Apple on Thursday released an update for iOS 7 to fix bugs that potentially
let users bypass the phone's lock screen.
The problems emerged not long after Apple made the radically redesigned
version of its mobile operating system available for download last week.
The bugs let people who could get their hands on a phone go around the lock
screen without using the four-digit security code. Once inside the phone, a
person could access photos, some recently used apps, and in some cases make
calls.
Apple pushed out the update, iOS 7.0.2, late Thursday afternoon. To find
it, go to your device's settings, find "general," and then tap "software
update."
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Ultrabooks shipped a couple years immediately after Windows 7
Over the previous year, I’ve made use of Windows 8 on greater than 20
distinct PCs. Over the past three months, I’ve upgraded a dozen or so of those
devices towards the Windows 8.1 Preview and, more lately, for the Windows 8.1
RTM code.
Now, when I say utilized, I’m not counting devices exactly where I had several minutes of hands-on time at a tradeshow. That total involves devices I spent quality hands-on time with, for a minimum of days and normally weeks or months. In just about every case, it was long adequate to get a strong overview and also a feeling for the relative strengths and weaknesses of a very wide selection of devices.
I’ve also spent a lot of time functioning with finish customers at all ability levels, listening to their feedback and helping them adjust towards the in some cases steep Windows eight.x learning curve. Within this post along with the accompanying image gallery, I choose to share some of those experiences and also the lessons I’ve learned.
Initial, the definition of a Pc has expended drastically in the past year. The Pc industry’s sales may well be dropping, however the total continues to be a sizable number-every month, OEMs sell tens of millions of Windows-based devices. Increasingly, those devices are blurring the lines amongst what we made use of to contact a Pc and what we at present get in touch with a tablet. As far more hybrid designs attain the industry, we’re seeing a very diverse answer towards the question, “What is a Pc, anyway?”
Second, Windows and its ecosystem have evolved tremendously inside the past year too. There are numerous far more third-party apps now than there were a year ago, such as a new wave of apps that the basic public won’t see until Windows 8.1 is released in October. The new Mail app, one example is, can be a profound improvement on its Windows eight predecessor.
That still may possibly not be adequate evolution to satisfy some critics. It could possibly take an additional two rounds of refinements and new attributes to acquire Windows 8.x towards the “good enough” level for a lot of people. (Superior news for them: Windows 7 is years from its expiration date.)
I get the aggravation more than Windows eight. I know plenty of those who rejected Windows 8 as a result of a disappointing and confusing initial encounter, even immediately after creating a good-faith effort to adapt. Following spending three months with all the Windows eight.1 Preview as well as a couple weeks using the Windows eight.1 RTM code, I can tell you it does certainly soften the rough edges of Windows eight on hardware created for Windows 7 or earlier. But these rough edges are nevertheless there.
PCs developed for Windows 7 are very distinctive from those developed for Windows 8.x. The truth is, Windows 8.1 definitely doesn’t make sense till you start out working with it on hardware that was built with a touch-first interface as its explanation for getting. The motives why Windows eight.1 functions the way it does come into even sharper concentrate when you switch amongst many touchscreen devices with apps, settings, personalization, and data files syncing in between them.
I have been covering Windows for greater than 20 years, and I can not try to remember any other release exactly where making use of the new OS on new hardware is so vital to getting a decent expertise. On older PCs, adding Windows 8.x makes to get a mixed bag, with regards to the overall knowledge. On mobile devices utilizing modern day hardware (especially 4th Generation Intel Core CPUs, aka Haswell), the variations are profound. The devices I am applying most frequently nowadays can boot from a cold start in significantly less than 15 seconds and resume from sleep instantaneously. They get far better battery life than equivalent models that had been built just two years ago, and functionality is commonly light-years improved, if only due to Moore’s Law.
However the most important ingredient for mobile devices, in my opinion, is really a touchscreen. Around the multi-monitor desktop I’m utilizing to create this post, I do not require a touchscreen-I’ve mastered the keyboard and mouse shortcuts, along with the Logitech T400 Touch Mouse has adequate gesture help to handle most scrolling (horizontal and vertical). But for all the things else, if it doesn't have a touchscreen, I am not interested.
When I sat down and wrote down the names and model numbers of each of the Windows 8.x devices I’ve made use of over the past year, I identified that they match neatly into these seven categories:
The very first generation of Ultrabooks shipped a couple years immediately after Windows 7. The contrast together with the best hardware from just a number of years earlier, in 2009 and 2010, was eye-opening. I owned and utilized two on the very best examples from that very first wave of Ultrabooks: the Samsung Series 9 (which was my wife’s key Computer for roughly a year) as well as the ASUS ZenBook UX31E (which was my key mobile computer system for 18 months). They’re still amazingly light and responsive…or so I’m told by their new owners. They’ve been replaced in our household by newer, lighter, more quickly models that involve touchscreens.
I know it is probable to create the intellectual argument that touchscreens don’t belong on transportable devices that have a permanently attached keyboard and trackpad. But that theory doesn’t survive make contact with together with the genuine planet. Unique people will use the touchscreen to varying degrees, but I've yet to find out anybody who didn’t come across some set of actions that happen to be just less complicated to achieve via direct manipulation than having a trackpad. As well as the "gorilla arms" argument turns out to be a non-factor on notebooks. Actually, I guarantee you that soon after working with a touchscreen device for even some days, you are going to pick up your old notebook and touch the screen, expecting it do something. The Haswell-equipped Ultrabook I'm currently making use of is amongst the best-engineered devices I’ve ever owned.
http://www.windows7prokeys.com/windows-7-ultimate-product-key-p-3528.html
Now, when I say utilized, I’m not counting devices exactly where I had several minutes of hands-on time at a tradeshow. That total involves devices I spent quality hands-on time with, for a minimum of days and normally weeks or months. In just about every case, it was long adequate to get a strong overview and also a feeling for the relative strengths and weaknesses of a very wide selection of devices.
I’ve also spent a lot of time functioning with finish customers at all ability levels, listening to their feedback and helping them adjust towards the in some cases steep Windows eight.x learning curve. Within this post along with the accompanying image gallery, I choose to share some of those experiences and also the lessons I’ve learned.
Initial, the definition of a Pc has expended drastically in the past year. The Pc industry’s sales may well be dropping, however the total continues to be a sizable number-every month, OEMs sell tens of millions of Windows-based devices. Increasingly, those devices are blurring the lines amongst what we made use of to contact a Pc and what we at present get in touch with a tablet. As far more hybrid designs attain the industry, we’re seeing a very diverse answer towards the question, “What is a Pc, anyway?”
Second, Windows and its ecosystem have evolved tremendously inside the past year too. There are numerous far more third-party apps now than there were a year ago, such as a new wave of apps that the basic public won’t see until Windows 8.1 is released in October. The new Mail app, one example is, can be a profound improvement on its Windows eight predecessor.
That still may possibly not be adequate evolution to satisfy some critics. It could possibly take an additional two rounds of refinements and new attributes to acquire Windows 8.x towards the “good enough” level for a lot of people. (Superior news for them: Windows 7 is years from its expiration date.)
I get the aggravation more than Windows eight. I know plenty of those who rejected Windows 8 as a result of a disappointing and confusing initial encounter, even immediately after creating a good-faith effort to adapt. Following spending three months with all the Windows eight.1 Preview as well as a couple weeks using the Windows eight.1 RTM code, I can tell you it does certainly soften the rough edges of Windows eight on hardware created for Windows 7 or earlier. But these rough edges are nevertheless there.
PCs developed for Windows 7 are very distinctive from those developed for Windows 8.x. The truth is, Windows 8.1 definitely doesn’t make sense till you start out working with it on hardware that was built with a touch-first interface as its explanation for getting. The motives why Windows eight.1 functions the way it does come into even sharper concentrate when you switch amongst many touchscreen devices with apps, settings, personalization, and data files syncing in between them.
I have been covering Windows for greater than 20 years, and I can not try to remember any other release exactly where making use of the new OS on new hardware is so vital to getting a decent expertise. On older PCs, adding Windows 8.x makes to get a mixed bag, with regards to the overall knowledge. On mobile devices utilizing modern day hardware (especially 4th Generation Intel Core CPUs, aka Haswell), the variations are profound. The devices I am applying most frequently nowadays can boot from a cold start in significantly less than 15 seconds and resume from sleep instantaneously. They get far better battery life than equivalent models that had been built just two years ago, and functionality is commonly light-years improved, if only due to Moore’s Law.
However the most important ingredient for mobile devices, in my opinion, is really a touchscreen. Around the multi-monitor desktop I’m utilizing to create this post, I do not require a touchscreen-I’ve mastered the keyboard and mouse shortcuts, along with the Logitech T400 Touch Mouse has adequate gesture help to handle most scrolling (horizontal and vertical). But for all the things else, if it doesn't have a touchscreen, I am not interested.
When I sat down and wrote down the names and model numbers of each of the Windows 8.x devices I’ve made use of over the past year, I identified that they match neatly into these seven categories:
The very first generation of Ultrabooks shipped a couple years immediately after Windows 7. The contrast together with the best hardware from just a number of years earlier, in 2009 and 2010, was eye-opening. I owned and utilized two on the very best examples from that very first wave of Ultrabooks: the Samsung Series 9 (which was my wife’s key Computer for roughly a year) as well as the ASUS ZenBook UX31E (which was my key mobile computer system for 18 months). They’re still amazingly light and responsive…or so I’m told by their new owners. They’ve been replaced in our household by newer, lighter, more quickly models that involve touchscreens.
I know it is probable to create the intellectual argument that touchscreens don’t belong on transportable devices that have a permanently attached keyboard and trackpad. But that theory doesn’t survive make contact with together with the genuine planet. Unique people will use the touchscreen to varying degrees, but I've yet to find out anybody who didn’t come across some set of actions that happen to be just less complicated to achieve via direct manipulation than having a trackpad. As well as the "gorilla arms" argument turns out to be a non-factor on notebooks. Actually, I guarantee you that soon after working with a touchscreen device for even some days, you are going to pick up your old notebook and touch the screen, expecting it do something. The Haswell-equipped Ultrabook I'm currently making use of is amongst the best-engineered devices I’ve ever owned.
http://www.windows7prokeys.com/windows-7-ultimate-product-key-p-3528.html
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Prep Pad Is A Connected Kitchen Scales That Quantifies The Nutritional Mix Of Your Meals
Cooking is set to get a whole lot smarter if connected kitchen device
startup, The Orange Chef, pulls off its grand vision. Here at TechCrunch Disrupt
SF’s hardware alley it’s showing off the Prep Pad: a Bluetooth kitchen scales
plus app combo that’s due to land this November, costing $150.
The connected kitchen device startup has pretty humble beginnings in this space. Formerly known as Chef Sleeve, it manufactured plastic covers to protect iPads used in the kitchen to view recipes while cooking. From there it expanded to other culinary-related iPad accessories — such as iPad kitchen stands, and a chopping board with a built in iPad slot. But those products were just its first phase. It’s now thinking a whole lot smarter by bringing connectivity and dedicated apps into its kitchen-focused mix.
If you’re getting a spot of deja vu, that’s because the startup discussed its plans for a connected scales as part of the next phase of its product portfolio earlier this year, at TechCrunch Disrupt NY. Four months later, here at Disrupt SF, it’s got the finished product on show. To get to this point it took to Kickstarter to help fund manufacturing costs, raising close to $50,000.
The Prep Pad consists of an aluminium frame topped off with a paper composite surface that can be hygienically wiped down, plus the electronic guts (weight sensor with +/-1gram accuracy, microcontroller and Bluetooth LE connectivity). It’s actually making the device itself, not just the software, here in Silicon Valley. ”We’re bringing back consumer electronics to Silicon Valley,” says founder Santiago Merea.
“That gave us an edge and we could develop it in record time,” he adds. ”We did our Kickstarter campaign [back in May]. We started developing the product… We actually did it in six months — the software and everything.”
The basic idea of the Prep Pad is to give people more control over their eating habits by visualising the nutrition content of foodstuffs in real-time, allowing the user to adjust ingredients to achieve a more healthy balance. It uses Bluetooth to send weight data to the corresponding app (called Countertop), and then turns that data into a visual nutritional pie.
The user specifies what foodstuff/liquid they are weighing in the app, either by manually selecting it within the app, or scanning a product barcode, or there’s also a voice capture feature. The app then builds a visualisation of how balanced that particular combination of meal ingredients is. It’s a gadget that looks perfectly positioned to capitalise on the quantified health trend, complementing activity-focused devices like the FitBit and Jawbone UP.
As well as a visual pie displaying protein, cabs and fats content, Countertop displays a balance score (out of 100), plus the total calories per meal count. The balance score is customised to each user, depending on the answers they give to a series of questions during the app set-up process about their exercise level and health goals, such as whether they need to gain or lose weight.
The app lets users hide particular ingredients — so they can see how each ingredient affects the overall nutritional mix of the meal they are making. There’s also a recipe cards feature (below right) which allows users to save a series of ingredients and share those as a recipe with others.
The Prep Pad is just the beginning of phase two for the company. Under its new moniker, The Orange Chef is gearing up to launch a whole range of connected kitchen items — with its next product after the scales likely to be a smart “visual” thermometer which will tell the user whether their steak is cooked, for instance, rather than just providing basic temperature data.
“We’re not going to tell you the temperature, because no one cares about that,” says Merea. “In the same way that we don’t show weight here [on the main Countertop app view]… Weight is not part of the equation at all — it’s in the background. We went even further. That’s the design that we have — we hide weight, we hide temperature.
“So we’re not going to show you the thermometer temperature we’re going to show you visually if your steak is done or not, because that’s what you are about. And then how do you like it — so it’s going to learn from you.”
Beyond that? “We’ll continue connecting the kitchen,” Merea adds. “Every accessory that you can think of in the kitchen we’re going to make it smart. That’s our plan. To make a very smart kitchen that works all together. And not only that connects it, it is not just a connection, it’s how can we leverage this technology to make it better, to make the cooking better, to make it easier, to make it fun.”
The connected kitchen device startup has pretty humble beginnings in this space. Formerly known as Chef Sleeve, it manufactured plastic covers to protect iPads used in the kitchen to view recipes while cooking. From there it expanded to other culinary-related iPad accessories — such as iPad kitchen stands, and a chopping board with a built in iPad slot. But those products were just its first phase. It’s now thinking a whole lot smarter by bringing connectivity and dedicated apps into its kitchen-focused mix.
If you’re getting a spot of deja vu, that’s because the startup discussed its plans for a connected scales as part of the next phase of its product portfolio earlier this year, at TechCrunch Disrupt NY. Four months later, here at Disrupt SF, it’s got the finished product on show. To get to this point it took to Kickstarter to help fund manufacturing costs, raising close to $50,000.
The Prep Pad consists of an aluminium frame topped off with a paper composite surface that can be hygienically wiped down, plus the electronic guts (weight sensor with +/-1gram accuracy, microcontroller and Bluetooth LE connectivity). It’s actually making the device itself, not just the software, here in Silicon Valley. ”We’re bringing back consumer electronics to Silicon Valley,” says founder Santiago Merea.
“That gave us an edge and we could develop it in record time,” he adds. ”We did our Kickstarter campaign [back in May]. We started developing the product… We actually did it in six months — the software and everything.”
The basic idea of the Prep Pad is to give people more control over their eating habits by visualising the nutrition content of foodstuffs in real-time, allowing the user to adjust ingredients to achieve a more healthy balance. It uses Bluetooth to send weight data to the corresponding app (called Countertop), and then turns that data into a visual nutritional pie.
The user specifies what foodstuff/liquid they are weighing in the app, either by manually selecting it within the app, or scanning a product barcode, or there’s also a voice capture feature. The app then builds a visualisation of how balanced that particular combination of meal ingredients is. It’s a gadget that looks perfectly positioned to capitalise on the quantified health trend, complementing activity-focused devices like the FitBit and Jawbone UP.
As well as a visual pie displaying protein, cabs and fats content, Countertop displays a balance score (out of 100), plus the total calories per meal count. The balance score is customised to each user, depending on the answers they give to a series of questions during the app set-up process about their exercise level and health goals, such as whether they need to gain or lose weight.
The app lets users hide particular ingredients — so they can see how each ingredient affects the overall nutritional mix of the meal they are making. There’s also a recipe cards feature (below right) which allows users to save a series of ingredients and share those as a recipe with others.
The Prep Pad is just the beginning of phase two for the company. Under its new moniker, The Orange Chef is gearing up to launch a whole range of connected kitchen items — with its next product after the scales likely to be a smart “visual” thermometer which will tell the user whether their steak is cooked, for instance, rather than just providing basic temperature data.
“We’re not going to tell you the temperature, because no one cares about that,” says Merea. “In the same way that we don’t show weight here [on the main Countertop app view]… Weight is not part of the equation at all — it’s in the background. We went even further. That’s the design that we have — we hide weight, we hide temperature.
“So we’re not going to show you the thermometer temperature we’re going to show you visually if your steak is done or not, because that’s what you are about. And then how do you like it — so it’s going to learn from you.”
Beyond that? “We’ll continue connecting the kitchen,” Merea adds. “Every accessory that you can think of in the kitchen we’re going to make it smart. That’s our plan. To make a very smart kitchen that works all together. And not only that connects it, it is not just a connection, it’s how can we leverage this technology to make it better, to make the cooking better, to make it easier, to make it fun.”
The new tablet also marks Dell’s reentry
Dell showed a brand new Windows 8.1 tablet Wednesday named Venue, which is
a brand name for mobile devices the Pc maker abandoned when it discontinued
shipment of smartphones early last year.
The Venue tablet has an 8-inch screen and runs on Intel’s Atom chip code-named Bay Trail. It was demonstrated as shown above on stage by Neil Hand, vice president at Dell, through a keynote at the Intel Developer Forum becoming held in San Francisco.
The tablet is going to be marketed to each customers and enterprises, and will have long-battery life and cellular data connectivity. Much more information about the new Venue tablet and also other devices will likely be shared at an event in New York City on October 2, Hand stated, hinting that much more mobile devices from Dell could be on tap.
The new tablet also marks Dell’s reentry in to the customer tablet windows 7 professional retail version market place. The organization right now presents the XPS 10 with Windows RT plus the Latitude ten with Windows 8, each targeted at enterprises. Dell last year discontinued its Streak line of consumer tablets, but has reiterated its support for the customer tablet market and Windows 8 OS.
Toshiba and Aava Mobile lately announced Windows eight.1 tablets. Asustek also showed a Bay Trail tablet on stage throughout the IDF keynote.
Also on Wednesday, Intel announced new quad-core Bay Trail chips for tablets. Bay Trail tablets could weigh as tiny 14.1 ounces and offer you eight hours of battery life when the users is watching high-definition video.
The Venue tablet has an 8-inch screen and runs on Intel’s Atom chip code-named Bay Trail. It was demonstrated as shown above on stage by Neil Hand, vice president at Dell, through a keynote at the Intel Developer Forum becoming held in San Francisco.
The tablet is going to be marketed to each customers and enterprises, and will have long-battery life and cellular data connectivity. Much more information about the new Venue tablet and also other devices will likely be shared at an event in New York City on October 2, Hand stated, hinting that much more mobile devices from Dell could be on tap.
The new tablet also marks Dell’s reentry in to the customer tablet windows 7 professional retail version market place. The organization right now presents the XPS 10 with Windows RT plus the Latitude ten with Windows 8, each targeted at enterprises. Dell last year discontinued its Streak line of consumer tablets, but has reiterated its support for the customer tablet market and Windows 8 OS.
Toshiba and Aava Mobile lately announced Windows eight.1 tablets. Asustek also showed a Bay Trail tablet on stage throughout the IDF keynote.
Also on Wednesday, Intel announced new quad-core Bay Trail chips for tablets. Bay Trail tablets could weigh as tiny 14.1 ounces and offer you eight hours of battery life when the users is watching high-definition video.
Monday, September 2, 2013
Target Prepping 'Target Ticket' Movie Service for Fall Launch
Target is nearing a release date for its official movie-streaming and
download service, Target Ticket. Unfortunately, the company's "fall" deadline is
still a bit nebulous — which is to say, we don't have an exact date for when
you'll be able to start streaming and viewing movies and TV shows.
The service is currently in beta testing for select "Target team members" as of this article's writing, so at least the company appears to be busy working out all the kinks. Sort of.
Target Ticket is expected to launch with a total of 15,000 "titles, new releases, classic movies, and next-day TV," according to a description on the service's otherwise-bare website. While pricing hasn't been publicly revealed, it's expected that most movies will go for around $14.99, with TV show episodes hovering around $2.99 each. Expect to be able to pick up full TV seasons for around $34.99, and rent movies for either $3.99 or $4.99.
Of course, the final prices do depend on the specific movie or show that one's interested in picking up, so don't take those numbers as hard truth for every single bit of media within Target Ticket. It's likely that Target will attempt to match up its prices against Apple's Rival iTunes Store as it can – if not its features, as well.
Those renting movies will be given the customary 30-day window to view their titles, just like Apple's iTunes Store. However, Target Ticket will bump the duration one gets for unlimited views of the rented movie to 48 hours – double that of iTunes.
That said, TV fans allegedly won't be able to purchase a season pass to their favorite shows in advance within Target Ticket. Season downloads will only be available after a show's entire chunk of episodes has run. And it's currently unclear whether Target Ticket will offer any kind of discount for season purchases – and what those fanatics who piecemealed together a season from individual downloads will be able to do, if that's the case.
In other words, will Target Ticket also have some kind of "Complete My Season" discount like Apple's iTunes?
According to a Friday report from TechCrunch, Target will also tie its Ticket service into the company's existing REDcard program. If you're using the Target-branded credit card or debit card, you'll be able to enjoy a 5 percent discount on anything you rent or purchase via Target Ticket (yes, Target employees; your greater discount will work on the service as well).
Media downloaded (or rented) via Target Ticket is expected to be playable on iOS and Android devices, as well as various streaming players, televisions, and gaming consoles. There still appear to be a few kinks to be worked out with the company's iOS app – one allegedly has to download one's movies to a desktop or laptop and then transfer them over to an iPhone or iPad, which is a bit of a convoluted way to do it. Additionally, support for television-based streaming is currently manufacturer-dependent. If your TV isn't up to snuff, it might be time to invest in a set-top box.
The service is currently in beta testing for select "Target team members" as of this article's writing, so at least the company appears to be busy working out all the kinks. Sort of.
Target Ticket is expected to launch with a total of 15,000 "titles, new releases, classic movies, and next-day TV," according to a description on the service's otherwise-bare website. While pricing hasn't been publicly revealed, it's expected that most movies will go for around $14.99, with TV show episodes hovering around $2.99 each. Expect to be able to pick up full TV seasons for around $34.99, and rent movies for either $3.99 or $4.99.
Of course, the final prices do depend on the specific movie or show that one's interested in picking up, so don't take those numbers as hard truth for every single bit of media within Target Ticket. It's likely that Target will attempt to match up its prices against Apple's Rival iTunes Store as it can – if not its features, as well.
Those renting movies will be given the customary 30-day window to view their titles, just like Apple's iTunes Store. However, Target Ticket will bump the duration one gets for unlimited views of the rented movie to 48 hours – double that of iTunes.
That said, TV fans allegedly won't be able to purchase a season pass to their favorite shows in advance within Target Ticket. Season downloads will only be available after a show's entire chunk of episodes has run. And it's currently unclear whether Target Ticket will offer any kind of discount for season purchases – and what those fanatics who piecemealed together a season from individual downloads will be able to do, if that's the case.
In other words, will Target Ticket also have some kind of "Complete My Season" discount like Apple's iTunes?
According to a Friday report from TechCrunch, Target will also tie its Ticket service into the company's existing REDcard program. If you're using the Target-branded credit card or debit card, you'll be able to enjoy a 5 percent discount on anything you rent or purchase via Target Ticket (yes, Target employees; your greater discount will work on the service as well).
Media downloaded (or rented) via Target Ticket is expected to be playable on iOS and Android devices, as well as various streaming players, televisions, and gaming consoles. There still appear to be a few kinks to be worked out with the company's iOS app – one allegedly has to download one's movies to a desktop or laptop and then transfer them over to an iPhone or iPad, which is a bit of a convoluted way to do it. Additionally, support for television-based streaming is currently manufacturer-dependent. If your TV isn't up to snuff, it might be time to invest in a set-top box.
If you’re interested in the technical variations
Which OS is ideal for gaming? Windows 7 or Windows eight? There’s lots of
heated debate on the topic, however the answer is fairly simple.
You will discover couple of technical differences among the two operating systems exactly where games are concerned, and any game that may run on Windows 7 should run on Windows 8. See our Windows 8 overview.
Resulting from the fact that Windows 8’s new ‘modern user interface’ supports apps, some casual games are accessible only on Windows eight due to the fact Windows 7 can not run these apps. See also: what's the distinction involving Windows eight & Windows 7?
If you’re choosing a new PC or laptop and can not decide whether to go for Windows 7 or eight, then from a gaming perspective it doesn’t really matter which you choose. From a future-proofing point of view, Windows 8 is the obvious choice. However, if you dislike the modern UI then bear in mind that the imminent Windows eight.1 update includes an option where you can bypass the new Start screen and boot straight towards the old desktop.
You’ll probably want to install a replacement start menu, such as Start eight or Pokki, due to the fact Windows 8.1 still doesn’t have a ‘proper’ start menu (unless you’re happy to use the Start screen, of course).
Performance-wise, we haven’t seen any distinction amongst Windows 7 and eight when it comes to frame rates, so a given game will run at the same speed around the same hardware regardless of whether you have Windows 7 or Windows 8 installed.
If you’re interested in the technical variations, Windows 7 has only partial support for Direct3D 11.1, which is part of DirectX. Windows 8 has full support.
However, while it’s possible that game developers will use some features that aren’t supported in Windows 7, it’s very unlikely that you’ll notice the distinction. The game will still run in Windows 7, but the graphics quality might be slightly reduced.
http://www.windows7prokeys.com/windows-7-ultimate-product-key-p-3528.html
You will discover couple of technical differences among the two operating systems exactly where games are concerned, and any game that may run on Windows 7 should run on Windows 8. See our Windows 8 overview.
Resulting from the fact that Windows 8’s new ‘modern user interface’ supports apps, some casual games are accessible only on Windows eight due to the fact Windows 7 can not run these apps. See also: what's the distinction involving Windows eight & Windows 7?
If you’re choosing a new PC or laptop and can not decide whether to go for Windows 7 or eight, then from a gaming perspective it doesn’t really matter which you choose. From a future-proofing point of view, Windows 8 is the obvious choice. However, if you dislike the modern UI then bear in mind that the imminent Windows eight.1 update includes an option where you can bypass the new Start screen and boot straight towards the old desktop.
You’ll probably want to install a replacement start menu, such as Start eight or Pokki, due to the fact Windows 8.1 still doesn’t have a ‘proper’ start menu (unless you’re happy to use the Start screen, of course).
Performance-wise, we haven’t seen any distinction amongst Windows 7 and eight when it comes to frame rates, so a given game will run at the same speed around the same hardware regardless of whether you have Windows 7 or Windows 8 installed.
If you’re interested in the technical variations, Windows 7 has only partial support for Direct3D 11.1, which is part of DirectX. Windows 8 has full support.
However, while it’s possible that game developers will use some features that aren’t supported in Windows 7, it’s very unlikely that you’ll notice the distinction. The game will still run in Windows 7, but the graphics quality might be slightly reduced.
http://www.windows7prokeys.com/windows-7-ultimate-product-key-p-3528.html
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Apple picks up video guide service Matcha.TV
Apple's bought another company -- one with a product that could end up in
your living room.
The iPhone, iPad, and Mac maker recently bought Matcha.TV, a service that once aggregated video content listings from both cable providers and online sources, reports VentureBeat.
Matcha.TV launched near the end of 2011, butwent offline back in May, noting that the service would no longer be available and that all user information had been deleted.
Beyond its own database of shows, the service also offered personalized recommendations for programming based on tastes, and let users subscribe to shows they liked.
As usual, Apple's not elaborating on the deal short of saying it "buys smaller technology companies from time to time" and noting that it doesn't discuss what it's doing with them.
The acquisition comes as all eyes are on the company's next move in living room entertainment. Where it was once rumored to be working on a TV set, more recently focus has turned to set top boxes, where Apple could be vying to roll out something that would let users stream live and on-demand video programming with help from cable companies.
Earlier this year, Apple CEO Tim Cook noted that Apple has been buying a company every month or two. It recently snapped up two mapping/location companies: HopStop andLocationary, presumably to bolster its own mapping software, which had a rough launch last year. Two weeks ago it was also discovered that Apple recently acquired Passif Semiconductor, a small Oakland, Calif.-based company.
"We are always looking, and if anything, we will do more of that in the future," Cook said at the All Things Digital Conference in May.
The iPhone, iPad, and Mac maker recently bought Matcha.TV, a service that once aggregated video content listings from both cable providers and online sources, reports VentureBeat.
Matcha.TV launched near the end of 2011, butwent offline back in May, noting that the service would no longer be available and that all user information had been deleted.
Beyond its own database of shows, the service also offered personalized recommendations for programming based on tastes, and let users subscribe to shows they liked.
As usual, Apple's not elaborating on the deal short of saying it "buys smaller technology companies from time to time" and noting that it doesn't discuss what it's doing with them.
The acquisition comes as all eyes are on the company's next move in living room entertainment. Where it was once rumored to be working on a TV set, more recently focus has turned to set top boxes, where Apple could be vying to roll out something that would let users stream live and on-demand video programming with help from cable companies.
Earlier this year, Apple CEO Tim Cook noted that Apple has been buying a company every month or two. It recently snapped up two mapping/location companies: HopStop andLocationary, presumably to bolster its own mapping software, which had a rough launch last year. Two weeks ago it was also discovered that Apple recently acquired Passif Semiconductor, a small Oakland, Calif.-based company.
"We are always looking, and if anything, we will do more of that in the future," Cook said at the All Things Digital Conference in May.
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