We are getting some bits of news that Microsoft is distributing OEM copy to its partners via Microsoft Connect. It is hard to say whether it is real news or not. Until and unless we are getting a copy in hand and examining it; we can not say it is a true news. Almost all top blog sites are referencing each and other. We personally think it is a rumor; because: It is said that Microsoft … [Read more...]
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WordPress 3.2 is coming : are you ready?
Following the official announcement on the blog of WordPress almost 8 months ago, we now know what they have stored and probably cooking for us in the coming years. Indeed, the announcement was radical about the next steps in WordPress. In the near future, evolution and the approach of WordPress will change. Policy since the beginning was to open up to anyone to host a WordPress installation and … [Read more...]
Microsoft KB2496898 : Support for Indian Rupee symbol in Windows 7
Microsoft introduces an update for Windows Vista, for Windows Server 2008, for Windows 7 and for Windows Server 2008 R2. This update adds support for the new currency symbol for the Indian Rupee. This update includes font support, locale changes, and keyboard support. How to obtain this update Go to Microsoft Knowledge Base 2496898 webpage; simply choose your operating system and … [Read more...]
Microsoft research’s natural user interfaces : Steven Bathiche shows a dream technology
"Retro-Reflective Air-Gesture Interactive Display" if you hear, read or even see only photo of it; it is hard to understand what it is. In official Microsoft Research website we can see the following is written: Sometimes, it's better to control with gestures than buttons. Using a retro-reflective screen and a camera close to the projector makes all objects cast a shadow, … [Read more...]
Microsoft Surface 2.0 : watch the photos and videos of future computing device
The new generation of Microsoft Surface has a 40 inch screen with full HD resolution of 1920 × 1080. It senses both vertical and horizontal, powered by PixelSense technology with tactile recognition of objects. Microsoft and Samsung, in fact, have sparkled: the new SUR40 (that's how you call the jewel), presented during the Keynote last Jan. 5 by Steven Sinofsky, is a phenomenon of technology … [Read more...]
Today is 25th anniversary of the PC virus
TWENTY-FIVE years ago today, two brothers in Pakistan came up with a new and novel way to catch out software pirates. As it turned out, they also gave birth to one of the greatest annoyances in the modern world. "Brain", considered to be the first major personal computer virus, was created on January 19, 1986, by Basit and Amjad Farooq Alvi at their computer shop in Lahore, Pakistan. From there … [Read more...]
Windows 7 Service Pack 1: What is inside
Leakers seem to have gotten their hands on what may be the final Windows 7 Service Pack 1/Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 builds. (I had heard rumors that Microsoft had put the finishing touches on SP1 in December, but don™t know for sure whether that is true.) Microsoft officials are not saying whether the latest leaked version is the œreal SP1 release-to-manufacturing version. As usual, the advice … [Read more...]
Microsoft plans to impliment Windows 7 for wide range of devices
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer positioned Windows 7 as an operating system that can drive new and innovative products, as the company tries to fend off competition from tablet computers based on software from Google and Apple. "Only the imagination limits what can be done with Windows PCs today," Ballmer said in his speech at the start of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. "You can write on … [Read more...]
Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) Release Candidate (RC) by the End of January 2011
Microsoft is reportedly gearing up to release the Release Candidate of Internet Explorer 9 by the end of January 2011. The Redmond company has yet to confirm or deny third-party reports that claim to already have the IE9 RC availability deadline, or to comment in any way on the matter at hand. Various sources are indicating that IE9 RC will actually drop on January 28th, 2011 (via LiveSide and … [Read more...]
A new different version of Windows for Tablet PCs
Tech enthusiasts who have been flummoxed by Microsoft's slower-than-molasses reactions to new market trends such as motion gaming (Wii, 2006) smartphones (iPhone, 2007), and tablet computing (iPad, 2010) got a bit of good news this week: According to a Bloomberg report, the software giant is finally porting its Windows operating system to non-PC, thin and light hardware systems, opening up core … [Read more...]
Thunderbay : Another Microsoft Codename revealed
There are a bunch of new codenames in this month™s update, including one I™ve been chasing for a while: œThunderbay. Thunderbay isn™t a product codename; it™s an Entertainment and Devices strategy codename. I provide more details on Microsoft Thunderbay in the introduction to this month™s Codename Tracker. (There are several other new Microsoft codenames, plus updates to many of the existing … [Read more...]