Microsoft has confirmed that the hundreds of thousands of people who have enrolled in the Windows Insider programme will get a free copy of Windows 10 when it goes live. Gabriel Aul, who is one of Microsoft’s main spokespeople on Twitter, took to the social network to reveal that Windows 10 RTM will be free to Insider Preview users. RTM (release to manufacturing) refers to the stage where Windows 10
(Reuters) – Internet search company Google Inc’s self-driving cars have been involved in 11 accidents, but have not been the cause of any, over the last six years since the project began, the program’s director said on Monday. “…Not once was the self-driving car the cause of the accident,” Chris Urmson said in a post on technology news website Backchannel’s blog Medium.
By Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) – Facebook Inc may pursue a lawsuit against law firms that represented a New York man who recently turned fugitive rather than face federal charges that he tried to defraud founder Mark Zuckerberg out of half of the company, a judge ruled on Monday. New York Supreme Court Justice Eileen Rakower said Facebook and Zuckerberg could move forward with a lawsuit alleging law firms,
By Sarah McBride SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – NerdWallet said it had raised $64 million in its first round of funding, far more cash than it needs to run the personal finance startup, in part to underscore its growth and show it has the potential to one day be valued at over $1 billion. The cash, an outsized sum for initial funding, will serve as a signaling device as much as
(Reuters) – Mindbody Inc, a maker of software to help run fitness and yoga studios, filed with U.S. regulators on Monday for an initial public offering of common stock. Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse and UBS Investment Bank are among the underwriters to IPO, Mindbody said.
Rackspace Hosting Inc , a web hosting company, forecast revenue for the current quarter below market estimates and said a strong dollar hurt its revenue growth in the first quarter. Shares of the company, which faces tough competition from Amazon.com Inc , Google Inc and Microsoft Corp were down 13 percent in extended trading on Monday. Revenue from a contract with a “large” financial services company will be realized only
Little is known about the Nintendo NX, the company’s mysterious new console. However, during a recent investors Q&A, Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata dropped a couple more hints that should frustrate and intrigue in equal measure. As he’d previously stated, Iwata reiterated that the company won’t talk more about the NX until 2016. He also said Nintendo “cannot talk about the time period when it [the NX] will go on sale
Water-resistance in Bluetooth speakers has been a saving grace for beach bums and shower singers alike. But even so, it’s still rare that a Bluetooth speaker ever gets the chance to take a full-on dip with you in the water. Monster is the latest to answer that call with the SuperStar BackFloat. For $169 (£119, about AU$214), the SuperStar BackFloat floats on its back in water, pumps out a loud
Lenovo has been forced to admit to a major flaw on its LaVie Z 360 convertible that means it only offers half the fun it was supposed to come packaged with. First reported by Consumer Reports, Lenovo cited “a couple of missteps” in a letter to the site that explains two of the four different modes are not functioning correctly and it has resulted in a 5% price cut. One
A new piece of crypto ransomware with a twist has emerged in Australia, one whose author seems to have been inspired by the popular TV show Breaking Bad. Trojan.Cryptolocker.S was identified by security firm Symantec and shares quite a few things in common with the award winning series. For starters, the author(s) used the Los Pollos Hermanos branding image (and logo) that is featured extensively in the show. Part of
