Thursday, March 15, 2012

Microsoft: Don't hate on IE 10

  Techies are spending a lot of time on PCs in our post-PC world | Microsoft Research showcases touchscreen technology with 1ms latency
 
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Microsoft: Don't hate on IE 10
Microsoft says its latest version of Internet Explorer clears out a lot of clutter and creates a more immersive browser experience when paired with Windows 8's touch environment, and that it can be navigated by mouse and keyboard as well, although from the sounds of it not as elegantly. Read More


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Techies are spending a lot of time on PCs in our post-PC world
There's lots of talk about us being in a post-PC world - yesterday, for example, from Ray Ozzie - so I found interesting this current poll on Slashdot that asks: "My PC accounts for (--)% of my computing time?" As of this morning, 6,434 Slashdot readers had weighed in, with this picture (and the text below it) showing the results. Read More

Microsoft Research showcases touchscreen technology with 1ms latency
One of the more common complaints about Android devices is that the multitouch screen demonstrates much more lag than the iPhone. In a widely disseminated blogpost exploring the reasons behind the discrepancy, former Google intern Andrew Munn explained that UI rendering in iOS is given top priority over all other processes. Read More

Ultrabooks in pictures: The newest, thinnest, lightest laptops
Ultrabooks, a term coined by Intel, give name to the increasingly thin, light, fast and (relatively) cheap Windows laptops popping up over the last year in reaction to the Apple MacBook Air and the iPad-led tablet craze. Read More


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IT execs still awaiting Windows 8 on tablets
IT managers say they are eagerly awaiting Windows 8-based tablets due out this fall, though some do wonder whether it's too late for Microsoft to successfully take on Apple iPads and various Android tablets. Read More

Microsoft wants to alter your perception with ultra-fast touch response
In a video posted by the Microsoft Research Applied Science Group, Assistant Director Paul Dietz discusses advances in high-performance touch systems being worked on at the company that could actually change the way users perceive what is happening on a digital device. Read More

Mozilla, Google commit to Metro browsers for Windows 8
Mozilla has kick-started development of a Metro-style version of Firefox for Windows 8, Google has committed to doing the same, and Opera Software said yesterday that it's looking into the matter. Read More


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Three ways Web browsing changes with IE10 in Windows 8
While Metro apps for both Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome have been recently announced, users are getting a chance to actually use the Metro app for IE10 in the Windows 8 Consumer Preview. Providing a full-screen browsing window and touch friendly controls, the desktop experience feels like using browsers on smartphones and tablets, even on a desktop or laptop, though less intuitive when using a mouse. Read More

Microsoft incites madness with March's Patch Tuesday release
In what has been called "a flashback of the bad old Patch Tuesdays," Microsoft Tuesday released its six security bulletins for the month of March. Read More

Ubuntu 12.04: A 'coming of age' on servers too, Shuttleworth says
Much has already been made of Canonical's forthcoming Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS, not least by Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth himself, who has described it as the first time Ubuntu has taken the innovation lead over Macs and Windows. Read More

Pwn Fest: Hackers shame IE9, Chrome, Firefox in Pwn2Own & Pwnium
During the three-day CanSecWest security conference in Canada, the four browser targets for Pwn2Own were Microsoft Internet Explorer, Apple Safari, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox, all of which were running "the latest, fully patched version of either Windows 7 or Lion." Read More

Google Chrome to get a Metro-style look for Windows 8
Windows 8 is shaping up to be a new battleground for the browser wars, with Google confirming plans for a Metro-style version of Chrome. Read More

 
 
 

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