Saturday, 20 March 2010
Written by Eugene Cheung
HP isn’t saying anything, but Spanish Clipset has claimed several details on the upcoming Windows 7-powered HP Slate. While Clipset is saying that these details come from themselves, Engadget hasn’t been able to get anything out of them regarding this piece of news. Clipset states that the Slate will cost €400 (about $546 US), which is more expensive than netbooks, but still lower than the iPad’s entry-level price. The publication also says that the device will use a Atom CPU, include Flash support (take that, Apple), USB connectivity, a memory card reader, and a back-mounted webcam, seen below. ![]()
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Friday, 19 March 2010
Written by Iian Kehn
 It was only a matter of time before someone would unlock the Windows Phone 7 Series ROM image, giving you the capability to use the full OS, and one developer has done just that. Meet Dan Ardelean, the guy behind the unlock, supposedly he’s pulled the link from his site, but hundreds of people have mirrored the files across various file sharing sites like RapidShare, and MegaUpload.
Within the emulator, it looks like there is just about everything in the image Dan released, while I’m not entirely certain of what all is supposed to be in there, it looks and works just like the device.
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Thursday, 18 March 2010
Written by Paul Paliath
While Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 Series is months away from hitting the shelves, they did show off a commercial at MIX 2010 that hints at what the ad campaign will be like once Microsoft starts to widely market WP7. The commercial certainly fits the “life in motion” school of thought that Microsoft approached Windows Phone 7 and the Metro UI with, showing multiple people using their WP7 devices to share a photo with each other (with one of them uploading it to Facebook quickly and easily), checking movie times and driving directions to the theatre, showing the appeal to all ages with Xbox LIVE functionality, and showing the intuitiveness and simplicity of the Metro UI (or should I say NUI). It’s definitely worth checking out, so hit up the source link to view it. ... Read More
Thursday, 18 March 2010
Written by Paul Paliath
Until now, Microsoft has remained pretty tight-lipped on Windows 7 SP1, and the only information we have thus far on it is the leaked info from an array of sources, primarily Russian enthusiast site WZOR. However, today, amongst a flurry of virtualization-related chatter, Microsoft said a little something about SP1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. On the Windows 7 front, nothing much was said asides from the fact that Windows 7 will simply include a wide array of “minor updates”. However, there’s some new features slated for Server 2008 R2. While not too much was said, Microsoft did announce that SP1 for Server 2008 R2 will bring 2 new virtualization-related technologies: RemoteFX and Dynamic Memory. RemoteFX is a set of RDP technologies that allows people working remotel... Read More
Thursday, 18 March 2010
Written by Paul Paliath
On Thursday, Microsoft has announced that Windows XP Mode no longer requires hardware virtualization technology to run; this means that if you happen to have an older system with a CPU incapable of supporting virtualization, and this prevented you from making the switch to 7 as you or your business needed applications that would only work through XP Mode, you can now upgrade to 7 and take advantage of XP Mode. For those of you unfamiliar with Windows XP Mode, it is a compatibility tool in Windows 7 that allows you to run software in the XP environment on your 7 desktop. For example, you would be able to install and use IE6 through XP Mode on 7, which wouldn’t otherwise run. XP Mode—which is essentially a license of Windows XP—is free for everyone who purchased a legit copy of Windows 7 Professional or Ultimate; other... Read More
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
Written by Eugene Cheung
Portuguese site Livebetas has managed to get their hands on the Wave 4 beta of the Windows Live Essentials applications. Unfortunately, the have only released some screenshots of the apps instead of actually leaking the goods. The build, 15.2.2585.0122, provides us with a peek to what it will all look at later on (the author suggests that the public beta will launch in May). 
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Wednesday, 17 March 2010
Written by Eugene Cheung
Kotaku has managed to unearth a photo of a new XBOX 360 motherboard, which is in turn dominated with a large CoolerMaster fan (no more RRODs?). Sure, Microsoft has released a few iterations of the 360’s guts, but this is the first time that the company has managed to shove both the CPU and GPU into a single board, making it smaller/slimmer. To quote Kotaku: The pic above shows the board in question, with the chip part of a rumoured redesign for the Xbox 360 console, testing of which has recently been completed in China. This isn't simply a new board for the existing hardware, either; it's reportedly a total redesign of the console. Think the PS3 Slim, only...for an Xbox 360. The blog seems dete... Read More
Tuesday, 16 March 2010
Written by Iian Kehn
 If you’re waiting to get your grubby hands on the newest build of Internet Explorer, now’s your chance. At MIX ‘10 Microsoft announced that IE9 will be available for developers to test and develop upon.
The new release, as highlighted before brings some welcomed additions to the IE Platform: - GPU Acceleration
- HTML5 Support
- CSS3 Support
- Dynamic Imaging (via HTML and SVG)
- SunSpider Javascript Engine
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Sunday, 14 March 2010
Written by Eugene Cheung
First Windows Phone 7 Series device revealed
Unveiled during The Engadget Show, the first ever device made by a Windows Phone 7 Series partner has been unveiled. This LG prototype features a slideout QWERTY keyboard, along with the three mandatory buttons at the front. As time passes, more devices will be shown off, and hopefully, they'll make up for the lack of official support for the HTC HD2.
MS Paint updated with impressive features
Although Microsoft has already updated their built-in Paint program for Windows 7, it appears that Microsoft Research is experimenting with it even more. Project Gustav is an intuitive and effective update to the aging program, including the touch-screen oriented design. Will we be seeing this in a newer version of Windows? We'll just have to wait and see...
Android: slowly taking over every single phone
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Thursday, 11 March 2010
Written by Iian Kehn
 You know, for what it’s worth mixing politics with technology is no good, and everyone agrees when I say that the European Union is a bunch of idiots. While I’m certain they have people who know what they are doing, what they don’t know is how to deal with large companies like Microsoft. The one thing that most of us say, no matter where we are in the world is “Oh here comes the EU, with another set of things to pick on".”
So what’s the big deal, they’re doing their job right? Not really. Especially when it comes to tech, it isn’t their business, period. Since when did IE infringe on any international laws, and since when did Microsoft become the main target. If your going to be like that, let’s pick on Apple for using Safari is the native browser. It isn’t right and it isn’t fair to everyone to treat Microsoft like crap. The Linux guys have t... Read More
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