Saturday, April 16, 2016

Electronic Five stories not to miss

1 Microsoft“sorry” forSurfacePro4


Microsofthasissuedanapologyviaasupport forumforissuesinitsSurfaceBookand SurfacePro4,sayingitwas“sorryforany frustration”causedbythe“lessthanperfect” products.Usershadcomplainedabout flickeringdisplaysandcrashing.While thosewerefixedbyaNovemberupdate, thatappearstohaveharmedbatterylife.

2RaspberryPi shrinkstoZero


TheRaspberryPiZerocostsonly£4,butis 40%morepowerfulandafifththesizeof theoriginalmodel.The5mm-thickcomputer usesminiconnectors,soyoumayneedto shelloutforadapters,anditalsolosesthe cameraanddisplayinterfaces.Butforless thanthepriceofapint,who’scomplaining?

3Androidtoget split-screenmultitasking


FutureversionsofGoogle’smobileOScould featuresplit-screenmultitasking,according totheteambehindthePixelC(readour reviewonp56).Suchafeaturewouldmake thedevicemoreusefulforprofessionals,but isn’texpectedtoarriveuntilAndroid7N, whichisn’tdueoutuntilthesecondhalf of2016.

4 HasBitcoin creatorbeen found?


Journalistshaveclaimed tohaveuncoveredthe realidentityofthecreator ofdigitalcurrencyBitcoin, whogoesbythepseudonym SatoshiNakamoto.Butitremains unclearifAustralianCraigWrightisthe founder,andhishomewasraidedbypolice aspartofanunrelatedtaxinvestigation shortlyaftertheclaimsweremade

5 UKhackerarrestedafter childtoyfirmisattacked


SmarttoymakerVTechadmitteddataonsix millionchildrenandfivemillionoftheir parentsleakedafterthefirmwas targetedbyahacker. Theattackersaid hedidn’tintendto releasethedata, sayinghewanted tohighlightVTech’s laxsecurity.A 21-year-oldfrom Bracknellhassince beenarrested

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