“DoD wishes to reconsider its evaluation of the technical aspects of Price Scenario 6, and intends to issue a solicitation amendment and to accept limited proposal revisions addressing the offerors’ technical approach to that price scenario,” DOD said in its motion. “Proposal revisions on remand will be constrained by the storage solutions and unit prices contained in offerors’ final proposal revisions.” Finally, after a 10-month legal battle initiated by AWS and a “comprehensive re-evaluation” by the DoD, it was determined that Microsoft’s proposal “continues to represent the best value to the Government,” a Pentagon statement reads....

Windows 10 will power an incredibly wide variety of devices – ranging from PCs, tablets, phones, Xbox One, Microsoft HoloLens and Surface Hub. In other words, customers will have three versions of Windows 10, which is Windows 10 Home, Windows 10 Mobile and Windows 10 Pro. Also, there are different versions for the Enterprise. Windows 10 Home is the “consumer-focused desktop edition” of the OS, which will ship on most pre-built PCs and laptops....

“As we announced in July, we will soon be ending support for the Cortana app on Android and iOS, as Cortana continues its evolution as a productivity assistant,” Microsoft notes on its support page. “As of March 31, 2021, the Cortana content you created–such as reminders and lists–will no longer function in the Cortana mobile app, but can still be accessed through Cortana in Windows. Also, Cortana reminders, lists, and tasks are automatically synced to the Microsoft To Do app, which you can download to your phone for free....

However, a recently released press note from Synaptics, the leading developer of human interface solutions, mentions “a next-generation operating system” from Microsoft with a focus on biometric security and Windows Hello”. In other words, it hints that Microsoft is likely working on a next-generation OS that is secured by biometrics. The press release notes titled “Synaptics, AMD Collaborate on Enterprise-Grade Biometric PC Security for Next-Generation Microsoft Operating System” announced “a joint initiative centered on delivering a new industry benchmark in highly-secure biometric fingerprint authentication for enterprise/commercial and consumer notebook PCs based on next-generation AMD Ryzen™ Mobile platform and Microsoft’s next-generation operating system....

Customers took the issue to Microsoft Community Forum and Reddit [1,2] and as per ZDNet this issue has been encountered only in Surface Laptop 3 devices with aluminium cases, not those covered with Alcantara fabric. Although the widespread of this issue was unclear, the higher number of reports caused concern and hence in February, 2020 Microsoft initiated investigation for the same and now the company has responded publicly explaining the possible cause of the problem....

Microsoft said that it’s trying to “go back to where productivity began for millions of people.” https://youtu.be/irJQDGw8Ptk If you own a Lumia smartphone running on Windows Phone 8/8.1, you can download MS-DOS Mobile here.

Microsoft’s People Sense app will allow you to track the locations of your friends and family, displaying their real time location and movement on a map. The app reportedly will be integrated with Bing Maps which will give detailed directions to contacts and additional features including messaging and calling. Microsoft which is secretly developing People Sense App has codenamed under “Buddy Aware,” and it is still said to be under development hence release dates are not disclosed by Microsoft....

The antivirus titles that are affected are Sophos Endpoint and Sophos Enterprise Console, Avira antivirus software, ArcaBit antivirus software, Avast and McAfee Security Threat Prevention 10.x & McAfee Host Intrusion Prevention 8.0. The update (KB4493472) is affecting PCs running Windows 7, 8.1, Server 2008 R2, Server 2012, Server 2012 R2, and also likely Windows 10. After the April 9 security update, the systems running the aforementioned antivirus software are either failing to start or having sluggish performances or become completely unresponsive at the restart....

In its latest announcement, Microsoft said that if you install the latest Windows 10 preview (build 10130) on a device and use a Microsoft Account that is registered for the Windows Insider program, then it will offer the final version of Windows 10 for free. According to its blog, it says that once Windows 10 is available on July 29, registered previewers will simply need to upgrade with no charge....

Competitively priced at Rs 7,999.00, the 4G-capable Moto E smartphone is Rs 1,000 more expensive than the 3G-only Moto E (Gen 2) but seeks to take on the other 4G smartphones available in India. According to the Flipkart website, it will be delivered by April 28 if ordered today. The Moto E 4G is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 Quad-core SoC clocked at 1.2GHz along with Adreno 306 GPU. The 3G version of the Moto E smartphone uses a Snadpragon 200 SoC....

PostGhost, a site that tracks deleted tweets for verified accounts stated that NASA was able to restore the account in 16 minutes. — NASA Kepler and K2 (@NASAKepler) July 6, 2016 Within those 16 minutes, the hackers used the account to tweet really nasty pics which become a butt of joke on social media. — cosmiczorro (@cosmiczorro) July 6, 2016 — jesse vega (@CosmicTropic) July 6, 2016 — Chris P (@Luckeytiger14) July 6, 2016...

It was pleasant while it lasted, which was about 36 hours. That’s the amount of time it took the reporters and opposition researchers to get into the intertubes and remove some of his past posts and jokes – one about Halloween being a holiday created for women to get dressed like “sluts”, another about it being OK to burp at the gym so that the gay men know he’s straight, along with another post written in his college days in which he admired Martin Luther King for not wearing his pants “sagged to his ankles”....

According to the latest leak, Nokia 9 suggests to have features that can give tough competition to Samsung Galaxy S9 or the recent Apple iPhone X. Nokia 9 may feature a 6.01-inch QHD AMOLED display panel with 18:9 aspect ratio and Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection. The smartphone is said to give “more display area in the same footprint as a traditional 5.5-inch device”. The device will be powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor, coupled with 8GB RAM and 256GB of internal storage....

For the unversed, Nothing, the London-based consumer start-up company, was founded by the co-founder of OnePlus, Carl Pei on October 29, 2020, after he left the smartphone maker the same year. The company to date has launched only a single product called the Nothing Ear (1) for $99, which are transparent truly wireless earbuds. “We designed Phone (1) as a product we’d be proud to share with friends and family,” said Carl Pei, CEO, and Co-founder of Nothing....

The list of hacked websites can be seen from the paste provided below, At the time of writing the Article almost every websites were still showing the deface page. Note: Kashmir is an Integral part of India, In October 1947 The Maharaja of Kashmir signed the treaty to join Kashmir with India.

The hack came in response to the Hacking of official portal of Railway of Pakistan (pakrail.com/) by Indian hackers a few days back. “XERXES” who is also a member of the Pakistan Cyber Crew. The hackers left a deface page on the entire server, defacing altogether 46 subdomains of the website of Ministry of Railway of India. List of SubDomains defaced can be seen from the paste released by the hacker from below:...

PayPal is widely known for its aggressive stance towards BitTorrent sites, Usenet providers and file-hosting services, and it appears that P2P software is now receiving the same treatment. Most recently, PayPal took action against Soulseek, a file-sharing network that’s mostly used for sharing music. Soulseek has been around for a decade and a half, when Napster was still in its prime and years before BitTorrent came around. The Soulseek client that was targeted had been using PayPal to receive donations for 14 years....

Starting September 17th the consoles can be pre-ordered from selected resellers. The PlayStation console duo will launch on November 12th and on the launch date they will be available in the US, Japan, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, and South Korea. The rest of the world will get access to these consoles on November 19th. Do note that, Sony hasn’t announced the launch date in China as of now. PlayStation 5: Specifications And Features As anticipated, the PS5 is the largest gaming console of all time....