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USB 3.0 and Windows cloud option for Toshiba Canvio drives

Published on: 8th October, 2011

Toshiba recently upgraded its Canvio drives by launching its third generation. Its 2.5-inch portable drive gets a speed upgrade since the drive now supports USB 3.0, which brings it up to speed with regular disks. Windows users who receive the upgraded Canvio drives also get NTI’s BackupNow EZ for content backup locally or to the [...]

Skype, Spotify, Kik, Angry Birds and Layar for Windows Phone 7

Published on: 2nd May, 2011

During the MIX11 event organized by Microsoft, the company showed it had caught up in application development in a spectacular manner with a series of important Windows Phone 7 applications that are to be taken advantage of with the occasion of Mango, the fall 2011 update. The first unveiled was Skype, which will take advantage [...]

Windows Home Server 2011 to be ready in early April

Published on: 8th April, 2011

The Home Server team announced a few days ago that the Windows Home Server 2011, initially known as Vail, would be available for evaluation in early April. The release version has got the approval. The software would allow files and data to be accessible and organized from anywhere and backup made automatically. The team said [...]

Windows 8 ARM-based tablets being explored by Taiwanese companies

Published on: 10th March, 2011

ITProPortal has recently found out, thanks to the CeBIT show taking place in Taiwan, that most of the companies exhibiting were anxious to launch ARM-based products running on Windows 8. Products will include tablets, notebooks, mainboards and even barebone PCs. The first companies to do so are expected to be those who already manufacture ARM-based [...]

Ads arriving through Skype’s Windows application

Published on: 10th March, 2011

The VoIP and video calling service, Skype, has recently announced that it intends to bring, for the first time, advertising to its Windows program. The first markets to implement this are the US, the UK and Germany; early spots come from Groupon, Nokia, Universal Pictures or Visa. The companies will be advertising daily, while users [...]

Leaks of Windows 8 UI with Live integration and improved taskbar

Published on: 8th March, 2011

The Chinese site Win7China offered an early, limited look at Microsoft’s Windows 8 and revealed some information related to the upcoming operating system. A multi-touch interface is expected to be standard, while Windows Live ID would be used for the login procedure. The taskbar seems to be more functional, showing the progress of driver installation [...]

Roadmap leak says Windows 8 would be ready in late summer 2012

Published on: 8th March, 2011

Microsoft’s schedule on long term for Windows 8 tablets was partially unveiled by a leak a few days ago. According to this source, a public beta version of Windows 8 would be ready at the end of this year, while a final version of the operating system should be ready in nearly another year, just [...]

Windows 8 tablet UI to come out, Windows Phone 7 and Apple cues

Published on: 3rd March, 2011

Recent rumors said that Microsoft will most probably have its first Windows 8 tablet UI, with a mobile-influenced design, by the middle of 2011. The first step in this redesign is supposedly scheduled for Microsoft’s fiscal year end, which happens before the end of June. The SAI tip hints that the tablet will be inspired [...]

Windows Phone to be confronted with its rivals in ‘real time trials’

Published on: 27th February, 2011

Microsoft is preparing an online advertising campaign which would pit WP7 against its competitors in a speed showdown, according to a leak. The Flash-based segments, also known as “Real Time Trials”, are expected to show how fast a Windows Phone 7 device can perform a certain task versus rival phones, be it posting a photo [...]

Copy and paste available for Windows Phone 7 developers

Published on: 8th February, 2011

Brandon Watson, director of developer relations at Microsoft, has recently revealed in a podcast for PPCGeeks that developers of Windows Phone 7 would soon get the missing functionality allowing copy and paste operations. The update just went live a few days ago and hints at a similar one available for end users, which would come [...]

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