Can you explain the following statement?

Microsoft and Linux

Read the following article and answer the questions:

http://www.wired.com/2015/09/microsoft-using-linux-run-cloud/

1. Explain why this situation is so surprising. 
2. What operating system was using Microsoft for several years for Hotmail? 
3. What is the reason why any company would use open source software?

Wearable Tech

Read this article and answer the following questions:

1. What does the article say about Apple doing things better than any company in the world?
2. Explain the three stages in the use of the internet along the time (at the beginning, in the late 90's and with the Apple wearables)
3. Name four other companies that are selling smart watches
4. Name the most ambitious example of wearables developed by Google and write the special term coined for people that wear them
5. What does the Apple watch relies on to be controlled by the user?
6. List some problems associated to be dependant on wearables
7. What is the name given to phones with big screens and what company has succeed with them? Can the Apple watch work alone or does it need anything else?
8. What does the article see as the next launch by Apple? Try to find a translation into Spanish.

Send your exercise to the usual email address.

How to know what type of RAM modules we have in our computer.

Go to http://www.crucial.com/

Choose where to buy (US or EU) if, finally, you decide to use this shop.

Click on scan your system:

 Agree to the terms and conditions and download the scanner.

Double click on the downloaded exe file:

Wait a few seconds while the scan is in progress.

Send screen shots (to the usual email address) of the following outputs:

type of computer

memory slots

featured upgrades

Notice: After finishing, the exe file can be deleted.

Free hosting

For those who are having problems registering on Galeon, try this site:

http://www.hostinger.es/

Scroll down and choose the option to register:

Check your email (and the spam folder too!) for messages from Hostinger.

In class you will receive  instructions about how to:

• create a subdomain (new password required)
• operate the file manager

web page exercise

Create a set of web pages, using Kompozer, and upload it to Galeon (or Hostinger).

Include pictures, links, tables, etc. The main page has to be named as index.html.
Try not to upload  very big images (72 ppp would be enough).

To deliver this work - email a link of your web page to the usual account.

Deadline: 10 June 2016

SSL: Encrypting information over the Internet

Read this article:

http://www.elmundo.es/tecnologia/2014/04/11/5346e48f268e3ed9588b458d.html

and answer the following questions:

• What is the name they have given to this new bug?
• Write an example of when you can have security problems due to this bug.
• What is the most reasonable action users must take immediately.

Send your work to the usual email account.