have guessed, a cheaper Snapdragon chip 460, without 5G modem. Inside the device we find 4 GB of RAM, 64 GB of data memory (with the option of expanding with a microSD card) and a high-capacity battery (5000 mAh) with the possibility of fast charging with the power of 18 In (USB-C). As for cameras, it is more modest: the main one is 13 – megapixel (f / 2.2) with two 2-megapixel for the aforementioned functions (f / 2.4), while an 8-megapixel (f /2.0). Its color is Midnight Frost and its dimensions do not exceed 164 , 9 x 75, 1 x 8, 49 mm. Both smartphones work under the control of the Android operating system 05 with OxygenOS overlay 10. 5 and support Bluetooth 5.0. Official price in Poland of the OnePlus Nord smartphone 05 5G has been fixed on 1499 PLN (329 euro), while OnePlus Nord 100 – on 799 PLN (

euro). The sale will be launched in November (10 November for cheaper).

	OnePlus Nord N 10 5G	OnePlus Nord N 100
Screen	6, 49 “IPS LCD, 90 Hz (1800 x 2400 pixels) ; Gorilla Glass 3	6, 52 “IPS LCD ( 720 x 1600 pixels); Gorilla Glass 3
Processor	Qualcomm Snapdragon 690	Qualcomm Snapdragon 460
RAM	6 GB	4 GB
Internal storage	128 GB UFS 2.1 (+ microSD)	64 GB UFS 2.1 (+ microSD)
Main camera	64 Mpix + 8 Mpix + 2 Mpix + 2 Mpi x	13 Mpix + 2 Mpix + 2 Mpix
Front camera	16 Mpix	8 Mpix
Battery capacity	4300 mAh	5000 mAh
Dimensions	163 x 74, 7 x 8, 95 mm	164, 9 x 75, 1 x 8, 49 mm
Colors	Midnight Ice	Midnight Frost
Other	Android 10 (OxygenOS 10. 5), USB-C, Fingerprint Reader, Bluetooth 5.0, NFC, 3.5mm headphone, 5G	Android 10 (OxygenOS 10. 5), USB-C, Fingerprint Reader, Bluetooth 5.0, NFC, 3.5mm Memory

Tele module for smartphone? Canon is thinking about it

by Roberto Colombo, published on 26 October 2020, at 18: 51

?? Some details and renderings unearthed by Canon News suggest that the Japanese giant wants to try the way of the additional module for smartphones, aiming, similarly to what was done with the PowerShot Zoom, on the long range of the focal excursion to attract attention ??

Sometimes you need to try to do something different , both to probe the interest of customers and to try to open new segments. This motto is valid in all sectors, not least in that of photography .

The traditional camera market has been engulfed by smartphone competition in recent years, relegating the photographic sector back to the niche of enthusiasts, after the binge of compact cameras, which it had put in its hands all one camera.

There have been some attempts at hybridization between cameras and smartphones, but no one has ever convinced: from the Galaxy Camera by Samsung, a compact with zoom optics and Android operating system, to the additional zoom modules or with Sony’s large sensor.

A real super telephoto lens for smartphones

In the last period, Canon has put interesting experiments on the plate, such as the PowerShot Zoom spotting scope camera, and it seems willing to continue on this experimental path. Some details and renderings unearthed by Canon News suggest that the Japanese giant wants to try the path of the add-on module for smartphones, focusing, similar to what was done with the PowerShot Zoom, on the long range of the focal excursion to attract attention.

The design is very particular and is based on a module to be attached to the smartphone and, probably connected to an app shooting in wireless mode, not equipped with zoom, but with additional lenses that can be attached via magnetic system to lengthen the focal length. Given the path taken with PowerShot Zoom, it is not impossible for Canon to try to really bring the idea to the market.

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Surface Headphones 2: the new Microsoft headphones that amaze

Design, comfort and integration with the environment Windows 10 are the technical characteristics at the base of the Microsoft headphones of the Surface family, but the most useful feature is the reduction and amplification of ambient noise

of Paolo Corsini published on 26 October 2020 , at 14: 40 in the Multimedia channel

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With the Surface Microsof product family t aims to offer the market a series of solutions that allows me According to the company, they aim to obtain the best possible user experience in a Windows environment while at the same time offering devices that can offer the user modes of use different from the standard.

It is well known as the category of 2-in-1 notebooks so called detachables, i.e. with a screen that can be completely disconnected from the base, found in Surface Pro the product that has represented the reference in recent years. With this solution, and with the others of the family that have appeared on the market over the last few years, Microsoft has often also acted as a reference point for its notebook manufacturing partners in developing designs and alternative solutions to those of traditional notebooks.

The Surface range includes not only PC systems but also peripherals developed with the same philosophy . Among these also headphones, such as the model Surface Headphones 2 that I have been able to use continuously in the last 6 weeks.

The Surface 2 headphones, available in satin black or light gray, boast a design that echoes those of other products of the family: the arch is very thin, with the two pavilions that are mounted on joints that rotate by 180 degrees horizontally, but do not allow them to be folded inwards to reduce overall bulk when the headphones are pinned. Not bad: a container in the same color as the headphones is supplied, inside which there is the connector for charging the batteries and the audio cable that can be used as an option.

Surface Headphones 2 connect to the device through Bluetooth interface , in an extremely simple way: there is a button on the right pavilion, above which there is the power button headphones, with which to start the pairing procedure with the device. Also on this pavilion are the USB Type-C connector for charging headphones, as well as the mini jack connector for the audio cable: in this way the headphones can work even with flat batteries. Microsoft certifies operation with PCs equipped with Windows operating system 10 , as well as with mobile devices based on operating systems Google Android and Apple iOS .

Reduce or amplify ambient noise: the user chooses it

The peculiarity of the Surface Headphones 2 is discovered by touching the external parts with your hands of the two earphones : there are two dials that control one, the one on the right, the volume and the other, the one on the left, the intervention level of the active volume cancellation system . This feature operates with two extremes, one for the highest level of ambient noise absorption and the other with the highest level of ambient noise amplification, allowing the user to select one of several intermediate positions according to their preferences.

This is the most interesting feature, from a practical point of view, of the Surface Headphones 2, that is the maximum flexibility given to the ‘user who, depending on what he has to do and the environment in which he is located , can choose how to balance the audio sent to play with the noise generated by the surrounding environment . Its cancellation is known and appreciated, initially by those who travel a lot by plane, but it is also useful in the workplace when you want to isolate yourself and concentrate in a shared environment that is a bit too noisy.

On the other hand the Omnisonic audio system , this is the name chosen by Microsoft, it allows to emphasize the ambient noises and therefore to be able to perceive dialogues and external sounds even when listening to music. This is very useful when you want to use headphones to listen to audio but you need not to lose sounds coming from the environment in which you are. , such as a phone call, the doorbell ringing or a colleague asking for an opinion.

In daily use you have maximum flexibility

The use I have personally done Surface Headphones 2 in this period has been very intense, both in the editorial office and at home. The possibility of being able to isolate myself, setting the maximum level of active noise cancellation, or to balance the audio heard with the ambient noise to be aware of what was happening around me it was very helpful . Very often I found myself conversing with colleagues for an exchange of views while continuing to keep the headphones on, almost without having to touch the audio playback volume and being able to hear what I was being told very clearly.

The Bluetooth connection, moreover, has always been flawless in operation even when I am very far from the Surface Pro 6 that I use as my PC. The headphones continued to work without interruption even when I moved one 15 within a few meters from the PC , even with walls in the middle to represent a further obstacle to the signal.

Good behavior also with regard to the two built-in microphones : no problem with videoconferencing both to listen and to make me hear the clear way. The built-in rechargeable batteries offer up to 14 hours of music playback as stated by Microsoft. In my experience of use I have found confirmation of these values, typically having to recharge the batteries every 2 days : in about 2 hours the battery is fully recharged and each time it is switched on an automatic voice indicates the estimated residual autonomy.

In Windows environment 10 you can download from the Store the Surface Audio App , with which to control the main functions of the Surface Headphones 2. The app contains videos in English, with subtitles in Italian, which guide correct configuration of the operating parameters and explain how to make the most of the headphones.

The two side pavilions, as mentioned, contain on the outermost part the rings to adjust volume and intervention of the noise reduction or ambient sound amplification system. The central part of both sides is tactile and this allows you to perform with the headphones numerous operations related to the playback of audio tracks or phone calls without having to touch your mobile device . Pressing once starts playback or pause. Double tapping these large buttons consecutively switches to the playback of the next audio track, while a triple tap in sequence returns to the previous track. If you receive a phone call, you can answer by pressing twice on one of these side areas: the same operation allows you to interrupt the call in progress. To reject a call, simply tap the side button while holding it down. It should be noted that when the headphones are removed the audio playback is automatically paused , and resumes autonomously once which are worn again.

The build quality of the Surface Headphones 2 is very high , replicating what we saw with the other products of the Surface family. The only limit, for those who travel a lot, is the impossibility of reducing the overall dimensions by folding the two pavilions inside under the support arch : it is always possible to use the case but this is quite large if you think you have it with you in your PC bag or backpack.

The audio quality is very good : I appreciated the response of these headphones with various musical genres, not regretting other headphones adopted stably in the past for personal use. The shape of the pavilions, moreover, is such as not to have tired me in any way even wearing headphones during my entire working day : this thing is subjective as the shape and size of the ears differ from person to person, but the closed pavilion construction with greater vertical development has perme

A new Chinese laptop appears with 14nm Loongson CPU

by Antonio Delgado 2 hours ago …

This new laptop from the manufacturer BDY Electronics includes a CPU of 14 nm CPU which is sufficient for the 90% of applications, according to the president of Loongson Technologies. This CPU called 3A 4000 has four cores with a frequency of 1.8GHz- 2.0 GHz and is a 100% faster than the previous 3A 3000. From Loongson they compare it with the A8 – 7680 from AMD since they have a very similar performance, but a far cry from current AMD Ryzen processors and Intel’s 11th generation recently announced .

The new laptop weighs 1. 55 kg and has a display of 13, 3 inches, the integrated graphics card is called Jingjiawei JM 4000 made in 28 nm , in the connectivity section it has 1 HDMI port, a USB type C port and two USB 3.0 ports, it has an audio connector and four speakers. It has a built-in 65 Wh high capacity battery.

The operating system that it integrates is a specific system for China based on some modification of Linux, since Windows 10 is not compatible, the advantage is that any Linux distribution can be installed on the laptop and thus eliminate the custom system that it includes. Anyway, this laptop doesn’t make any sense outside the Chinese market , since we can find laptops with better features already under cost.

At the moment a release date and price have not been announced for this model.

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Antonio Delgado

Computer Engineer of training, writer and hardware analyst at Geeknetic since 2011. I love gutting everything that comes my way, especially the latest hardware that we get here for reviews. In my spare time I fiddle with 3d printers, drones and other gadgets. For anything here you have me.