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Outlook.com Reaches 10 Million Users, Microsoft Reboots SkyDrive.com

Microsoft has been steadily rebooting its entire web presence. At the heart of Microsoft’s online presence have been two things since a long time – Hotmail and SkyDrive. Hotmail has been deemed slow, heavy, visually unattractive and unprofessional by critics and users alike. However, Microsoft changed the views of many by rebranding Hotmail.com as Outlook.com.

JEHE Brings i35G Low Power Consuming Mini PC

Giada is the brand name of the Jehe Technology Inc. (JEHE). Recently, the company has released a low power consuming i35G mini PC series in its Giada brand. JEHE has used powerful Intel Atom D2500 series processor that ensures your expected speed, NVIDIA GT610 GPU that is supporting 1080p Full High Definition graphics, 2GB of DDR3 memory with 512MB of VRAM on board, 320GB 2.5″ HDD etc. The company claimed that i35G is able to run at a minimum 35W power

Apple Sought $30 Per Smartphone, $40 Per Tablet In Royalties From Samsung

According to reports, in October 2010, Apple executives met their counterparts in Samsung to settle concerns that Samsung’s tablets and smartphones infringe Apple’s iPhone and iPad device patents. New court documents in the Apple vs Samsung patent war have revealed that, Apple proposed a patent licensing deal with Samsung that time. Apple offered to license its portfolio of patents on the order of $30 per smartphone and $40 per tablet in royalties from Samsung.

Outlook.com Admits Mac Client Deficiency, Hints IMAP Support In Future

Microsoft rolled out a revamped, and much better Hotmail a few weeks ago, under the new brand name Outlook.com. So far, the user response is good, and more and more users are switching to Outlook.com. However, the new Outlook.com hasn’t been great with IMAP and Mac client support.

Acer Tones Down Statement Against Microsoft – Says Surface Will Have A ‘Negative Effect’

Ever since Microsoft has unveiled its own Surface tablets, its hardware partners have been under a lot of pressure. Acer was among the very few to openly cite its concerns. Acer’s CEO, JT Wang, recently stated that Surface tablets were a mistake and that Microsoft should ‘think twice’ before going forward with it.

Microsoft’s Xbox 720 Will Launch In 2013

It is now sure that Microsoft will not release its next-generation Xbox, called Xbox 720, in this year. When Microsoft had released some software updates at E3, then the company had wanted to introduce its new dashboard update in this October. But a job posting report indicates that next Xbox will be launched within the next 18 months. This job ad shows the detail plans of Microsoft’s new version products over the next 18 months where Xbox is included.

Microsoft’s BUILD 2012: House Full Within The First Hour

The tickets of the Microsoft’s BUILD 2012 developer conference has been sold out within the first hour. The developer-focused event is scheduled to reveal details about the future versions of Windows 8, Windows Azure, Windows Phone 8, Office 365, Bing, Visual Studio 2012 and Internet Explorer.

Software Can Identify Cities Via Architecture

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and INRIA/Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris have developed a visual data mining software that can automatically identify which city it is. The interesting thing is the software can recognize Paris easily, but it faces more trouble identifying geo-informative elements for U.S. cities.