Category: PC & Linux

Microsofts going to announce some more official details about Windows 8 from now on, but until then we will just give some interesting titbits from leaked version of the OS. The batch includes a most conclusive evidence yet of Windows 8 app store, including logo in the picture, the other references at the code level got ability to download a trial app and then unlock the full version, and the existence of things like screenshots and system requirements in the app store listings.

Adobes demos of iPad compatibility, interacting with Photoshop for some time and now it looks that is finally be able to take the whole thing for a spin. As said the company today released the Creative Suite5.5, features the ability to use tablets and smartphones to interact with companys flagship image editing software. While there is still no word for releasing the apps for other platforms, Adobe has given the Apples magical device a special namecheck, the previously announced Eazel, Color Lava, and Nav Apps will hit the app store from any time now. Users of Photoshop CS5 will also utilize their recently released 12.0.4 update. For more details read the press release.

The 14-inch P430 and 15.6-inch P530 mark the start of its new Blade Series of laptops, which are the result of slimming work at LG labs. The display thickness is 4.5mm and 4.7mm respectively. The bazel on 14inch model is so narrow as to fit its screen within the dimensions of a traditional 13.3 inch laptop, weighs at 1.94kg on the P430 and 2.2kg on the P530. A Core i7 CPU and GeForce GT520M GPU will provide the internal firepower, while the rest of the specs are same as it announced. The P430 will launch in Europe, Asia and Middle East and South America at the end of this month May and followed by P530 in June. For more details read the press release.

Japan always provides us with new innovations, the latest one is being a kiss transmission device, it will record, relay and if you wish it, it will replay your finest tongue. It got a plastic implement taking input from one persons mouth and conveying it to a second box, intended to be gobbled up by the recipient of this techno-affection, who may respond in kind or just sit back and enjoy the thrill of it.

Ubuntu 11.04 or Natty Narwhal, is now here and packing the significant changes from earlier editions of the Linux distro. The most obvious is arrival of Unity desktop environment, which was relegated to netbooks. It got integrated search, a combination launcher and taskbar, and app menus that have been moved to the top of the screen basically it is harvested the best ideas from Apple and Microsoft and splashed pretty coat of aubergine paint on it.

Dells new Precision laptops M4600 and M6600 workstations already impressed us by the specs, will be on sale from May 10th. Dell revealed that the machines will make their debut with the prices at $1,678 for M4600 and $2,158 for M6600 for its big 17-inch. The laptops also have optional IPS and four-finger multi-touch displays for your viewing pleasure and RAID support for your peace of mind. For more details read the press release

Mozilla Firefox 4.0 has reached 100 million downloads, Mozillas community coordinator for Firefox marketing revealed it on his personal blog last weekend. While this is quite a achievement , a web analytics company showed that Firefox 4 has done nothing to boost Mozillas overall share of the browser market. Most of the 100 million downloads are done by existing users to upgrade their older Firefox versions. It is to be noted that Firefox 4 was well received by critics and users.

18 months after Windows 7 was released, Microsoft is boasting that it had sold 350 million licenses of its operating system. Windows 7, is flourishing both at home and at work. Microsoft cites and IDC estimate that 90 percent of corporations are currently in the process of migrating to Windows 7, and Redmond claims that deploying Windows 7 will allow businesses to save around $140 per PC per year. This take up got nice side effects notably, it will be another nail in the coffin of IE6.

Researchers in France have found a way to double the storage capacity of magnetic disk drives by constructing 3D Towers on information. The persons from SPINTEC created these pillars out of bit-patterned media separated magnetic nanodots, each of which carries one bit of data. By layering the dots in specific formations, the team created a multilevel magnetic recording device with an areal density of two bits per dot twice it started with.