Galaxy S6 Edge Plus and Note 5 to hit stores on 21 Aug

As expected, Samsung on Thursday announced a new Galaxy Note 5 phablet and Galaxy S6 Edge Plus smartphone, both with 5.7-in. displays.

Wireless carriers immediately announced off-contract prices for the devices that start at $720, high enough to raise eyebrows from some analysts.

Both devices went on pre-order at 3 p.m. ET Thursday on various websites and will go on sale in stores in the U.S. and Canada on 21 August.

Sprint immediately announced off-contract prices of $792 for the 32GB Edge Plus and $888 for the 64GB version. For the Note 5, the off-contract price was $720 for the 32GB model and $816 for the 64GB. 

Opera browser maker up for sale

Directors of Norwegian browser maker Opera Software said that they were considering selling the company and had hired bankers to help them explore options after the firm missed a second-quarter revenue forecast.

The board of directors said the move had been prompted by "strategic interest in the company from a number of parties," according to a Friday statement. In response, Opera had "initiated a process to evaluate and consider strategic alternatives ... with the objective of further enhancing shareholder value."

The Oslo-based company will be advised by bankers from ABG Sundal Collier and Morgan Stanley International.

Also on Friday, Opera acknowledged that its second-quarter revenue would come in at the low end of its prior guidance to investors, caused by a shortfall attributed to its mobile advertising arm. The culprit: Weak revenue from the video side of the ad business.

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Sumail Hassan , Made history once again

16 year old , Sumail who moved from Pakistan to Illinois chasing his dreams of being a professional gamer and is most known for playing a powerful electricity-based champion for the team, said after winning the tournament, “It just meant everything to me.”

Windows 10 Minimum System Requirements

Microsoft confirmed earlier today Windows 10 will be launching worldwide this summer, and all of us who've got copies of Windows 7 or 8 will be offered free upgrades when it arrives. In addition to the all the tweaks and changes we've come to expect from a new operating system, it's the inclusion of DirectX 12 support that's of most interest to gamers. Of course the key thing with any new operating system is making sure your PC's up to scratch, so read on to check out Microsoft's official minimum system requirements needed for Windows 10. 

Windows 10 32-bit Minimum System Requirements

OS: Windows 10 32-bit
​CPU: Pentium 4 1.8 GHz or AMD Athlon XP 1600+ 1.4 GHz​
RAM: 1 GB System Memory​
GPU: GeForce 6500 or Radeon HD 2100
​HDD: 16GB available space​
DX: DirectX 9
​Resolution: At least 800x600 resolution monitor, 1024x768 to run Windows Store apps.

Windows 10 64-bit Minimum System Requirements

OS: Windows 10 64-bit
​CPU: Pentium Dual Core E2180 2.0 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 2.0 GHz​
RAM: 2 GB System Memory​
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GT 230 or AMD Radeon HD 4650
​HDD: 20GB Available Space​
DX: DirectX 9
​Resolution: At least 800x600 resolution monitor, 1024x768 to run Windows Store apps.​

Windows 10's usage share continues climb

Weekend peak surpassed Wednesday; global share now above 3%

Microsoft's Windows 10's global usage share has quintupled since its July 29 launch, according to new data.

Usage share, a measure of how active Windows 10 users have been on the Internet, stood at 3.2% at the end of Wednesday, data from analytics vendor StatCounter showed. That was a five-fold increase over the 0.6% logged by Windows 10 a week before, the first day Microsoft started serving the upgrade to members of its Insiders testing program.
Wednesday's 3.2% was Windows 10's highest post-launch point so far, edging out the 3% milestone reached on Sunday, Aug. 2. In the following days, Windows 10's usage share dipped to 2.8% on Monday, then climbed to nearly 3% on Tuesday.
The up-and-down wasn't unusual: Consumer-oriented operating systems typically peak on weekends, then fall when people return to work, where they're often sitting in front of an older OS on their office devices.


And Windows 10 strongly slants towards consumers at this point. The free limited-time upgrade from Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 is being offered primarily to devices running a consumer version of the past two editions; the Enterprise SKU (stock-keeping unit) widely used by businesses is not eligible, and smaller shops running a Pro or Professional version are more likely to hold off upgrading.

15-year-old Pakistani wins $1.2m Dota2 Asian Championship

The world of e-sports has a rising star. 15 year old Sumail Hassan Syed from Karachi made history for Pakistan on Monday when he helped his team, Evil Geniuses’, claim the Defense of the Ancient 2 (Dota 2) Asian championship in China .