Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg Vitaly Milonov suggested that officials abandon Windows in favor of cheaper and safer operating systems. reports this Interfax . As one of the measures to reduce budget expenditures, Milonov proposes to abandon the installation of Windows on state computers, and instead use a domestic operating system, the development of which should be undertaken at Skolkovo. With a tight budget, it's time to calculate your software costs.

Microsoft is working on an analogue of Google Glass smart glasses, reports The Wall Street Journal . According to The Wall Street Journal, Microsoft is developing a device described as “connected glasses.” The Redmond giant had previously shown interest in wearable electronics, testing various smartwatch concepts, but all attempts to create them were stopped in early 2012 along with the closure of the MSN Direct service.

Apple has announced a new generation of iPad and iPad mini tablets. The presentation took place on October 22 at a special event in San Francisco. TJournal broadcast live from the event. At a special event in San Francisco, Apple introduced its new flagship tablet, iPad Air. It is built on the basis of the 64-bit A7 processor and M7 coprocessor, also installed in the iPhone 5s. Its frame is 43% narrower, and the body itself is 20% thinner than its predecessor.

The singer was asked to leave the grounds of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque because she was dressed too revealingly and took poses for photographs that the administration considered offensive. reported this Time . Rihanna staged a photo shoot at the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque during her tour in Abu Dhabi. The mosque is open to visitors of all faiths and allows photography.

Tim Cook showed off the iPad Air and the new iPad mini On October 22, Apple gathers journalists for the presentation of new devices in San Francisco. New iPads, Mac Pros, and the release of the Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks operating system are expected. #Realtime #Apple #iPad #iPad_mini #Events_Apple #Mac_Pro

Nokia presented two smartphones on the Windows Phone platform and a Lumia 2520 tablet on Windows RT at the Nokia World conference in Abu Dhabi. TJournal conducted a text broadcast from the event. Smartphones Lumia 1520 and Lumia 1320 are equipped with 6-inch screens. The first will go on sale in the fourth quarter of 2013 for $749, while the second model will cost $339 and be released in early 2014. Nokia Lumia 1520 will be the first Windows Phone smartphone with 1080p screen resolution.

Nokia introduced on October 22 three new phones from the budget Asha line. TJournal is conducting a text broadcast from the Nokia presentation. The cheapest of the new products, Nokia Asha 500, will cost $69 (about 2,200 rubles). The device is equipped with a 2.8-inch color screen and a 2-megapixel camera. The Nokia Asha 502 phone is equipped with a 3-inch diagonal screen and a 5-megapixel camera. The device will hit the market at a price of $89.

Musk has announced his intention to redesign the Lotus Esprit from the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me into a real controllable submarine. writes about this Mashable . “It was amazing when a little boy in South Africa watched James Bond in The Spy Who Loved Me drive his Lotus Esprit off a pier, press a button and turn the car into a submarine,” Musk told reporters. “I was disappointed to learn that that she cannot truly transform.

On October 22, from 11 a.m. Moscow time, a Nokia conference is taking place in Abu Dhabi, where the company will present new mobile devices. You can follow the live video feed here . #Realtime

Users joke about the possible departure of the head of Rospotrebnadzor On the afternoon of October 22, reports appeared in the press about the resignation of Gennady Onishchenko from the post of head of Rospotrebnadzor. Soon, Onishchenko’s resignation was refuted, so users had to joke on two topics at once. TJournal monitored the reaction of Russian-language Twitter. Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets announced the resignation of Gennady Onishchenko.

The Instagram photo app will be released on the Windows Phone platform. Nokia representatives announced this at a conference in Abu Dhabi. TJournal conducted a text broadcast from the event. Instagram will appear on Windows Phone within a few weeks, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop said at the Nokia World conference in Abu Dhabi on October 22. Also at the event, the release of the Vine video service for Windows Phone was announced.

The website stranaobshcheniya.rf has been launched - a Russian-language Twitter clone made by schoolchildren from the Samara region. Unlike Twitter, an account on the “Country of Communication” website can be created in Cyrillic. In addition, the site notifies users not only about new subscribers, but also about those who have unsubscribed. The service copies Twitter in functionality and interface elements, user posts are designated as “tales”, and reposts are designated as “retellings”.

What to expect from Apple's October 22 presentation On October 22 at 21:00 Moscow time in San Francisco, a presentation of Apple will begin, announced with the slogan “We still have a lot to cover” (“We still have something to tell”). TJournal, in turn, talks about what you should and should not expect from it. 1. iPad 5 Only the lazy don’t know what the iPad 5 looks like before the presentation. Photos of the tablet body parts have been circulating on the Internet for several months now.

At the end of the presentation , at which the company presented its line of new tablets, laptops and software solutions, the iOS operating system update numbered 7.0.3 was released. The previous update to Apple's mobile operating system, number 7.0.2, was released on September 26. It closed a small vulnerability that allowed, with a certain procedure, to bypass the password on the lock screen. The list of changes in iOS 7.0.3 is much more extensive.

Apple has released the Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks operating system, as well as the iLife and iWork software packages. The presentation took place on October 22 at a special event in San Francisco. TJournal is broadcasting live from the Apple presentation. Apple has released the Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks operating system, which is a continuation of the Mac OS X line. It was first announced on June 10 at the WWDC conference in San Francisco.