Posted by: bethuy on: 14/07/2009
Apple may have to drop Wi-Fi from the touch-screen smartphone before it starts selling in China. Apple has applied for a network access license in China, which means the company could begin offering the iPhone within six months, according to a report from research firm Wedge Partners. The research firm said the application usually takes [...]
Posted by: bethuy on: 14/07/2009
Google becomes more like Microsoft every day. It used to be that only Microsoft could pre-announce a product to mass hysteria (and mass exodus of start-ups dabbling in the area), then proceed to under-deliver for the first few iterations of the product and still make billions in the process. With Google Chrome OS, Google has [...]
Posted by: bethuy on: 14/07/2009
A Microsoft spokesman denied widespread reports on the Internet that Microsoft has produced an RTM version of its Windows 7 operating system and would announce it a partners event on Monday.”Contrary to the wide reports that we have an RTM build and plan to announce it today, we will do neither,” said a Microsoft representative [...]
Posted by: bethuy on: 14/07/2009
As expected, Microsoft on Monday revealed a test version of the next round of its Office suite of products, which will be available in the first half of 2010. At its Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans, Microsoft released a preview of Office 2010 and Visio 2010 to all attendees as part of a Technical [...]
Posted by: bethuy on: 14/07/2009
Learn how to reposition the taskbar, resize your icons, and save your desktop layout. Widescreen monitors are great for watching movies and organizing windows side-by-side, but a lot of time the space goes to waste. This week I’ve got a great tip that’s particularly applicable to laptop and netbook users: Move the Windows taskbar to [...]
Posted by: bethuy on: 14/07/2009
When I was a kid, I used to wonder if everyone saw the world in the same way. What if what I called “yellow” looked like green to someone else? Wouldn’t it be interesting if everyone’s eyes interpreted color differently? Incredibly, that’s not too far off the mark in the world of digital photography, since [...]
Posted by: bethuy on: 14/07/2009
Want a hot tip that might just save you boxing up a display and tripping it back to the store? This morning the LCD I’d ordered to complement my new game PC arrived, at which point I initiated the ritual of assembly, tearing off clingy plastic pieces and covers of crinkly styrofoam wrap. A few [...]
