Microsoft has launched Windows 8 at an event in New York, proclaiming what it called a “new era” of computing as its latest operating system respin hits retail and online outlets and is available on over a thousand certified PC models, according to the firm. Speaking at the launch, Windows division president Steven Sinofsky hailed [...]
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Android tablets reached a record 41 percent market share in the third quarter, according to a report by Strategy Analytics. The firm, which cannot reveal the methods it uses to collect market data for propriety reasons, claims that while Android tablet sales accounted for 41 percent of the market, shipping 10.2 million units in the third quarter, up from [...]
Apple’s Mac OS X 10.7.3 updatewas released for both client and server versions of the operating system with Apple packing in a gigabyte worth of fixes and security updates. The update brings greater language support and compatibility improvements to graphics performance with older ATI GPUs, Windows file sharing and WiFi, however the majority of the [...]
Mozillahas released Firefox 9, which improves performance and adds enhancements for tablets.The non-profit organisation is continuing with its quick fire releases and the most recent is now available with Javascript improvements. In some benchmarks, such as Kraken, thebrowseris up to 30 per cent faster than Firefox 8.Mozilla said, “The latest update to Firefox includes Type [...]
Google has updated its internet search algorithm and now claims to link search results with real world events.Google’s search algorithm is still the firm’s core money making product andGoogle claims its latest refinements to the algorithm now take into account real world events. Amit Singhal, a Google Fellow said the changes will affect 35 per [...]
Microsoft will include a heat map in the Windows 8 task manager in a bid to highlight potential problem applications.Microsoftclaims its upcomingWindows 8 task manager has something for both power users and those who want basic informationabout unresponsive programs. . User interface tweaks aside, the task manager in Windows 8 will have a heat map [...]
Limewire has paid Warner Music $12m as part of its settlement with music recording labels.Limewire’s turbulent existence came to a shuddering halt at the tail end of 2010 as a court order resulted in the music sharing service shutting up shop. The outfit eventually came to agreements over damages with both music labels and publishers [...]
Google has improved its widely usedGmail service with the ability to choose your favorite inbox style.Google will let users update their Gmail interfaces with a choice of different inbox styles. . These offer easier and better ways for Gmail users to organise and manage their inboxes.Via its blog Google said, “Over the coming weeks, we’re [...]
Linux VendorRed Hat has released Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.1 with numeroussecurityupdates and patches.Red Hat released its popular RHEL 6 distribution back in November 2010 and typically the firm operates on a six month update schedule for current release tracks. . So it is no big surprise that Red Hat has announced RHEL 6.1 [...]
After three years of tinkering away, the Gnome team has finally released the biggest upgrade to the Gnome desktop in nine years, which is available fordownload.The project hasn’t just given Gnome 3.0 a cosmetic makeover. . . It has created an entirely new Gnome shell that offers an overhauled desktop experience and hasanewapplication programming interface [...]