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Samsung Released Galaxy Note 10.1

On paper, the Note 10.1 seems extremely capable: it has an extremely fast quad-core processor, the ability to run multiple apps side-by-side on the 10.1-inch display, and, of course, Samsung’s Wacom-powered S Pen stylus, which has been upgraded from the smartphone Note to offer 1024 levels of pressure sensitivity. Other Android devices have tried and failed to meaningfully incorporate stylus support, but only Samsung’s 5-inch Galaxy Note smartphone has ever been a success, and Nilay Patel had high hopes the Note 10.1 would simply be a larger version of that experience.

August 16, 2012 Ivo Rangelov

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Microsoft

Take Windows 8 For a Test Drive

Can't wait to give Windows 8 a test drive? Well, you can take a 90-day trial version for a spin. The "Windows 8 evaluation for developers" is available via the Microsoft Developer Network Evaluation Center, and it's intended for developers building Windows 8 apps and IT professionals interested in trying Windows 8 Enterprise on behalf of their organization. The company doesn't provide any technical support for this trial version.

August 16, 2012 Ivo Rangelov

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Adobe

Flash for Android Dies

In November of last year, Adobe made a surprising about-face on its popular Flash plugin, announcing that it would stop development of Flash for mobile devices. Adobe will disable new installs of Flash on Android, effectively cutting it off from the future of the mobile web — despite the company's historical assertion that Flash would enable the full web experience on mobile devices. Instead, Adobe surrendered the major mobile battlegrounds and pledged allegiance to HTML5.

August 15, 2012 Ivo Rangelov

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Microsoft Unveils SkyDrive.com Redesign

Microsoft has been planning to redesign its SkyDrive web interface this summer, and now the company has officially taken the wraps off a refined SkyDrive.com. Additionally, Microsoft also announced more efficient Windows and OS X SkyDrive integration as well as a new Android app that'll be available within the next few weeks. As Nathan Ingraham saw late last month, SkyDrive.com now supports a new tile-based interface that visually matches the visual style Microsoft has been pushing since Windows Phone 7.

August 15, 2012 Ivo Rangelov

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Dell, Lenovo and Samsung Windows RT Machines Are Coming

Microsoft isn't the only OEM that will be delivering a Windows on ARM tablet/PC. Asus, Dell, Lenovo and Samsung all have Windows RT systems coming to market, too, Microsoft officials said in an August 13 blog post on the "Building Windows 8" blog. When Mary Jo Foley asked Microsoft officials back in late June for a list of vendors making Windows RT tablets and PCs, they declined to provide one.

August 14, 2012 Ivo Rangelov

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Microsoft's Bing Team Turns to Apps

Microsoft's Online Services Division (OSD) is the home of the Bing search platform, MSN and Microsoft advertising. But it's also where a couple of hundred developers are working full-time on writing apps for Windows 8 tablets, Windows Phones and the Xbox gaming console. This team - known as AppEx (Application Experiences) - is the one that built the news, travel, finance, weather, sports and maps applications that have shipped as part of the Windows 8 test builds. They're using primarily (but not exclusively) HTML5 and JavaScipt to build showcase apps that may (but don't have to) include Bing and MSN data and elements.

August 14, 2012 Ivo Rangelov

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Edit the Win-X menu in Windows 8

Several new features and changes are introduced with the Windows 8 operating system. You probably heard about the new start page and the missing start menu. Microsoft has added a menu to the desktop part of Windows 8 that displays quick links to administrative and often used programs and settings of the operating system. When you use Win-X to display the menu, you see direct links to the command prompt, event viewer, device manager, task manager, control panel and search among other links.

August 13, 2012 Ivo Rangelov

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Apple

Latest iOS 6 Beta Adds Wi-Fi Plus Cellular

If you've ever jumped onto a WiFi hotspot from your iPhone to grab a faster connection only to see it bog down and grind to a halt moments later, Apple feels your pain. A new feature that appears to be making its way to iOS 6 this fall aims to automatically detect these hiccups and toggle your iPhone back to cellular data until the WiFi network clears up. This way, some of your most important data and applications will keep on syncing.

August 10, 2012 Ivo Rangelov

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Google Builds Stronger Flash Sandbox in Chrome

Google yesterday announced it had wrapped up work on a stronger Flash sandbox in the Windows version of Chrome, and would soon ship the same for its OS X browser. Chrome 21, which launched July 31, completed efforts to ditch the aged NPAPI (Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface) Flash plug-in for one built to Google's own PPAPI (Pepper Plugin Application Programming Interface) standard.

August 9, 2012 Ivo Rangelov

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Microsoft Office 13 Embraces Web Development

With the upcoming release of Microsoft Office 13, Microsoft is encouraging developers and administrators to use open Web technologies such as JavaScript, CSS and HTML to build their add-on apps. Microsoft wanted to modernize the way the platform is accessed by developers, said Richard Riley, a Microsoft director in the Office division. They have made some of the most significant changes on the developer side of Office in the last 15 years.

August 9, 2012 Ivo Rangelov

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