Report: Microsoft preps Windows 8 upgrade deal for early June debut
Microsoft will kick off a Windows 8 upgrade program for buyers of Windows 7 PCs in early June, according to a report. But unlike past deals, this one may come with a price tag. [ Windows 8 is coming, and InfoWorld can help you get ready with the Windows 8 Deep Dive PDF special report, which explains Microsoft’s bold new direction for Windows, the new Metro interface for tablet and desktop apps, the transition from Windows 7, and more.
Gmail goes titsup for 30 MILLION PUNTERS
Google admitted that an outage last night to its Gmail service affected around 10 per cent of its userbase – in other words, around 30 million people were unable to access their email online. The downtime, according to the Chocolate Factory, lasted up to two hours for some punters. However, reports trickling into The Register suggested that a number of users were still unable to access the mail service this morning. It was only the web interface of Gmail that ...
AssangeTM TV broadcasts this week
The spotlight on Julian Assange is on high beam, this time masterminded by his own content production efforts. Assange warned us in January that he would be launching his own pirate TV speak show. This Tuesday (April 17) the hotly anticipated production will go live, branded The World Of Tomorrow.
Yahoo! enters! last! chance! saloon!
The lazy reaction to Yahoo!‘s latest attempt at revival is cynicism, but a closer examination suggests it is playing a blended hand of cards as well as it can. As we all know Yahoo! lost the search wars to Google, as did a bunch of other vendors that appeared well placed at the time. One of them, Alta Vista, ended up being acquired by Yahoo, which has never entirely given up on its original core business. But that was a ...
Starck brewing ‘fairly, if not very, revolutionary’ Apple THING
Gallic product design hotshot Philippe Starck states he is working on a “fairly, if not very, revolutionary” project with Apple that will be out in time for Christmas. Starck dropped the bombshell in an interview with French radio station France Info, but declined to elaborate on what he meant due to Apple’s “secrecy cult”, AFP reported. “Indeed, we have a huge project together that will be out in eight months,” the Frenchman said, adding that the whatever-it-is will be “fairly, ...
Sony VAIO E 14P Laptop
Sony will release the VAIO E 14P 14-inch laptop in Europe. As part of the Sony VAIO E series, the laptop features a 1366×768 display with a 16:9 aspect ratio, a 1GB AMD Radeon HD 7670M graphics card, an Intel Core i3 2350M processor, a 4GB of DDR3 RAM, a 500GB hard disk drive and a battery that offers enough juice for up to 7-hour of operating time.
RIM to give out BlackBerry OS 10 dev prototypes in early May
RIM is preparing a new OS – called BlackBerry 10 – to replace the two current OSes that it uses (BB OS 7 on phones and Tablet OS on the PlayBook). The BB OS 10 will launch late this year, but app developers can look forward to playing with it sooner – 2000 developer prototypes running a version of the OS will be given to the attendees of the BlackBerry Jam conference taking place in early May. RIMs VP of ...
Dr Who scores new companion from Emmerdale
Former Emmerdale actress Jenna-Louise Coleman has been selected to play the latest assistant to Gallifreyan Time Lord Dr Who, beginning with the 50th anniversary Christmas special at the end of the year. Coleman is ideal known for her four-year stint as Jasmine Thomas, the recalcitrant school-girl turned journalist who battered bent copper Shane Doyle to death with a chair leg, on popular TV soap Emmerdale. She’s also taken a lead role in the mini-series Titanic and had a bit-part in ...
Latest Linux kernel 3.3 comes with added Android
The latest kernel update for Linux has been released, and features supporting Android are back for the first time since 2010, along with improved processor and networking support. “For a long time, code from the Android project has not been merged back to the Linux repositories due to disagreement between developers from both projects,” the release notes state. “Fortunately, after several years the differences are being ironed out. Various Android subsystems and features have already been merged, and more will ...
Another purported image of the Samsung Galaxy S III leaks
If we got a nickel for every time a supposed image of the upcoming Galaxy S III was found, we would have a lot of nickels. Another one of such images for the Galaxy S III has surfaced but we must say, out of all that we have seen so far, this one seems to be the most convincing. A few things are in its favor. First of all, the design looks more like something Samsung would actually design and ...
