Windows 8 promises to to provide more user-friendly installation experience when upgrading to the new version of the software on the different devices. Microsoft improved not only the speed of the setup process but also its reliability and performance.
About two-thirds of the Galaxy Nexus users report a volume control bug, that causes a total crash of the device. The first Samsung smartphone which supports Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system, becomes entirely unusable after the strange bug appears.
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According to a new post in the Apple news site the third-generation iPad will be 0.7mm thicker than the existing model in order to include the dual-light bar backlighting system that will enable a higher-resolution display. Another important change announced in the site is that the next iPhone which is expected next summer will be redesigned, the body will be all metal with a bigger screen.
After the first Google Android phone supporting Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is already available in the U.K. stores, now every Android owner is waiting to learn when he'll be able to get the new operating system on his device. The good news for the Android users is that the source code for the Ice Cream Sandwich was released and the developers can get to work on porting the software to other devices.
Read MoreSince the flooding in Thailand a few weeks ago the prices of the hard disk drives have been excessively rising. The new tool, called Computer reseller Newegg, offers a quick way to track HDD pricing. According to the results from a search on a Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200 RPM, model ST31000524AS drive the price jumped to $149.99 from $49.99 since the flooding.
Read MoreJQuery Mobile 1.0 was finally released. The framework is supported by almost all of the popular mobile devices, tablets, e-readers and even desktop platforms. Any of this devices can access the content and functionality of a jQuery Mobile site fast thanks to the HTML5 and the responsive design techniques.
Read MoreThe Sandia National Laboratories, which is a part of the U.S. Department of
Energy, joined the group of the SOPA opponents. Their comment was that SOPA, which aim is to make allegedly copyright-infringing Web sites disappear from the Internet,
will negatively impact the US cybersecurity and is unlikely to be effective.
Android developer Trevor Eckhart reported that he found a hidden software on several EVO HTC devices. The software, called Carrier IQ, tracked the location of the phone, what keys were pressed, which Web pages were visited, when calls were placed, and other information on how the device is used and when.
Read MoreGalaxy Nexus, which is the first dual-core Samsung phone with Google's Ice Cream Sandwich version of
Android, has gone on sale in the United Kingdom.
Among the best Ice Cream Sandwich features
are face recognition to unlock the phone, voice typing that
transcribes speech to text as you talk and Android beam to exchange Web
addresses.
The Evernote is launching a new browser plug-in, Clearly, that shows you a clean, story-only view of what you're reading in Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Apple. The Reader view is available even while you're reading an article on a web site.
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