Rather than compete head-on with its larger, more established rivals, Chegg is trying to become a site where students will buy everything they need for school and, in the process, share information that Chegg can sell to marketers. The company has made five acquisitions, companies like Cramster (for homework help) and CourseRank (for picking courses), […]
Jan 28 2012 | Posted in
Business,
Sci-Tech |
Read More »
Microsoft is embarking on what is believed to be its biggest challenge yet—the end of the road for x86 architecture. Microsoft has dominated the PC desktop and notebook markets for more than two decades. Competitors have come and gone but Microsoft remained on top. However, the winds of change are approaching, and they are approaching fast […]
Jan 19 2012 | Posted in
Sci-Tech |
Read More »
One surefire indicator is that the worldl is now in a post-PC era. Those old metrics such as GHz and GB have given way to new metrics such as weight and battery life. ‘Post-PC’ has in many ways made the personal computer even more personal. And Microsoft is positioning itself ready for the ‘post-PC’ era. It’s seeing […]
Jan 19 2012 | Posted in
Sci-Tech |
Read More »
Another problem is that Windows is primarily a desktop operating system. It’s on the desktop that the OS really shines. It also works pretty well on notebooks and not so well on devices that have a cramped screen space such as netbooks. On tablets, it’s a disaster. To help alleviate this Microsoft has developed a completely new user interface […]
Jan 19 2012 | Posted in
Sci-Tech |
Read More »
More than 2,700 companies took part in Consumer Electronics Show 2012 using up 171 963 net square meters of showroom floor where over 20,000 new products were exhibited. Probably the most interesting announcements came from Sony, the Japanese electronics giant. Their Xperia lineup got two more additions in the face of the Xperia ion and […]
Jan 18 2012 | Posted in
Pakistan |
Read More »
Microsoft announced in 2011 that they will be coming with an entirely new operating system in the Windows line. In October, the company announced the Beta version of new Window 8 for experts and technology professionals all over the world for a deeper insight to system. Although the new operating system is developed especially to […]
Jan 18 2012 | Posted in
Sci-Tech |
Read More »
That said, one of Microsoft’s goals with ReFS is to “maintain a high degree of compatibility with a subset of NTFS features that are widely adopted while deprecating others that provide limited value at the cost of system complexity and footprint,” Verma said. ReFS is designed to complement the Storage Spaces feature in Windows 8 […]
Jan 18 2012 | Posted in
Sci-Tech |
Read More »
With the launch of Windows 8, a host of third-party software are pouring on the internet to be adorned by the upcoming operating system. The Windows 8 has not been officially launched; only the beta version was released to technology gurus for their expert opinion. Despite the fact that Win 8 is nowhere near […]
Jan 17 2012 | Posted in
Sci-Tech |
Read More »
In 2011, Apple sold 39 million iPads versus 7 to 8 million tablets using the new Android tablet OS (v3.x). Amazon and B&N, with Google’s ball, developed low-price tablets based on Android 2.x; they sold about 6-7 million this year. However, the bigger picture still has room for Google’s operating system to pose as the […]
Dec 29 2011 | Posted in
Sci-Tech |
Read More »
Google locked horns with Apple in mobile technology in 2008 after the release of its first Android operating system. Since then it has been the ball game of two; other operating systems like Blackberry OS and webOS didn’t stand a chance in the market. Google’s strategy in mobile computing had been totally different from others. […]
Dec 29 2011 | Posted in
Sci-Tech |
Read More »
This holiday season, when super stores will be waterlogged with customers to avail the best discount offers, one thing will remain on the top of the list of many patrons, a thin and smart tablet. The new tablet fashion is in its sophomore year, after the launch of original iPad in 2010, and there is […]
Dec 13 2011 | Posted in
Sci-Tech |
Read More »
Research In Motion is going through a major transition right now. While much improvement has come to BlackBerry Smartphones over the years and the upcoming BlackBerry 6.1 OS looks to push things even farther, the traditional BlackBerry OS on phones is hitting a point of maturity where RIM’s only option is to start with something […]
Nov 27 2011 | Posted in
Sci-Tech |
Read More »