Windows 8 @ 26-OCT-2012

Microsoft just announced the general availability for Windows 8 will be on October 26, 2012. On this date user should be able to buy Windows 8 to upgrade from existing Windows XP/Vista/7 or buy a new copy of the Operating System.

Microsoft also recently announced promotional price for upgrade from Windows XP/7 to Windows 8 for as low as $19.99.

Read more in the Windows Blog.

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Firefox 14 Released, Office 2013 CP

It has been a while since my last post. Anyway I noticed that today Mozilla has released the new Firefox 14 (14.0.1) and after that, less than 24 hours, they have come out with Firefox 15 Beta 1.

Meanwhile, Microsoft has released the new Office 2013 Customer Preview. You may get 5 license for home users and 20 licenses for business/company users. 

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Windows 8 Release Preview

Today, 1st of June 2012, Microsoft has announced the arrival of Windows 8 Release Preview.

Below are quoted from windowsteamblog.com:

"For Developers:

Windows 8 presents a huge opportunity for developers to build great new apps for a variety of form factors. If you’re a developer looking to get started developing apps with the Windows 8 Release Preview, I suggest reading this blog post from the Windows 8 app developer blog and this blog post from the Windows Store for developers blog. These two posts will have a lot of information, like where to go to grab the latest tools to begin app development. Developers can also visit the Windows Dev Center for more information on the Windows developer platform and what it means for the Windows 8 Release Preview. In the Windows Store today with the Windows 8 Release Preview, you will notice a lot of incredible new apps – this is just the beginning!

Android Sample Code: Battery Widget

*If you are new to Android, you should read this post first: Sample Code Battery Status

For a widget to work, below are some important items:

• AndroidManifest.xml must be altered
• Must create a layout file for widget provider
• Must create a layout for widget
• Main class source code

Google Drive vs Microsoft SkyDrive vs Dropbox

Just 2 days after Microsoft announced the SkyDrive, Google rise with the new Google Drive.

Below are couple of pictures during the installation:

Here is my comparison:

	Google Drive	SkyDrive	Dropbox
Free Storage	5GB	7GB (25GB for existing user!)	2GB (read this to get 16GB)
Maximum File Size	10GB	2GB	Unlimited (desktop) 300MB (online)
Sync Immediately upon File Change	YES	YES	YES
Notification upon File Change	NO	NO	YES
Sync over LAN	NO	NO	YES
Speed Notification during Sync	NO	NO	YES

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