As of April, Windows 7 has 31.71% of the desktop operating system market, compared to 31.56% for Windows XP.
Friday, April 8, 2011
Windows 7 just overtook XP in the United States
New Acer Honeycomb Tablet Landing April 24 for $449.99
The Acer Iconia Tab A500 is the company’s first Honeycomb-based tablet and it features a 10.1-inch screen, dual-core Nvidia Tegra 2 processor and front- and rear-facing cameras.
Watch YouTube videos without breaks on a slower Internet connection
If you’re on a slower internet connection, then watching YouTube videos can be a pain. Frustration and more frustration. In fact, YouTube realizes that this could be a problem, and have alternate methods for you. YouTube has a Feather tool that lets you watch YouTube videos on slower connections. It doesn’t include those items that eat up bandwidth and make YouTube videos slower.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
ASUS refreshes Lamborghini VX7 with Sandy Bridge, mercifully offers a black option
Just in time for Spring, ASUS has refreshed its Lamborghini VX7, a staple in the company's line of premium notebooks (and fugly smartphones) inspired by the storied Italian car maker. Available in orange and a more staid black, this 8.4-pound beast packs a quad-core Sandy Bridge Intel Core i7 processor, Full HD 15.6-inch display, discrete NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M graphics with 3GB of video memory, up to 16GB of RAM, an 8-cell battery, one USB 3.0 port
Exclusive: White Nexus S for AT&T hands-on! (video)
Well, what do we have here? Sure enough, it's that coveted white Nexus S with AT&T-compatible 3G that we mentioned yesterday, and we just got our dirty little paws on it thanks to a friendly tipster. This particular handset was purchased from Negri Electronics, and it's both unlocked and running Android 2.3.3 (Gingerbread), the version that just barely started rolling out to existing Nexus S units in February.
Android Will Rule Half of the Smartphone Market By 2012
Gartner predicts worldwide smartphone sales will reach 468 million units in 2011 and Android will command 38.5% of the smartphone market. By 2012, that rate will increase to 49.9%, but it will drop slightly to 48.8% by 2015.
Google adding touchscreen-friendly tweaks to Chrome OS, still has tablets on its mind -- Engadget
When a tablet version of Chrome OS was teased back in February of last year, we found it a legitimately exciting proposition. Now that we have Android's Honeycomb iteration designed specifically for slates, however, we're having to wonder just why Google's still chasing that keyboard-less dream with its web-centric OS.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
75 year old killed Georgia, Armenia internet - Times LIVE
Microsoft and Toyota Use Cloud to Connect Cars, Homes and Users: Tech News and Analysis «
Microsoft and Toyota Use Cloud to Connect Cars, Homes and Users: Tech News and Analysis «
Microsoft and Toyota are jointly investing $12 million in a bid to build a cloud-based platform that will connect cars, homes and electrical smart grids. The joint venture, announced today, will be run out of Toyota Media Services and will leverage Microsoft’s Windows Azure cloud computing service, creating a platform for mobility apps that can encompass communication, GPS, power management and safety.
Samsung Galaxy S II gets upgraded to 1.2GHz
Well, it looks like there's some good news and some bad news for those holding out for a Samsung Galaxy S II. GSM Arena is reporting that Samsung has decided to upgrade the phone's dual-core processor from 1GHz to 1.2GHz, something that was first revealed on Samsung Estonia's Facebook page and has apparently be confirmed by GSM Arena itself from an "internal source."
Hot Rocks: Geology Photo Contest Winners | Wired Science | Wired.com
Geologists routinely find themselves in some of the most remote, beautiful and strange spots on Earth. Photographing geological features is an important aspect of the science, and every now and then every geologist captures an image that is scientifically interesting and stands out aesthetically as well.
Why Websites Are Slow & Why Speed Really Matters [INFOGRAPHIC]
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