THE EX-MUSLIM PRIEST SAID THAT ”ALL MUSLIM MUST CHANGE TO CHRISTIAN TO AVOID HELL FIRE

While I was working in a muslim mosque as an imam, as a parish priest, I preach in my parish that Jesus Christ is not God, for me, God was only Allah, and I believed Allah never got married, so no sons for Allah. So I preached there that Jesus is not God. Then somebody ask me, who is Jesus?’’ from the crowd. Maybe a muslim, but he asked me, who is Jesus?’’ I was preaching he is not God, but the question is who is he? To know who is Jesus? I read the entire Koran once again: 114 chapters, 6666 in the Koran when I read it, the name of prophet Muhammad. I found it in Koran 4 places, but the name of Jesus I found in 25 places. There itself, I was a little confused. Why does the Koran give more preference to Jesus? And second thing, I could not see any woman’s name in Koran: the Prophet Muhammad’s mother’s name, or wife’s name, no, in the Koran, there is only one woman’s name that i found is Mariam, the mother of Jesus no other woman’s name. And in the holy Koran chapter 3, the name of the chapter is family of Mariam,’’ and holy Koran chapter 19, the name of the chapter itself is ‘’MARIAM’’ one chapter is ‘’MARIAM’’ so I was very curious to know why does Koran says all these things about MARIAM, holy Koran chapter 3 verse 34 onwards says that Mary was born without original sin, she never committed any sin in her life, she was ever virgin.

Koran chapter 50 verses 23 say that she went to heaven with her physical body. Even the assumption is writing in the holy Koran and then about Jesus, when I read chapter 3 verses 45 to 55 verses, there is 10 point which the Koran makes about Jesus. The first thing Koran says (kallimatulli) the arabic word which means ‘’the of God’’ and second thing is ( ahimokuli ) which mean spirit of God and the third (isa masi) which means Jesus Christ so Koran give the name for Jesus WORD OF GOD, SPIRIT OF GOD, JESUS CHRIST. And then Koran says that Jesus spoke when he was very small, like 2 days old. after his birth he began to speak , Koran says that Jesus created a live bird with mud. He took some mud, he formed a bird; when breathed into it, it became a live bird. So I think Jesus can give life because he gave life to mud, clay, and then Koran says that Jesus cured a man born blind and a man with leprosy, e.t.c

Curiously, the Koran says that Jesus gave life to dead people; Jesus went to heaven; he is still alive and he will come again. When I saw all these things in the Koran I taught of what Koran says about Muhammad, according to the Koran, prophet Muhammad is not the word of God, not spirit of God he never spoke when he was 2 days old, he never created any bird with mud, he never cure any sick people, he never raised any dead people, he himself died, and according to Islam he is not alive and he will not come back. So there is a lot of different between these two prophets. I didn’t call Jesus, God, you know my idea was ‘’He is a prophet but he is a prophet greater than Muhammad; so one day I went to my teacher, the one who taught me 10 years in Arabic college, and I ask him, teacher, how did God created the universe? Then he said God created the universe through the word,’’ THROUGH THE WORD. Then my question is: ‘’WORD’’ is creator or creation? He must clear this, my question is whether the WORD of God is creator or creation. Koran says Jesus is WORD of God. If my teacher says word of God is creator, which means Jesus is the creator, then muslim must become Christian suppose if he says the word is creation he will be trapped. You know why? He said everything was created through the word. Suppose if he said the word is creation, then how did God created the word? So he cannot say that the word is creator, or creation, so he was quite angry he push me out of his room and said word is not God, not creator or the creation you get out of here, ‘’he said

The reason why Muslim doesn’t accept to be Christian is because they are blinded with the wrong teaching of their priest, Imam. They said that the word is creation they try to prove it wrongly…… they say the word is not creator, not the creation, but not God. And no creation also. They don’t equal with God, that all their problem. So when he said that I told my teacher, word is not the creator or the creation.’’ So, that is why Christian says the word is son of God. Then he told me if there is son for God, I must show him the wife of God. That without wife no chance of having a son then I showed him a portion from the Koran. Koran says that God can see without eyes, God can talk without tongue, God can hear without ears. It is writing in the Koran. I said if that is the case, so God can have a child without a wife. I took my Koran, I put it on my chest, and I said ‘’Allah’’, tell me what I should do because your Koran says Jesus is still alive, and Mohammad is no more. Tell me whom should I accept.’’ after my prayer I opened the Koran, I didn’t asked anyone, I asked only my Allah. When I opened Koran, I saw chapter 10 verses 94. You know what Koran says? It says if you have any doubt in this Koran which I give to you, go and read the Bible, or ask the people, those who read the Bible. The truth is already revealing that.
I beg all muslim to give their life to Christ because he is the only way to the kingdom of God. Please don’t perish like other muslims that is serving the god they do not know. I welcome you into Christ Jesus as you change your mind to accept him today. God bless you.

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Indonesia Flight QZ8501 asked for flight deviation due to weather – AirAsia

(Updated 7:02 p.m.) AirAsia Flight QZ8501 asked for a deviation in its flight route due to weather before it lost contact with air traffic control, the airline confirmed in a new statement.

Flight QZ8501, which disappeared from Indonesian airspace en route from Surabaya to Changi, Singapore on Sunday, was carrying seven crew and 155 passengers.

According to the airline's statement, the passengers consisted of 149 Indonesians, three South Koreans, one Malaysian, one Singaporean and one Briton. The crew consisted of six Indonesians and one French national.

Search and rescue operations are underway under the guidance of the Indonesian Civil Aviation Authority, it added.

AirAsia said that the aircraft underwent its last scheduled maintenance on November 16. It was piloted by a captain with a total of 6,100 flying hours and a first officer with 2,275 flying hours. — BM, GMA News

Play Within The Video Game. Face Mapping Will Allow You To Play With Your Fave Players!

Video game introduces another breakthrough in gaming technology with the face mapping technology that allows players of the game to be able to digitally graft lifelike renditions of their faces onto virtual players.

“NBA 2K15” will be casting slam dunk players in whom the players could virtually play with using the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One Cameras.

The video player’s camera will recognize the facial feature of a particular player and draft it into the game through 3-D version as exactly the player is inside the video game.

With this innovative new way, players will be encouraged to excitingly play basketball because they don’t get to use any other player because it is them who are within the video game. This will also give a new opportunity to avid basketball fans to play with their most idolized basketball players even just in video games.

Playing video game is a lot more exciting, thrilling and fun when you get the chance to be in the virtual world, and with this, it will surely hit the video gamer.

Credits: AMAZING INFO

The Tallest Peak Currently Playing On NBA

As you watch an NBA game, you see lots of tall players and you might often wonder who is the tallest player that currently plays for the league. Wonder no more because the tallest peak on the NBA league is 7 feet and 5 inches, Sim Bhullar.

Sim Bhullar is a 22-year old Canadian basketball player who currently plays for Reno Bighorns of the NBA Development League. His team is an affiliate of The Sacramento Kings and Bhullar once played as an affiliate player on the Kings.

Sim Bhullar is so remarkable for his size, strength, and coordination with 9 feet and 9 inches standing reach. You can only imagine how he can effortlessly make a dunk.

ven if he is now in Canada, Bhullar still feels that he is purely Indian and represents his race for the NBA as there had never been a predominantly Indian player in the league before and this NBA draft is very eager to show the world that he is ready for the NBA.

Source Credit: Bleacher Report
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ISIS Traffics Human Organs

ISIS Traffics Human Organs, Moves Them into Saudi Arabia and Turkey

Mathew Blake wrote in an article published yesterday on the British newspaper’s website that ISIS has added human organ trade to “‘a variety of shadowy sources including oil production, human trafficking and drug smuggling,” which it has been depending on to raise money to carry out their attacks and seize areas, particularly in Syria and Iraq.

The writer highlighted that ISIS has been “recruiting foreign doctors for months to harvest the internal organs not only from the bodies of their own dead fighters but also from living hostages – including children – snatched from minority communities in Iraq and Syria.”

The Daily Mail article referred to a report by al-Monitor news website which cited an Iraqi ear, nose and throat doctor named Siruwan al-Mosuli as saying that ISIS leaders have hired foreign doctors to run an extensive organ trafficking system from a hospital in the city of Mosul, northern Iraq, that is already beginning to generate huge profits.

It added that the terrorist organization is believed to having even set up “a specialist organ- smuggling division whose sole responsibility is to sell human hearts, livers and kidneys on the lucrative international black market.”

In further evidence of the Turkish and Saudi regimes’ involvement in the crimes committed by ISIS through the unlimited support they have offered the organization in terms of money, armament, training and movement, the article noted that most of the organs harvested are being smuggled out of Syria and Iraq into neighboring countries like Saudi Arabia or Turkey “where criminal gangs sell them on to shady buyers across the globe,” citing the Assyrian International News Agency.

The Daily Mail also referred to drug smuggling is one of ISIS most lucrative revenue streams another, citing Al Monitor’s report as saying that ISIS traffics Afghan heroin into Europe from the city of Nineveh, with this drug business becoming so successful in recent months that reports claim that ISIS now supplies half of Europe’s entire heroin market.

Source: whatsupic

Introducing Windows 10

Forget about Windows 9, say hello to Windows 10

It’s a humbling and amazing thing to work on Windows, which is used by over 1.5 billion people in every country of the world. From kids playing with computers for the first time, to writers and journalists, to engineers, to gamers, to CEOs, at some point Windows has empowered all of us.

In the Windows team, we’re proud of this – but we also know that the world today is very different from the one in which Windows grew up. Today, devices outnumber people. Connectivity is like oxygen. The tension between the desire for agility versus stability poses a huge challenge for IT Pros. Experiences – no matter what device you’re on – just need to work. The only thing that hasn’t really changed is the situation for developers – still too much to do, and not enough time.

One way to look at it is that Windows is at a threshold :-). It’s time for a new Windows. This new Windows must be built from the ground-up for a mobile-first, cloud-first world. This new Windows must help our customers be productive in both their digital work and their digital life. This new Windows must empower people and organizations to do great things.

That new Windows is Windows 10.

Windows 10 represents the first step of a whole new generation of Windows. Windows 10 unlocks new experiences for customers to work, play and connect. Windows 10 embodies what our customers (both consumers and enterprises) demand and what we will deliver.

Windows 10 will run across an incredibly broad set of devices – from the Internet of Things, to servers in enterprise datacenters worldwide. Some of these devices have 4 inch screens – some have 80 inch screens – and some don’t have screens at all. Some of these devices you hold in your hand, others are ten feet away. Some of these devices you primarily use touch/pen, others mouse/keyboard, others controller/gesture – and some devices can switch between input types.

We’re not talking about one UI to rule them all – we’re talking about one product family, with a tailored experience for each device.

And across this breadth of devices, we are delivering one application platform for our developers. Whether you’re building a game or a line of business application, there will be one way to write a universal app that targets the entire family. There will be one store, one way for applications to be discovered, purchased and updated across all of these devices.

Windows 10 will deliver the right experience on the right device at the right time. It will be our most comprehensive platform ever.

Now, during the design of a new Windows, we spend time with many diverse customers. One of the most important of these customers is the enterprise. In the past year I’ve talked to dozens of enterprise customers and listened to how they are using and deploying Windows, and what they need from us.

These customers are betting their businesses on Windows – in the first half of this year, shipments of enterprise PCs grew 14%. In that same time period, shipments of Windows enterprise tablets grew 33%.

These customers have a need to evaluate Windows early, so we are starting our dialog with them today. For more details about what Windows 10 will have for these customers, check out this blog post on the Windows for your Business blog.

Tomorrow, we are excited to announce the Windows Insider Program, where PC experts and IT Pros can get access to a technical preview of Windows 10 for desktops and laptops. Soon after, we’ll also be releasing technical previews of Windows Server and our management tools.

With the Insider program, we’re inviting our most enthusiastic Windows customers to shape Windows 10 with us. We know they’re a vocal bunch – and we’re looking forward to hearing from them.

The Windows Insider Program is intended for PC experts and IT pros who are comfortable using pre-release software with variable quality. Insiders will receive a steady stream of early builds from us with the latest features we’re experimenting with.

This week’s announcements are just the first chapter of our conversation with customers about Windows 10 – with a focus on enterprise features (because enterprises have a need to evaluate software early on) and the desktop/laptop experiences. Early in 2015 we’ll introduce the consumer chapter and talk much more about other device types and more consumer features. We’ll then continue the conversation with the developer chapter at our Build conference, and later in the year we’ll release Windows 10 and look forward to some amazing new devices.

Today was an important beginning for our customers and partners as we embark on the Windows 10 journey together. I encourage everyone reading this to sign up for the Windows Insider Program, download the technical preview, and let us know what you think. Check here tomorrow for specific details – but in the meantime, here’s a peek at some of the new features you can test drive once you become an Insider:

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iPhone 6 Plus fails the 'bend test'

A word of caution to owners of the new supersized iPhone 6 Plus: you may want to think twice before putting that expensive shiny new device in your pants pocket.

Several owners of the new iPhone 6 Plus noticed the bending after carrying the phablet-class device in their pockets, according to enthusiast site MacRumors.

"In one instance, a new iPhone 6 Plus was bent during a day of dancing, dining, and driving to a wedding," MacRumors said.

Unbox Therapy posted a video demonstrating the iPhone 6 Plus bending after pressure is applied to it.

The video said the weak point appears to be the part where the button cutouts are located, adding aluminum tends to bend.

But MacRumors said the potential for bending is not the first for an iPhone - the iPhone 5 and 5s handsets have been reported to also bend.

"As iPhones get thinner and larger, however, storage of the handset in a pocket becomes riskier. Unlike smaller phones that can slide out of the way, pressure points from sitting or bending now have greater potential to cause the longer iPhone to flex in a way that will damage the device," it said.

It suggested iPhone 6 Plus owners remove the phones from their pockets before sitting or bending, or getting a rigid case to protect from flexing or bending.
Sony phones too

On the other hand, tech site Mashable said the iPhone is not alone in the world of warped phones.

It cited the case of a Sony Xperia smartphone that got bent after spending some time in a pocket or tight area. — JST, GMA News

Credit: GMA NEWS

iPhone 6 Plus Review

Review: First impressions of the new iPhone 6

iPhone buyers won't need a second chance to be impressed with Apple's latest smartphone

This year's launch of the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus wasn't exactly the smoothest of rollouts. There were glitches during the Sept. 9 unveiling, adelayed and problematic pre-order process and an iOS 8 launch on Wednesday that saw key features pulled at the last-minute. But that didn't stop the company from booking an astounding four million in iPhone pre-sales, and it didn't dissuade thousands of people from standing in line for hours (some, for days) for a chance to buy one of the new iPhones.

The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus are the first to offer display sizes larger than any previous model (up from their predecessor's 4 in. screen to 4.7 in. and 5.5 in., respectively). They also include a new A8 system-on-chip processor; faster LTE access; NFC for the upcoming Apple Pay system; a new M8 motion sensor and processor; support for 802.11ac Wi-Fi; better 8-megapixel cameras; and even a new barometer sensor.

In hand is my new 128GB iPhone 6 in Space Gray. Like many, I awoke just before 3 a.m. on Sept. 12 to preorder my iPhone. After 20 minutes of trying to access the Apple Store online while simultaneously using the Apple Store app on my iPhone 5S and iPad Air, I was finally able to get into the store using the iPad and place my order. Many would-be buyers weren't so lucky, and within a short time, hoped-for delivery dates of Sept. 19 slipped to a week to 10 days. (For iPhone 6 Plus buyers, those delivery dates are now well into October.)

Getting my pre-order meant that unlike last year, I could watch various reports of the thousands and thousands of fans hoping to buy iPhones yesterday from the comfort of my own home.

By pre-ordering my iPhone 6 at 3 a.m. on Sept. 12, all I had to do on Friday was wait for the UPS man to show up.

The UPS man arrived at mid-afternoon; minutes later, the box was open and I was holding my new phone. Hours (and hours and hours) later -- after literally the slowest iCloud restore I've ever experienced -- my iPhone 6 was set up and ready, a near clone of the iPhone 5S save for the bigger screen, sleeker styling and better everything.

First impressions

I should note that these are just my first impressions; a full review, including a look at how the new A8 chip works and whether battery life remains good, will come after I've had some serious time with the iPhone 6. (Follow me on Twitter or check my site if you want to know when the final review is published.) But it seems already clear from the crowds lining up to buy it to the details I can see up close that this will be a home run for Apple.

The biggest change, of course, is that the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus features screen sizes much bigger than earlier iPhones. Picking which one is the right for youis the first decision iPhone buyers had to make this year. I chose the iPhone 6 because it's more portable.

Setting up the iPhone 6 is a breeze, although the restore from my iCloud backup took longer than normal. Here's the iPhone 6 turned on for the first time.

My initial impression of the 4.7-in. screen: it's a great screen. The iPhone 6 display is larger than, but just as pixel-dense (326 pixels per inch) as the older iPhone 5/5C/5S, and the viewing angles are insane. While there is some slight shifting when viewing off center, colors retain a remarkable consistency -- even at extreme angles. Apple calls these screens Retina HD displays -- the 6 Plus packs 401 pixels per inch on its display -- and the improvements are worthy of the new name.

The iPhone 6 doesn't have the most pixel-dense or largest screen out there, but what it does have won't bring in complaints from new owners. Images, text and videos are well saturated, sharp and bright.

How big is too big?

What may bring complaints, though, is the size of the display, which extends a tad beyond my limits of comfortable one-handed operation. I have already found myself shifting the iPhone 6 more often in hand to compensate for the larger size. And I have quickly learned to appreciate the new feature called Reachability, which lowers some of the interface closer to where your thumb is located when the Home button is touched twice. It's a smart and useful feature that goes a long way to reducing the amount of yoga your thumb must accomplish to reach the top-most interface elements and the Notification area.

I do enjoy the larger viewing area for reading, games and videos, though I wish the iPhone's frame had been shrunk a bit to hug the screen more. I'll also be glad when all third-party apps have been optimized for the larger sizes. As it stands, those apps that haven't yet been updated are scaled up to full screen, which is useful if you have poor vision, but results in a softer look and sometimes blurry interface elements. For those apps, the additional screen size is largely a waste until they're redesigned.

I've long been a fan of the iPhone 5 and 5S designs. Last year, I was keen to get the white/silver 5S because of the way the chamfered edges haloed light around the white-framed display (in concert with how light played off the metallic Touch ID ring). The look and overall design really appealed to me and pulled me away from my usual space gray/black models.

This year's iPhone 6 and 6 Plus loses the reflective chamfered edges in favor of a sleek and thin pill-shaped profile, featuring a glass front that tapers into a smooth curve to meet the anodized aluminum body. On the Space Gray model, the entire front of the iPhone is cloaked in black, with components like the camera, sensors and even the display borders barely visible. The result is that the front of the new iPhone delivers a sleek, nearly unbroken black shine.

Build quality and design

I better understand the intention, the attempt at symmetry, in the shape of the original iPhone in 2007, because the iPhone 6 does that design better. With the exception of the rectangular display, nearly every aspect of the latest design swoops into a curve, forgoing the hard angles that have been part of the iPhone look since 2010's iPhone 4.

Build quality is best-in-class, with the parts displaying precision craftsmanship and tight tolerances; if you're a hardware fan, you have got to appreciate Apple's designs.

While the iPhone 6 looks like an iPhone, it doesn't feel like recent models. The smooth shape and texture are a departure from the style of the iPhone 4 and 5 families, and not just because the iPhone case is larger to compensate for the screen. The overall shape, from its thin form (6.9mm) to the lack of hard angles, means it feels smoother in your hand than previous models. But the sleek feel comes with a caveat: The anodized aluminum casing is a little more slippery, so iPhone 6 owners should be a bit mindful when carrying this model.

The size increase for both models means the keyboard has a little more room to stretch, and because of that, the iPhone 6 feels much nicer to type on than previous models. Also, the new location on the power button -- on the right side of the phone where the old volume controls were -- is going to take some getting

used to. (Moving it from the top to the side was an obvious decision to put the power button within easier reach when using the phone one-handed.) And, of course, the larger screen offers room for an additional row of home screen icons.

Final thoughts

There is much more to this iPhone -- and how it integrates with Apple's new iOS 8 -- I have yet to explore. I'll be putting it through its paces in the next week or so. But I don't need a lot of time to know that the iPhone 6 has all of the marks of being another hit product. It's fast, it's gorgeous, and it comes complete with an app and media ecosystem that is second to none. That's why people get up at 3 a.m. to pre-order or brave the urban outdoors for days -- for this kind of technological excellence.

Apple has delivered again.

Source: Computer World

Windows 9 release date looming, here are the top features we want to see

Top 10 features of Windows 9

Windows 9, also known as “Threshold”, is expected to arrive sometime in 2015 and hopes and wishes from users definitely aren’t in short supply ahead of its unveiling.

Windows 8 has had plenty of detractors since it arrived back in 2012, with the unpopular disappearance of the start button and Metro menu view confusing users at best and alienating them at worst.

Any real details on Windows 9 are scarce, but we do know Microsoft wants to distance itself from the previous OS, which is widely considered to have been a disaster.

Tickets to the Build Developer conference 2014 in San Francisco sold out in 24 hours when rumours of Windows 9 hit the internet, highlighting - perhaps - just how much appetite there is out there for a Windows 8 successor.

It was rumoured that Windows 9 would see a release date as soon as April 2015, but a third update to Windows 8 in the same month means that we will likely have to wait until later in the year.

Ahead of this date, we list the 10 feature we hope Microsoft includes.

1. Lower price

Microsoft needs a carrot to dangle in front of consumers and businesses to convince them to invest in Windows 9 machines. The firm might even have to go so far as to offer users the chance to upgrade to the next-iteration of Windows for free.

Reducing the cost of upgrading will help people finally part with Windows XP - its aged operating system, which entered end of life in April 2014.

Microsoft’s updates have long been priced higher than Apple’s, and this is yet another factor deterring consumers from upgrading. Something similar to the limited-time lower price for Windows 8 might work, but it’s possible that Windows 9 might even be available for free ala Mac OS X 10.9.

2. Better Battery Life

Intel’s 2013 Haswell chips provided a big jump in battery life, which can be seen in the latest crop of Ultrabooks. Windows machines have long been known to burn through battery power quicker than their Mac OS X counterparts.

Ars Technica gave a detailed breakdown of how OS X Mavericks saves power. The system schedules tasks to run in clumps to maximise processor idle time and minimise power consumption. The latest version of Apple’s OS was so efficient, it even added an extra 60 minutes of battery life to older hardware which upgraded to this operating system. 

Microsoft needs to better implement power saving features into Windows 9 or risk being left further behind next-gen Mac products.

3. Desktop-Only Mode

The Metro UI has alienated many loyal Windows users and the firm is going to have to work hard to appease them. Windows 8.1 went some way towards making things better with the option to boot straight to desktop. 

But we want Windows 9 to take this a step further. We want the option to switch Metro off. So when you turn on desktop-only mode, this means images should open in Windows Gallery, not the Metro Preview app. 

With Windows 9 for mobile devices, Microsoft is reportedly planning to ditch the desktop entirely, and rumours suggest that PCs running the OS may be sold with the Metro view disabled as a default.

Desktop-only mode would let users work in peace and placate some of Microsoft’s critics, while allowing the company to keep experimenting with Metro for consumers.

The Charms bar - another unpopular element of Windows 8's redesign - is also rumoured to have been dropped, with the search, share, devices and settings options previously housed there moving to the new title bars on modern Windows 9 apps.

4. Virtual desktops for improved productivity

OS X and Linux have had virtual desktops for years. They allow you to keep multiple sets of windows open on one computer, improving productivity when juggling multiple projects. 

Microsoft have announced that virtual desktops will indeed be part of Windows 9, allowing users to enjoy multiple desktop displays with individual settings, making it easier to seperate work and home activities on the same device.

5. Bring back the real Start button

It’s amazing how so many people can miss such a small feature. Microsoft gave into popular demand when it put a Start button in Windows 8.1, but this just brings you back to the Start screen. 

It was rumoured for some time that the Start Button would return with Windows 8.1 Update 2, but sources claim that it has been delayed until June 2015 when it is thought Windows 9 will also arrive.

When it does finally see the light of day, the new-look Start Menu will reportedly include both the classic layout of previous iterations and a new Metro panel with live tiles for Windows Store apps. A mock-up of the menu was shown at April’s Build conference.

6. Over-the-air system recovery

Microsoft could also make it easier to restore Windows in the event of a malfunction. Mac devices can reinstall OS X by simply downloading files from the internet. 

A similar system would make it easier to recover Windows computers, as it is much simpler than digging through BIOS boot settings and trying to find your recovery USB. 

Keeping so many system-specific files would be difficult, but it’s possible. Microsoft could convince hardware manufacturers to contribute the necessary files so users could recover their systems over-the-air.

7. Better display scaling

Windows has not been able to cope with the high-resolution devices manufacturers have started pumping out. As screen resolutions climb north of 1920 x 1080, programs such as Adobe Premiere and Vegas Pro can be rendered unusable in some cases as icons can appear tiny and pixellated.

Howtogeek put up a useful guide explaining how to change the compatibility settings for your troublesome Windows apps in order to make the text readable again, but this shouldn’t even be necessary. 

Microsoft needs to add better support for Retina-quality displays to make sure the new version of its OS still looks good on devices like the Surface Pro 2. 

8. Improved anti-virus

Windows is a primary target for viruses, if only by virtue of its dominant market share. Redmond’s OS attracts the lion’s share of malware, while OS X and Linux aren’t as vulnerable.

Microsoft releases regular security patches and has built Microsoft Security Essentials into Windows 8 - but this has been critically panned. In the Dennis publishing tests, it missed 39 per cent of malware thrown at it.

We might see things improve with Windows 9 as Intel has rebranded the McAfee software suite and could provide comprehensive protection. But Microsoft has to up its game too.

9. Fix Windows Update

Updating Windows software has driven many people to the brink of insanity. If ignored for too long, Windows may reboot your PC at the worst moment possible and then you can be trapped in what seems like a never-ending cycle of updating and rebooting.

Refreshing drivers is the same. PC users shouldn't have to dig through a manufacturer’s website in 2014, looking for the latest version of a driver for their laptop’s graphics card. 

Surely Microsoft could leverage its Windows Store to deliver updates more efficiently and simultaneously, instead of forcing users to endlessly download more and more patches. 

10. Native DVD playback

One more feature we’d like to see in Windows is native DVD playback. Microsoft decided to remove this feature for Windows 8, to the annoyance of users. If you want your PC to play DVDs, you have to shell out $10 for a Windows Media Centre add-on.

We know that digital media is prevalent in 2014 but physical media isn't dead yet.

This article was first pubilshed on 29/01/14 and has been updated multiple times (most recently on 11/08/14) to reflect new information that has become available since its original publication. 

Source: ITPRO UK

Using NVIDIA Graphic Cards (Lifelike Video Games)

Believe it or not, this is not a still from a movie. The image below—released earlier this year at the 2014 Game Developers Conference—showcases the lifelike graphics of today’s video-game chips.

So lifelike, in fact, they’re catching the attention of those outside the gaming industry…

Professor Steve Jiang is one of those outsiders.

Prof. Jiang is the director in the Division of Medical Physics and Engineering at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. His team is using the same video-game chips to aid cancer patients.

According to Jiang, the chips can slash the time required to calculate a radiotherapy dose: They can reduce the most complex proton-radiotherapy calculation from 70 hours to just 10 seconds.

No, that’s not a typo: It really is 25,000 times faster.

Faster Math = Better Healthcare 
“That’s an astonishing improvement in processing speed,” says Jiang. “We should really thank video gamers. The popularity of video games has resulted in a tool that is very beneficial for scientific computing in medicine. The quicker results mean increased convenience for patients and physicians, and translate in a significant way to better patient care.”

To make these calculations, Jiang is using a chip known as a 3D graphics processing unit (GPU), which helps produce the stunning graphics of today’s games.

Dr. Steve Jiang, UT Southwestern’s director of the Division of Medical Physics and Engineering, and Professor and Vice Chairman of Radiation Oncology

Radiotherapy is often delivered in many treatments, spanning weeks—during which time a patient’s tumor can change. Jiang’s GPU-based system allows for more accurate treatment plans, based on daily recalculations that adapt to changes in a patient’s tumor, such as weight, size, or shape.

This allows doctors to treat the disease, but not risk harming the healthy tissue around the tumor.

Although most commonly found in gaming devices such as PCs, video-game consoles, and smartphones, GPUs are starting to become an integral part of other industries:

• Doctors such as Jiang are using GPUs to better visualize cancerous tumors.
• Hollywood directors are using them to create mind-blowing special effects for films such as Avatar, Inception, and Life of Pi.
• Auto manufacturers, such as Audi, BMW and Tesla, are building them into the touchscreens of cars.

These small computer chips, first created by NVIDIA in 1996, have come along way since their creation—especially if you’re going by the odometer in a BMW.

But they weren’t originally destined for these uses.

Going Beyond GamingIn fact, the first GPUs were developed strictly for PC gaming, where they would have remained—but for NVIDIA’s CEO. He challenged his CIO and engineers to take the GPU beyond the game.

A few years ago, NVIDIA co-founder Jen-Hsun Huang challenged his thousands of engineers to think outside the video-game box. He wanted them to find new ways to apply the GPU’s performance to new lines of business, such as supercomputing, automotive navigation and healthcare.

Inspired, the engineers went to work, but quickly hit a roadblock: Each time they ran a simulation of a new GPU design, they’d have to wait for the infrastructure to catch up. This could sideline hundreds of engineers at a time, costing the company real money.

“Storage performance and reliability issues were constraining our engineers’ productivity,” says Bob Worrall, NVIDIA’s CIO. “Storage is the most critical aspect of our infrastructure. The slightest delays can harm our brand and the promise that we’ve made to the market.”

Instead of trying to solve the problem internally, Worrall looked for expertise outside of the company. Worrall finished his technical evaluations of several providers and found the solution to NVIDIA’s problem.

“I bet my job on the decision,” says Worrall.

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For Worrall and his team, that gamble paid off. NVIDIA now innovates more quickly, and delivers groundbreaking technologies across many industries.

The company’s GPUs are now used to research cancer and HIV, support auto manufacturers develop self-driving cars, accelerate the discovery of oil and natural gas, and even help NASA drive the Curiosity Rover on Mars.

The Bottom Line 
Doubling the speed of innovation enabled breakthroughs that are changing the graphics game as we know it—and improving our quality of life.

Source: FORBES.COM