Tag Archives : Windows

    Windows 8 will be optimized to work simultaneously with a Windows tablet and a PC   Microsoft’s Windows 8 details have just surfaced, along with a developers download of the OS.  The new operating system was explained in a 3-hour keynote speech, detailing the future of where Microsoft is headed with its Windows super brand. Initial reactions of the latest OS by panels have been [...]

Microsoft finally released a beta version of its Kinect for Windows software development kit. As the name might imply, this new SDK will allow developers to build Windows software that makes use of Microsoft’s popular motion-based controller as a peripheral. The SDK obviously opens the door for Kinect-controlled Windows PC games, and it’s a given that developers will find other creative ways [...]

Mozilla just made Firefox 4 available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux computers, and features a redesigned UI, a new panoramic tab manager, improved security and privacy controls, integrated Firefox Sync services, tab grouping, an optimized JavaScript engine designed to improve Web app performance, GPU-accelerated page rendering and plenty more. The new version of Firefox is available for download [...]

HP, in a somewhat unsubstantiated rumor, might be considering selling its PC business.  Samsung is the front-running heir to the business.  All this coming from a couple of Asian publication sources, the rumors apparently have been circulating in Taiwan since last year.  An earlier report indicated that Lenovo was a possible buyer and even suggested Foxconn might have shown interest in the business. HP [...]

HP’s CEO Leo Apotheker is saying that all HP PCs being manufacturered in the near future will also be running webOS.  “Starting next year, every one of the PCs shipped by HP will include the ability to run WebOS in addition to Microsoft Corp.’s Windows,” said Apotheker. HP’s chief is trying to incentivize developers to create software for his company’s acquired platform, which he [...]

ViewSonic has announced the availability of its unique dual-boot tablet, the ViewPad 10. The ViewPad 10 is an Atom-based tablet that features a 10-inch 1024 x 600-pixel touchscreen display, a 1.66GHz Intel Atom processor, 2GB of memory, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR and a 1.3 megapixel front-facing camera for video chat. Most notably, however, it features a dual-boot configuration that [...]

You’d think as ginormous and innovative as a company like Microsoft has been in the past, that they would be a little quicker on the draw with the latest tablet and smartphone devices, and offering a little bigger competitive fight than what we’ve seen in the last few years.  But here we go again.  After entering the smartphone and mobile OS business recently with Windows Phone 7 and [...]

Verizon Wireless will begin to sell Windows Phone handsets towards the end of March. The HTC 7 Trophy, the same CDMA WP7 handset to be carried by Sprint, could be announced as early as February 28th. The device will have Microsoft’s “NoDo” update (also known as the copy and paste update) and should retail for $199.99 with a signed two-year contract. Anyone waiting for this phone?

Windows compatible with AirPlay via AirMediaPlayer —A simple solution is bringing Apple’s AirPlay streaming media functionality to Windows. Developer Apostolos Georgiadis has assembled a neat little Windows application called AirMediaPlayer that allows Apple’s iOS devices to stream music and video via AirPlay to a Windows PC. AirMediaPlayer is free to use and is compatible with any AirPlay-equipped [...]

Chip PC’s Plug PC thin client computer —More businesses are choosing to deploy thin-client or virtual desktop solutions, where much of the storage and processing needs are met at the data center. Advantages often include low power draw at the user end, low maintenance, and minimal desktop footprint. Chip PC’s Plug PC cross-platform thin client or virtual desktop computer solution [...]