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Beijing: Microsoft said on Wednesday that it will partner Lenovo and Xiaomi to develop smart devices that runs the latest version of its Windows operating system. The US multinational announced an initiative to deepen cooperation with China's leading hardware and software makers to promote Windows 10 on computers, tablets and smartphones, during a two-day conference in the southern city of Shenzhen, Xinhua news agency reported. Windows 10 is slated for launch sometime this summer. Lenovo, one of China's largest smartphone makers and the parent company of Motorola Mobility, will launch Windows-based smartphones this summer, Tong Fuyao, general manager of Lenovo China, said. A separate statement from Microsoft on Wednesday said the Lenovo phone will be a contract device with China Mobile, the country's largest telecom operator. Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi, now the third largest in the world, will provide feedback to Microsoft based on a test run of the opera...

Image Credit: John Koetsier April 10, 2014  Hadoop founder Doug Cutting spoke at  Cloud Factory  in Banff, Alberta, with his perspective on what the future will hold for big data. “I’ve developed a trick for doing this,” he said, referring to his prognostication capabilities. “Within facts about the present, there are clues about the future.” With that as an intro, I was primed to hear startling insights about big data and an amazing future, only to get gems like these: “In the future we’ll be able to store and process more data than we can now.” “The enterprises that will do best are those that will best leverage their technology.” “Not only can you afford to store more data in the future, but in many ways, you can’t afford not too.” “Hadoop will get better.” “More things will get integrated … and that trend will continue.” “More and more data will move out of silo systems and into central systems that provide a variety of tools runni...

Traditional relational databases were ruling the roost until datasets were being reckoned in megabytes and gigabytes. However, as organizations around the world kept growing, a tsunami called “Big Data” rendered the old technologies unfeasible. When it came to data storage and retrieval, these technologies simply crumbled under the burden of such colossal amounts of data. Thanks to Hadoop, Hive and Hbase, these popular technologies now have the capability of handling large sets of raw unstructured data, efficiently, as well as economically. Image Credit :  http://www.compassitesinc.com Another aftermath of the above problems was the parallel advent of “Not Only SQL” or NoSQL databases. The primary advantage of the  NoSQL databases  is their mechanism that facilitates the storage and retrieval of data in the loser consistency model along with added benefits like horizontal scaling, better availability and quicker access. With its implementation in over five hun...

NATIONAL CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, CHINA This theatre, also known as 'The Egg', was designed by French architect Paul Andreu. HABITAT 67, CANADA This housing complex, visited by thousands every year, was originally built for hosting business events and is one of the most popular buildings in the country. HOUSE ATTACK, AUSTRIA This installation by Austrian artist Erwin Wurm is named 'House Attack'. It's an upside-down house on the top of the Museum of Modern Art in Vienna.  WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL, USA This concert hall opened in Los Angeles in October 2003 was designed by Frank Gehry, it seats around 2,265 people. ATOMIUM, BELGIUM This building in Brussels, which stands 102 m (335 ft) tall, was designed by the engineer André Waterkeyn and architects André and Jean Polak. DANCING HOUSE, CZECH REPUBLIC The Nationale-Nederlanden building, nicknamed the Dancing House, was designed by architects Vlado Milunić ...

Spot the difference: Celebrity waxworks source : http://www.msn.com/en-in/entertainment/celebrity/spot-the-difference-celebrity-waxworks/ss-BBhPlyq#image=41