New USB 3.0 spec promises instant Gratification

Intel , HP , Microsoft , NEC , NXP Semiconductors, and Texas instruments have formed the USB 3.0 Promoter group to formulate a new USB spec for next-generation PCs, Peripherals, and digital media devices. The New super speed standard promises to deliver near instant gratification whenever user need to quickly transfer large, bandwidth hungry files, " The digital ERA requires high speed performance and reliable connectivity to move the enormous amounts of digital content now present in everyday life, " said jeff Pavencraft, the president of the USB implements forum ( USB-IF ) - the trade association ultimately responsible for the new specification's development. As the new logical step for the PC's most popular wired connectivity, " USB 3.0 will be available to mountains of digital data at super speeds "while maintaining the ease -of-use experience that user have come to love and expect from any USB technology," Ravencraft said. USB 3.0 will achieve a 10x boost in bandwidth throughput in comparison with present day USB 2.0. In other words , if it takes 10 minutes today to load up and iPod with a wide selection of multimedia tacks, it would only take 60 seconds to perform the same task over a USB 3.0 connection.

Linux . You Can DO It !

Linux is hot again. In face there's never been a better time for Microsoft windows user to give Linux a whirl. the operating system is more usable than ever, easier to install and more compatible with PC hardware. It still help to be somewhat tech-savvy to get the most out of Linux, but there is no longer a major requirement. If you are reading this, you are already have what it takes.


Not long ago , Linux seemed ready to make a serious dent in a supremacy of windows on the PC desktop. Corporations had begun to adopt it, and consumers versions appeared that removed much of the Unix-based operating system's oft-discussed user-unfriendliness. Suddenly installing Linux and getting a PCs hardware to work was no longer solely the province of techies : Pretty well anyone can install it, work with it , and even use it regularly.


That was a few years ago. since then linux's fortunes have gone up and down, but development of this open source OS and its open source applications have continued apace. This year , something else has happened that always seems to spur interest in alternative OS's : Microsoft released a new OS of its own. Possibly because upgrading to Vista costs lost of money in hardware upgrades, or maybe just because getting a new OS reawakens PC users; enjoyment of expermintening with new software. Linux is cool again.

























IS Linux FREE ?

coming soon.....

Microsoft Livens up live search to battle competition

Microsoft began phasing in a slick new version of its live search service in a bid to gain ground on leading Internet search rivals Google and Yahoo. Microsoft improved live search will be available globally by the time you read this. According to vice president of search and advertising platform group Satya Nadella, " the core thing of us is to show user we made a quantum jump in search result, " Nadella said while demonstrating search at an invitation only gathering at Microsoft campus in mountain view, is the world's most popular Internet search engine. California based Yahoo ranks second . Live, which replaced Microsoft MSN search service in 2006, has been mired in distant third place.

Microsoft Releases Windows XP SP3 for testing

In yet another sign that Microsoft isn't planning a retirement party for its Windows XP operation system any time soon, The company has released a new service pack for windows vista predecessor. Windows XP SP3, build 3250, has been released to beta testers and contains more then one thousand patches and hot fixes, according to blogger at Newsmart.net. The build is available to beta testers for windows server 2008 and windows vista SP1 and has been published in English, German and Japanese language editions.
The enhancements includes a simplified activation system; a network access protection module that borrows from technology used in windows Vista, and improved support for cryptographic algorithms. The latest major update to operating system, Windows XP SP2, was released more than three year ago. Microsoft introduced a new licensing program designed to let users of fake or pirated copies of the business version of windows XP Upgrade to fully licensed copies. Under the plan, called "Get Genuine Windows Agreement, " software reseller can offer to their business customers a volume-licensing contract that will allow them to replace fake or "mislicensed" copies of windows XP professional with legitimate versions.

Google Spruces up corporate E-mail Service

Google Inc is sprucing up its corporate email service by adding new security tools and more than doubling the storage capacity of Email boxes. Underscoring the online search leader's ambition to enlarge its role in the business software market. The changes to the unveiled, mark Google's first attempt to capitalize on the technology that it picked up in its recently completed USD 625 million acquisition of email security specialist postini inc.

Google also is courting postinin's existing customers as it tries to drum up more interest in a suite of online software applications that cost each user USD 50 annually. The roughly 36000 business already using postini products can get the software bundle, which includes world processing, spread sheets and other program besides email free through June 2008 . After the free trial expires, mountain view-based Google hopes to retain many of those business, which include more than 11 million individual users, as customers. To make its corporate email product even more enticing, Google has boasted the storage capacity of each individual mail box to 25 GBs up from 10 GBs previously. The storage capacity of individual accounts with Google's free email service, Known as "Gmail, " will remain at just under 3 GBs without providing a breakdown, Google says hundreds of thousands of businesses, govt agencies and schools already use its software applications that includes users relying on a free bundle of program that are less sophisticated than the ones in the subscription version.