IE10 Preview: HTML5 First Look

Over the last year we’ve been putting every new major mobile platform through a battery of tests to assess how they stack up as an HTML5 application platform. So far, it’s been thumbs up on Apple, RIM and HP tablets and thumbs down on Android tablets. But we’re still crossing our fingers that the Ice Cream Sandwich release of Android will make the grade.

You need to have hardware virtualization enabled if you want to run Windows 8 in Virtual Box

If your processor does not support Virtualization Technology then you can't run Windows 8 in Virtual Box....you will get a black screen of death. In order to find out if your CPU supports hardware Virtualization Technology you can download the Intel Processor Identification Utility here http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/highlights/processors/toolspiu/

How To Install Windows 8 From USB Key

Microsoft has just released a developer preview of their upcoming operating system Windows 8. Users from all over the world can download the preview and install it on their systems. There is only one restriction with regards to the installation: You cannot update an existing copy of Windows, the Windows 8 installation requires a clean install.

I thought it would be perfect for my Acer notebook. It is fairly underpowered by today’s standards, and does not come with a DVD drive which I could use otherwise to install Windows 8.

Windows 8 Download, Developer Preview

Microsoft today will release a developer preview of Windows 8 to the public. The developer preview will be available starting 8pm tonight Seattle time and will include 32-bit and 64-bit builds of Windows 8 plus development tools.It includes furthermore a suite of sample and SDK applications as well as the SDK. Microsoft notes that the apps provided with the developer preview are samples, and not necessarily apps that they plan to ship with the retail version of Windows 8.

Windows 8 ready for Full HD tablets already in pipeline

Windows 8 paves the way for Full HD tablets, Microsoft has ensured, with execs hinting that high DPI (dots per inch) models are already being readied behind the scenes. Microsoft’s BUILD conference may have started with a bang, in the shape of the big Windows 8 reveal, but there are tidbits aplenty from the sessions afterwards. The company has added native scaling support for Metro apps, istartedsomething reports, which Jensen Harris of the Windows User Experience team suggests is in preparation for 208 DPI slates and above.

The Biggest Threat to Apple could be HTML5

In the world of consumer electronics, Apple has emerged as the leader, redefining a number of industries and generating revenue and margins competitors could only dream for, but that delicate lead may be coming to an end.


Since debuting the iPhone just four years ago, Apple has risen to become the No.1 smartphone vender in the world, beating out long-time titans like Research in Motion, Nokia and Samsung. It has also single-handedly created the tablet revolution, defining and leading what it calls a "post-PC" era with its market leading iPad and iPad 2 devices.

But the very appeal of these products may be its undoing.


Generally, there are three ingredients that make Apple products on top of consumer's wish-lists: the beautiful, avant-garde design, the ease of use, and the unbeatable app and content eco-system.

The first, physical design, can be copie

Windows 8 Samsung tablet leaks out ahead of BUILD keynote

We’re only a few hours away from Microsoft’s big BUILD keynote, which seems a fitting time to start seeing its Windows 8-related announcements start to leak out. A Weibo user by the name of Michelle Hu has posted the above, rather credible-looking image, of what she claims is the tablet Microsoft is giving away to BUILD attendees. You’ll notice a Samsung label on the box cover on the left and what looks like a home button in the middle of the slate itself.

Microsoft Demanding $15 Per Android Handset From Samsung

Well, it’s not new info that Microsoft earns a hefty sum of money with every Android handset sold. That is because Google uses some of the IP rights which are originally patented by Microsoft. So as a result every manufacturer has to pay a certain amount of money to MS for every Android smartphone sold. This is because of the open source nature of the platform; Google clearly has washed its hands off this. Some companies like HTC pay $5 per Android smartphone sold, while others pay slightly more. But Microsoft seems to have raised the stakes considerably now for the South Korean electronics giant Samsung.