We also know that the chips will be compatible with the existing 100-series chipsets, so it’ll be an easy upgrade from Skylake, assuming manufacturers provide BIOS updates for the new chips. Quite whether it will be a worthwhile upgrade is another matter: we’ll have to wait and see what Intel can do to improve performance and power consumption, in addition to new features.
Inzpire has showcased its GECO mission system, which is in operational use with the British and Jordanian air forces, at the 2016 Farnborough International Airshow.GECO (Air) is a simple mission system which provides pilots with mission data and a moving map display either on a knee board or handheld tablet. It was originally developed in response to a number of UK Urgent Operational Requirements (UOR) to meet a need for high quality in-cockpit imagery for battle damage assessment (BDA), to provide electronic moving maps and better obstruction information, and to provide ready access to aircraft performance data as well as to replace aging legacy rotary wing systems.

According to Chris Stevens, Inzpire sales and marketing director, the intention is to "reduce the cognitive burden" on pilots, with the aim of achieving a paperless cockpit.The system includes a range of maps at differing scales plus commercial imagery and 3-D views and incorporates global positioning system (GPS) navigation. All the documentation a pilot is likely to need can be loaded. Mission planning can be conducted on a desktop or laptop prior to execution and it can then be used for mission rehearsal. The data is then loaded onto a tablet.The current tablet of choice is the Panasonic Toughpad, either in the 7 inch version as a kneeboard or the 10 inch handheld model. These have a 7 hr battery life which is sufficient for the majority of missions, but the batteries are hot swappable if necessary. The touchscreen can be used with ordinary gloves.

GECO is currently used by the UK Royal Air Force's Puma helicopter force. Squadron Leader Chris Greenwood, deputy commander of 230 Squadron, said that the system had achieved initial operating capability (IOC) around mid-2016. It is routinely used by all the UK's Puma squadrons and the operational conversion unit (OCU) for training and exercises, and had also been used operationally in Afghanistan.Microsoft has turned on a new set of Windows Tips that warn Windows 10 users that Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is draining their laptop’s battery. The solution, according to the notification, is to use Microsoft Edge. We reached out to Microsoft for clarification."Microsoft Edge was designed exclusively for Windows 10 with features and functionality that enhance the browsing experience such as Cortana, easy sharing, reading, and researching,” a Microsoft spokesperson told VentureBeat. "These Windows Tips notifications were created to provide people with quick, easy information that can help them enhance their Windows 10 experience, including information that can help users extend battery life. That said, with Windows 10 you can easily choose the default browser and search engine of your choice.”

This new set of Windows Tips for Windows 10 was spotted by infamous Windows Phone app developer Rudy Huyn — as you can see in the screenshot above, Huyn received the prompt while using Chrome. We asked Microsoft, and a spokesperson confirmed the prompts also happen for Firefox users. They were first turned on in early July.The timing makes sense. Late last month, Microsoft kicked off a battery-savings campaign for Edge. The company released benchmarks showing Edge is more power-efficient than Chrome, Firefox, and Opera, at least in some scenarios.While it’s great to see Microsoft pushing the limits of power efficiency in Edge, leveraging notifications within Windows 10 to promote them could be seen as poor practice. If Chrome, Firefox, or Opera were more battery efficient than Edge, would their respective companies be allowed to leverage Windows Tips in the same way?

Nope. This is of course not the first time Microsoft has used other services to recommend its own browser, and given that competitors do the same thing (just try opening google.com in a non-Chrome browser), it certainly won’t be the last.For students these days, hitting the books may not involve a book at all. But finding the right device requires homework.
"You can get a laptop for as little as $250. You can get one for as much as $1,500," said Patrick Austin, Consumer Reports electronics editor.
The $700 Acer Aspire R5 is a Consumer Reports mid-range pick.

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"It's got an Intel 4 I5 processor, so sort of mid-range processor, and 8G of memory, so you won't find any sort of lag," Austin said.
The Apple MacBook has good performance ratings, but expect to pay top dollar.
"It's 12 inches, and it starts around $1,200. It's 2 pounds, so it's super light," Austin said.
You can get a web-based notebook like the Google Chromebook for less than $200, but it relies on cloud storage instead of a big hard drive.
"It's essentially a web browser inside of a laptop. You don't have as many features as you would on a full fledge laptop," Austin said.
Tablets like the iPad are designed for media consumption.

"I wouldn't really recommend a tablet for going to school. It's just not the right pick," Austin said.
But if you like tablet features like touch screen and portability, Consumer Reports suggests a hybrid, like the Microsoft Surface Pro 4.
"That starts at $750, but it's pretty cool. It's got nine hours of battery life, so you can use it all day," Austin said.
It also has a Surface pen to allow writing notes on screen.
While it may be hard to pick out the right device, staying focused may be an even tougher assignment. See Consumer Reports' top five best laptops for students.
According to Consumer Reports, summer is the best time to buy a laptop, with manufacturers like Apple and Microsoft offering deals for 10 to 15 percent off laptops.
Xiaomi is holding an event on July 27th, when the company is expected to introduce its first laptop, among other things. We’ve already seen a few alleged photos of the upcoming laptop, but now some slides and pictures said to be from the upcoming presentation are making the rounds.

Take these with a grain of salt because they’re relatively easy to fake… but nothing in the presentation seems particularly unreasonable… including the derivative design of the laptop.If the leaked specs are accurate, it looks like Xiaomi will launch at least two models: a $600 laptop with mid-range specs and a high-end "Pro” model with a $1000 price tag. The cheaper version is said to feature a 15 watt Intel Core i5-6200U processor with Intel HD 520 graphics, 8GB of RAM, and 256GB of solid state storage. That’d put it squarely in competition with existing low-to-mid-range ultrabooks like the Asus Zenbook UX305UA.Xiaomi’s Pro version is said to have much more powerful specs, including a 45 watt Core i7-6700HQ processor with integrated Intel HD Graphics 530 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M graphics as well as 16GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD.

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$1000 might be a lot of money for some people to spend on a laptop, but it seems like a pretty good price for a model with those specs… although there’s no information about the screen size or resolution, battery life, or weight of the laptop in the leaked presentation slides. (Rumor has it that there will be 12.5 inch and 13 inch models).What we do have are some pictures… which suggest that the laptop has a less-than-original design. While a lot of people have been expecting the notebook to look like a MacBook (much like early Xiaomi smartphones looked a lot like iPhones), I think it actually bears a stronger resemblance to a different laptop: the Asus ZenBook Pro.

It’s possible that the pictures are fake… but while the two laptops look extraordinarily similar in these images, there are a few small differences including the layout of the keyboards and ports.The Lenovo ThinkPad T460 is our favorite business laptop, thanks to its long battery life, durable design and comfy keyboard, but some users may prefer a bit more power than that machine offers. Lenovo's $935 ThinkPad T460p ($1,223 as tested) has similar features and design to the T460, but boasts a quad-core CPU and optional Nvidia graphics. These will help you do more-demanding tasks like video editing or crunching giant spreadsheets. However, in order to get the added performance of the T460p, you'll have to pay a higher price and settle for shorter battery life.

With very few exceptions, Lenovo's designs don't change much from device to device, and that trend continues with the T460p. Its plastic lid and deck, and magnesium base are in Lenovo's iconic black. The lid is stamped with Lenovo's logo and a ThinkPad emblem. Unfolding the laptop reveals the 14-inch and 1080p screen, island-style keyboard, cherry-red TrackPoint pointing stick, and another ThinkPad emblem stamped onto the deck. The T460p measures 13.5 x 9.4 x 1 inches and weighs 3.8 pounds (4.2 pounds with extended battery). The original T460 is a tad smaller, at 13.4 x 9.2 x 0.8 inches, but it will take the exact same toll on your briefcase as it weighs the same amount.

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