tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34382968274014110502026-10-23T11:22:13.137+05:30*Connecting to the software galaxy*udaya kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17922150074197735087noreply@blogger.comBlogger151125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438296827401411050.post-32503139449951939822012-07-14T08:13:00.001+05:302012-07-14T08:13:43.233+05:30

We set out to make it as easy as possible for everyone to upgrade to Windows 8. Starting at general availability, if your PC is running Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 you will qualify to download an upgrade to Windows 8 Pro for just $39.99 in 131 markets. And if you want, you can add Windows Media Center for free through the “add features” option within Windows 8 Pro after your upgrade.

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You know the old techie joke, right? If you don’t like the Android phones on the market, just wait a minute.     Pogue's Posts   There are dozens of Android phones, and newer, better ones appear every few months. Google subscribes to the Microsoft Windows scheme: write the software, and let other companies build the phones. The result is a lot of choice, but also a lot

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  Apple's controversial Chinese supplier Foxconn was battling on Thursday to contain a security breach after hackers joined the mounting protest. WASHINGTON: Apple's controversial Chinese supplier Foxconn was battling on Thursday to contain a security breach after hackers joined the mounting protest over iPhone factory conditions by leaking the login details of its entire staff. A

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  RIm said, "The new operating system could be RIM's answer to other OS software like Windows Phone, Android, iOS and Samsung's Bada." NEW DELHI: Facing competition from smartphone-makers like Samsung and Nokia, BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) has chalked out an aggressive plan for India where it will be increasing its footprint to 160 cities, besides launching new

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LONDON: Tech giant Apple's market capitalization is now bigger than the values of Google and Microsoft combined. The iPhone maker's market cap is around 462 billion dollars as of mid-Friday. Tech giant Apple's market capitalization is now bigger than the values of Google and Microsoft combined. Microsoft's is about 257 billion dollars and Google's weighs in at about 197 billion

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NEW DELHI: Hackers, allegedly belonging to a Chinese group called Evil Shadow Team, struck at www.microsoftstore.co.in on Sunday night, stealing login ids and passwords of people who had used the website for shopping Microsoft products. While it is troublesome that hackers were able to breach security at a website owned by one of the biggest IT companies in the world, it is more alarming that

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  Sales of computers and TVs may be hurting, but smartphones keep the tech economy chugging along: Worldwide, the smartphone market grew 54.7 percent year over year in the fourth quarter of 2011, and 1 out of every 3 mobile phones shipped worldwide was a smartphone, says IDC Research. "The launch of Apple's iPhone 4S played a key role in smartphone growth to capture pent-up demand,

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How can you make sure you're getting the best picture on your computer monitor? There are a couple of ways you can go about this, depending on how serious you are about color calibration. If you're an average computer user and just want your colors to match up approximately, there's an easy way to go about this. If you do any photo or video editing, you may need to drop some cash into this

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Apple surged past Samsung and LG to have the best-selling phone brand in the United States, capturing 43 percent of the smartphone market in the last quarter of 2011. But among first-time smartphone buyers, 57 percent purchased Android phones compared to 34 percent who bought iPhones. The information comes from The NPD Group, which said that combined, Android-based phones and the iPhone "

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Mobile giant Nokia seems all set to reaffirm its re-entry in the smartphone battle. The company which according to analysts estimates sold 1.3 million Lumina units to operators and retailers globally in 2011, recently unveiled Lumia 900 at Consumer Electronics show in Las Vegas. Close on the heels of Nokia 900 announcement, the internet media is abuzz with rumours that the Finnish cellphone

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Samsung had plenty of smart TVs that it hoped people would stare eagerly at last week at CES 2012, but it was a display you can gaze right through that was arguably the most exciting. Samsung’s Transparent Smart Window, the 22-inch LCD panel can not only show you everything your regular computer display does, but is also clear so that you can look through at what’s outside your home. Samsung

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Reports of an iPad 3 reveal this month may have been premature, sources now claim, with Apple tipped to unveil its third-gen tablet in March but squeeze in a “strange” event before then. Although a February press event is still apparently on the calendar, Macotakara now says, it won’t see the debut of the new iPad: instead, that will take place the following month, reducing the expected time

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An online petition asking Apple to "address dangerous conditions in factories" making the next iPhone has gotten 35,000 signatures in the first 24 hours of the effort. “I use an iPhone myself. I love it, but I don’t love having to support sweatshops, and neither do millions of other Apple consumers,” said Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman, executive director of the group behind the petition

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Firefox 10, the latest version of Mozilla's popular Internet browser, is now available for download. To download Firefox 10, you simply have to hit the update button on your browser or head to the Mozilla downloads page.   The latest version of the browser doesn't appear to be incredibly different from its predecessor — which was released a little bit over a month ago. Firefox 10 offers

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The next time an Android user mocks your shiny new iPhone or BlackBerry, just smile, nod ... and avoid touching his phone. Because odds are quite high that the device has been used while its owner sat on the toilet at some point — and who knows if he even washed his hands. According to a survey conducted by marketing agency 11mark, about three-fourths of Americans with mobile phones admit that

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Sony Electronics Sony Cyber-shot TX200V in red In an attempt to stanch the flow of consumers leaving digital cameras for their phones to take photos, Sony released its first wave of ultra slim Cyber-shot point-and-shoots that feature 18 megapixel sensors that lessens the "noise" in low-lit scenes and auto-focuses faster. In all, we'll see 12 models from Sony this spring, with

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Riding on the popularity of the iPhone 4S released in October, Apple became the world's No. 1 seller/maker of smartphones in 2011's final quarter, shipping 37 million iPhones and overtaking Samsung for the top spot, according to a recent report. According to Strategy Analytics, smartphone shipments all over the world "grew 54 percent annually to reach a record 155 million units" in

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Almost a year ago, Android phones under the Rs 10,000 category were not great enough to attract consumer attention. With sluggish performance due to myriad hardware models and delayed updates, several users preferred to wait till good Android handsets showed up in that price range. Now we have a range of relatively powerful mobile phones that can run the latest Android OS smoothly. It is indeed

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The Xoom tablet did not get the cash register ringing for Motorola. However, the company will be hoping to change this with the upgraded Xoom tablet that is loaded with many interesting features and a stylish design. Though it is not clear as when Motorola would bring the Xoom 2 to India, but it is already being launched in phases in different parts of the world, so we can expect it to come

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This one is a mid range 10 inch tablet from Acer. It boasts a 10.1-inch display with a native resolution of 1280x800 pixel, and has a dual-core Nvidia Tegra 2 processor with an integrated low-power GeForce graphic chip which is capable of playing 1080p HD videos. The tablet runs Android 3.2 Honeycomb operating system and will be upgraded to Android 4.0 later. In the front, Acer has only 2

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Another tablet that is expected to be launched in a couple of months is the Samsung Galaxy 7.7, though no formal announcement has been made in this regard. This tablet will come with a 7.7 inch Super Amoled Plus display supporting 1280x800 pixel resolution. Inside, it would pack a dual core 1.4 GHz microprocessor with Mali-400MP graphics chip to power the Android 3.2 Honeycomb operating system.

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This is another tablet with a confirmed launch date, and a unique form factor. Like its predecessor, Asus Transformer, this tablet has a keyboard docking station which transforms it into a laptop. The tablet is going to be launched in February at a price slightly higher than its earlier version, which sold for Rs 29,999 with keyboard dock. Transformer Prime TF201 features a 10.1 inch

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Eyeing the increasing competition, we may also expect manufacturers to keep the prices of expected tablets reasonable. Despite lower than expected sales, Android tablets remain hot favourites of the handsets vendors - this further gains ground if we look at the number of tablets lined up for launch this year. Moreover, these new tablets are likely to come with better design and features.

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World's largest handset maker, Apple may come out with the fifth generation iPhone 5 this summer (April), according to a report published on a website. Quoting sources at Foxconn, which manufacturers iPhone for Apple, the website (9to5mac.com) said, “We received word from a reliable source at Foxconn in China that the iPhone 5, as it is currently being called, is now gearing for production.

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Nokia and Microsoft are both banking on the new Lumia 800 to provide them with a big comeback in the smartphone market, currently dominated by Android devices and Apple’s iPhone. The fact that two global market leaders -- Nokia has seen its market lead cut by Android and Apple, while Microsoft operates the world’s premier PC operating system, while failing so far to crack the smartphone market

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