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Your Next Phone May Be Able to See Through Walls
Posted on Apr 20 2012 04:43 PM by xper in Mobile
If you think it's difficult now avoiding embarrassing moments from being captured in a snapshot or video by someone with a mobile phone, you haven't seen anything yet.Researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas disclosed this week tha...
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Microsoft shows off new "Windows to Go" in Win...
Posted on Apr 20 2012 09:08 AM by xper in Windows
Microsoft yesterday laid out the exclusive features of Windows 8 Enterprise, one of three editions of the upcoming OS and the only one limited to corporate customers.Windows 8 Enterprise will be available only to businesses that have signed Softwa...
What exactly do you get with Windows 8 Pro?
Posted on Apr 20 2012 04:09 AM by xper in Windows
Windows 8 will come in only two retail flavors. One is the base edition, with no fancy marketing label, nothing to say it’s a home or consumer edition. So what do you get with the Pro edition? The list of Pro-only features is short and to the poin...
ISPs Have to Identify Alleged Pirates, EU Court Rules
Posted on Apr 20 2012 04:06 AM by xper in Internet
A dispute over whether a Swedish ISP can be forced to hand over the details of one its subscribers to an anti-piracy group has just received its long-awaited ruling from the Europe’s highest court. A few moments ago the ECJ announced that there ar...
Google warns 20,000 websites they could be infected wi...
Posted on Apr 20 2012 04:00 AM by xper in Security
Google has warned 20,000 websites that they might be hacked and injected with JavaScript redirect malware, Google said.In a message sent this week, Google said that some pages of the website may be hacked. "Specifically, we think that JavaScri...
Android malware writers exploit Instagram craze to dis...
Posted on Apr 20 2012 03:55 AM by xper in Security
In an attempt to take advantage of the popularity of free photo-sharing app Instagram among smartphone users, malware writers have created fake Instagram websites to distribute Android Trojan horses, according to security researchers from antiviru...
Twitter spam used to spread rogue security software
Posted on Apr 20 2012 03:24 AM by xper in Security
A new spam campaign is promoting fake antivirus software through hundreds of fake or compromised Twitter accounts and thousands of tweets, warn security researchers. Anyone following the malicious links will receive an alert about malicious activi...
Windows 8 releasing in October, Microsoft hosting Apri...
Posted on Mar 23 2012 11:46 AM by xper in Windows
Anonymous sources aware of Microsoft's release schedule state that developers will finish programming Windows 8 this summer, and that the operating system should launch in October this year.Also backed up by Lenovo officials who trust their fu...
Windows 8 Preview Beats Windows 7 in Most Performance ...
Posted on Mar 23 2012 11:42 AM by xper in Windows
A desktop running Windows 8 Consumer Preview started up faster and generally ran faster than the same desktop running Windows 7. Windows 8‘s Metro interface may be controversial, but it looks like few PC users will complain about the new operating...
Windows 8 will adapt to Retina displays
Posted on Mar 23 2012 11:38 AM by xper in Windows
Microsoft has announced that Windows 8 will scale and adapt to large screen sizes with high resolutions and pixel densities. The firm has said that the next generation operating system will support resolutions beyond that of the new Apple iPad...
Microsoft Windows Beta Bonanza!
Posted on Feb 29 2012 09:33 PM by Tripredacus in Windows
Microsoft has released the Windows 8 Consumer Preview and Server 8 Beta.Windows 8 Consumer Preview ISOs (English, Chinese simplified, German, French and Japanese) in x86 and x64:Microsoft.com: Windows 8 Consumer Preview Windows Server 8 Beta x64 a...
HTC Sense 4.0 preview
Posted on Feb 27 2012 04:24 AM by xper in Mobile
HTC’s HTC Sense graphical user interface has certainly come a long way since its inception back in 2009, where it has seen action on Windows Mobile and Android platforms – with the latter leading the HTC Sense cause these days. The entire idea for...
Microsoft Signing Off on Windows 8 Build 8250 as Preview
Posted on Feb 27 2012 04:17 AM by xper in Windows
Windows 8 will soon be in the hands of the public for those who don't mind experimenting on non-production machines. According to the Verge, Microsoft will be signing off on the Windows 8 Consumer Preview build that will be released next week....
Microsoft Likely to Limit Windows 8 Edition Selections
Posted on Feb 27 2012 04:12 AM by xper in Windows
Microsoft will probably trim the number of Windows 8 editions it will sell later this year, but won't mimic Apple's online-only approach to OS upgrades, a retail sales analyst said last week. In developed countries, including the U.S., Mic...
It's a Window... Not a Flag
Posted on Feb 20 2012 08:17 PM by Tripredacus in Windows
The Windows Blog has released the new Windows 8 logo. You can see the new logo, as well as a short history of the Windows logo here: Blogging Windows: Redesigning the Windows Logo What do you think of the new Windows 8 logo?
Microsoft’s Windows 8 Beta Launch To Gather Feedback, ...
Posted on Feb 16 2012 06:21 AM by xper in Windows
The goal of the forthcoming beta release of Windows 8 is to gather consumer feedback on the new operating system, Microsoft Corp.’s chief financial officer said Wednesday.Peter Klein told the audience at a Goldman Sachs technology conference in Sa...
How SOPA would affect you: FAQ
Posted on Jan 18 2012 10:32 PM by xper in Internet
When Rep. Lamar Smith announced the Stop Online Piracy Act in late October, he knew it was going to be controversial. But the Texas Republican probably never anticipated the broad and fierce outcry from Internet users that SOPA provoked over the l...
Free Windows servers float onto Amazon's cloud
Posted on Jan 16 2012 03:14 PM by xper in Windows
Anyone can download Linux for free, so it was no surprise that Amazon offered the open-source operating system on the free tier of Amazon Web Services. But now the company has added a free version of Windows Server to the Elastic Compute Cloud (EC...
Expect Windows 8 in October
Posted on Jan 16 2012 09:50 AM by xper in Windows
Microsoft is aiming for October to release the commercial version of Windows 8, based on comments attributed to a Microsoft spokeswoman at CES. During a demo of the new operating system, public relations director of the Windows Business Group Jane...
Microsoft in hot water over Windows 8 secure boot
Posted on Jan 16 2012 09:44 AM by xper in Windows
Microsoft is in anti-trust trouble after the Software Freedom group complained to the Copyright Office about its upcoming UEFI secure boot system. Microsoft claimed that there would be no problems using rival operating systems alongside its UEFI ...
Skype Coming To Windows Smartphone Soon?
Posted on Jan 16 2012 09:27 AM by xper in Mobile
When Microsoft bought Skype late last year everyone was expecting Skype to be rushed out onto the Windows Phone platform. However, we're now a couple of months on and Skype still isn't available on Microsoft's operating system. That co...
Microsoft opens up Windows Live Messenger
Posted on Dec 16 2011 01:28 PM by xper in Software
Microsoft has made it possible for others' instant-messaging software to tap into its Windows Live Messenger, in a move that would have been shocking a decade ago. Instant-messaging networks — the big ones are run by Microsoft, Yahoo and AOL —...
Get Comfy With Microsoft’s Bluetooth Mobile Keyboard 5000
Posted on Dec 15 2011 09:36 PM by xper in Hardware
Today, Microsoft Hardware offers a more comfortable keyboard experience with the new Bluetooth Mobile Keyboard 5000 — the perfect balance of portability and comfort for both tablet and laptop users. Featuring an ergonomist-approved Comfort Curve d...
Facebook Timeline goes live
Posted on Dec 15 2011 08:46 PM by xper in Social
The world's largest social network announced Timeline in September, and now it's available worldwide. The feature replaces current user profiles and dramatically overhauls how information is shared on the service. "It's a way to te...
Microsoft Releases AMD Bulldozer Hotfix
Posted on Dec 15 2011 08:35 PM by xper in Hardware
This update optimizes the performance of AMD Bulldozer CPUs that are used by Windows 7-based or Windows Server 2008 R2-based computers. Currently, the performance of AMD Bulldozer CPUs is slower than expected. This behavior occurs because the thre...