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Window 7 Starter By Microsoft
Posted in Microsoft on 25 May 2009

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Now get ready to experience Window 7 Starter Machines unveiled today by Microsoft and along with this Microsoft has made one strict decision to remove the three-app limit from Windows 7 Starter Edition so its predicts that Redmond is planning to enforce harsh limits on types of machines that can run the stripped down version of the stripped down build of their next OS.

On the whole now Window 7 Starter machines process more significantly with 2GHz processors and 1GB of RAM with 10.2 inch screens very soon this new technology start working in all over the world so stay tune to get more updates.Via

Microsoft Zune May Arrive On Windows Mobile
Posted in Microsoft, Mobile phone on 3 October 2008

2-zune-ui-wm Microsoft Zune May Arrive On Windows Mobile

We have all been hearing about the Microsoft Zune and the cool interface will apparently come to Windows Mobile devices, apparently. The Zune has been talked about for being one of the most user-friendly interfaces ever seen. In fact many see it as a direct competition to Apple’s devices.

This may in fact turn Windows Mobile devices into a pseudo iPod Touch, but nevertheless, such things can’t be just guessed. We must also remember that the current Windows-powered smartphones are not exactly user friendly and when it comes to multimedia playback, it needs some knowledge about the way it functions.

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Microsoft’s Quest To Have Better Privacy
Posted in Computer, Internet, Microsoft on 27 August 2008

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Internet can be a rather strange place with many sexual predators lurking in internet chatrooms and elsewhere. To keep the predators from luring your children, spouse or anyone else, Microsoft’s 8th edition of Internet Explorer brings a feature where in you surf the web without leaving a trace of your browsing habits. The InPrivate Browsing makes sure the browser will not keep an account of your browsing, search history, cookies, form data or pass words and once you are done it will clear up its cache.

Inprivate Blocking has a interesting feature which tells you when certain contents are able to track your browsing history and Inprivate subscription. In simple words, it warns you when a website is tracking your movements in the virtual world. It even gives you a list of websites to be blocked. The ‘Delete Browsing History’ option provides the liberty of keeping cookies for certain sites unlike previous versions where in all the cookies were deleted. However, to provide Microsoft the much-needed competition, Mozilla is going to launch a version with similar features in Fire fox 3.1 shortly.

Via: Switched

Microsoft Arc: mouse handset design
Posted in Microsoft on 14 July 2008

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Microsoft, as you well know, produces many types of mice, but this time he wanted to create a product design, or l ‘Arc.

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This is a wireless mouse designed for use associated with a laptop, as has the classic size for a comfortable use, but once folded back on itself (see photos after the jump) becomes easily transportable. Unfortunately it seems that does not work Bluetooth, but with the classic USB adapter, however small that may always prove troublesome.

Microsoft Arc will be on sale this summer at a price of $ 60, about 38 €, All Black and grenade.

Microsoft to launch Windows 7
Posted in Computer, Microsoft on 28 May 2008

windows 7If you are looking forward to chuck out laptop that you are using to bring home something advanced, then we would suggest you to wait for some time for Microsoft is all set to roll out Windows 7 is due out in a year and a half.

Announced off lately by Microsoft at the All Things D conference, the Windows 7 will includes features like an OSX-like dock, a heavy focus on multi-touch applications and loads of features similar to Vista.
So, in case you are already using Vista you better know all the good, bad and ugly of it…though there will definitely be something good to wait and watch out for…
Via: CoolestGadgets

Microsoft discontinue the purchase of Yahoo!
Posted in Microsoft, Misc. Gadgets on 7 May 2008

Following the various problems and resistance encountered during the tender offer, Microsoft announced Tuesday completely abandoned its intention to buy the Yahoo! The truth is that with so many charges by the shareholders of Yahoo! and the low price offered, it seemed from the start a business destined to fail.

Who should have been pleased with the withdrawal of Microsoft should have been so Google does not see take place one of the greatest threats that could have to face the short term and instead move to have a major competitor will have two competitors weaker (MSN Search and Yahoo!).

Source: Journal du Geek

Microsoft’s Palette-Digital Artist: Handheld PC for the painters
Posted in Microsoft on 28 March 2008

Microsoft’s Palette-Digital Artist

Artists who are usually engulfed in paints and pallets and are far away from technology have a reason to smile, as Microsoft has brought a technological wonder for them. We are talking about the gorgeous Palette-Digital Artist that Microsoft has launched as a part of the .
Microsoft’s Palette-Digital Artist

Talk about features and you get a handheld touchscreen PC made convenient to hold thanks to the thumbhole, which makes it look like the traditional art palette of an artiste.
The utterly stylish in looks which bring in the designer and creative appeal which the technologically advanced PC usually lacks, the Palete-Digital Artist is perfect device for acreative soul to paint his imagination digitally with a special stylus.
With the palette in your hand you’ll surely remince those good old days.
All the connections in the palette are wireless, which keep it hi-tech, while the odd screen shape adds to the beauty in technology.

Via: Gizmowatch

Sony Launches New Blu-Ray Recorders to Beat HD DVD
Posted in Gadget, High tech, Microsoft, Technology, dvd player on 13 September 2007

Sony Corp lately announced that it will hit Japan market with its four new models of Blu-ray high-definition optical disc recorders on 8 November. This move can be witnessed towards its ongoing combat with the HD DVD.

Sony’s Blu-Ray Recorders

Sony plans to promote Blu-Ray technology with Panasonic maker Matsushita Electric Industrial Co that is in competition with the HD DVD format and is back sided by Toshiba and Microsoft.

The upcoming models are competent enough to store up to 16 hours of high-definition programmes on a dual-layer. The high-end model of the four comes along with a 500-GB hard disk drive and is expected with a retail price of 200,000 yen ($1,752). The USP of the Blu-ray recorders is its capability to handle traditional DVD discs.

Via Yahoo

Vista SP1 beta 1 expected launch
Posted in Microsoft on 9 July 2007

Vista SP1 beta 1

The talk here is about the expected launch of Vista SP1 beta1. Possibility is questioned due to the earlier delay of first Vista pack. But runour is spreading around like a virus that this time
Beta 1 of Vista SP1 would hit the market in mid-July (during the week of 16 July).

Against this, the U.S. Department of Justice and other company watchers believe that SP1’s final version will enter into the market only in November 2007, which is probable tome for the launch of Windows Server 2008 (Longhorn Server).

Instead of making loads of promises and following under-delivery approach, Microsoft’s Windows client team plans to follow a restraining information-flow policy. To practice the policy, Director of Windows Engineering Steven Sinofsky is making efforts to maintain secrecy about the insights of the issues related to future Windows client guidelines.

Besides desktop-search modifications, Microsoft’s SP1 would be renowned for its fixes rather than features.

1) S1 assures is not time-consuming in terms of copying files and shutting down Vista machines.

2) The SD Advanced Direct Memory Access (DMA) offers enhanced transfer performance and decreased CPU utilization.

3) It has the ability to boot Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) on an x64 machine

For more fixes visit Zdnet

ZELDA II MARKS 100TH DOWNLOADABLE CLASSIC FOR THE NINTENDO WII
Posted in Computer, Gadget, Gaming, Microsoft, Technology on 3 June 2007

Nintendo has announced that it will release Zelda II: The Adventure of Link as the 100th classic game on the Wii Shop Channel.

The Wii Shop Channel allows gamers to purchase and download classic Nintendo games from a variety of game consoles from Nintendo, Sega and NEC. Among them are Sonic the Hedgehog, Super Mario 64 and the original Legend of Zelda.

ZELDA II MARKS 100TH DOWNLOADABLE CLASSIC FOR THE NINTENDO WII

Nintendo also revealed that it has passed 4.7 million downloads of games by Wii owners since November 2006. Super Mario Bros., originally for the NES, is the leading download.

Nintendo also has plans to continue to release new games into the shop channel on a weekly basis, with new downloads available every Monday.

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