Moto X - iPhone5 最大敵人終現身

Motorola 的名字有點令人覺得乏味，名字裏好像只帶著如機身無設計、介面不討好、過時等等的感覺。但自Motorola被谷歌收購後，這個品牌計劃推出的電話產品，卻叫人十分期待。


Moto x - iPhone 5的勁敵
圖: 取自Techchurch

為什麼會說是iPhone 5勁敵? 先來看看Moto x 的內藏，4.7英寸的AMOLED顯示屏，能運行720p 的像素，擁有10萬像素的攝錄鏡頭，支持1080p視頻錄製“ClearPixel”(這個真的很強，有機會去找找資料看看)。 應該是運行Android 4.2.2的Jellybean，以上看來都不是太特別，最令人驚嚇的是Moto x 開價只是USD? 199.99 (約港幣1,600)。

雖然iPhone5 已使用了Retina屏幕，但無論是螢幕大小及解像度都不及Moto x，至於CPU，iPhone5只採用了Dual-core 1.3GHz，相反Moto x 就使用了同級但更快的Dual-core 1.7GHz。

詳情資料可看下圖:

雖然本人認為IOS的開發的確比Android的好，這令很多人難以捨棄iPhone而抬向Android的懷抱，但買新機是亞洲人的基本習慣及嗜好，所以我想Moto x 推出時應該可以帶來點雷聲。

預計發售日期: 9月

Windows 8 will arrive in June

This news comes fresh from the company revealing the Windows 8 catalogues last week, which will come in four different editions: Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro, Windows Enterprise and Windows RT.

The date touted today isn’t to be confused with the full release of the new system, which remains unconfirmed but is speculated to be coming in October.

Microsoft has given the public flashes of what it can expect from its new operating system as The Developer Preview was made available to download in November 2011, before the Redmond-based giant got the Consumer Preview out and ready at the end of February.

This release is a much bigger deal and it is likely to get Microsoft and Windows enthusiasts very keen on the upcoming release, which they’ll have to patiently hang on for.

For more details on Windows 8, see our ‘Everything you need to know about Windows 8′s Consumer Preview’ article from February.

News by The Next Web

Firefox 12 automatic update for PC, MAC and Linux

Mozilla has announced the release of Firefox 12 for desktop, and the new browser is now available to download for Windows, Mac and Linux device now.

The company claims that the latest iteration of the browser includes no fewer than 85 improvements to its built-in developer tools, and a number of other updates that improve the experience of those that use the browser.

Writing on the Mozilla blog, the company says it has “put a lot of work” into Firefox 12. One change highlighted is the simplification of the update process for Windows users, which has seen the removal of the user account control dialog (UAC) pop-up. For all subsequent versions, Firefox will automatically update without your approval.

The upshot of this is that permission to install is needed just once, and Firefox will update to future versions in the future with requiring any prompting.

Life has also been made bit easier for developers: ”Developers no longer need to reload the page to see messages in the Web Console and Scratchpad adds Find and Jump to Line commands to the editor…Our improvements touched on every one of the built-in tools.”

The full list of developer updates can be found at Robert Nyman’s Mozilla Hacks blog. While they’d been known about since February, loyal Firefox users have had a bit of a wait before this new update and features.

Further down the line, we recently reported that Firefox for Windows 8 is progressing well. That’s well and good as Microsoft confirmed the Preview Release of Windows’ new operating system will be out in June, suggesting a full-on consumer launch could take place October, which isn’t far away at all.

You can read the full announcement of the launch of Firefox 12 for Windows, Mac and Linux here, or download the clients directly from Mozilla.

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Google Drive update the free Cloud Storage to 5GB

Yay, the “Google Drive could launch next week” rumors can finally end. Google has officially announced the availability of it cloud storage service Google Drive. Starting today, anyone willing to sign up can get 5GB of free cloud-storage to start and if that’s not enough you can always choose to upgrade to 25GB for $2.49/month, 100GB for $4.99/month or even 1TB for $49.99/month (although I’ve heard people getting even cheaper deals when they sign up). When you upgrade to a paid account, your Gmail account storage will also expand to 25GB. Google Drive competes with the likes of Dropbox, Sugar Sync, and other cloud storage services by offering:

• Create and collaborate – Google Docs is built right into Google Drive, so you can work with others in real time on documents, spreadsheets and presentations. Once you choose to share content with others, you can add and reply to comments on anything (PDF, image, video file, etc.) and receive notifications when other people comment on shared items.
• Store everything safely and access it anywhere (especially while on the go). All your stuff is just… there. You can access your stuff from anywhere—on the web, in your home, at the office, while running errands and from all of your devices. You can install Drive on your Mac or PC and can download the Drive app to your Android phone or tablet. We’re also working hard on a Drive app for your iOS devices. And regardless of platform, blind users can access Drive with a screen reader.
• Search everything – Search by keyword and filter by file type, owner and more. Drive can even recognize text in scanned documents using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology. Let’s say you upload a scanned image of an old newspaper clipping. You can search for a word from the text of the actual article. We also use image recognition so that if you drag and drop photos from your Grand Canyon trip into Drive, you can later search for [grand canyon] and photos of its gorges should pop up. This technology is still in its early stages, and we expect it to get better over time.

Of course Google Drive being a Google product and all, will seamlessly work with other Google products and services such as Google+ and Gmail. It’s also an open-platform just begging for developers to do amazing things with.

Google Drive may seem like a no-brainer for all you users out there that rely heavily on Google products, but it’s still smart to explore all your other options and choose what’s right for your situation.

For more information or to get started with Google Drive today, follow the source links below.

Google drive update

Google offical blog

Google play

 

News by Cult of Android 

蘋果提高iTunes和iOS設備的帳戶的安全

蘋果流動產品的興起，令很多用戶都習慣到App store或iTunes購買應用程式，但同時也令蘋果賬戶被黑客攻擊量上升。

有見及此，蘋果公司昨天已經開始在iTunes及iOS設備上作出了更新，使用戶的蘋果帳戶更具安全性。這個更新要求客戶挑選三個安全問題，並寫下答案，同時輸入一個備份的電郵帳戶(當然也可選擇蘋果帳戶內的電郵)，蘋果將會把這三個安全問題及答案寄回你的電郵中。

完成後。當用戶下次到App Store時，必須輸入這三個問題，才能購買及下載需要的apps

"安全信息所需的"畫面:

 

檢測Mac OSX是否受到FlashBack Malware方法

一個檢測的應用程序已推出，這個檢查只需要點擊一個按鈕便知道電腦是否已受到FlashBack Malware感染。你可能已經根據FlashBack virus手冊內的方法檢查，但這個軟件比手冊來的方法清除得更徹底。現在你只要根據以下兩個步驟便完成檢查：

從Github上下載FlashbackChekcer
解壓縮並運行FlashbackChecker應用程序，並單擊"檢查Flashback感染"按鈕便完成

如果軟件出現“沒有被發現感染的跡象”消息，這表示電腦是安全的，非常好，你不會有感染的機會。如果你看到一個“潛在的問題”的消息，這可能有惡意軟件已入侵你的電腦，這請等待蘋果更新伺服器的java漏洞。

雖然你的電腦上沒有受到感染，但這並不意味著未來不會發生。因為Mac伺服器的漏洞已被打開，未來半年內可能會更多類似Flashback的病毒出現，所以各蘋果用戶保持電腦更新，免得受到感染。

蘋果開發檢測和刪除惡意軟件工具

如果你是Mac的用戶，對於Flashback malware一詞應該不會陌生了。因這是個木馬程式，專門依賴電腦伺服器來執行其許多關鍵功能及攻擊蘋果電腦，現在全世界大約有60萬個Mac機用戶已受其影響了。

有鑑於此，蘋果公司昨晚宣布將會推出一個工具，來檢測和刪除這個病毒。此外，蘋果還計劃與世界各地的互聯網服務供應商合作，禁止這台專門發出Flashback virus的電腦伺服器運作。

蘋果隨了正在開發這個工具外，還在更新Java的程式，希望儘快修復所有系統上的漏洞。如果你不知道Mac機是否已受到感染，你可下載檢測Flashback malware的免費工具，來確保你的電腦能繼續運作。至於這個正在開發的檢測和刪除惡意軟件工具有，蘋果在相關文件上並沒有提供推出時間，所以各用戶繼續等待。

Source: 9to5