Today..!... Welcome to Windows 8 – The Future of Windows

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There has been a lot of speculation and anticipation surrounding Microsoft’s BUILD conference which started today in Anaheim, California. We can’t be there ourselves, so here’s a link to Winrumor’s liveblog, and be sure t 4: Windows pen and other input options improved.o check out their website for more exciting developments. We’re excited about the new stuff! Are you?

“Delivering Fast Boot Times in Windows 8″. To recognizes that boot time is one of the features most discussed about, and says the Windows division wants your boot to be as fast as possible. It comes as a welcome addition to the information that we’ve been given about Windows 8 – Windows 7 and its predecessors seem like lightyears behind Apple products in terms of booting up. I’m sure that everyone reading this post has encountered long periods of frustration as your computer restarts in what seems like an eternity.

Today, mornig Steven Sinofsky (the president of the Windows Division at Microsoft, as we all know by now) has posted another entry on the “Building Windows 8” blog, centered on the UI of Windows 8 and how the new Metro experience could affect consumers.

There is no doubt that Windows 7 has been a huge success. “Hundreds of millions of people rely on the Windows 7 UI and existing Windows apps and devices every day, and would value (and expect) us to bring forward aspects of that experience to their next PCs.” Sinofsky writes. He recognizes that Windows 7 powers business software, a wide variety of apps that people rely on, and provides a level of precision and control that is necessary for certain tasks. In other words, the desktop experience provides things that you can’t do as easily with a touch-only interface. Sinofsky points out that people don’t want to carry around two devices; those who have embraced tablets also usually own a laptop for those times when they need more precise control or need to use an application that is not/will not be available for use on tablets.

An important goal for Windows 8 he emphasizes is the harmony of the two UIs: one similar to Windows 7, and a Metro interface. The inception of Windows 8, he reveals, began in the summer of 2009, before Windows 7 shipped, and the goal? To completely reimagine Windows and asking some important questions: How do you attract a wide set of developers to a new platform? How can installing and removing applications be made painless and easy? How do you prevent applications from draining battery power? With these questions and more in mind, the building of Windows 8 began.

The bottom line is that Windows 8 brings together all the power and flexibility you have in your PC today with the ability to immerse yourself in a Metro style experience. There are no compromises. You carry on device that does everything you want and need, which is connectable to the peripherals you desire.

What do we think? I personally applaud Mr. Sinofsky; I agree wholeheartedly with his approach. I think we can all agree that no one uses tablets exclusively. Whether at work or at home, you have another PC. For more “heavy” tasks like modeling 3D objects or animating video, we automatically look to our desktop or laptop. Isn’t it peculiar that almost no one writes applications for a tablet on a tablet, while desktop programs are always written on a desktop? The unification of the tablet UI and the desktop experience is a necessary process and one that must be well thought out.

What do you, the readers and customers, think about Microsoft’s approach?

today is a big day for the Windows team. At the BUILD conference we are about to preview Windows 8. There’s a ton to see in the product and so we’d really encourage everyone to check out the available streams on http://buildwindows.com, where we will webcast the keynote. The BUILD conference this week is focused on developers and hardware partners, and there are over 100 sessions (all of which will be available from the link above within about a day of the scheduled presentation time). In that sense it is good to keep in mind that today is the launch of the developer opportunity for Windows, not the launch of a product (and certainly not the launch of new devices).

Windows 8 represents a reimagining of Windows from the chipset to the experience. Since this is a week focused on developers, we also detailed the bold underpinnings of the re-imagination of the Windows platform, tools, and APIs. We will show off the opportunity to build applications for all of the customers of Windows 8, no matter what type of PC they have—from tablets to laptops to convertibles to desktops. We will show the brand new tools that allow you to code Metro style applications in HTML5/JavaScript, C/C++, and/or C#/XAML. The investments you have made as developers in all of these languages carry forward for Windows 8, which lets you choose how to best make use of the Windows 8 system services. We talked about Windows 8 being a no-compromise OS for end-users, and it is also a no-compromise platform for developers.

Many are interested in Windows 8 for ARM processors. Everything we showcased today at BUILD also runs on the ARM-based Windows PCs being created by ARM partners and PC manufacturers. Windows 8 running on ARM will ultimately be available with ARM-based hardware that you can purchase. ARM requires a deeper level of integrated engineering between hardware and software, as each ARM device is unique, and Windows allows this uniqueness to shine through. The new development tools enable you to start today to build Metro style applications that will seamlessly run on x86 (32 and 64 bit) or ARM architectures. Even if you use native C/C++ code, these tools will enable Metro style apps to target specific hardware if you choose. As new PCs become available for testing, PC manufacturers will develop seed programs for developers.

You probably want to try out the preview release—and you can. Starting later tonight you can download the Windows 8 Developer Preview. This includes a 64-bit (x64) build with development tools to build apps, and a 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) build without development tools. The releases also include a suite of sample applications (please note these are merely illustrations of potential apps, not apps that we intend to ship with Windows 8). The ISOs are linked to from http://dev.windows.com.

Upgrade from Windows 7 installation is not supported for pre-release code; only clean installs are supported. Reminder: this is a developer preview release and is not meant for production. It is not a beta release. We will be updating the release with various quality updates and drivers over the coming weeks/months just to exercise our overall update and telemetry mechanisms.

We’ve got a lot more blogging to do. So stay tuned. This blog continues to be a big part of the development process. Now we have a lot more shared context, and so we expect folks commenting on posts to be running the Preview so we share in the context of the release. Let’s keep comments focused on the topic at hand and we’ll pay attention for potential new topics. We know there will be a lot—that comes from reimagining a product used by a billion people!

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Intechclan : A Honest computer technicians for your data safety ?

This laptop technician was caught snooping on a female customer's pictures and personal files

Intechclan : Don't Trust Your Computer, laptop or the Irreplaceable Files On It To Just Anyone! Hiring the wrong computer repair guy or technician can not only be incredibly frustrating and expensive, but you could end up losing ALL of your irreplaceable files, photos, music, e-mails, and other important documents or a technician, stealing a computer data from your hard drive.......!!!! The predictable, though unfortunate truth is that not all computer technicians are upstanding citizens.

According to dailymail , Companies responsible for the repair with a "defective" laptop illegally snoop through a client and personal files to a treaty to their bank account. An investigation found low technical steal passwords, an overload of work and private metals by means of images of the laptop with the owner of a bikini.

Researchers from a new laptop with a cable connection with hidden cameras and spy software from operating without the knowledge engineers.

The laptop is not easy to recognize: a memory chip that stopped the computer.For running, the chip simply appeared to be back in position.

Researchers from the Sky News team has a six repair shops in London. The most serious is portable revival in Hammersmith, West London.

Shortly after the adoption of the actual debt, the engineer called to say that the team with a new motherboard, costs £ 130. During the course of the investigation, other techniques have been caught trying to reach customers online bank accounts and stolen passwords

Monitoring the software and was a technician for browsing the files on your hard disk, including intimate pictures of vacations, several researchers show that the sky in your bikini.

Since the technical snoop through files was filmed smiling and showing the images to a colleague. Later in the same shop, half technician for loading the machine to look through the photos - stored in a folder 'private'.

Smile, the technician loads the images on a memory of the device is kept around his neck - the software is full of similar pictures in a folder as' Mamma jamma "- street slang for women with large breasts.

A copy of a file with passwords for Facebook, Hotmail, eBay and NatWest bank.
Portable technicians

Once the technician has discovered this information, open a web browser on the laptop and tried to bank five minutes - not because the information was false.

Portable recovery refused to comment on the investigation.

An engineer in Digitech in Putney, south-west of London, the researcher also the photos on holiday - after looking over your shoulder.

An employee at the store said: "We saw the pictures to see if the memory is fully functional."

PC World repairer in Brentford, West London, told the investigators that the team needs a new motherboard, for an amount of £ 230.When the computer is collected only memory chip - it was not faulty - has been replaced.

PC World Anina Castle spokesman said:

"We have a fee of £ 230 in every aspect of security failures."

Micro Anvika on Tottenham Court Road, central London, which the laptop signal before saying more tests are needed. Will be charged £ 145 for a full review of the laptop.

The company has since apologized and returned some of the fees. Technical Computing Evnova in Barbican in the city of London was also a loss of memory chip and solid, but not before he also said that the need to replace the motherboard.

The offer of a new motherboard is rejected, it appeared that someone Evnova chip solder pins together to renegotiate the original debt.


The company later claimed that he thought the reporter was the repair of a competing company. Only a wine shop with a certificate of good health: Pix 4 in Shepherd's Bush, west London. The company was the chip in place, and free.

Richard Webb, marketing spokesperson for the Institute on the website of Commerce, said: It is a major breach of trust. If you are skilled in computers that are not at hand in the computer to be repaired. They know that. "

As far as my "advice" is to keep sensitive files on an external HDD.. Its going cheap..cheap these days..!..., that way you don't have to take it in with the PC. Or if it's at home, then just disconnect it.

And make sure cleared your internet browser (firefox, IE, Opera etc ) cookies. Every web browser stores web pages, images, cookies, and other downloaded content on the computer. This is called the browser's cache. Clearing it before sent your computer to technician, Its can protect your privacy.:Intechclan


This footage reveals how one technician tried to get into a customer's on-line bank account


One technician charged £230 for motherboard but only replaced a memory chip


During the undercover investigation, other technicians were caught trying to get into customers' online bank accounts as well as stealing passwords


The laptop was examined by technicians at Digitech and PC World

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IBM, Sun Microsystems Deal Could Create High Tech Juggernaut

With a reported $6.5 billion cash offer on the table for Sun Microsytems, IBM would be well positioned to snag significant market share in enterprise server hardware and software, particularly in Linux and Java software for Web application development. The deal would also give IBM a leg up in the data storage, government systems and telecommunications markets.

IBM may acquire Sun Microsystems for as much $6.5 billion in cash, a premium of more than 100 percent over Sun's March 17 closing price of $4.97 a share. The proposed deal -- neither confirmed or denied by IBM and Sun -- would give IBM a powerful market position in open-source Linux and Java software for Web application development, data storage, government systems and telecommunications.

The Wall Street Journal, which reported March 18 the two companies were in talks about a possible deal, said Sun had been shopping itself in recent months, including approaching IBM server rival Hewlett-Packard and Dell. If a deal is made for $6.5 billion, it would be IBM's largest ever acquisition, eclipsing the $5 billion IBM paid for Cognos in 2007.

"It would certainly create a high tech juggernaut in the software and server business," said Technology Research Research senior analyst John Spooner. "It's an opportunity for IBM to take out a competitor and gain market share, particularly in open-source products."
Both IBM and Sun build enterprise servers that use open source to operate without Microsoft's Windows software or Intel's microprocessor chips. IBM is the world's largest server manufacturer with 31 percent of the market while the struggling Sun is in fourth place at 10.6 percent, trailing IBM, HP (29.5 percent) and Dell (11.6 percent).

"A deal would certainly give IBM a significant boost in open-source products," Spooner said. "IBM would simply expand what Sun's already doing." Spooner added it wasn't surprising Sun was seeking a buyer. "The bulk of Sun's business comes from U.S. companies that aren't really buying anything right now. IBM has plenty of cash."

Roger Kay, president of Endpoint Technologies Associates, noted that Sun owns a lot of intellectual property with a "pretty good portfolio. IBM thinks it can do more with those assets than Sun. It seems like a pretty good fit and it seems to make sense."

In November 2008 -- stunned by a nearly $2 billion quarterly loss -- Sun announced a massive restructuring of its business into three divisions that resulted in the cutting of up to 18 percent of Sun workers around the world. Under the plan, Sun collapsed its organization into three primary business units: Application Platform Software, Systems Platforms and Cloud & Developer Platforms.

Sun's fourth quarter loss was a huge reversal from the same period in 2007, when the high-end hardware and software company reported an $89 million profit.

"Sun is still fairly valuable," Kay said. "Sun has not been particularly well positioned lately. IBM will create more outlets for Sun's products.

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