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NGINX Plus R10 Harnesses IBM POWER

2016-09-03 KENNETH 0

NGINX Plus R10 Harnesses IBM POWER We recently announced NGINX Plus R10, the latest release of our commercial load balancer and web accelerator software with an optional WAF, additional security features, and more. In addition to making NGINX Plus more capable for enterprises looking to gain agility in delivering their critical applications, NGINX Plus R10 now supports servers based on IBM’s POWER microprocessor architecture (ppc64le). With the combination of NGINX Plus and POWER, businesses can optimize their stack from the chip up to provide services at the scale required by today’s leading Internet companies. POWER is a general‑purpose, open source microprocessor architecture designed for performance and scalability – just like NGINX Plus. POWER solutions are driven by innovation from the OpenPOWER Foundation and are built upon by a community of more than 2,300 ISVs supporting Linux on POWER. The architecture is increasingly used for high‑end applications such as cloud computing, big data [ more… ]

This Week on Windows: IFA, pro football and a tour of the new Windows Store

2016-09-03 KENNETH 0

This Week on Windows: IFA, pro football and a tour of the new Windows Store We hope you enjoyed this week’s episode of This Week on Windows! Take the tour of everything new in the Windows Store with the Windows 10 Anniversary Update in our Windows 10 Tips blog post, head over here to see all the Windows 10 devices announced at IFA, and keep reading for a great offer from Best Buy and everything new in the Windows Store this week! Save $150 on Lenovo Yoga 900 at Best Buy, Students can save an additional $150 From now until 9/3/16, Best Buy is offering $150 off the purchase of the Lenovo Yoga 900 and students can save an additional $150 off through Best Buy’s student portal. Customize your laptop experience to fit any occasion with this Lenovo Yoga 900 [ more… ]

Building in 10k: Markup for Accessibility, Clarity, and Affordance

2016-09-03 KENNETH 0

Building in 10k: Markup for Accessibility, Clarity, and Affordance Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of posts from the team that built the 10k Apart contest page, exploring the process of building for interoperability, accessibility, and progressive enhancement in less than 10kB. In the previous post in this series, I talked a lot about how the 10k Apart contest site began to materialize in terms of structure and content. Once the planning was done, I was finally able to start building the site in earnest. Where do I begin? Generally, the first step I take in building any site is to drop some sample content into a fresh HTML document and then work my way through it, marking things up as I go. In the case of this project, I decided that sample content would be all [ more… ]

Kody Peralta: A high school student using Surface Book and OneNote every day

2016-09-03 KENNETH 0

Kody Peralta: A high school student using Surface Book and OneNote every day Recently I met Kody Peralta, an ambitious 18-year old high school graduate who’s Surface Book has changed the way he learns. Kody now has the ability to take handwritten notes which he couldn’t do on pen and paper because of his transcription disability, dysgraphia. People with dysgraphia have difficulty with handwriting and it can interfere with a student’s ability to express themselves. Surface and OneNote together have encouraged him to start taking handwritten notes again because he can write on a much larger scale using Surface Pen and easily scroll in and out to make his sentences legible on ruled lines. Dysgraphia also effects the pressure that’s applied to any given writing tool and with the Surface Book’s ability to adjust pressure sensitivity, as well as quickly [ more… ]

Windows Store game pre-orders now available

2016-09-02 KENNETH 0

Windows Store game pre-orders now available Today, we’re happy to announce that you can now pre-order Windows 10 PC games from the Windows Store. As we prepare for one of our biggest holiday launches ever, the Window 10 PC versions of ReCore, Forza Horizon 3, and Gears of War 4 can be pre-ordered from the Windows Store starting today. Each of these games supports Xbox Play Anywhere, giving our community the freedom to play their games wherever they want. These are just the first few Xbox Play Anywhere games, with many more coming – check out the full list at Xbox Play Anywhere. When you buy an Xbox Play Anywhere digital game through the Xbox Store or the Windows Store, it’s yours to play on both Xbox One and Windows 10 PC at no additional cost. Plus, when you start [ more… ]