Sony made it official in Tokyo, disclosing two new tablet designs that will run Android 3.0 "Honeycomb" software and have access to PlayStation content. The Japanese company said in a brief statement that it is "developing two tablets," including the S1 which is "optimized for media entertainment" and the S2 (both codenames), aimed at "mobile communication and entertainment."
Last week YouTube sent an email to Google Video users letting them know YouTube would be ending playbacks of Google Videos on April 29 and providing instructions on how to download videos currently hosted on the platform. Since then YouTube received feedback about making the migration off of Google Video easier. Based on that, here’s what YouTube is going to fix.
Read MoreMore details about Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 have apparently leaked onto the Web, revealing new surprises and some makeovers to existing features. A greater peek into the next version of Windows is coming from Windows 8 Milestone 1, also known as Build 7850, which started popping up at various FTP and file-sharing sites. This build was released to Microsoft partners late last year.
Read MoreAll new videos uploaded to YouTube are now transcoded into WebM. WebM is an open media file format for video and audio on the web. Its openness allows anyone to improve the format and its integrations, resulting in a better experience for you in the long-term. YouTube hopes to reduce the technical incompatibilities that prevent you from accessing video while improving the overall online video landscape.
Read MoreGoogle released the latest version of Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer. They introducing a fresh, clean look that personalizes Toolbar with the tools mostly used. The performance of the Toolbar have improved without slowing down the browser, making it one of the fastest add-ons you can use in Internet Explorer.
IE10 Platform Preview 1 is the first step in delivering the next wave of progress in native HTML5 support. Web sites and HTML5 run best when they run natively, on a browser optimized for the operating system on your device. Microsoft built IE9 from the ground up for HTML5 and for Windows to deliver the most native HTML5 experience and the best Web experience on Windows.
Read MoreMicrosoft has opened the tap on its cloud-based Office 365 and is now offering the service as a public beta for anyone to try out. Available in 38 countries and in 17 languages, the new beta follows several months of limited testing among a couple thousand businesses that were able to kick the tires on the service. After the public beta, Office 365 will officially launch later this year.
Read MoreFirefox will undergo its biggest developmental upheaval ever. Mozilla-central, the source of nightly builds, will be renumbered to version 5 - and at long last, after years of wallowing around version 1, Mozilla's rendering and layout engine, Gecko, will also have its version number updated to match Firefox.
Read MoreMozilla has further detailed its new development model for Firefox. The current draft says Firefox 5 will arrive on June 21, 2011 and Firefox 6 will be released on August 18, 2011. All changes to Firefox source code are initially integrated in the mozilla-central Mercurial repository.
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