This is the new Windows 8 logo. Plain and simple.
And downright boring!
On the other hand, here is Apple's new OSX Mountain Lion logo:
Heck! He looks bored too! LOL!
On the other hand, here is Apple's new OSX Mountain Lion logo:
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Showing posts with label Microsoft. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Microsoft. Show all posts
Windows On Your iPad App
Want to run Windows including your favorite MS Office applications like Word and Excel on your iPad? How about running PC Games like Minecraft and Call of Duty? There's an app for that and it's free--you don't even have to own Windows or buy one.
The new OnLive app, which will be in the iTunes store on January 12, 2012, turns your iPad into a powerful cloud PC which streams a Windows desktop onto the the iPad along with MS Office applications.
--Steve Perlman, OnLive's CEO
The free verison of the OnLive Desktop app comes with 2 GB of secure cloud storage and access to a cloud-based Windows 7 desktop pre-populated with Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, plus several utilities and touch games.
A 'Pro' version will offer 50GB of Cloud storage, web browsing and more PC applications such as games.
The new OnLive app, which will be in the iTunes store on January 12, 2012, turns your iPad into a powerful cloud PC which streams a Windows desktop onto the the iPad along with MS Office applications.
iPad users will now be able to securely view and edit cloud-hosted documents with full-featured Windows desktop applications like Microsoft Office, just as if they were using a local high-performance PC.
Multi-touch gestures respond instantly and smoothly, while HD videos, animations and PC video games—-never before usable on a remote desktop—-play seamlessly.
The app offers multi-touch gesture control that responds instantly, but there's also a full on-screen Windows keyboard and handwriting recognition.
--Steve Perlman, OnLive's CEO
The free verison of the OnLive Desktop app comes with 2 GB of secure cloud storage and access to a cloud-based Windows 7 desktop pre-populated with Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, plus several utilities and touch games.
A 'Pro' version will offer 50GB of Cloud storage, web browsing and more PC applications such as games.
Nokia Goes Microsoft
In a most likely move to ditch its ancient and much-criticized Symbian operating system, Nokia chief executive Stephen Elop (left) and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced that Nokia has teamed up with Microsoft to create smartphones catering to Microsoft's Windows Phone software.
Both Nokia and Microsfot are hoping to revive their fortunes in a market where they once thrived in but have struggled to keep up with.
Although Nokia remains the mobile industry's number one firm, it's market share has dropped dramatically since the introduction of the iPhone and Android operating systems. While Microsoft has released a promising smartphone OS, it hasn't really been supported by the major phone makers.
Mr Elop said: 'Today, developers, operators and consumers want compelling mobile products, which include not only the device, but the software, services, applications and customer support that make a great experience.'
Nokia, which claims 1.3billion daily users of its devices, said it hopes the 'broad, strategic partnership' with Microsoft will lead to capturing the next billion users to join the Internet in developing growth markets.
The company said that it will also announce new leadership team and organizational structure 'with a clear focus on speed, results and accountability'.
'Nokia is at a critical juncture, where significant change is necessary and inevitable in our journey forward,' Mr Elop said, adding that the company was aiming at 'regaining our smart phone leadership, reinforcing our mobile device platform and realising our investments in the future'.
Windows Phone 7 Coming To The Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia
Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer certainly picked a good time to launch the new Microsoft Windows Phone 7 in Saudi Arabia as it will be the time expatriates do their shopping to send as gifts for the holidays--with hot gadgets on top of the list.
In his keynote speech at Microsoft OpenDoor--the largest Microsoft technical event in Saudi Arabia--Steve Ballmer said that, "As a global technology leader, we are committed to the Middle East region. Having been here for 20 years, we believe we can play an important role to drive regional growth and development by helping governments, societies and individuals realize their full potential."
Microsoft Malicious Removal Tool Nukes Zeus Malware In Latest Release
According to Redmond’s Jeff Williams:
Of the 1,344,669 computers cleaned, this is about 1 in 5, a ratio that’s higher than we typically see even when accounting for the normal, first-month spike which results from adding a new family but not exceptionally so.
To put this in greater perspective the removals of Zbot are almost as many as the removals of the #2 and #3 malware families this month combined (Win32/Vundo and Win32/Bubnix respectively). Approximately 86 million computers have run this version of MSRT as we compile this data so we should expect this number to increase as the month continues.
That's 281,491 nuked Zeus' (Zbots) out of 274, 873 computers so far. If you think your PC may be infected or just want to make sure it isn't, the Microsoft's malicious software removal tool (MSRT) can be downloaded HERE.
MSRT scan checks computers running Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003 for infections by specific, prevalent malicious software and are updated and released on the second Tuesday of each month.
The Windows Phone 7 Released. Really!
Microsoft today unveiled nine smartphones from Samsung, LG, HTC and Dell running on the Windows Phone 7 OS, which they hope to bring Microsoft back into the mobile business despite their previous failed attempts.
The Windows 7 HP Slate Prototype Review
The HP Slate protoype touch-screen tablet features front-side and back cameras. Unlike the Apple iPad and Samsung Galaxy Tab which runs on modified mobile operating systems, the HP Slate runs on full-fledge Windows 7. With the acquisition of Palm the HP Slate could sprout another version and may be called PalmPad.
HTC Mozart On Windows Phone 7
It looks like the Nexus One/Desire but instead of the Android Os, it runs the Windows Phone 7. It's the HTC Mozart featuring a 1GHz Qualcomm QSD 8250, 576MB of RAM, 1,300mAh Li-Pol battery, 3.7-inch WVGA Super LCD screen, and an 8 megapixel camera with Xenon flash around the back. And its quite fast.
Check out the sneak peak of the HTC Mozart.
Xbox Live Gold Membership New Prices
How To Temporarily Fix Windows Shortcut Zero-Day Attacks
Microsoft Tablet PC
The New Sleeker and Quieter Xbox 360 Unveiled
Unveiled along with the Xbox Kinetc,games Gears Of War 3, Fable III and Halo Reach, is the new version of the Xbox 360 gaming console.
Xbox Kinect. Look Ma, No Hands!!!
Office Live Workspace Update
Good news!
Your Microsoft Office Live Workspace beta account is about to become even better. You already know it’s a great way to store and share documents, and soon it will come together with Windows Live SkyDrive to become a great way to view, create, and edit documents from virtually anywhere.
In the coming months, you’ll receive notification when your Office Live Workspace account will be upgraded, along with further details. Until then, there’s no need for you to do anything.
With your SkyDrive account, you’ll get 25 GB of online storage for sharing both documents and photos. Your SkyDrive account is designed to work smoothly with other Windows Live services like Hotmail and Messenger. And you’ll be able to view and edit documents from virtually anywhere* using new Microsoft Office Web Apps.
Questions? Visit the Office Live Workspace upgrade center.
Online Office 2010
For a while now, Google Docs has dominated the Online Office Suit which bundles a word-processing tool, spreadsheet editing, presentation functionality and more.
Internet Explorer 9 Preview 2
Internet Explorer 9 Preview 2 includes performance tests, like Flickr Explorer, Browser Flip, some HTML5 tests and new graphic demos, like SVG Tweet Cloud and Real World Diagrams.
Perhaps as a way of monoplizing its Internet browswer, Microsoft has release this new preview in about the same week Internet Explorer's overall market share hit an all-time low of 59.95 percent (and yes, shares are up again *winks)
Windows 7/Vista USB Installer
You'll need to convert your Windows 7/Vista DVD Installer into .ISO format before anything else. Insert your USB Drive (4Gb minimum) and start up the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool application. Browse to your .ISO file and in four steps you'll have turned your USB into a bootable Windows 7/Vista USB installer.
To create and .ISO file, there a lot of free applications on the Web like Minidvdsoft's Free ISO Creator and/or Nbxsoft's Free Create-Burn ISO.
System Requirements for Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool:
- Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit)
- Pentium 233-megahertz (MHz) processor or faster (300 MHz is recommended)
- 50MB of free space on your hard drive
- DVD-R drive or 4GB removable USB flash drive
The following applications must be installed prior to installing the tool:
Windows Universal Media Player
To support other popular formats such as vob, rm, aac, mp4, flac, ogg, divx, et.al., Windows Media Player needs codecs (coder and decoder). Manually finding and downloading these files can be a hectic process. Fortunately, Codecguide has compiled most of the codecs for us and one of the best compiled packs they have is the K-Lite Codec Pack which has about 95% codecs stripped-down and compressed into one tiny installer. The K-Lite Codec Pack has 5 Versions, namely, Basic, Standard, Full, Mega, and Corporate. They also have a codec pack for 64-bit systems.
You don't have to download separate player applications like Quicktime, or Real Media Player, etcetera, just to play a particular format. By installing the K-Lite Codec Pack, Windows Media Player becomes a power-packed Universal Media Player. Another benefit of having a codec package installed in your system is that you are assured a high (if not 100%)-rate of success when converting between formats. Now, all you need is DirectVobSub to load subtitle (.srt) files and you're all set.
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