Within the first night that the Windows 8 preview was launched, Microsoft saw 500,000 downloads of the operating system. In an interview, Steve Ballmer said that Microsoft still had a lot of work to do to get it ready for production.
Next Gen Intel Chips Allow for 24 Hours on Single Charge
September 14, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Intel is working on its next generation of processors and from what we hear, the power requirements will be much less which in turn means that the battery life in a laptop can be extended further. When Intel launches the Haswell architecture in 2013 they estimate that battery life on a laptop using these chips will be a full day (24 hours).
Windows 8 Explained in 8 Minutes
September 14, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Details about Windows 8 launched yesterday along with a developers download of the OS. The new operating system was detailed in a 3 hour keynote which packed in a lot of impressive details about where Microsoft is headed with the OS. Some people like Windows 8 while others think it will fail.
Windows 8 Developer Download Preview Coming Today
September 13, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Microsoft has released Windows 8 to developers today. The Windows 8 download will be available at 8PM PT today. Microsoft made the announcement earlier today at the Build conference
Auto Rollover Contracts to be Banned by Ofcom
September 13, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The UK communications regulator Ofcom is bringing new rules in which will prevent auto rollover contracts from being legal. At the moment a company such as BT can make a contract auto renew at the end of the initial agreement. Under the new rules this practise will be banned.
Google Docs Outage Explained by Google
September 9, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Earlier this week on Wednesday the Google Docs service went offline. The outage lasted about 30 minutes and caused a number of people not to be able to access documents stored online.
Google Provides Its Carbon Emission Details
September 9, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Google has created a website that details the carbon emissions of the company. The general data shows that the company emits about 1.5 million tons per year of carbon although thanks to custom designing each of its datacentres they have managed to cut down the original numbers by 50%.
Several Microsoft Services Go Down for 4 Hours
September 9, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Several high profiles online services from Microsoft went down earlier when Microsoft appeared to have problems with DNS. The services that went down include Hotmail, Skydrive as well as Office 365. The outage lasted about 4 hours.
Windows 8 Sees Improvement in Boot Time
September 9, 2011 by Leave a Comment
When Microsoft release Windows 8, users will see a large improvement on the boot time of the operating system. After doing a bit of research, Microsoft [MSFT] found that 57% of PC users and 45% of laptop users each shut down their Windows computer at the end of each day. The remaining people either put the PC to sleep or hibernated it. As most people want to start with a fresh boot of the OS each time they switch their PC on, Microsoft has devised a way to make the boot time far quicker than previous version of the OS with a test showing an 8 second boot time.
Shipping Estimates Increase for Many Products at Apple
September 8, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Apple has increased the shipping times for a number of products in the Apple store today. Take the iPad 2 for example. This particular product was shipping within 24 hours up till today when suddenly it jumped to 2 to 3 weeks. Other products have also seen times increase.
Virgin Media TiVo Boxes to be Built by Samsung
September 8, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Starting in late 2011, Virgin Media will switch to Samsung for supplies of the VM TiVo boxes. Up till now, Cisco were creating the PVRs for VM but a new contract has been signed. The picture below, from Pocket-Lint, shows what the new device will look like.
New Search Deal Signed by Microsoft and Twitter
September 7, 2011 by Leave a Comment
It appears that Twitter results could be coming back to Bing. Twitter had been providing real time updates to Bing for the past couple of years and like Google, the contract had ended. It appears that Twitter and Microsoft are now signing (or have signed) a new contract so the search company can carry on providing real time results.
