Tuesday, January 17, 2017
Thursday, January 12, 2017
‘I’VE GOT THE ACCOLADES – NOW I WANT THE MILLIONS’
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Britains IBF super-middleweight champion James DeGale admits money is motivation enough for his unification fight with WBC champion Badou Jack.
DeGale, 30, meets Swedens Jack, 34, at New Yorks Barclays Centre on Saturday.
"Ive worked hard all my life," he said. "Now Ive got myself in a position where I can financially secure me and my family.
"Its time to strike while the irons hot, get in the big fights, earn my money and run."
The 2008 Olympic gold medallist told BBC Radio 5 live: "Its not just about the money but Im a prizefighter.
"Ive got all the accolades now, the only thing thats missing is the millions in the bank."
His opponent Jack, who has 20 wins, two draws and one defeat on his record, has million-dollar backing behind him as he is managed by Floyd Mayweather.
DeGale ...
INDIA V ENGLAND: TOURISTS LOSE WARM-UP MATCH IN MUMBAI
| Tour match, Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai |
| England 282 (48.5 overs): Bairstow 64, Hales 51 |
| India A 283-4 (39.4 overs): Rahane 91 |
| India A won by six wickets |
| Scorecard (external) |
After Jonny Bairstow made 64 and Alex Hales 51, the tourists slipped from 116-1 to 211-9 - both Eoin Morgan and Jos Buttler were out first ball.
They needed last-wicket pair Adil Rashid and David Willey to reach 282
India A coasted in the chase, Ajinkya Rahanes 91 getting them home with more than 10 overs to spare.
This setback comes after England beat a different India A line-up by three wickets on Tuesday.
It also throws up further questions over the top-order batting.
The regular top four would comprise Hales, Jason Roy - who was unlucky to be bowled when a part of his helmet fell on to the bails - Joe Root and Morgan.
Root has not played in the warm-ups after arriving late because of the birth of his son, while captain Morgan, returning to the side after missing the tour of Bangladesh over security fe...
VIDEO: BARCA ACE ALMOST NOTCHES SUPERB SOLO GOAL AFTER HAVING ALREADY ENDED 3-MONTH BARREN SPELL
It may have taken him over 1,000 minutes, but Neymar finally notched his first goal since October 2 in Wednesdays Copa del Rey win over Athletic Bilbao.click here
The 24-year-old ended his 11-game barren spell with the second goal in a 3-1 victory over the Basque outfit - firing home a penalty from 12 yards - as Barca ran out 4-3 aggregate winners of the round of 16 tie.
Much like London buses, Neymar almost made it two goals in the same match when he embarked a mazy solo run that almost ended in the Brazi...
VIDEO: EX-MAN UTD STAR OFFERS TO 'BEAT DOWN' DAVID HAYE & ANTHONY JOSHUA
Former Manchester United and England captain Rio Ferdinand has posted a brilliant video of himself boxing on social media.The 38-year-old offered out a few of the big-names in boxing, asking Tony Bellew, David Haye and Anthony Joshua if they were up for 12 rounds in the ring.
"Tony Bellew! Im here, Im waiting, Im ready pal. Are you ready?" Ferdinand said before going through the motions with his boxing coach.He went on to ask south Londoner David Haye if he wanted some...
Wednesday, January 11, 2017
INTERVIEW: Stepanek on why he keeps playing & Kyrgios friendship
Veteran
Radek Stepanek reveals the secrets to his longevity in the game, discusses an
unlikely friendship with Nick Kyrgios and why he wants to just keep playing as
he approaches 40
He has got
used to it by now. Every time Radek Stepanek goes deep in a tournament or wins
a match at a grand slam, a headline pops up somewhere declaring him the “oldest
player since Jimmy Connors” to have achieved that feat.
At 38, the
Czech veteran’s age has been raising more eyebrows than his unique style of
play that took him to as high as No8 in the world over a decade ago.
Stepanek
played his first professional match in 1995 and his first full year was in
1998.
This month,
he started his 20th season on tour, which he kicked off by reaching the Qatar
Open singles quarter-finals as a qualifier and taking the runner-up trophy in
doubles alongside his new partner Vasek Pospisil last week.
His run to
the last-eight in Doha made him the oldest quarter-finalist at an ATP
tournament since, of course, Jimmy Connors in 1995.
Stepanek,
ranked No102 at the moment, is the top seed in the Australian Open qualifying
event, which began in Melbourne on Wednesday.
Should he
secure a spot in the main draw, he’d be the oldest player in the field, and
closing in on another Connors age record.
“It seems
like I’ll be fighting Jimmy Connors on a couple of ends to change the history a
bit,” a smiling Stepanek told Sport360 on the sidelines of the Qatar Open.
But how
does he find it in himself to fight through qualifying rounds at tournaments
and even slum it on the Challenger tour after all this time, and having tasted
life on the higher end of the spectrum?
“I know
where I came from. I came from playing a lot of qualifying rounds at
tournaments when I got to the top-100 for the first time so I always did it the
hard way,” explains Stepanek.
“Even when
I got to the top-10 in the world I got injured for six months, I didn’t play
since Wimbledon until the end of the year, when I was No5 in the race and
playing maybe my best tennis but that’s life.
“I’m taking
life as it comes and I always want to fight the situation the best I can and I
think I’ve always been humble enough to realise where I’m standing and it never
took me down, even when I dropped to 400 or 500 in the rankings. I knew that
the only way I can get up there again is hard work and patience and that’s
what’s paying off. I’ve done it all, I’ve been through ups and downs in my
career so I know both ends and I think that makes it easier for me mentally.”
While being
this fit and competitive at his age is highly impressive, there are many more
intriguing things about the popular Czech.
His cunning
style on court sees him swiftly alternate between serve-and-volley and baseline
play on demand. His game is not based on power but he can keep up with the
big-hitters and trouble the top guns with his deft touches. Last year, he was
two points away from defeating Andy Murray at Roland Garros before he fell to
the Scot in five sets.
His fashion
sense involves dramatic shirts that can be emblazoned with anything from
massive golden-tongued lions to oversized images of a New York skyline.
His on-court
celebrations can range from skipping around in funny, robotic-like leaps, to
doing the ‘worm’ in an ode to the 1980s funk period.
His
off-court romances included relationships with WTA players, Martina Hingis,
Petra Kvitova and Nicole Vaidisova, whom he used to be married to.
And he
struck up an unlikely friendship with 21-year-old Australian Nick Kyrgios, who
said he would like to be coached by Stepanek one day.
Leave it to
Stepanek to get someone like Kyrgios – who once said the reason he has no coach
is because he would struggle to find a mentor who would accept his erratic
behaviour and mood swings – to actually want to listen to him.
“It came
very naturally and unexpectedly,” Stepanek said of his friendship with Kyrgios.
“I think
Nick has great potential to be the best player in the world. He’s proving that
in a couple of matches throughout the season, even his titles in 2016. He has
his downs as well and I believe that if he cuts off his downs and mentally will
get on the right track, without his loops, then he can be really the one who
can attack the top guys.
Stepanek and Kyrgios are
friends on and off the court.
“When we
got on the court in Miami, I had a couple of quotes (words) to him, because we
practiced and he was smashing racquets, shooting balls out of the court. I said
‘you know what man? You see that plane up there? The next one is yours. Pack
yourself and rather take a plane and don’t bother everyone with this. Everybody
came here to support you, to do everything for you and you’re wasting it. So if
you want to play basketball, the plane is there, go home and play basketball’.
“Since then
we started to talk a little bit to each other. Obviously I feel his interest,
he told the press that he would like me to be his coach which is very nice to
hear from such a player.
“It’s not
the time for it, I’m still on the other side of the court and the one who wants
to beat him, the same way as he wants to beat me. But we have a great
relationship. He’s a great, funny guy and I have full belief that he can get
there.”
It appears
that Stepanek’s love for the sport knows no bounds. As we chat in the lounge
inside the media centre in Doha, the five-time ATP titlist could not keep his
eyes off of the TV screen behind me that was showing an Andy Murray match. He
would get distracted mid-sentence to follow a specific point and he laughed
when I asked if he ever switched off from tennis.
“I do
switch off but now I know that it’s a very important part of the match and it’s
just automatic,” he replied.
In his one
week in Doha, Stepanek played nine matches in both singles and doubles and won
seven of them. Does he treat both disciplines of the game with equal regard?
“I always
say that winning never gets old. When I go in a match, I’m going with the same
attitude in singles and in doubles. For me, neither competition is a bonus.
It’s what I love to do and I’m trying to be successful on both ends. I’m really
happy, as all of you are asking me about my age for the last three or four
years, it’s just that I’m paying big attention to my body and I’m spending a
lot of time off the court taking care of that,” he says.
Stepanek
has had the same conditioning coach for the past 15 years, and his focus on
recovery has helped him stay fit while knocking on the door of 40.
Chrome is the most popular web browser of all
For over a decade, Internet Explorer (IE), thanks to Microsoft's illegal crushing of Netscape, ruled the web
browser field. Competitors, such as Mozilla Firefox, made runs at IE, but they barely
dented IE's lead. Then came Google Chrome in 2008, and in short order,
IE was in trouble.
Today, according to the
federal government's Digital Analytics Program (DAP), Chrome dominates US web browser use. While
Chrome doesn't have the 90-plus percent market margins that IE once did with
44.5 percent, nothing else comes close. IE lags far behind, with only 15.5
percent market share.
In fact, IE is in third
place. Apple Safari has second place, with 25.4 percent.
How can Safari rate so
highly? After all, on the desktop, macOS has only 9.2 percent of end-users. Its
high ranking is almost certainly because DAP's summary numbers don't
distinguish between desktop and mobile-based browsers. Fifty-nine percent of
visitors to government websites used a desktop, while 35.1 percent used a
smartphone and 5.9 percent visited with a tablet.
Firefox,
once the solid No. 2, has tumbled to fourth place, with 7.4 percent. Microsoft's
Windows 10-specific browser, Edge, is used by only 3.5 percent of end-users.
Breaking down IE numbers
further, Microsoft has at least been successful in its long efforts to wean users off older, less-secure versions of IE.
Internet Explorer 11 has 13.5 percent of the total market. Only IE 7, the last
version supported by the obsolete Windows XP with its 1 percent market share,
is above a single percent of the market. And, at long, long last, that
cockroach of browsers, IE 6, is buried, with less than 0.1 percent of users.
As for the other web
browsers, only in-app Safari has a significant presence, with 1.4 percent of
users. Opera -- once a well-liked, second-tier web
browser -- has been dropped into the 2.2 percent that goes to all other
browsers combined.
DAP's results come from 2.17
billion visits over the past 90 days to more than 400 US executive branch government domains.
It includes about 5,000 total websites --
including every cabinet department. DAP uses the raw data from a Google
Analytics account. DAP has open-sourced the code, which displays the data on the web and its data-collection code. You can download its web traffic data in JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) format to look at the raw numbers
yourself.
Popular web browser
measurement companies, such as NetMarketShare and StatCounter, massage web browser data with different methodologies, which
results in very different numbers. The US-centric DAP numbers are vendor-neutral
and are based purely on user data.
According to StatCounter,
Chrome is No. 1, with 58.4 percent of the market as of December 2016. By its
count, Firefox is eating Chrome's dust, with 13.45 percent. Safari is in third
place, with 10.54 percent, followed by IE, with 8.92 percent, and then Edge,
with 3.09 percent. Opera, again, has fallen off the chart.
NetMarketShare agrees that Chrome is No. 1.
In its desktop-only analysis, Chrome has over 50 percent. By its count, IE,
while far behind, is in second place, with 20.62 percent. Firefox is in third,
with 7.49 percent. Safari, without its iPhone and iPad support, drops to fourth
place, with 2.8 percent. Opera finally pops up, with 0.91 percent.
Add it all together and no
matter whose data you use, two things pop up: First, Chrome is now easily the
most popular web browser. And, second, our web use is continuing to move from
the desktop to mobile devices.
HMD Global teases more Nokia smartphone announcements on February 26
Ahead of Mobile World Congress' start on Feb. 27, HMD Global is ready to take the wraps off its next Nokia smartphones.
Ahead of Mobile World Congress' start on Feb. 27, HMD Global is ready to take the wraps off its next Nokia smartphones.
Ahead of Mobile World Congress' start on Feb. 27, HMD Global is ready to take the wraps off its next Nokia smartphones.
After revealing its first Nokia smartphone earlier this month since acquiring the rights to Nokia, Finnish firm HMD Global is teasing additional Nokia-branded phones to be announced on Feb. 26.
HMD's Nokia Mobile is being light on details for the new hardware, but it hyped the announcements in a teaser video posted to Facebook on Wednesday. Feb. 26 is the day before Mobile World Congress kicks off in Barcelona, Spain -- the perfect time to introduce new smartphones.
The Nokia 6 announcement last week marked HMD's first foray into the smartphone market. HMD said the Nokia 6 is coming to China, with other smartphones planned for other markets.
The Nokia 6 and its 1920x1080 HD screen features a Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 processor, 4GB of RAM, 64GB of on-board storage alongside microSD support, a 16-megapixel rear-camera, 8-megapixel front-camera, and 3,000mAh battery.
It's not clear how many smartphones HMD will unveil at its February event. HMD previously said it plans to spend $500 million over the next three years to market its Nokia-branded smartphones and tablets.
iPhone running companion: Can the Samsung Gear S3 beat the Apple Watch Series 2?
Samsung's long-awaited release of an iOS app for its Gear S watches was finally released this weekend. I took the Gear S3 Frontier and Apple Watch Series 2 for a run in the freezing cold weather to see if one stood out from the other.
As a runner and a mobile device fan, you will always find at least one wearable on my wrist to track the details of each and every run. While the Garmin Fenix 3 HR provides the most comprehensive data experience, I am also a fan of smartwatches that help me triage email, communicate with people, and aid in my quest for a healthy lifestyle.
The original Apple Watch was my favorite Apple device, and the Apple Watch Series 2 offers an even better experience for runners. I'm training for my first full marathon, and the Apple Watch is my prime candidate to help me achieve my goals.
I previously tested a leaked beta of the iOS Samsung Gear S application but couldn't wait to finally see the official release of Samsung Gear S for the Gear S2, Gear S3, and Gear Fit2 devices. I installed the new iOS app, connected my Gear S3 Frontier, attempted to load up some music, and took it and the Apple Watch Series 2 for a short run on the icy sidewalks of Puyallup, Wash.A couple months ago, I purchased the fantastic Samsung Gear S3 Frontier, with the idea it would serve as my primary GPS sports watch due to the more open nature of S Health and integrated LTE that would allow me to call for help in an emergency.
ZDNet's Jason Cipriani is working on a full walkthrough of using an iPhone with the Samsung Gear S application, so stay tuned for all of those details. I am particularly concerned about the ability to use the Gear S3 Frontier with an iPhone for GPS run tracking and motivation, so let's take a closer look at just that experience.
As a runner and a mobile device fan, you will always find at least one wearable on my wrist to track the details of each and every run. While the Garmin Fenix 3 HR provides the most comprehensive data experience, I am also a fan of smartwatches that help me triage email, communicate with people, and aid in my quest for a healthy lifestyle.
The original Apple Watch was my favorite Apple device, and the Apple Watch Series 2 offers an even better experience for runners. I'm training for my first full marathon, and the Apple Watch is my prime candidate to help me achieve my goals.
I previously tested a leaked beta of the iOS Samsung Gear S application but couldn't wait to finally see the official release of Samsung Gear S for the Gear S2, Gear S3, and Gear Fit2 devices. I installed the new iOS app, connected my Gear S3 Frontier, attempted to load up some music, and took it and the Apple Watch Series 2 for a short run on the icy sidewalks of Puyallup, Wash.A couple months ago, I purchased the fantastic Samsung Gear S3 Frontier, with the idea it would serve as my primary GPS sports watch due to the more open nature of S Health and integrated LTE that would allow me to call for help in an emergency.
ZDNet's Jason Cipriani is working on a full walkthrough of using an iPhone with the Samsung Gear S application, so stay tuned for all of those details. I am particularly concerned about the ability to use the Gear S3 Frontier with an iPhone for GPS run tracking and motivation, so let's take a closer look at just that experience.
SETTING UP THE GEAR S3 FRONTIER AND IPHONE
If you have an iPhone and a Gear S2, S3, or Gear Fit2, then you can download and install the new Samsung Gear S app from the App Store. Connections are acknowledged on the iPhone and Gear S3. You have to pair up twice to the iPhone if you want to use your Gear S3 to initiate calls through your iPhone.
If you have an iPhone and a Gear S2, S3, or Gear Fit2, then you can download and install the new Samsung Gear S app from the App Store. Connections are acknowledged on the iPhone and Gear S3. You have to pair up twice to the iPhone if you want to use your Gear S3 to initiate calls through your iPhone.
RUNNING WITH THE GEAR S3
Given that the Gear S3 runs Tizen, the app gap is a real issue on the smartwatch. You won't find RunKeeper, Strava, or other popular run tracking apps on the platform. Thankfully, Samsung has opened up S Health to work with connected services like RunKeeper, Strava, Misfit, Jawbone, and Fitbit. Sadly, this is not available for iOS users.
Thus, you are limited to using the S Health app for run tracking, so open up the exercise module, choose running as your activity, and get going. The Gear S3 Frontier is a solid GPS sports watch with the ability to simply spin the bezel around to switch between status screens and see all of your captured data as you run. This beats the Apple Watch touchscreen or crown twist experience and is one reason I was excited about the possibility of using the Gear S3 with an iPhone.
Given that the Gear S3 runs Tizen, the app gap is a real issue on the smartwatch. You won't find RunKeeper, Strava, or other popular run tracking apps on the platform. Thankfully, Samsung has opened up S Health to work with connected services like RunKeeper, Strava, Misfit, Jawbone, and Fitbit. Sadly, this is not available for iOS users.
Thus, you are limited to using the S Health app for run tracking, so open up the exercise module, choose running as your activity, and get going. The Gear S3 Frontier is a solid GPS sports watch with the ability to simply spin the bezel around to switch between status screens and see all of your captured data as you run. This beats the Apple Watch touchscreen or crown twist experience and is one reason I was excited about the possibility of using the Gear S3 with an iPhone.
Not such a Merry Christmas: The ransomware that also steals user data
Fake email notices from prosecutors infect victims with ransomware and personal data-stealing DiamondFox malware.
Unsuspecting internet users could find themselves on the receiving end of an unwanted belated Christmas present, malware that doesn't only encrypt their Windows PC and hold it to ransom, but also steals personal data and login credentials.
Spotted by cybersecurity researchers in the first week of the year, the Merry Christmas ransomware - also known as Merry X-Mas - might initially appear to be a strange name for a January ransomware campaign. However, Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas on January 7 - something which might point towards the involvement of Russian or Eastern European actors.
Whoever is behind the Merry Christmas ransomware, they're distributing it via spam email claiming to be from one of two sources.
One of the campaigns claims the sender is from the Federal Trade Commission, telling the recipient that their company is under investigation for violating the Consumer Credit Protection Act, while the other claims to be a notice of court, informing the victim they've used illegal software and must attend trial.
In both cases the intended victim is sent a link, supposedly to the complaint against them, which when clicked will download an executable zip file disguised as PDF document.
When this file is run, it'll initially work in the background, before - if Macros are enabled - executing the ransomware from a Word document within the zip, encrypting the victims' files and displaying a ransom note, the latest version of which features the evil Robot Santa Clause from Futurama. Earlier versions of the ransomware prominently wished the victim a Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas also threatens victims with permanent deletion of all their files if the ransom isn't paid or if the users attempts to decrypt the files without paying the ransom.
Unlike many other ransomware schemes that demand Bitcoin, the victim is encouraged to email 'Comodo Security' in order to find out the price for regaining their encrypted files.
But if that wasn't bad enough, security researchers at MalwareHunterTeam have discovered that the latest version of Merry Christmas ransomware payload also contains data-stealing DiamondFox botnet malware.
As noted by Bleeping Computer, DiamondFox contains the tools required for stealing login details and passwords, remotely opening desktop connections, stealing credit card data from point of sale systems and transforming infected PCs into DDoS bots.
Merry Christmas isn't the first ransomware infection to also steal data in addition to money from victims. RAA ransomware started infecting victims with the data-stealing Pony Trojan malware in September last year.
Ransomware boomed during 2016, with the cost of ransomware attacks amounting to to amount to more than $1 billion during the year.
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