Microsoft Studio is the company's first premium 2-in-1 PC

There was a lot of news coming out of Microsoft today including a shift into catering to the creative market. Microsoft focused on various software and OS updates but the big news was the company's firm focus on creating its own hardware. While the Surface Pro 4 from last year remained generally unchanged (although the pricing went down in certain markets), the Surface Book has been refreshed with twice the performance, 16 hours of battery life and a price of CAD $at $3,129 ERP.

The biggest news was the Surface Studio, Microsoft's take on the 2-in-1 computer and its answer to Apple's 5K iMac. Featuring a floating display that Microsoft says is the thinnest at 12.5mm thin, connected to a mini-desktop.

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Red Hat receives Common Criteria Security Certification for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Red Hat, Inc, the world's leading provider of open source solutions, announced that Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 has been awarded the Common Criteria Certification at Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL) 4+ for an unmodified commercial operating system under the Operating System Protection Profile (OSPP).

This marks the first time that an operating system has been Common Criteria-certified with Linux Container Framework Support, further demonstrating Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7’s ability to provide hardened and more secure IT innovations like Linux containers.

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New MacBook Pro design and features leaked through macOS Sierra images

We're learning more about the upcoming MacBook Pro family of notebooks that Apple plans on launching this Thursday at Town Hall in Cupertino, thanks to, well, Apple.

Documents included in the code of macOS Sierra 10.12.1's Apple Pay related images show the redesigned 13-inch MacBook Pro sporting thinner speaker grilles, the anticipated "Magic Toolbar," OLED strip that will replace the top row of function keys (and apparently morph depending on what application is running), as well as the Touch ID being used for Apple Pay.

Closer inspection shows a few more things. The keyboard keys now resemble the flatter  Butterfly keyboard\ we've seen on the MacBook and a new hinge design that hints this will be an exceedingly thin notebook. Did Apple leak this on purpose, that's very unlikely. The unfortunate leak is plain and simple carelessness which could happen to anyone.

Source:Macrumors

Apple posts third consecutive quarterly decline, first annual revenue drop since 2001

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Apple just posted it's third quarterly decline in revenues as well as the first annual revenue drop since 2001, which was right before the launch of the iPod. Driven by the decline in iPhone sales, which is 64 per cent of Apple's business, the company's revenue shrunk 9.8 per cent from the year ago quarter.

Apple posted quarterly revenue of $46.9 billion and quarterly net income of $9 billion, or $1.67 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $51.5 billion and net income of $11.1 billion, or $1.96 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. 

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