http://www.theverge.com/2016/7/21/12246266/france-microsoft-privacy-windows-1...

France orders Microsoft to stop tracking Windows 10 users
Data protection authority gives Microsoft three months to comply with French privacy laws

France's data protection commission has ordered Microsoft to "stop collecting excessive user data" and to stop tracking the web browsing of Windows 10 users without their consent. In a notice published on Wednesday, the CNIL said that Microsoft must also take steps to guarantee "the security and confidentiality" of its users' personal information, after determining that the company was still transferring data to the US under the "Safe Harbor" agreement that an EU court invalidated in October. Microsoft has three months to comply with the orders, the CNIL said.

The CNIL says it decided to issue the notice due to the "seriousness of the breaches and the number of individuals concerned," saying there are more than 10 million Windows users in France. The CNIL found that Microsoft is collecting "excessive" data on Windows 10 users, including the specific apps they download and how much time they spend on each one. The organization added that the company uses cookies to serve personalized ads without properly informing users or allowing them to opt out, and that the four-character PIN system used to access Microsoft services is insecure, because there is no limit on the number of attempts a user can make.

If Microsoft does not comply within the three-month window, the CNIL says it may appoint an investigator who could recommend sanctions against the company. "The purpose of the notice is not to prohibit any advertising on the company’s services but, rather, to enable users to make their choice freely, having been properly informed of their rights," the CNIL said in a statement.

The CNIL has issued similar notices against US tech companies in the past. Last year, the organization ordered Google to expand Europe's "right to be forgotten" ruling to cover all Google sites, and earlier this year, it ordered Facebook to stop tracking the web browsing of non-users, giving the company three months to comply.

MS used to excuse their excessive data mining by saying they were working hard on fixing all the things wrong with Win 10 -- but Win 10 is all fixed now (supposedly) and France has formally told MS this flimsy excuse no longer plays.

If the privacy issues are not fixed completely in 90 days France will start the formal EU process to charge MS multiple billions of $$$ in legal offense dollars for ongoing privacy invasion.

http://liliputing.com/2016/07/chuwi-vi10-plus-windowsremix-os-tablet-launches...

Chuwi Vi10 Plus Windows/Remix-OS tablet launches for $169 and up



Read the title of this whole thread that you have been reading on for the last six months and remember that we have been waiting for the two contestants to actually get up into the ring and start slugging it out.

The SAME ring will be available sometimes in August for the very first scheduled preliminary bout between Win 10 PC and Remix Android PC (the pilot fish for Google's 8.0 full version).

Brad Linder points out But a dual-OS model with Windows 10 and Remix OS doesn’t cost that much more. For $239 you can pick up the dual OS model, which also has twice as much memory (4 gigs) and storage (64 gigs).

Yes, the Windows unit REALLY ACTUALLY DOES REQUIRE four times as much systems memory and twice as much program storage space as the Android based Remix OS version requires.

Given barely enough resources to chug along, Win 10 is going to perform barely so so.   Flipping over to Remix OS, the Chuwi is jest gonna burn out it's tires, jest a smoking it with 4x more resources that it actually really requires and Remix OS is already well known to work very quickly on just 1 gig of systems memory.  2 gigs is considered ample for Remix OS right now.

But this Chuwi Vi10 Plus makes a REALLY great boxing ring, as each OS gets to show off its stuff in the exact SAME-SAME environment.   No tilting of the playing field can happen here.   Just pure programming goodness, system requirements and relative speed showing cleanly.  

They ARE giving Win 10 what it says it needs for system memory and SSD memory, so you got no excuses, MS.

And the reviewer folks can repeat their tests and comparisons at will until they have a firm answer to share with us.

   Place your bets, Gentlemen, place your bets .....  and remember that porky slow MS OS system is back to costing you a full $120 at retail just for its slow porky self.   Plus the extra cost of the extra processor and extra memory, of course.    And never forget the Office 365 yearly charges and other software you will have to buy (and rebuy again and again over the years).

 
How far off the pace in state of the art mobile/desktop processors is good 'ol Intel, (who is still stuck at 14nm) really?

Mediatek is sorta bottomish but BIG in the ARM world, and they are rather proud of it.   Mediatek makes the processors for BLU and a lot of the other high value low cost phone suppliers.

So, where Mediatek is going right now sorta defines how far behind the pack Intel actually is at the moment.

http://liliputing.com/2016/07/10nm-mediatek-helio-x30-chip-coming-2017.html

10nm MediaTek Helio X30 11 core chipset coming in 2017

First up, the Helio X30 will be the company’s first 10nm processor. Most of the company’s recent chips are constructed using a 28nm or 16nm processes. The move should lead to improvements in performance and energy efficiency.

The new processors are also said to feature improved modems, enabling support for more mobile broadband network bands.

The Helio X30 is expected to feature support for up to 8GB of LPDDR4 RAM and UFS 2.1 storage.   Please remember, Helios 10 and 20 both were promised, and became real right on schedule -- Mediatek is both prompt and trustworthy in that aspect.

Well, four technology breakthroughs are promised so far for this one, 10nm production off of new TSMC lines, 8 gigs of fast fast fast systems memory, a full spectrum coverage on all tower's radios and the production use of that new super fast SD card storage stuff and a lastly, a stone cold threat to ARM that if ARM Mali graphics don't take a BIG jump forward by next year then PowerVR Graphics Series 7 graphics may be used by Mediatek instead.

So, ARM has been served graphics notice as Mediatek is the largest player in the stock ARM Universe at the moment.

IMPROVE the Mali graphics, a lot, very quickly, or else.

Now, about how far Intel is being left behind by these changes, well this chipset sorta smells like a low end Core i5 equivalent, or perhaps mebbe slightly better than a low end Core i5 equivalent ????

Intel has GOT to come out with some non-silicon 7nm fairly soon or else risk being totally sidelined by the consistent year on year progress being made by ARM processors.



So, once again, WHY is this worth paying attention to ????

http://liliputing.com/2016/07/acer-chromebook-13-mediatek-mt8173-processor-co...

Acer Chromebook 13 with MediaTek MT8173 processor coming soon

Both Chromebooks and Android Laptops will be able to make some primo alfalfa hay with these new chipsets  -- while Intel is still bailing up 3 year old low-efficiency weeds.

Hello RaleighGuy,

How's that Mediatek chipset doing for you as far as speed & responsiveness ???

I had a BLU for a few weeks and sent it back to Amazon as it was claimed back then to be 4G LTE and it was just 3G-4G (a bad listing job on Amazon, actually, using info that was based on BLU data belonging to the next gen phone that had just come out).   Still,  in using it, really it was a good enough phone for all normal uses.   I just wanted one that had ALL of what I was promised, which it turns out was a lot more expensive at that point in time.



We now have several list members in this area, me, you, another Fayetteville guy who was fixing up a bike but never really responded to things like notes left on his seat, etc.

We COULD get together periodically for a local event or a local ride of some sort if you wanted to.

Fayettenam's only claim to fame is some decent gun stores, but you got you a famous bakery in Fuquay, so we are even.

Considering it is less than an hour to Fuquay we could plan to go do something this fall.  What and where, I am totally open about.

I work weekends, which does put a damper on general plans but I do have Thursday and Friday off just about every week.

Yes, but they are busy right now making sure all new Windows PCs contain their boot review lock out chip (a physical chip) that keeps you from loading or accessing any other OS product on that new machine.   They do this by making sure Win 10 won't work AT ALL on any bulk manufacturer priced software licenses without the chip being present, a "required security" thing you know.    

It is a MS requirement both contractually and physically that is intended to brick you into their MS walled garden.

By not writing any new Win 7 drivers and forcing all sub-vendors to use only approved Win 10 drivers MS has in essence put a functional end to Win 7 and Win 9.1 which will kill them off piecemeal very quickly.

Going to build my next one from scratch.... no operating system... just bits and pieces.

So far its up to 1,200 dollars.... LOL....

the dang video card alone is more than mother board/cpu/ram/case and power supply all together