Intel website lists new 10-inch, 7-inch Android tablets !!

Due to a reporting error, the story "Intel website lists new 10-inch, 7-inch Android tablets," posted to the wire on Monday, misidentified the code-name of Android 4.0. The story has been updated to reflect all versions of Google's Android OS used in Intel's Education Tablets.

Microsoft releases Windows 8.1 beta upgrades

Microsoft yesterday released its Windows eight.1 beta as a disk image, creating it a lot of convenient to upgrade multiple devices within a corporation or enterprise.

Windows 8.1 Preview launched Wed, however was at first only accessible from Microsoft's app market, the Windows Store. each Windows eight or Windows RT pc or tablet had to individually download the huge upgrade from the shop. By downloading a disk image, then burning it to optical disk or storing it on a USB flash drive, users will upgrade machines or devices faster or when they square measure offline.

The .iso files range in size from two.7GB to 3.9GB, reckoning on the language and whether or not the upgrade is 32- or 64-bit. Microsoft has created disk images accessible in English, Turkish, French, Japanese, German, Portuguese, Chinese, Russian, Spanish and Arabic. the .iso fileOnce downloaded,  must be burn-again into bootable media -- generally either a optical disk or a flash drive -- to upgrade Windows eight, Windows RT, Windows 7, prospect or even the 12-year-old Windows XP.

Patent Granted by Apple

Apple has been granted a patent nowadays (via AppleInsider) in a region wherever it hasn’t had tremendous success: social networking. however the system represented within the patent isn’t specific to Apple’s own social services, associate degreed instead describes software system that might be integrated into iOS and created accessible to alternative apps and services as an API to assist regulate and maintain a standard “friend service information.”

SXSW!

“Wow! I’m wanted!” i assumed to myself upon receipt. however once basking in self-loving glory for many seconds, my pride gave thanks to mystification. For one, I’ve ne'er met the sender. We’ve changed one or two of LinkedIn messages, however I don’t assume that qualifies American state as a detailed friend. And in spite of everything the @Garyvee cite as a hook to lure the visitor felt additional unhappy than attractive. however most placing, to me, was that this sender isn't a PR person or helper WHO trades in building social connections, however rather associate bourgeois whose startup I respect. I won’t be attending the dinner, however I hope it goes nice which @Garyvee shows up (I’ve detected he's an amazing factual sommelier). I haven’t lost any respect for the bourgeois WHO invited American state, however I do have some new sympathy for him: He’s caught a prolific bug current geographic region this SXSW-esque time of

Samsung and Huawei kick off M W C

A recent tablet from Samsung and a replacement golem telephone set from Huawei are proclaimed at the beginning of the Mobile World Congress (MWC). About 1,500 exhibitors ar participating at the annual event in urban center. Samsung's pill options associate 8in (20.3cm) screen with a resolution of 189 pixels per in. (ppi) creating it slightly larger and a lot of elaborated than Apple's bestselling iPad mini.

Huawei's Ascend P2 contains a four.7in screen with 315ppi, and a thirteen megapixel camera. The Chinese firm same it conjointly featured a facility referred to as Magic bit, that allowed it to be used whereas sporting gloves - like Nokia's Lumia 920.

Tablet wars
Samsung's Galaxy Note eight.0 is being promoted as a tool on that users will multi-task - running 2 apps in split-screen mode -

Windows Blue

Windows eight sales are mixed, with Microsoft business firm. (MSFT) seeing robust OEM support and moving plenty of licenses, however troubled in sales -- significantly among enthusiasts. At the foundation of the disputation is that the wealthy graphical GUI once referred to as "Metro", that these days is spoken as Windows eight UI.

There've been unofficial rumors that a Windows eight update code-named Windows Blue was future for later this year or early next year. currently those rumors have seemingingly been confirmed, and Microsoft has born a sign that it create reply to criticism and tweak the UI. during a job posting, 1st noted by ferryman at Ma-config.com, Microsoft seeks AN full-fledged engineer, writing:

Readies space telescope to study atmosphere by Japan

Japan is to send an area telescope into orbit round the Earth to look at Venus, Mars, and Jupiter, officers aforesaid on Friday, as they appear to unlock the secrets of our own planet's atmosphere.

Japan part Exploration Agency (JAXA) plans to launch a satellite later this year equipped with associate degree ultraviolet telescope which will probe the gases encompassing 3 of our nearest neighbours within the scheme. Scientists hope this can facilitate them perceive the conditions that created the dense, life-supporting atmosphere of Earth, JAXA aforesaid during a statement. They additionally need to know if star winds have any impact on Jupiter's flux, the world of area round the planet wherever the particles make up the sway of its field.