Retail availability of the Raspberry Pi 2 was announced this week. The updated, self-contained board is available for $35 and includes: A 900MHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 CPU (~6x performance) 1GB LPDDR2 SDRAM (2x memory) Complete compatibility with Raspberry Pi 1 With the new processor, the Raspberry Pi 2 will be able to run ARM GNU/Linux distros and even Windows 10. For … [Read more...]
Microsoft shows the consumer side of Windows 10 and new hardware
Earlier today, Microsoft held a Windows 10 event to focus on the consumer side of Windows 10 and introduce some new hardware form factors. The session invited press in person to Microsoft's campus in Redmond, Washington while the rest of the world was allowed to watch the presentation over a live stream. The webcast was horribly done with regular buffering, stuttering, and … [Read more...]
Microsoft provides details for next week’s Windows 10 live stream
Mainstream support for Windows 7 ended yesterday and a week from today, we will learn more details about Microsoft's next operating system. Microsoft has been slowly sharing details about Windows 10. At the end of last September, Microsoft introduced Windows 10 and showed a few general and underwhelming features. In November, Microsoft held an enterprise-focused session in … [Read more...]
Microsoft releases KB3024777 to uninstall KB3004394 on Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2
Following Patch Tuesday this week, Microsoft pulled two updates that were causing problems. KB3011970 which addresses Silverlight and KB3004394 which addresses Windows Root certificates were both pulled after causing a variety of issues on Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 computers. Given the issues reported in Microsoft support forums and elsewhere following KB3004394 caused … [Read more...]
Microsoft invites Insiders to the next Windows 10 event on January 21st
Microsoft discussed the enterprise features coming with Windows 10 at a previous event and today invited Windows Insiders to learn about the coming consumer experience at an event on January 21, 2015. Coming from Redmond, this consumer-focused event is limited to press-only invites. However there is be a live stream promised for people to watch remotely. The details on the … [Read more...]