Day: June 5, 2013

Microsoft

Windows 8.1 makes video debut ahead of June 26th preview release

By admin | by admin

As reported on The Verge. By Tom Warren Microsoft unveiled a number of new changes for its Windows 8.1 update recently, but we’ve only seen them demonstrated in a small number of screenshots. Today the company revealed a new video demo of Windows 8.1, complete with some of the new features in the update. Start Screen changes, UI improvements, and the new Search interface can all be seen in the demo, and Microsoft also touches on the SkyDrive…

Continue reading

Microsoft

Windows RT 8.1 Update Will Bring Full Outlook 2013 Desktop App To RT Tablets

By admin | by admin

As reported on TechCrunch. by FREDERIC LARDINOIS This has long been rumored, but Microsoft just officially announced that Windows RT, its operating system for ARM-based tablets and other small touch-enabled devices, will get Outlook 2013 once the free Windows 8.1 update arrives. Until now, Windows RT featured the desktop versions of Word, Excel, OneNote and PowerPoint, but ever since it launched, business users have been complaining about the lack of Outlook. As Microsoft’s CFO and CMO of its Windows…

Continue reading

Google

Google Will Soon Launch Google Web Designer, A Free HTML5 Development Tool For Creating Web Apps, Sites And Ads

By admin | by admin

As reported on TechCrunch. by FREDERIC LARDINOIS Google will soon launch Google Web Designer, an HTML5 development tool for “creative professionals.” The service, Google says, will launch within “the coming months” and is meant to “empower creative professionals to create cutting-edge advertising as well as engaging web content like sites and applications – for free.” The company shared this news in a sidenote in a blog post about its DoubleClick advertising platform this morning. We reached out to…

Continue reading

Microsoft

Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote to ship free with x86 Windows 8 tablets (update: only with those smaller than 10 inches)

By admin | by admin

As reported on Engadget. By Zach Honig During today’s Computex keynote, Microsoft Windows chief Tami Reller just announced that new x86 Windows 8 tablets will ship with Office in the box. The executive didn’t detail the software offering, beyond mentioning that Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote will all be included. Windows RT devices, for their part, will now also include pre-installed Outlook, beginning with the Windows 8.1 update, which is due to arrive as a preview version later this month. Update: Microsoft…

Continue reading

Space

Researchers use Hubble to map 3D structure of exploding star

By admin | by admin

As reported on Engadget. By Brian Heater Witness now the death of a star in glorious 3D. It’s not quite as exciting as all that, but astronomers have managed to map the eruptions of nova using footage from theHubble telescope. Above are three images of T Pyxidis (that’s T Pyx to its friends), a double star system located some 15,600 light-years away — the white globular bit in the middle is the star. The researchers reported…

Continue reading

Mobile

Samsung Galaxy S 4 Active official: water resistant, LTE-capable, coming to the US and Europe this summer

By admin | by admin

As reported on Engadget. By James Trew Samsung’s gone official with the Galaxy S 4 Active — once again, before the company’s incoming UK launch event. With IP67 water and dust protection — it’ll survive three feet of water for up to 30 minutes — as well as a 5-inch (TFT LCD) 1080p display (443 ppi), there’s an unspecified 1.9GHz quad-core processor to do the heavy lifting. Alongside LTE radios and Android 4.2.2, the GS4 Active packs an 8-megapixel camera…

Continue reading