Windows 8 - the successor to the highly successful Windows 7 operating system - will release sometime in Autumn, 2012. The news comes from a Microsoft VP speaking at an event at Microsoft’s headquarters.
If you're obsessed about privacy, this should be a bad day for you: according to a research done over at CNET, Google is tracking users through their individual device addresses and making them searchable. How does it work? We'll explain.
According to recently leaked internal documents, containing roughly 50 MB worth of images and documents, Facebook is getting ready to unveil a new picture sharing app for the iPhone, and presumably for other platforms as well. Details are scarce, but leaked pictures give away a few hints.
Tired of your browser’s start page? Want something fresh? Like Microsoft’s simple yet stunning Metro design language? Got Firefox or Internet Explorer? If your answer to these questions is a resounding YES, then you need to give Eight a try.
Our iPhones have become the home of our digital lives over the last few years. If you're anything like me, then the chances are you spend more time fiddling around on your iPhone than you do using an actual computer these days. One of the main draws of smartphones is their 'always-on' nature - if you're not sat at home connected to a WiFi network then there's always the 3G signal when you're out and about. The problem is 3G isn't cheap, and with unlimited data plans fast becoming a thing of the past we all need a proper way of monitoring the amount of data we're using, and the measuring built into iOS just won't cut it.
3D is an interesting proposition. Many love it, while equally as many loath it. After the recent success of the 3rd dimension in the world of movies, it was inevitable 3D would make it to the home gaming market. Sony was the first to toy with the idea of 3D and now if reports are correct, Microsoft is also getting ready to bring a 3D element to its Xbox 360 console.
The iPad is certainly one of the most well-known devices in the world. A possible prototype has been spotted at Display Taiwan that seems to be of a 3D-capable iPad.
Nokia, which had disputes with Apple over patents for years, agreed to drop the charges in exchange for a one-time licensing fee, along with a royalty fee for every iPhone sold. Yes, Apple will now be paying Nokia money for every iPhone it sells.
When Apple announced iOS 5 during its WWDC keynote last week, one of the many new features was a completely revamped way of managing notifications, dubbed the 'Notification Center'.
Daniel Amitay has developed an iPhone security App known as Big Brother Camera Security, which relies on the simple concept of capturing a picture of anyone who enters the wrong passcode when unlocking the device. Weirdly enough, the app also tracks passcodes (on an anonymous basis of course) for statistical purposes, which led Amitay to write a rather amusing blog post with the top 10 most used passcodes. And yes, the most used one is 1234, how did you guess?
