Eagerly waiting for Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 8 operating system? There’s a good new, Microsoft will officially launch Windows 8 OS in October. What is even more interesting is that the Redmond giant will launch both x86 as well as ARM versions at the same time, meaning tablets based on Windows 8 will be available by holiday season!
Smartphones are getting powerful by the day. In fact they are more powerful than standard PCs of early 2000s. So it was a matter of time before a leading operating system vendor realise this potential and make full use of the power offered by today’s smartphones. And guess what the first one to realise the power of smartphones is none other than Ubuntu! Recently, Ubuntu announced Ubuntu for Android, which converts your smartphone into a laptop/desktop. So forget the office PC. Just dock your corporate phone and enjoy Ubuntu.
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At the MWC Microsoft announced consumer preview of its upcoming Windows 8 operating system. As we know its Windows reimagined and reinvented from a solid core of Windows 7 speed and reliability, and boast of inbuilt support for touchscreen devices. So if you always fancied it then here’s your chance to try Microsoft Windows 8 consumer preview.
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We knew Mozilla was developing Firefox browser optimized for Android tablets. And guess what the foundation recently released Firefox browser optimized for Android tablets!
Mozilla recently shared two good news with its loyal fans — it has released the latest Firefox 9 web browser for download and secured funding from Google for next three years!
HP has finally decided what to do with webOS — it has gifted webOS operating system to open source community! Though HP has made webOS an open source OS, it plans to continue to be active in the development and support of webOS.
At a developer event in San Francisco, Microsoft detailed its Windows App Store and mentioned that much-awaited Windows 8 operating system’ beta version including the Windows App Store will be out in February 2012.
You read it right, Mozilla Firefox version number 8 is out now! Thanks to programmers working overtime at Mozilla, Firefox 8 is out soon after it released Firefox 7 in the last month.
Tablets and smartphones are here to stay, so to add to competition, Ubuntu is planning to launch a new operating system for tablets and smartphones. If their plan materializes then Ubuntu will become fourth major OS for tablets and smartphones after iOS, Android and Windows.
Kingston recently announced urDrive, a free pre-loaded application available on a variety of its DataTraveler USB Flash drives which transforms USB drives from passive storage to engaged, active storage, allowing consumers to easily access and organize their personal files, photos, music, games and videos. The application has a built-in photo viewer and MP3 player as well as Norton PC Checkup for security.
