USING A 'POKEMON GO' BOT MAY GET YOU PERMANENTLY BANNED

Game maker Niantic, the developer behind mobile sensation Pokémon Go, is now issuing permanent bans to players who violate its terms of service. Though TOS violations vary, these bans appear to be directed at cheaters who rely on GPS spoofing, bots, and other software techniques that allow Pokémon Go to be played beyond the realm of Niantic's design parameters. For instance, GPS spoofing lets you trick a smartphone into thinking you're located in a different country, allowing you to catch pokémon that may be more easily located in that area or restricted to certain regions. Bots, on the other hand, let you automate portions of the game.

In a note posted to its website this week, Niantic outlines violations of its TOS that can result in a permanent ban. "This includes, but is not limited to: falsifying your location, using emulators, modified or unofficial software and/or accessing Pokémon Go clients or backends in an unauthorized manner including through the use of third party software," the note reads. "Our goal is to provide a fair, fun and legitimate game experience for everyone. We will continue to work with all of you to improve the quality of the gameplay, including ongoing optimization and fine tuning of our anti-cheat system." The company includes a link to an appeal form for trying to reverse a ban if it was issued by mistake.

USING A 'POKÉMON GO' BOT MAY GET YOU PERMANENTLY BANNED

It's still unclear how Niantic is going about detecting the use of GPS spoofing, emulators, bots, and other hacks. A number of threads on Reddit's Pokémon Go developer community, where much of the discussion around these techniques takes place, have popped up in the last two days. It seems users cannot seem to lock down what exactly results in a ban and how Niantic's internal systems may be seeking out cheating behavior.

It appears users have been receiving various levels of bans for quite some time. But this new permanent ban has the community advising its members not to use third-party application programming interfaces (APIs). Many of the makers of the game's most popular APIs have been sent cease and desist letters from The Pokémon Company over the course of the last two weeks as well. So it appears the company is increasing its efforts to crackdown on the kind of Pokémon Go playing it deems unsavory. A spokesperson for Niantic declined to comment on permanent bans and directed The Verge to the appeal process note on its website.

How to Control Your Android Mobile on Your Computer with Vysor Chrome Extension

Control Your Android Phone And Mirror Your Android Mobile Screen To PC Control Your Android Device from Any OS Is Not So Easy. But Here We Showed You, How You Can Control Your Android Phone From Any PC Or Any OS. If You Are Running Google Chrome Browser In Your PC, This Is So Easy For You. We Control Android Mobile Devices from Vysor Chrome Extension. This Chrome Extension Is Totally Free And Available On Chrome Web Store. Vysor Is Really A Great Chrome Extension, With The Help Of This Extension You Can Mirror Your Android Mobile To PC Screen And Also Control Them From PC. Vysor Is The Fast, Easy And Most Reliable Tool For This Method. 

Vysor App Is Run In the Window, Linux, Chrome OS and Mac OS. This App Runs In Your Chrome Browser, So It Doesn’t Matter What OS Are You Running. Vysor App Is Made By Android Developer (Clockworkmod) Koushik Dutta.

Vysor Is One Of The Easiest Methods For Control Your Android Phone From PC. You Don’t Need To Root Your Android Phone For This Method.
- Compatible with Your Device
- A Window to Your Android
- Vysor Lets You View and Control Your Android on Your Computer. Easy Peasy.
- Vysor puts a fully controllable window of your Android on your desktop.
- Vysor gives you the integration and ease of an emulator on a physical device

[Vysor Puts A Fully Controllable Window Of Your Android On Your Desktop. An Easy Install Chrome App, Compatible with All Operating Systems.

Use Your Keyboard - Type A Hundred Words Per Minute On Your Phone Using Your Desktop Keyboard.
Point And Click - Point, Click, Scroll. You’re Mouse Works Too.

Developers

Ditch The Emulator - Are You An Android Developer? Vysor Gives You The Integration And Ease Of An Emulator On A Physical Device.

Vysor Share - Share Your Device, Across The Office, Or Across The Globe. Screen and ADB Access to Remote Devices. Simple as Sending a Link. ]

[Steps] Try These Steps In Your Android Phone And Mirror Your Android Mobile Screen To PC. [How to Mirror Android Mobile Screen to Windows PC]

Requirement Latest Version of Google Chrome Browser - Download Form Here

1. Make Sure You Enable The Developer Options And USB/Android Debugging In Your Android Mobile.

- Just Go To "About Phone" in the Phone Settings
- Click 7 Time on "Build Number" to Enable Developer Options

If You Don’t Know How To Open Developer Option In Android Mobile Then Download This App In Your Phone. This App Size Is Just 18k And This App Directly Open Your Developer Option In Android Mobile.

ownload Developer Options Android App from Google Play Store

Developer Options_1.1.6_net.selfip.unet.developer_options.apk    
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2. In The Developer Settings Enable/Allow USB Debugging In Your Phone. (What Is USB Debugging or Android Debugging - Usb Debugging Enable the Android Debug Bridge (ADB) Interface. Usb Debugging Is Intended For Development Purpose Inly. Use It to Copy Data between Your Computer and Your Devices, Install Apps on Your Device without Notification, And Read Log Data)

3. Connect Your Android Device To Your Computer Using A USB Cable. 

4. Open Google Chrome Browser On Your Computer And Open Vysor App Page On The Chrome Web 

Download Vysor (Beta) Chrome Extension from Chrome Web Store 

Download .Crx Extensionhttps://uploadex.com/9641na2lp1tl

[Developer: Clockworkmod] [Version: 1.0.6.2] [Size: 2.81MB] How to Install : Open Chrome's extensions page (chrome://extensions/), drag-and-drop the *.crx file to the extensions page to install it. 5. Click On “ADD To Chrome” To Add The App To The Chrome Browser On Your Computer. 6. When The App Is Added And Installed In Your Browser, Launch It By Clicking On Its Icon In Your Browser. [Launch Vysor App in Your Chrome Browser]

7. When The App Launches, Click On The Button That Says “Find Devices”. [Find Devices in Vysor App] 8. If Your Android Mobile Is Correctly Connected With Your PC, You Can See Your Android Device Here. Select Your Android Device and Click On the Select Button. [Select Your Android Device in Vysor App] 9. A Pop-Up Will Appear In Your Android Mobile Screen. Click On OK. [Allow USB Debugging In Phone]

10. Now You See Vysor App In Your Android Mobile Screen. Click On Ok And Your Android Mobile Is Fully Connected With Your Computer. Your Android Mobile Appears In Your PC Screen. This Is One Of The Perfect And Easy Way For Control And Sees Your Android Mobile From The PC. 

Notice: For More See This Video:

Windows User Need ADB Driver and Windows 10 Users Must download the latest Version of Universal Adb Drivers: http://download.clockworkmod.com/test/UniversalAdbDriverSetup.msi [16.27 MB]

Flexible paper sculptures

Flexible paper sculptures bend skulls and minds

Li Hongbo is a Beijing-based artist who turns ordinary paper into extraordinary sculptures. In 2010, he created a flexible, Slinky-like sculpture of a female body out of nothing more than brown sheets of honeycombed paper, stacked together and molded into undulating forms. Li expanded upon that process earlier this year, with a new set of mind-bending sculptures displayed at the Dominik Mersch Gallery in Australia.

Li's Pure White Paper exhibit included several small sculptures, including a flexible skull, wooden cube, and tree branch. All were created entirely from paper, and all are equally jaw-dropping. A book editor and designer by trade, Li began by gluing together thousands of sheets to form a large block. He then carved and folded this block into various forms, drawing inspiration from traditional Chinese "paper gourd" toys and decorations. From a distance, the finished products look like typical porcelain or marble sculptures, but their original form suddenly dissipates once expanded, as demonstrated in the video below.

Uncoiling the accordion-like sculptures reveals their fibrous underpinnings, as well as the detailed folding and gluing that Li undertook while hand-building them. The effect on the viewer, meanwhile, is something out of the surreal. Within a matter of seconds, Li's skulls and busts transforms from static objects into bendable, Expressionist orbs, exposing the brilliant artifice of his work, and leaving observers in a state of awe.

Credit: THE VERGE

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

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:

Credit: BLOGWINDOWS

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