USB memory keys are compact little devices that can store and transfer anywhere from 128MB to 8GB of data, all it takes is a USB slot. windows - comments - 27.8.2007
Now that Windows XP is no longer being sold by Microsoft, PC users will be stuck with Windows Vista. Here's a roundup of PC World's best tips for making Vista easier to use. windows - comments - 3.7.2008
Undoubtedly it is the ecosystem of third-party software solutions that make Windows the platform that it is today, sharing the operating system's success. windows - comments - 12.11.2008
It's pretty clear that Apple left no stone unturned in Leopard, making changes and fixes throughout the new operating system. common - comments - 31.10.2007
A future core antimalware solution will replace Windows Live OneCare, which, considering the price of a one year subscription, has already qualified for an alternative to free security software, come mid-2009. windows - comments - 25.11.2008
Blogger Paul Thurrott has written a couple of interesting posts about the difference between “simple” and “easy” in the context of Windows 7. windows - comments - 4.12.2008
As netbooks continue their inexorable rise up the wish lists of gadget hounds, businesses and ordinary folk alike, the clamor for Apple to join the market continues to increase from all sides. common - comments - 5.3.2009
Why do we like Google? Is it because they are the “do no evil” company? Is it because they are not Microsoft? Is it because they make our lives easier through their search, email, and other services? The fact of the matter is that a lot of people from users, to developers, to workers, and to investors like Google. Heck, even I like google! (Look at the ads.) common - comments - 3.8.2006
Microsoft's MSN Spaces blogging features are set for a major upgrade to incorporate a revenue-sharing advertising option and a new partnership with Amazon.com, according to various sources. microsoft - comments - 26.1.2006
Companies installing Windows Server 2008 may have to buy extra Microsoft software, such as Windows Vista, to use more advanced features, analyst firm Gartner has said. windows - comments - 3.11.2007
Microsoft, seeking to expand offerings on its Xbox 360 console, has reached an agreement with a company headed by Peter Safran, the veteran Hollywood producer and talent manager, to produce original shows for distribution on the system. microsoft - comments - 31.3.2008
Microsoft is currently moving onward with the development of Windows 7, having passed Milestone 3 with the operating system. windows - comments - 15.11.2008
Microsoft is leaping into hosted applications big time. InformationWeek reports that Microsoft plans to offer hosted implementations of SharePoint, CRM and ERP applications. But the best quote in that article was left till last. A "Microsoft insider" was asked which other products and services Microsoft would host and the reply was: "Everything. Hosted Office. Everything hosted." microsoft - comments -
Microsoft has confirmed that the U.S. government agency best known for eavesdropping on telephone calls had a hand in the development of the Windows Vista operating system. microsoft - comments - 12.1.2007
Such is the reasoning behind a step Microsoft plans to announce Thursday: it will submit its HD Photo image format to a standards body. microsoft - comments - 8.3.2007
It has been "Issues Week" all week for Microsoft, and Thursday, the company took on the dreaded interoperability issue. But its choice of message was called into question a bit yesterday after Microsoft boasted of having signed up its first official customer for its communications and interoperability IP licenses: Quest Software, the manufacturer of the Toad data modeling system. microsoft - comments - 10.3.2007
With Windows Vista already a firmly entrenched product in many homes and some businesses, and with Windows Server 2008 cruising toward a final release in the second half of this year, Microsoft may feel it's time for its many partners and developers with an interest in Windows' success to stand and deliver. microsoft - comments - 4.6.2007
How badly does Microsoft want to promote the Zune? Not badly enough to think of anything particularly ingenious. Unique? yes. Succesful? No. microsoft - comments - 15.2.2007
Make no mistake about it, the gold bits of Windows XP Service Pack 3 are available for download straight from Microsoft, contrary to what the company is claiming. windows - comments - 1.5.2008
2008 saw the release of Windows Vista Service Pack 1, Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Server 2008, but Microsoft's journey on the Windows path is far from over. windows - comments - 5.8.2008
The Release Candidate of Windows 7 will bring with it the first Beta development milestones for Windows XP Mode and Windows Virtual PC. windows - comments - 29.4.2009
Every time you reinstall your windows XP you need to reactivate it online using your product key & worst if you lost your Windows XP product key. download - comments - 3.6.2009
Feb 26th, 2008. Principled Technologies has released two Microsoft commissioned reports on Windows Vista SP1 performance. In these tests, Principled Technologies measured responsiveness of Windows Vista SP1 vs. Windows Vista RTM vs. Windows XP SP2 when performing a set of common business and home tasks. windows - comments - 28.2.2008
This week in Microsoft, we covered 128-bit support possibly coming to Windows 8 and Windows 9, Windows 7, Windows Mobile 6.5, Bill Gates, Office 2010 Starter, Microsoft MVP status, Windows Live Hotmail, the EU, and Microsoft Security Essentials. windows - comments - 10.10.2009
Researchers have used
nanotechnology to create
transparent transistors and
circuits, a step that promises
a broad range of applications,
from e-paper and flexible
color screens for consumer
electronics to "smart cards"
and "heads-up" displays in
auto windshields.
The
transistors are made of single
"nanowires," or tiny
cylindrical structures that
were assembled on glass or
thin films of flexible
plastic.
"The
nanowires themselves are
transparent, the contacts we
put on them are transparent
and the glass or plastic
substrate is transparent,"
said David Janes, a researcher
at Purdue University's Birck
Nanotechnology Center and a
professor in the School of
Electrical and Computer
Engineering.
Transparent aluminum has been the dream of many ever since it was first mentioned in a popular Sci-Fi movie a couple decades back. But researchers at
the University of Michigan may have done that one better. It could almost be called "transparent steel".
Scientists began with
a desire to take the extremely strong nanostructures, like nanotubes, nanorods and nanosheets found at micro levels, and then build something big and
usable with it. But each time they tried the strength was not carried forward into the bigger structures. There was always something making the end
product quite flimsy in comparison to the strength shown at the nanoscale.
However, scientists have now overcome that difficulty
with a product based on what they're calling "the velcro effect." This new polymer and glue sets up a series of hydrogen bonds between layers
which, if broken, can be easily connected to other nearby locations automatically. This makes it like velcro in that if it's separated, it can be
rejoined and it will be as strong as it originally was. As the materials flex and bend this bond reformation happens continuously.
Google Labs will soon become "more transparent in its interaction with end users," R.J.
Pittman, who heads Google's consumer search operations, told Beet.TV earlier this week in this video interview. He also said the company is making a
major commitment to expand and accelerate the rate of innovation of the Labs.
Mobile carriers are scared of
one thing: becoming dumb pipes
whose only utility is to carry
voice and text. And it is one
of the reasons why they are
fighting tooth and nail with
the mobile VoIP providers,
using all sorts of tactics to
make mobile VoIP a
non-starter.
The company bearing the
brunt of this scorched-earth
policy is Truphone, a UK-based
start-up that has developed a
mobile VoIP client that makes
it easy to make cheap calls
(cheaper than mobile minutes
that is) over dual mode phone,
like Nokia N95 and Nokia
E-Series phones. Once again,
the company finds itself in
the cross hairs of a behemoth
that wishes to see Truphone go
away... winbeta.org - 16.06.2007
Half the reason we like the Eee PC is that mods to it just keep getting further out there. The latest, and greatest, is a
touchscreen. Jkkmobile's 4G is loaded up with Windows XP, but not the tablet version, so it's admittedly more of an interesting way to browse the
web and play around with your fingers than a certifiable productivity booster, but we think it's pretty cool anyway. <jkkmobile via jkOnTheRun>
It's hard to top Microsoft Surface, but the brains at Microsoft Research certainly did with SecondLight. SecondLight is a variation on the Microsoft
Surface computer, the twist is that it can actually project a second image through the first image, which can land on a sheet of paper, a plastic
sheet, or anything else semi-transparent that you want to use as a make shift secondary (or third, fourth, fifth) display. Those displays can also
have their own multitouch capabilities in the air.
Graphics performance,
which has long been an
afterthought for most
corporate PCs and many
consumers, will move to the
forefront with the launch of
Windows Vista, Microsoft's
next Windows operating
system.
Vi
sta, due late next year, will
offer four different themes,
including the well-publicized
three-dimensional Aero Glass
with transparent
windows.
Starting
with a Classic theme, which
looks like Windows XP, each
will offer successively more
advanced features, also call
for successively more powerful
graphics.
Vista is
expected to measure the
graphics grunt available in a
PC and automatically serve up
the proper UI.
But
what's still unclear is where
many of today's PCs will fall
on the Vista interface
spectrum and thus how
consumers and corporate buyers
who wish to gain the most
advanced features can get
prepared. .. winbeta.org - 16.11.2005
Sony is a company well known for creating new and innovative products, and has done it again with a new transparent tube speaker that will be released
in Japan for a hefty price tag... betanews.com - 30.05.2008
At the CHI 2009 conference, which wrapped up yesterday in Boston, Microsoft researchers showed off two radical
prototypes that push the boundaries of user interfaces. One was a 'pseudo-transparent' iPhone-like device called nanoTouch, which has a trackpad
on the back rather than a traditional touch screen and gives visual feedback in the form of a simulated image of the user's finger (the effect is
like looking straight through the device). The other was a folding dual-screen device called Codex that can switch automatically between landscape,
portrait, collaborative, or competitive modes depending on its 'posture' or orientation. If Microsoft doesn't build such devices itself, 'somebody
else will, so it's really important to understand what the issues are,' said researcher Ken Hinckley.
One of the projects I'm working on involves Microsoft Mediaroom. In the
following video, Bobby Choice describes how Microsoft Mediaroom works. Very funny.
http://www.sun.com/emrkt/black
box/index.jsp>Project Blackbox
is a prototype of the world's
first virtualized
datacenter--built into a
shipping container and
optimized to deliver extreme
energy, space, and performance
efficiencies. Following is a
very neat video on the extreme
testing of Project Blackbox.
Are These Windows Transparent or Translucent?