Operating System
Windows 8 is faster than Windows 7
Windows 8 Consumer Preview exceeds Windows 7 in many tests resulting in the 35% faster startup time compared with the current operating system. The most obvious of Windows 8 is definitely the Metro interface, but many changes compared to Windows 7 are not visible to the naked eye. Microsoft, for example, has stated that Windows [...]
Android, advertising consumes the battery
The battery consumption of Android terminals would be determined primarily by the activity of advertising that accompanies the applications. A study at Purdue University in collaboration with Microsoft has measured how advertising can affect battery consumption on Android devices. The result was striking: as many as 75% of the average charge is consumed from advertising [...]
Windows 8 has a chance: Windows XP
If Windows 8 wants to impose itself on the market must first deal with the more cumbersome and persistent enemy in front of it: Windows XP. Microsoft has launched a few hours of the Consumer Preview of Windows 8: the operating system will presumably market in the autumn and will be ready to challenge the [...]
Windows 8, Microsoft leads the revolution
Windows 8 can now be tried by all means the Consumer Preview: Microsoft starts the revolution in desktop and mobile sectors. The audience was disappointed with Vista; it was rebuilt with interest through Seven, now wants to revolutionize an industry in which is the absolute ruler. And to do that, the tip firmly on Windows [...]
Mozilla Boot to Gecko, the debut is near
The Mozilla Foundation could present to the MWC in Barcelona the first smartphone based on Boot to Gecko, the new mobile platform coming soon. Mozilla wants to enter the mobile market. They want to do with a browser, the already famous Firefox and also want to do with an operating system that can differentiate themselves [...]
Windows 8: WiFi and 3G connections under control
Windows 8 simplifies the use of wireless connections with a single management interface. There will not need to install device drivers. With Windows 8, users will say goodbye to the complicated procedures required to make a connection to the 3G mobile networks. In fact, Microsoft has simplified the management of wireless connections, eliminating the need [...]
Microsoft shows the pre-beta of Windows 8
Microsoft has outlined some innovations being introduced with the beta release: improved usability and greater customization with a mouse and keyboard. The CES 2012 will be the latest edition of the event in Las Vegas that Microsoft will be the protagonist. In addition to Windows Phone 7.5, the Redmond Company has outlined the progress made [...]
Android, incoming version 4.0.3
Android has been updated to version 4.0.3, dedicated mainly to release bug-fixing and the release of new API level 15. Android Ice Cream Sandwich is ready to take the field to see a new release: a few days ago Google has announced the arrival of version 4.0.3 of the operating system dedicated to mobile devices, [...]
Windows 8: the beta release by February
Windows 8 Beta will not be announced at CES in Las Vegas. The Windows Store, however, will be shown Dec. 6. The beta release of Windows 8 will be announced by February 2012. The exact date but there is dissenting views. According to previous rumors, in fact, the presentation of the public beta should have [...]
The defeat of Ubuntu
Ubuntu is the distro GNU/Linux used in the world: Mint, Fedora and openSUSE now occupy the top three places in the rankings. After more than five years in the top of the Distrowatch charts, reference portal to the universe of the penguin in terms of statistics on the individual distributions, Ubuntu loses the throne and [...]