Google helps build ‘Faster’ cable under Pacific Ocean

Google and five other large companies are teaming up to build a cable under the Pacific Ocean that will deliver incredibly fast internet speeds. The cable, dubbed Faster, will connect the US with Japan and cost about US$300m. The trans-Pacific fibre cable would deliver speeds of 60 terabytes per second – enough to send more than 2,000 uncompressed HD films t1in a second. The cable will be operational by 2016.
Faster is one of a few hundred submarine telecommunications cables connecting various parts of the world. These cables collectively form an important infrastructure that helps run global internet and communications.
The Faster cable system has the largest design capacity ever built on the trans-Pacific route, which is one of the longest routes in the world.

Don’t change the colour of Facebook – it’s a virust2
An app claiming to change Facebook’s colour palette is actually loading malware onto your smartphone or PC.
A scam app claiming that it can change the colour of your Facebook profile page actually loads malware onto your smartphone or computer. More than 10,000 people around the world have been duped into downloading the malware so far. Don’t do it!

When Facebook users click on the fake app, it sends them to a malicious website that asks them to watch a tutorial video about how to change the colour of their profile page. By agreeing to watch the video, the users give hackers access to their profiles, letting the app spam their friends.
If the user doesn’t watch the video, the app will lead PC users to download a pornography video player and smartphone users to download an antivirus app. Both are infected with malware.

The good news is the bad app is pretty easy to get rid of-just remove the colour changer app from the Facebook app settings page. I would also advise affected users to change their passwords.

Intel unveils new Broadwell chips for lighter, cooler laptops
Intel has unveiled a new line of microprocessors aimed at powering thinner and cooler personal computers and other devices.
The chip code-named Broadwell “will be used to manufacture a wide range of high-performance to low-power products including servers, personal computing devices and Internet of Things.”
One of the advantages of the chip is its small form factor, allowing for PCs that may not need cooling fans which take up space and create noise.
It uses a 14-nanometer fabrication process that allows more circuits to be placed on the chip than its predecessors.
The combination of the new microarchitecture and manufacturing process will usher in a wave of innovation in new form factors, experiences and systems that are thinner and run silent and cool.
Intel remains the world’s biggest producer of chips for personal computers but has been lagging in the surging mobile marketplace of tablets and smartphones.
It has been working to get a bigger slice of the mobile market, and its new chip offers a promise of lighter PCs that can better compete with.

Saying Goodbye to Windows 8t3
We’re starting to understand what’s next for Windows. Considering the most recent leaks involving the Charms Bar, desktop improvements, and the like, it’s becoming plain that some of what Windows 8 emphasized and introduced will be scaled back in Microsoft’s next Windows build.
Windows 9, often referred to as Threshold, isn’t too far away. There is talk of a beta late this year and of course a release in the first half of 2015, though those estimates I would hold as at least mildly optimistic.
If Windows 8 was a dramatic lurch towards mobile computing, especially on tablets, Windows 9 appears to be heading for a more equitable balance between desktop muscle, and mobile capability. That fits into the larger picture of the computing environment, where PCs are stabilizing after a dramatically difficult period, and tablet growth is cooling. Windows 7 managed to get past Vista’s reputation. Perhaps Windows 9 can repeat the feat.

Samsung reveals Galaxy Alpha metal-framed smartphone
t4Samsung says a metal frame and curved corners give the Galaxy Alpha a “sophisticated” look
Samsung has announced a new smartphone with a metal frame that is smaller and thinner than its flagship model.
The South Korean company describes the Galaxy Alpha as representing a “new design approach”.
The firm has previously been criticised for the plastic feel of its handsets at a time when other firms have opted to use materials marketed as having a “premium” feel.
Samsung Electronics saw a 20% year-on-year drop in its last quarter’s profit. It blamed “slow global sales of smartphones”. The company recently lost its status as China’s bestselling smartphone-maker to Xiaomi, a local rival.
The company is expected to unveil the Galaxy Note 4, its latest large “phablet” handset, in Berlin on 3 September ahead of the start of the IFA tech show.

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