Intel has made a recent announcement that has been considered a peculiar intent to improve the reputation of its products and rebut some declarations on the part of Nvidia. Last Wednesday, Intel announced that its technology for processors is only 14 times slower than the technology from the brand of…
Microsoft’s IE8 browser offers cool features, better security, and improved performance. Internet Explorer 8 has shipped in its final version and is ready to take on its rivals. This latest version of Microsoft’s browser leapfrogs its closest competition, Firefox 3, for basic browsing and productivity features — it has better…
One-quarter of Russian software outlets sell bootleg Microsoft programs, the company said Monday as it published the results of a survey intended to elbow authorities into taking more action. Russia is a notoriously lucrative market for unlicensed software, movies and music — a persistent issue in Moscow’s stalled accession to the…
Windows 7 may be considered as the most keyboard friendly operating system. Once users memorize the combo keys its very easy to dock windows, quick launch favorite apps, enable external displays and much more. Some of the shortcuts keys are: Start-Menu Searches: Windows key – A simple tap of the…
Rumours are on that Microsoft has posted initial information about its unannounced Microsoft My Phone service in the form of a landing page, found at the GetSkyBox.com domain. SkyBox was previously believed to be the name of this new phone-to-cloud synchronization service. According to the information at the landing page,…
Picotux 100 is the world’s smallest Linux computer. Its CPU has a 32-bit ARM7 running at 55 MHz, 8 MB of SDRAM and the basic version comes with 2 MB flash memory and Ethernet support. Application like web server, telnet will be run on this computer. GCC for c/c++ and fortran compilers are…
Steve Ballmer has announced that the Windows 7 Beta1 will available for download sooner this week, possibly by Jan 9th itself. Delivering the keynote at CES 2009, the Microsoft head declared that “Our TechNet and MSDN customers can get Windows 7 Beta 1 right now.” The rest of the world…
Matthaus Krzykowski and Daniel Hartmann, the founders of the startup Mobile-facts, have been successful in giving a makeover to the Google’s smartphone operating system, Android, as a desktop operating system. Surprisingly the duo took only about four hours of work to compile Android for the netbook. In an interview to…
The first beta of Microsoft’s next operating system has apparently been spotted in the wild. Windows 7, which is expected to hit retailer shelves in time for the 2009 holiday shopping season, has reportedly popped up on torrent trackers as an ISO file. ZDNet’s Adrian Kingsley-Hughes also reports having a…