Tuesday, 11 November 2025
THE WHY NOTs OF GMOs
Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) are a contentious issue, with proponents arguing they can boost agricultural yields and address food insecurity, while critics raise concerns about potential risks to human health and the environment.
GMOs Concerns:
Toxicity and Organ *Damage: Some studies suggest GM crops might lead to organ abnormalities or cell damage, though these findings are often criticized for methodological flaws.
Allergenicity and Antibiotic Resistance: Introducing foreign genes could create new allergens or make infections harder to treat, but regulatory assessments have found no allergic effects in marketed GM foods.
Cancer Risks: Fears about DNA mutations or increased pesticide residues, though major health organizations like the American Cancer Society find no evidence that GM foods increase cancer risk.
Nutritional and Unintended Effects: Genetic instability could alter nutrient profiles or create unintended toxins, but rigorous evidence doesn't support widespread adverse impacts.
Environmental Impacts: GM crops might reduce biodiversity, create superweeds, or disrupt ecosystems, affecting food chains and global food security.
Scientific Consensus and Benefits:
Safety: Approved GM foods are as safe as non-GM counterparts, according to over 280 scientific institutions and 3,000+ studies.
Regulatory Oversight: Major bodies like the WHO and FDA emphasize no population-level health risks, with case-by-case safety assessments.
Agricultural Benefits: GMOs can increase yields, reduce pesticide use, and improve drought tolerance, supporting food security and sustainable agriculture.
Public Perception and Socioeconomic Factors:
Public Skepticism: About 51% of U.S. adults believe GM foods are worse for health than non-GM ones, often citing risks.
Socioeconomic Concerns: GMOs might benefit large corporations, potentially increasing farmer debt and reducing access to diverse, non-GM crops, exacerbating malnutrition or food inequality.
Mitigating Concerns:
Labeling and Choice: Opting for non-GMO labeled products or supporting diverse agriculture can address personal preferences.
Regulatory Transparency: Ensuring robust, transparent regulation can help build trust and address concerns.
Ongoing Research and Monitoring: Continued study and monitoring can help address emerging concerns and ensure GMOs are safe and beneficial.
Conclusion
The debate around GMOs highlights the need for balanced consideration of scientific evidence, regulatory oversight, and socioeconomic factors. While concerns exist, the overwhelming scientific consensus supports the safety of approved GM foods. By promoting transparency, ongoing research, and informed choices, we can harness the benefits of GMOs while addressing legitimate concerns and ensuring equitable access to safe and nutritious food.
Sunday, 9 November 2025
WHAT BENEFIT; GENETICALLY MODIFIED LIVESTOCK, FOOD AND LIVESTOCK/ORGANISM - ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE!
Genetically modified (GM) organisms have revolutionized modern agriculture, enhancing productivity, reducing costs, and improving resource efficiency. This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the economic benefits of GM livestock, foods, and organisms, highlighting their impact on global farm income, food security, and poverty alleviation.
Introduction
Genetic modification involves altering an organism's DNA to introduce desirable traits, such as pest resistance, drought tolerance, or enhanced nutritional value. Since the commercialization of GM crops in the mid-1990s, adoption has surged worldwide, with significant implications for agriculture.
Economic Benefits of GM Crops
GM crops have delivered yield gains of up to 22% on average, with herbicide-tolerant varieties reducing weed competition and insect-resistant ones minimizing crop losses. Global farm income from GM crops reached $18.8 billion in 2012, with cumulative benefits totaling $261.3 billion from 1996 to 2020.
Yield Improvements and Revenue Gains: GM crops have increased yields, reducing crop losses and improving revenue streams.
Cost Reductions: GM crops lower production expenses by decreasing the need for chemical inputs and tillage.
Broader Market and Consumer Impacts: GM foods improve accessibility and affordability, stabilizing food prices and benefiting consumers worldwide.
Economic Benefits of GM Livestock
GM livestock offers economic advantages through improved efficiency, health, and product quality.
Enhanced Productivity and Growth Rates: GM livestock grow faster, reducing time to market and increasing turnover rates.
Feed Efficiency and Cost Savings: GM crops used as feed increase feed yields and quality, making livestock production more cost-effective.
Health and Nutrition Improvements: GM animals produce more nutritious products, commanding premium prices.
Broader Economic Impacts
GM organisms foster a more resilient agricultural economy, with positive effects on global trade and food prices.
Poverty Reduction and Economic Development: Yield gains in poor countries contribute to poverty reduction and economic development.
Environmental Benefits: GM technologies reduce carbon emissions through decreased fuel use, equating to economic savings.
Conclusion
GM livestock, foods, and organisms offer profound economic advantages, addressing food demands amid population growth. Policymakers should promote adoption to harness these gains, ensuring equitable distribution for global prosperity. Cotton in India: Doubled yields and reduced pesticide costs, boosting net incomes by 50-100% in some regions. GM Papaya in Hawaii: Saved the industry from collapse, restoring production and exports. Australian Canola: Higher yields and better weed control, increasing farm-level profits by 20-30%.
Tuesday, 8 December 2015
KEEP UP THE FIGHT AGAINST; BILL FOR AN ACT TO PROHIBIT SOCIAL MEDIA AND FREE PRESS FREEDOM - THIS IS A DEMOCRACY,WE SHOULD SPEAK FREELY!!!!!
“While it is important to protect personal integrity in social media, a clean, transparent and accountable government
that has nothing to fear will not use this ground as an excuse to undermine the sacred right to freedom of expression.”
I was heartily disappointed to read load of writes within a single minute which makes little or no sense to help us free us from ourselves.
i would have rather not made a comment on this , neither should i have written a piece on this topic, but for my deep sense of politics and a person
of passion for freedom; i will owe my conscience a great deal, if i never did.
The Bill, which passed a second reading in Nigeria’s Senate
last Tuesday, takes pointed aim at freedom of expression and a free
press which are protected by Section 39 of Nigeria’s
constitution. If passed, it will restrain an estimated 15 million
Nigerians who use social media, and 43 million of the 145
million active phone users who use text, instant or twitter direct
messaging services according to data from Facebook, the
Nigeria Communication Commission, and the 2015 mid-year
Mobile Africa survey conducted by Geopoll.
This Anti Social Network bill almost getting passed into law by the National Assembly is nothing but an act of pure Prejudice, sabotage, malicious thoughts, craft joblessness and irresponsibility on the path of our idle and wimp legislatures. Who does nothing other than leave their main duties to romance idiocy.
Rolling forward the frontier of the State to accommodate their prejudice and shrink the little space left for freedom of expression the people of a Nation-State enjoys.
"I don't think the Government is afraid to , the bill if passed is not
just for the government but everyone individual,for or against the government
it will encourage lies, meaning the government and the citizens will both be discouraged
from lying. Like they say, truth is bitter, i am becoming convinced it is a small piece
to pay for truth. A Nation founded in falsehood in the name of freedom is not the dream,
people have fought government, big corporations, powerful people in the court and won in
this country"
After reading through this above statement by a honest citizen of Nigeria, who i don't know if he/she ever trusted his/her conscience , i was left to a smile on my cheek. So, the government should be allowed to only allow us to tell the truth by structuring our mind, brains, thoughts and opinion!! When did the World becomes do real that the truth becomes so easy that its now an "obsession" for our "Honorable members", can and his the National Assembly telling us the truth behind all this, if not to cover-up for their messes and ineffectiveness. The government will then become the sole determinant of what is True or False for or against it.
I sit to think, why on earth will our Legislature,our so called representatives sit to think of cutting off our right to think is the better way to keeping us alive. What happens to the lies we tell in the corner of our rooms?, what happens to the lies that accompany all their political campaigns and promises?
Whatever reason or intention Senator Bala Ibn Na'allah has , he shouldn't have sponsored a bill just to cover-up our future.
The National Assembly should not be allowed to strangle the Freedom of Information law and social media liberty just because they want to protect themselves, parading their selves more like a Leviathan. In the best interest of this Nation this acrimonious bill should be laid to rest or withdrawn.
If passed into law would undermine the internationally recognized right to freedom the internet in Nigeria.
This bill wants any individual or group of person who sends any alleged false text messages or post false messages on the social media against another person be jailed for two(2) years or pay a fine of two million(2,000000)naira or both.
This left us no choices than ask them all; lets refer them to the rampaging kidnapping issue that has lingered for long in the country where only kidnap associated with the people at the corridor of power or their relatives get greet deal of attention of the media and the security outfit then the Senate will go o rampage on why draconian law should be passed on issue of kidnap just because one of their fellow senior citizen/s was involve. How many of this issues get media attention when it affects the common citizens who pays ransom every now and then with little or no security outfit help. A Government that has been trained to attend to only issues that bothers on senior citizens can never be allowed or trusted to maneuver how laws and keep us in perpetual limitations.This act of the National assembly begs the question " how do we know what's the truth and who tells one", this kind of bill is might to help cover alot of things about them....................OH!!! Our citizens will then be reduced to a mere spectator,toothless and helpless in the political arena, most of our youths and critics will spend two precious year of their life in jail just for expression their opinion on the government.
If that's the case why a National Assembly or a Democracy when we can no longer our view/s without Fear or Favour. International law requires any restriction to rights online must be provided in law, pursuant to a legitimate aim and limited to only what is necessary and proportionate, which this bill fall short to fulfill. They practically want to restrict the ability of the citizens to question their judgments, ineffectiveness or digging in their pasts, using these tools to communicate , connect and seek independent sources of information. This was meant to savage social media and human right defender who/that might be critical of the government policies or report on malicious intents and corruption involving government and it's officials{first class citizens} and information will no longer be freely accessed.
The bill, titled: “A Bill for an Act to Prohibit Frivolous Petitions and other
Matters Connected therewith”, is sponsored by Senator Ibn Na’Allah, APC,
Kebbi South. The bill provides for an option of N4 million for persons
convicted of false newspaper, radio and television statements and N2
million for offenders of false phone text messages or messages on
Facebook, twitter, Instagram, or WhatsApp. The bill also punishes alleged
malicious intent to discredit or set the public against any person or group
of persons, institutions of government.
On the social media, the bill read: “Where any person through text message,
tweets, WhatsApp or through any social media post any abusive statement
knowing same to be false with intent to set the public against any person
and group of persons, an institution of government or such other bodies
established by law shall be guilty of an offence and upon conviction, shall
be liable to an imprisonment for two years or a fine of N2,000,000.00 or
both fine and imprisonment.”
While will a bill against the rule of equity and natural justice be allowed to pass, this bill is running against the public opinion!!! And haven't be a bill to set the record straight on corruption with very stiff/draconian measures/heavier hammers on corrupt laden government officials or politicians. Why is the bill holding strong/down politicians who illegally got their way into elective positions via rigging; they spend time in offices knowing pretty well they will be removed from the office but, before then, they could steal/loot as much as they can and still be paid fat salaries which they will never return when they got removed by the court of law,the legislature cannot help us reduce many and lengthy election cases in election tribunal.
We still expecting a bill to reduce their fat allowance plus salary, all majority of bills passing is meant to keep them save from scrutiny and accountability.
Nigerians must stand to say No to the bill of imprisonment and impediment, alot of our rights has been trampled on freely, but will never allow this to stand. THIS IS A DEMOCRACY AND REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT WE MUST BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK FREELY, WRITE FREELY AND GET INFORMATION FREELY THROUGH ALL MEANS AVAILABLE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
that has nothing to fear will not use this ground as an excuse to undermine the sacred right to freedom of expression.”
I was heartily disappointed to read load of writes within a single minute which makes little or no sense to help us free us from ourselves.
i would have rather not made a comment on this , neither should i have written a piece on this topic, but for my deep sense of politics and a person
of passion for freedom; i will owe my conscience a great deal, if i never did.
The Bill, which passed a second reading in Nigeria’s Senate
last Tuesday, takes pointed aim at freedom of expression and a free
press which are protected by Section 39 of Nigeria’s
constitution. If passed, it will restrain an estimated 15 million
Nigerians who use social media, and 43 million of the 145
million active phone users who use text, instant or twitter direct
messaging services according to data from Facebook, the
Nigeria Communication Commission, and the 2015 mid-year
Mobile Africa survey conducted by Geopoll.
This Anti Social Network bill almost getting passed into law by the National Assembly is nothing but an act of pure Prejudice, sabotage, malicious thoughts, craft joblessness and irresponsibility on the path of our idle and wimp legislatures. Who does nothing other than leave their main duties to romance idiocy.
Rolling forward the frontier of the State to accommodate their prejudice and shrink the little space left for freedom of expression the people of a Nation-State enjoys.
"I don't think the Government is afraid to , the bill if passed is not
just for the government but everyone individual,for or against the government
it will encourage lies, meaning the government and the citizens will both be discouraged
from lying. Like they say, truth is bitter, i am becoming convinced it is a small piece
to pay for truth. A Nation founded in falsehood in the name of freedom is not the dream,
people have fought government, big corporations, powerful people in the court and won in
this country"
After reading through this above statement by a honest citizen of Nigeria, who i don't know if he/she ever trusted his/her conscience , i was left to a smile on my cheek. So, the government should be allowed to only allow us to tell the truth by structuring our mind, brains, thoughts and opinion!! When did the World becomes do real that the truth becomes so easy that its now an "obsession" for our "Honorable members", can and his the National Assembly telling us the truth behind all this, if not to cover-up for their messes and ineffectiveness. The government will then become the sole determinant of what is True or False for or against it.
I sit to think, why on earth will our Legislature,our so called representatives sit to think of cutting off our right to think is the better way to keeping us alive. What happens to the lies we tell in the corner of our rooms?, what happens to the lies that accompany all their political campaigns and promises?
Whatever reason or intention Senator Bala Ibn Na'allah has , he shouldn't have sponsored a bill just to cover-up our future.
The National Assembly should not be allowed to strangle the Freedom of Information law and social media liberty just because they want to protect themselves, parading their selves more like a Leviathan. In the best interest of this Nation this acrimonious bill should be laid to rest or withdrawn.
If passed into law would undermine the internationally recognized right to freedom the internet in Nigeria.
This bill wants any individual or group of person who sends any alleged false text messages or post false messages on the social media against another person be jailed for two(2) years or pay a fine of two million(2,000000)naira or both.
This left us no choices than ask them all; lets refer them to the rampaging kidnapping issue that has lingered for long in the country where only kidnap associated with the people at the corridor of power or their relatives get greet deal of attention of the media and the security outfit then the Senate will go o rampage on why draconian law should be passed on issue of kidnap just because one of their fellow senior citizen/s was involve. How many of this issues get media attention when it affects the common citizens who pays ransom every now and then with little or no security outfit help. A Government that has been trained to attend to only issues that bothers on senior citizens can never be allowed or trusted to maneuver how laws and keep us in perpetual limitations.This act of the National assembly begs the question " how do we know what's the truth and who tells one", this kind of bill is might to help cover alot of things about them....................OH!!! Our citizens will then be reduced to a mere spectator,toothless and helpless in the political arena, most of our youths and critics will spend two precious year of their life in jail just for expression their opinion on the government.
If that's the case why a National Assembly or a Democracy when we can no longer our view/s without Fear or Favour. International law requires any restriction to rights online must be provided in law, pursuant to a legitimate aim and limited to only what is necessary and proportionate, which this bill fall short to fulfill. They practically want to restrict the ability of the citizens to question their judgments, ineffectiveness or digging in their pasts, using these tools to communicate , connect and seek independent sources of information. This was meant to savage social media and human right defender who/that might be critical of the government policies or report on malicious intents and corruption involving government and it's officials{first class citizens} and information will no longer be freely accessed.
The bill, titled: “A Bill for an Act to Prohibit Frivolous Petitions and other
Matters Connected therewith”, is sponsored by Senator Ibn Na’Allah, APC,
Kebbi South. The bill provides for an option of N4 million for persons
convicted of false newspaper, radio and television statements and N2
million for offenders of false phone text messages or messages on
Facebook, twitter, Instagram, or WhatsApp. The bill also punishes alleged
malicious intent to discredit or set the public against any person or group
of persons, institutions of government.
On the social media, the bill read: “Where any person through text message,
tweets, WhatsApp or through any social media post any abusive statement
knowing same to be false with intent to set the public against any person
and group of persons, an institution of government or such other bodies
established by law shall be guilty of an offence and upon conviction, shall
be liable to an imprisonment for two years or a fine of N2,000,000.00 or
both fine and imprisonment.”
While will a bill against the rule of equity and natural justice be allowed to pass, this bill is running against the public opinion!!! And haven't be a bill to set the record straight on corruption with very stiff/draconian measures/heavier hammers on corrupt laden government officials or politicians. Why is the bill holding strong/down politicians who illegally got their way into elective positions via rigging; they spend time in offices knowing pretty well they will be removed from the office but, before then, they could steal/loot as much as they can and still be paid fat salaries which they will never return when they got removed by the court of law,the legislature cannot help us reduce many and lengthy election cases in election tribunal.
We still expecting a bill to reduce their fat allowance plus salary, all majority of bills passing is meant to keep them save from scrutiny and accountability.
Nigerians must stand to say No to the bill of imprisonment and impediment, alot of our rights has been trampled on freely, but will never allow this to stand. THIS IS A DEMOCRACY AND REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT WE MUST BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK FREELY, WRITE FREELY AND GET INFORMATION FREELY THROUGH ALL MEANS AVAILABLE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thursday, 26 November 2015
Windows Bridge for iOS, catch up and what’s ahead!
Find out more about Windows Bridge for iOS on Building Apps for
Windows.
Since the August release of the Windows Bridge for iOS as an open-
source project on GitHub , there’s been great community response,
updates and new features. The goal of the bridge is to make it easy for
iOS developers to make Windows apps while reusing much of their
existing Objective-C code and iOS development skills.
Recently, there’s been a new landing page for the iOS bridge and, in the
coming weeks, you’ll see a series of tools designed to make it as easy
as possible to bring your apps to Windows.
It’ll be easier to get started, too, with downloadable evaluation virtual
machines (VMs) to the new site and from Dev Center .
Windows.
Since the August release of the Windows Bridge for iOS as an open-
source project on GitHub , there’s been great community response,
updates and new features. The goal of the bridge is to make it easy for
iOS developers to make Windows apps while reusing much of their
existing Objective-C code and iOS development skills.
Recently, there’s been a new landing page for the iOS bridge and, in the
coming weeks, you’ll see a series of tools designed to make it as easy
as possible to bring your apps to Windows.
It’ll be easier to get started, too, with downloadable evaluation virtual
machines (VMs) to the new site and from Dev Center .
Thursday, 8 October 2015
6TH OCTOBER, 2015. MICROSOFT - THE FASTEST LAPTOP THAT STOLE THE SHOW AND THE LUMIA/S THAT WAS FORCED DOWN SECOND.
THE MICROSOFT WINDOW 1O DEVICE PRESS EVENT ON TUESDAY,OCTOBER SIX,2015. THE MORNING CAME WITH THE UNVEILING OF MICROSOFT LATEST LONG AWAITED RELEASE OF THE FIRST-EVER LAPTOP(SURFACE BOOK-HYBRID LAPTOP)MANUFACTURE BY THE SOFTWARE GIANT. WHICH FINALLY STOLE THE SHOW. THE COMPANY ALSO UNVEILED THE NEW SURFACE PRO 4, LUMIA 950 AND 90XL SMART PHONES, MICROSOFT BAND AND THE INCREDIBLE NEW DEMO OF HOLOLENS TECHNOLOGY.
IT WAS A GREAT DAY FOR MICROSOFT FOR ALL IT STANDS FOR AND HAS ACHIEVED, AS THE NEW GENERATION OF HARDWARE. JUST AS EVERYONE THOUGHT MICROSOFT WAS DONE WITH IT ALL, THE SURPRISE CAME AS THE COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT ITS HYBRID LAPTOP - THE SURFACE BOOK, WHICH FUTURE A 13.INCH DISPLAY WITH THE 6TH GENERATION INTEL CORE PROCESSOR, A CORE i7, HIGH-SPEED GDDRS MEMORY, NVIDIA GEFORCE GPU, AND A 12HOURS BATTERY LIFE.
THE DETACHABLE LAPTOP CAN BE TAKEN APART AT ITS FULCRUM HINGE TO MAKE IT USABLE AS IT HAS A CLIPBOARD.
with its crazy snaking hinge that Microsoft calls the dynamic fulcrum hinge, letting the screen flip around or be safely detached tcreate a standalone Surface tablet.
The Lumia 950 and 950XL were both announced at the event, as Microsoft’s two new high-end smartphones to compete with the likes of iPhone and flagship Android devices like the Galaxy S6. The Lumia 950 sports a 5.2-inch display with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 808 processor, while the Lumia 950 XL exceeds those specs with a 5.7-inch display and top-of-the-line Snapdragon 810 processor.
The smartphones feature an impressive 20-megapixel triple-LED flash camera, equipped with optical image stabilization and a dedicated camera shutter button. Microsoft has also added a USB Type-C connector to both devices for fast charging and data transfer. It showed some brief demos of the two Lumia smartphones working like PCs, capable of taking in a range of file formats and using them on the device.
Microsoft also announced a much cheaper Lumia 550 with a quad-core processor.
MICROSOFT BAND 2
The improved design band is pleasant to see. Virtual assistant Cortana has also been added to this Microsoft Band (2015), allowing you to call for a cab, check notifications, and instantly look at health information through voice. Apps like Uber, Facebook, and Subway will integrate with the wearable, letting you pay on the wearable as well. improved health futures with VO2 monitoring and a barometer for tracking elevation during treks.
Microsoft also reveal the new surface pro 4 with upgrade on it Processor,up to 1t of storage,30% of performance bump,16gig of Ram, a bigger display , new type cover(thinner and lighter), surface pen update with an eraser, a button to contact contana. 
HOLOLEN PROJECT X-RAY
Microsoft updated us on it’s “mixed reality” device that understands the parameters of a room and can show artificial images inside of it. The new demo, called Project X-Ray, is an artificial game where you fend off a robot invasion. HoloLens will create large dents in your room, where robots will send minions to attack. The player is able to fend these minions off with a variety of laser weapons. Even though, it would be a fun game, the demo shows what is possible on HoloLens, for third-parties to get involved.
Microsoft under a new leadership now has what it take to compete, with a clear cut design and focus part in hardware designs.After the October 6th 2015 presentation it’s clear Microsoft has a charismatic stage presence to communicate those messages to the public in the form of VP Panos Panay.
Good-luck and Weldon Microsoft; Am optimistic and proud.
IT WAS A GREAT DAY FOR MICROSOFT FOR ALL IT STANDS FOR AND HAS ACHIEVED, AS THE NEW GENERATION OF HARDWARE. JUST AS EVERYONE THOUGHT MICROSOFT WAS DONE WITH IT ALL, THE SURPRISE CAME AS THE COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT ITS HYBRID LAPTOP - THE SURFACE BOOK, WHICH FUTURE A 13.INCH DISPLAY WITH THE 6TH GENERATION INTEL CORE PROCESSOR, A CORE i7, HIGH-SPEED GDDRS MEMORY, NVIDIA GEFORCE GPU, AND A 12HOURS BATTERY LIFE.
with its crazy snaking hinge that Microsoft calls the dynamic fulcrum hinge, letting the screen flip around or be safely detached tcreate a standalone Surface tablet.
The Lumia 950 and 950XL were both announced at the event, as Microsoft’s two new high-end smartphones to compete with the likes of iPhone and flagship Android devices like the Galaxy S6. The Lumia 950 sports a 5.2-inch display with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 808 processor, while the Lumia 950 XL exceeds those specs with a 5.7-inch display and top-of-the-line Snapdragon 810 processor.
The smartphones feature an impressive 20-megapixel triple-LED flash camera, equipped with optical image stabilization and a dedicated camera shutter button. Microsoft has also added a USB Type-C connector to both devices for fast charging and data transfer. It showed some brief demos of the two Lumia smartphones working like PCs, capable of taking in a range of file formats and using them on the device.
Microsoft also announced a much cheaper Lumia 550 with a quad-core processor.
MICROSOFT BAND 2
The improved design band is pleasant to see. Virtual assistant Cortana has also been added to this Microsoft Band (2015), allowing you to call for a cab, check notifications, and instantly look at health information through voice. Apps like Uber, Facebook, and Subway will integrate with the wearable, letting you pay on the wearable as well. improved health futures with VO2 monitoring and a barometer for tracking elevation during treks.
HOLOLEN PROJECT X-RAY
Microsoft updated us on it’s “mixed reality” device that understands the parameters of a room and can show artificial images inside of it. The new demo, called Project X-Ray, is an artificial game where you fend off a robot invasion. HoloLens will create large dents in your room, where robots will send minions to attack. The player is able to fend these minions off with a variety of laser weapons. Even though, it would be a fun game, the demo shows what is possible on HoloLens, for third-parties to get involved.
Microsoft under a new leadership now has what it take to compete, with a clear cut design and focus part in hardware designs.After the October 6th 2015 presentation it’s clear Microsoft has a charismatic stage presence to communicate those messages to the public in the form of VP Panos Panay.
Good-luck and Weldon Microsoft; Am optimistic and proud.
Monday, 5 October 2015
MOSCOW-RUSSIA TAKING THE LEAD IN INTERNET CRIME AND CYBER MORALITY....
As part of increasing efforts by the world’s largest entertainment companies
to crack down on Internet piracy, various initiatives are seeking to deprive so-called
‘pirate’ sites of their income.
According to the Russian Association of Electronic Communications big
companies are supporting piracy with $70 million a year because of their
online-advertising. They plan to negotiate with the named companies to take down their ads.
For a long time, Russia has been a haven for software pirates, with a
government doing nothing about it.Legislation changed however two years ago with new anti-piracy laws that
require internet service providers to block pirate sites. According to Torrentfreak, some days ago access to 280 Pirate sites has been restricted in Russia. With the new initiative, the Russian
Government takes another important step to dry out the big shady sector of
Media piracy in Rlussia.
“If we can agree with the agencies, the pirate business will die by itself,”
says Media chief Marina Surygina.
While the government and local industry may indeed succeed in forcing
large companies to withdraw their support for pirate sites, there are plenty
of smaller operations that are only too willing to take up the slack.
“Our ‘follow the money’ initiative was supported and announced by deputy
minister Volin. We have detailed research on brand advertising on pirate
sites including all campaign details, URLs, agencies etc,” Byrdin says.
“We’re going to go all the way with these brands and reveal either their
hypocrisy or negligence.”
Automobile manufacturers including Toyota, Nissan, Ford, Mazda and Volvo are all
being accused of being pirate sponsors by the government, alongside
technology giant Microsoft and personal grooming product company
Gillette.
But that’s just the beginning of a hardline stance that also includes site
blacklisting . “We’re ready to start taking responsibility for this and
establishing a commission to blacklist sites,” Wolin continued. “But we’ll
need government approval for that.”
Back in America, the idea of starving piracy is hardly an idea at all. In a
recent Forbes op-ed, RIAA president Cary Sherman complained about legal
loopholes in the DMCA and useless ‘whack-a-mole’ enforcement, but didn’t
even mention the elephant-in-the-room of major brand advertising.
Meanwhile, streaming industry revenues are being crippled by free access ,
with advertisers seemingly happy to support legal or illegal sites alike.
‘pirate’ sites of their income.
According to the Russian Association of Electronic Communications big
companies are supporting piracy with $70 million a year because of their
online-advertising. They plan to negotiate with the named companies to take down their ads.
For a long time, Russia has been a haven for software pirates, with a
government doing nothing about it.Legislation changed however two years ago with new anti-piracy laws that
require internet service providers to block pirate sites. According to Torrentfreak, some days ago access to 280 Pirate sites has been restricted in Russia. With the new initiative, the Russian
Government takes another important step to dry out the big shady sector of
Media piracy in Rlussia.
“If we can agree with the agencies, the pirate business will die by itself,”
says Media chief Marina Surygina.
While the government and local industry may indeed succeed in forcing
large companies to withdraw their support for pirate sites, there are plenty
of smaller operations that are only too willing to take up the slack.
“Our ‘follow the money’ initiative was supported and announced by deputy
minister Volin. We have detailed research on brand advertising on pirate
sites including all campaign details, URLs, agencies etc,” Byrdin says.
“We’re going to go all the way with these brands and reveal either their
hypocrisy or negligence.”
Automobile manufacturers including Toyota, Nissan, Ford, Mazda and Volvo are all
being accused of being pirate sponsors by the government, alongside
technology giant Microsoft and personal grooming product company
Gillette.
But that’s just the beginning of a hardline stance that also includes site
blacklisting . “We’re ready to start taking responsibility for this and
establishing a commission to blacklist sites,” Wolin continued. “But we’ll
need government approval for that.”
Back in America, the idea of starving piracy is hardly an idea at all. In a
recent Forbes op-ed, RIAA president Cary Sherman complained about legal
loopholes in the DMCA and useless ‘whack-a-mole’ enforcement, but didn’t
even mention the elephant-in-the-room of major brand advertising.
Meanwhile, streaming industry revenues are being crippled by free access ,
with advertisers seemingly happy to support legal or illegal sites alike.
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