Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview 7 showcases performance enhancements made to the Chakra engine. Furthermore, Canvas pixel array manipulation has been optimized for better performance in this release. The Internet Explorer Platform Preview requires Windows 7 (x86 or x64) or Windows Vista SP2 (x86 or x64). Vista users must install Internet Explorer 8 or later to use the Platform Preview. … [Read more...]
New Supercomputer
Zhou Xingming, an NUDT professor said the computer is "equipped with 6,144 Intel CPUs and 5,120 AMD GPUs (graphics processing units)," and was able to "store all 27 million books in the National Library of China four times." The announcement was posted Thursday on several Chinese computer research websites. An official listing of the world's fastest supercomputers, the semiannual TOP500, is due … [Read more...]
System Transparency
Author: Prisoner7 Here is what Prisoner7 says: I made this app because all of my computers have horrible graphics cards, and I do not have the money to buy better ones. I wanted transparency, so I made an app that forces transparency. It got popular, and I started building on to it. This is the result. This app doesn't ask for much in terms of system power. It can run on Windows XP (limited … [Read more...]
The History of Microsoft Windows Operating system: Part 2
Windows Premiere Edition/1.0xWindows 1.0 is a 16-bit graphical operating environment that was released on November 20, 1985. It was Microsoft's first Windows Operating system with a multi-tasking graphical user interface-based the PC platform released for the general public. Windows 1.0 was the first version of Windows launched. Codename : Interface Manager Os archetecture: 16 Bit Versions : … [Read more...]