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Source: https://www.windowscentral.com/windows-11 Microsoft has announced plans to soon release Windows 11. It turns out Windows 10 wasn't the last version of Windows after all, but that's okay, because Windows 11 will be free for all Windows 10 users, and includes a whole bunch of new features and improvements over the current version of Windows. This is everything you need to know. You can now see if your PC meets the new minimum requirements for Windows 11. There are also some 'hard' and 'soft' requirements, including CPU types, leaving a lot of flexibility for which hardware can get Windows 11. Starting the week of June 28, those enrolled on the Windows Insider Dev Channel can also begin testing Windows 11. Windows 11 includes a whole bunch of new features and changes that differentiates it over Windows 10. To begin, Windows 11 features a brand new user interface (UI) design, built from the ground up with simplicity and ease of use in mind. Microsoft has tried to simplify the UI in as many areas as possible, creating a clean, fluid space for work and play. Microsoft says the new UI will help you stay productive or in your creative flow, as the OS does its best to remain out of the way. The company is adding new productivity features that help keep you in your flow, such as new functionality like the new "Snap Navigator" menu that drops down from an app window's maximize button. This lets you snap an app to a predetermined set of grid layouts without needing to drag your window to the edge of your display. There's also a new Chat app built right into the Taskbar, which lets you share files, text, and video with friends, family, or colleagues via Microsoft Teams for consumers. Microsoft is integrating Teams into Windows 11 in other ways, such as with the ability to share an app window into a Teams call directly from the Taskbar, as well as mute your mic from the System Tray area. Microsoft has built a new Start menu and Taskbar experience, now centered by default. Gone are live tiles, and in their place is a grid of app icons that can be rearranged. Pinned and running apps in the Taskbar are now also centered, and there are many new subtle animations when clicking and moving things around. The System Tray and Action Center has been tweaked to match this, with Notifications and Quick Actions now split into two separate menus. Quick Actions are now known as Quick Settings and appear when you click on the System icons on the far right of the Taskbar. From here, you can connect to Wi-Fi or a Bluetooth device, enable night light, configure focus mode, and much more. Clicking on the date and time will open your calendar view and notifications. There's also a new out of box experience, lock screen, and modern File Explorer UI. Microsoft is also introducing a new "Widgets" panel that houses features such as To Do, Calendar, Photos, and news from MSN. Overall, Windows 11 is a much more open system compared to Windows 10 and its predecessors. Finally, Microsoft talked about how Windows 11 is built for gamers with new features like Auto HDR, Direct Storage, and DirectX 12 Ultimate. Windows 11 has new improvements for touch Windows 10 fell by the wayside when it comes to touch experiences, so it's great to see Microsoft once again focused on trying to make a good touch experience on Windows 11. Microsoft is adding a number of new gestures and features designed to make Windows 11 feel fast and fluid on tablets. Microsoft has increased the size of hitboxes around app windows so that it's easier to resize them when using touch. There's also a bunch of new subtle animations involved when manipulating windows in an effort to make the touch experience feel more fluid and native to the OS. Users can now use three or four finger gestures to swipe away apps and open Task View. Microsoft has also added a brand new Touch Keyboard with SwiftKey-like theming support, and new emoji panel integration with support for things like gifs. For pen users, the Pen Workspace has been updated with a new UI and the ability to pin any app to the Pen quick-launch bar. You can also now configure what a single tap, double tap, and tap and hold does on your Surface Pen. You can make it open any app or function of your choice, built right into Windows 11. Windows 11 has a new Microsoft Store One of the big announcements as part of Windows 11 is that Microsoft is building a brand new app store. This new Microsoft Store app features a new fluid UI that matches the rest of Windows 11, but that's not the big news. Microsoft is changing up some of the policies that govern what kind of apps are allowed into the storefront. With the new Microsoft Store, app developers can now submit unpackaged Win32 apps in .exe or .MSI form. Developers can also use their own content delivery networks, and their own commerce platforms, without Microsoft taking a cut in revenue made. This will open the door to almost any app on the Windows platform to be listed and found in the Microsoft Store by end-users. Microsoft says it's adding its own apps, such as Teams, Office, and Visual Studio to the new Microsoft Store to show the world that it's serious about this new Store effort, and that it hopes other app developers like Mozilla and Adobe follow suit. Microsoft also announced that Android apps such as TikTok will be supported on Windows 11 and the new Microsoft Store! Windows 11 is back to one major update a year Microsoft has announced that with Windows 11, the company is returning to releasing just one major feature update a year. With Windows 10, Microsoft tried to ship two major updates to the OS, but often struggled to do so without major bugs causing problems for end-users. Going back to one major update a year will align Windows 11 with the rest of the competition, and give Microsoft more time to build out new features for each new release, making every new version more meaningful than before. Windows 11 is expected to ship this fall, which likely means we'll be getting a new feature update towards the end of every year. Windows 11 will be a free upgrade As mentioned above, Windows 11 will ship later this year, and will be offered as a free upgrade for Windows 10 users. Microsoft says there's no time limit on this, meaning you won't have to upgrade to Windows 11 right away if you don't want to. OEMs will still have to pay for a Windows 11 license, however. The license itself isn't free, but if you upgrade from Windows 10, you get to retain your license and therefore remain activated. This is exactly how it worked with the move from Windows 7 and Windows 8 to Windows 10. We also expect Windows 11 to be available for standalone purchase to consumers, like Windows 10. Is there a Windows 11 Insider Program? Just like Windows 10, users will be able to sign into the Windows Insider Program and install preview builds of Windows 11. Microsoft hasn't yet released an official preview build of Windows 11 for Insiders, but the wait shouldn't be long. It sounds like the company is planning to roll out the first Windows 11 preview build to Insiders as soon as next week. To make sure you're first in line, sign up to the Windows Insider Program today and select the Insider Dev Channel to be on the correct path for the first Windows 11 build.

FALLING temperatures across the Asian region are chafing farmers and threatening to upset the supply of farm produce, even as the cold snap killed more than 60 people in Thailand. On Malaysia's Cameron Highlands, famed for its strawberries, tea leaves and vegetables, farmers are frustrated as crops are taking a longer time to harvest. "When the minimum temperature was 18 deg C, we harvested cabbages in three months," Mr Chai Kok Leong, 45, who owns a vegetable farming business in the Brinchang township, was quoted as saying by The Star. "Now that the temperature has declined to 12 deg C, we are forced to wait an extra half a month before we can sell them." Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/se-asia/story/farms-languish-cold-snap-hits-south-east-asia-20140124

This was reported on ST yesterday.

Wah...indeed, Singapore is recession proof despite wat economic data indicates. Channel News Asia

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The worst time for economy has proven to be a bed of rose for the RP. becos the atypical Kiasi Singapore r so worried abt losing their jobs, they wun bet on a OP member to help them, not when they know the RP is always screwing abt anyway. wat cud the voters do abt it? the rumor mongering has happened "ruins in 5 years time"... walkabouts has happened, promises made to a few precincts now the talkabouts.. disgruntlements. http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Story/STIStory_263608.html amidst bad news pouring in abt Charities, Flops fr throwing $$ into fire, etc heading for snap election would give them enuff time to tie over more horrors to come rather than waiting for more bad news to befall the next election. Are we in for a snap election? perhaps...

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