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Windows 8 Build 7989 Leaked

There’s been another leaked build of Windows 8, this time build 7989 and was first reported as being available in the private forums of a beta website with new virtual keyboard, references to SMS support, per-feature licensing, geo-location. New screenshots of Windows 8 build 7989 shows a new background and boot screen along with the return of the Microsoft betta fish and the betta fish was used back in Windows 7 beta as a wallpaper and soon turned into a mascot for Microsoft’s beta stages of Windows 7. The formal announcements about Windows 8 from Microsoft are expected to be made this autumn and Microsoft will unveil all the new features of the OS and also detail the timescale for closed and public beta programmes. The final release of the OS is expected around October 2012…………

Apple iPad 2 Third TV Ad

Apple released a new iPad 2 commercial on its website and YouTube channel, dubbed now highlights that life is different with an iPad 2, showcasing apps such as Wall Street Journal that allows you to watch the newspaper, Spin Magazine, which allows you to listen to the magazine, see a phone call with FaceTime and more………

Kinect For Windows SDK Beta

Kinect for Xbox is one of our favorite technologies in recent times and with over 10 million units sold and Microsoft has taken the Kinect’s magic a step further by announcing the Kinect for Windows SDK beta. Developers will now be able to build Kinect apps using Microsoft Visual Studio and Microsoft did some live coding, showing how straight forward it is to work with. To get the full skeleton tracking you’re going to need the same sort of setup as on the Xbox 360 and Microsoft isn’t confirming any plans to integrate Kinect compatibility with any of its major apps……….

MacBook Air: $3 Billion Dollar Oppurtunity to Apple

J.P. Morgan hardware analyst Mark Moskowitz has increased his assessment of the MacBook Air’s revenue opportunity from $2.2 billion to $3 billion-plus and Apple is expected to release a Sandy Bridge MacBook Air within the next month or so and also would wait until Mac OS X Lion dropped before releasing any new hardware. Other vendors will chase the size and weight and functionality of the Air, because that class of laptop offers many of the benefits of tablet computing, such as being lighter, thinner, having quick boot times and Apple’s iCloud offering could help turn Apple‘s ultra-thin MacBook Air into a $3 billion-a-year business, even as sales of fatter notebooks and desktop computers stagnate………..

Panasonic Announces Toughbook Android Slate

Panasonic unveiled their first Google Android based rugged product with the Toughbook tablet and presented the tablet as being an enterprise-grade tablet, to meet that classification Panasonic has focused on security, durability and functionality with the Toughbook tablet. Panasonic Toughbook tablet will feature a 10.1-inch XGA (1024×768) resolution multi-touch display with active stylus support, a display that is daylight viewable, satellite-based GPS, all-day battery life and hardware embedded security. This device include embedded 3G/4G mobile broadband connectivity and a host of professional-grade accessories just for the tablet, appears to be running on Android 2.x instead of Android 3.x Honeycomb which was designed specifically for large screened devices like tablets…………….

Android iPhone 4 Clone

Gooapple, an iPhone clone with Android 2.2 Froyo under the hood and it is without a doubt one of the best iClones we’ve seen a while, right down to some decent hardware and exact iPhone 4 dimensions and thickness so you can even use genuine iPhone cases with it. The phone is built to the exact physical dimensions of the original iPhone 4 and has the same 9.3 inch thickness……….

No New Mac Until Release of Mac OS X Lion

Apple is expected to release an updated MacBook Air powered by Intel’s latest ultra-low voltage Sandy Bridge processors any day now, but it appears the company is waiting for the next version of Mac OS X to be finalized before launching the new version to the public. Apparently the reason for the wait is that Apple wants users to adopt Lion with its support for Apple’s new iCloud services and holding off on releasing one of its most hotly anticipated laptops will ensure that more users are using Lion as soon as the operating system is available…………

ASUS Eee Pad Transformer 10.1-Inch Tablet Computer

ASUS has just bring Eee Pad Transformer TF101-A1 10.1-Inch Tablet Computer. With a slim, lightweight design and a 10.1-inch WSVGA IPS capacitive display made from durable and scratch-resistant glass that is viewable at angles up to 178°, the versatile Eee Pad Transformer is the perfect tablet for anyone who want to enjoy multimedia on the move, but still wish to have easy access to the web, email, and other productivity applications.