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Google Drive, Google’s personal cloud storage service, may launch next week at drive.google.com, according The Next Web (TNW).
TNW claims Google will be giving users 5 GB of storage and will be offered initially free. TNW to support their claims cited a draft release from one of Google’s launch partners for the personal cloud storage service. With all these reports and leaks, its safe to assume that the launch is imminent and an official announcement may soon be heard from Google.
Microsoft has officially announced Windows 8 editions that will be available when the upcoming operating system is released to the market. The Redmond software giant also announced that Windows 8 is the official name of the new operating system. To keep things simpler and reduce confusion, the software giant will release three editions of Windows 8, namely, Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro and Windows RT.
PCs and Tablets powered by x86 processors (both 32-bit and 64-bit platforms) will have Windows 8 and Windows 8 Pro. Windows on ARM platform or WOA will be officially called Windows RT. Windows 8 Enterprise edition targeted towards enterprise customers will have all features of Windows 8 Pro plus features required for an IT organization like PC management and deployment, advanced security, virtualization, new mobility scenarios, and more. [Read more...]
Ever wondered how the old vintage operating systems shutdown and restart sequence looked like? Well, it may not be possible to get your hands on the real systems now. It may also not be possible to install them just to experience it.
Here’s a cool website called The Restart Page. As the name goes, the website displays restart sequences of vintage operating systems like Workspace, NeXT, Rhapsody, Windows 1.1, Windows 95, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Apple Mac OS, and more. [Read more...]
Apple has officially released Flashback Trojan Removal Tool that targets OS X Lion 10.7 users.
The Cupertino software giant has recommended all Mac users, who do not have Java installed on their OS X Lion, to run the standalone removal tool. Functionality of the tool is identical to that which is performed by the most recent Java update.
A technical note about the utility on Apple’s Support site states that “If the Flashback malware is found, a dialog will be presented notifying the user that malware was removed.” Further, it states that “In some cases, the Flashback malware removal tool may need to restart your computer in order to completely remove the Flashback malware.” [Read more...]
Microsoft roadmap for upcoming Office 15, Internet Explorer 10 (IE10) and Windows Phone, meant for its partners, have leaked to the Internet.
This year, we all are expecting upgrades to almost all products from the Redmond software giant. From the flagship operating system Windows, Internet Explorer to the most popular Office 15 productivity suite, the software giant is expected to release upgrades to all of them. Though the release dates are yet to be finalized but all these releases are expected by this year-end or in the first quarter of 2013. [Read more...]
Microsoft on April 10, 2012 ends Mainstream support for Windows Vista as well as Office 2007. Extended support for both Windows XP and Office 2003 ends in two years on April 8, 2014.
According to Microsoft Support Lifecycle policy, Microsoft will offer a minimum of 10 year support for Business, Developer and Desktop Operating System products. The Redmond software giant further divides this 10 years of support in two stages: “Mainstream Support” and “Extended Support.” [Read more...]
Apple’s Mac platform is always promoted as one of the safest platform than the competition. But the scenario is changing soon as Macs market share is growing. With its growth, the platform is now becoming a target just like its competition.
According to two independent security companies, Dr. Web and Kaspersky, an estimated 600,000 Mac computers worldwide are infected by the Flashback Trojan. Most infected Macs are based in the United States (around 55%), Canada (around 20%) and the UK (around 13%). The trojan is designed to steal personal information and disguises itself as the popular Adobe Flash browser plug-in. [Read more...]
The Windows 8 Consumer Preview is now available for public download. Many of you are already testing it out while some of you are still busy downloading it.
At a glance, Windows 8 with its Metro UI seems to be mainly optimized for touchscreen input. But if a user delves further, especially those who are confined to traditional keyboard and mouse input, will be glad to find that Windows 8 supports a huge number of keyboard shortcuts to help them interact easily with the new interface. In fact, most of these new shortcuts are mainly to interact with the Metro user interface. For instance, if a user presses Windows Key + C, the operating system will display the Charms bar. [Read more...]
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