Windows 7 Release Candidate1 (RC1)- Latest news
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Windows XP, the predecessor to Windows Vista.
Now the eagerly awaited Windows 7 Release Candidate 1 will be posted to members of Microsoft\'s Developer Network and TechNet for download on April 30. RC1 will be made generally available on May 5
Windows 7 has been pretty much completed from a usability perspective for a while, with people already using the operating system at work.
Windows 7 is delivered as final product, unless major bugs or faults are uncovered. Microsoft pointedly did not give a date for Windows 7\'s release to manufacturing when it announced the RC and has been clinging to a 2010 time frame.
Consumers are expected to get Windows 7 on new PCs and as boxed product starting in September and October or the holiday shopping season a little later.
Read More Canon PowerShot SX200 a compact camera
Canon\'s PowerShot SX200 is a pocket-sized, practical, packed with features and promises much in terms of performance.The Canon\'s PowerShot SX200 has one or two interesting design features. It has an aluminium and plastic body which curves inwards on the right-hand side for better grip. On top is a pop-up flash, small power button, large mode dial, shutter button and zoom rocker switch. Multi-controller has functions such as flash mode, macro and self timer button. Surrounding the multi-controller is a control dial, which is used for various settings more on this later. At the bottom are Display and Menu buttons. on the right is home to a rather tacky plastic cover hiding mini USB and mini HDMI ports. At the bottom, is a flap covering the lithium-ion battery compartment and memory card slot the SX200 uses SD/SDHC cards, plus several types of MMCs. The Canon measures 103 x 61 x 38mm and weighs 250g with battery and card. The Canon\'s PowerShot SX200 is certainly much more compact than a DSLR
The New Features in Gmail
A latest new features in Gmail is Suggest more recipients from the Gmail team in the Gmail Labs.
This new feature suggests you the name of the recipient (while you are composing a mail and adding recipients) from the long list of contacts whom you habitually send e-mails.
Gmail Labs adds a new feature to save time when composing messages it can now suggest contacts based on the groups you email most often. It is like a personal secretary reminding you the names of the people you are supposed to take care of.
The suggested recipients will be displayed after you enter at least two recipients. Enabling the feature works the same as all the Gmail Labs options. just head to the Labs tab under Settings and turn on the option. Now you can ensure that you dont miss someone important in the group.
Read More Airtel Lanched India\’s fastest DSL broadband Services
Airtel announced the India\'s fastest DSL broadband.
The availability of 16Mbps broadband, which now claims to be fastest DSL broadband in India
The broadband internet speeds are all set to rise for the Indian net surfer. Airtel has announced that Airtel’s Carrier Ethernet Network, will be initially available in the cities of Delhi NCR, Chennai and Bangalore with phased roll-out to additional cities of Hyderabad, Pune, Mumbai and Kolkata.
Airtel is offering 2 plans with 16 Mbps broadband:
Read More - Speed Combo 2999:16 Mbps broadband speed with monthly data transfer limit of 20 GB for Rs. 2999 per month
- Speed Combo 4999: 16 Mbps broadband speed with monthly data transfer limit of 50 GB for Rs. 4999 per month
Nokia launches Nokia E75 – a new addition to its E-series phone
Nokia on Wednesday launched the new addition to its E-series range, Nokia E75.The latest model Nokia E75 offers Nokia Messaging Service, which will allow users to send e-mails while on the move. Nokia India marketing director Vineet Taneja said that today\'s world Business mobility is now a necessity. We plan to partner with telecom operators to provide this phone to the end consumers. The Nokia E75 boasts of full desktop e-mail functionality along with both standard keypad and qwerty keypad to give an ease-of-use experience to the customer. The Nokia E75 phone supports high standard multimedia experience with 3.2 megapixel camera, autofocus, flash and comes integrated with a music player, media player, FM and internet radio, Nokia E75 Priced at Rs.26,299, the phone will support all features of messaging services such as e-mail solutions like - Gmail, Yahoo, Rediffmail, Sify and others.
Yahoo-new music service
The new version of Yahoo Music, unveiled on Monday, aggregates paid and free music services available on the Internet, allowing Yahoo users to access and interact with the services directly from the Yahoo site.
Read More Yahoo Inc is partnering with other online music providers as the Internet giant tries a fresh approach to getting an edge in the evolving digital music business.
The move comes a little over a year after Yahoo announced it was shuttering its own paid-music service, and is in keeping with the company\'s latest efforts to make Yahoo a more open service by integrating products and services developed by other companies.
Visitors to the Yahoo Music site will be able to select from a variety modules representing the Web\'s disparate music sites, including free, radio-like streaming audio services such as Pandora and last.fm, music videos from Google Inc\'s, YouTube, and paid music downloads from iTunes and Amazon.com.
Yahoo Music was the No. 2 online music site in December, with 19.6 million unique visitors, according to research company ComScore. Time Warner Inc\'s AOL Music was the top site with 24.6 million visitors, while News Corp\'s MySpace Music ranked third with 17.2 million visitors. The new Yahoo Music-a major strategic shift for Yahoo.Yahoo Music General Manager Michael Spiegelman said that We really want to focus on providing the service that\'s most valuable to users, and then partner with third parties to provide the entire set of music services.
Wipro Infotech-India\’s number one Green Brand
Wipro\'s ranking has moved up largely due to its continued commitment to energy efficiency and structured programme for effective e-waste management for customers.
Read More Wipro Infotech on Tuesday said it has been rated India\'s number one Green Brand and is named among the top five brands in the world, in environmental organisation Greenpeace\'s \'Guide to Greener Electronics\'.
With this, Wipro has not only reasserted its top position among Indian IT brands, but has also marked a place in the league of top-five global green brands.
HCL Technologies bags five-year IT services contract with Microsoft Corpration worth $170 million
A spokesman for the Indian software firm confirmed the deal HCL Technologies Ltd has bagged a five-year IT services contract worth close to $170 million from software giant Microsoft Corp but declined to provide further details. Economic Times business daily reported on Monday.
Read More HCL\'s has made third outsourcing deal in four weeks, following a six-year $100-million deal from Xerox that was announced on Sunday and a $350-million seven-year contract from Reader\'s Digest Association secured last month.
HCL is likely to deploy 600 employees on the Microsoft contract, with about 250 of them already working on the project.
Under the transaction, HCL will provide technology services for Microsoft\'s online service business, the report said citing a person familiar with the negotiations.
IBM- To Enter cloud computing Software Market
\"Cloud computing\" one of the latest buzz words in Silicon Valley -- refers to a variety of ways in which technology companies offer computing services over the Web from remote data centers, seemingly from the cloud of the Internet.
IBM will sell a suite of Web-based collaboration software for businesses, including contact management, instant messaging and file sharing programs, the computing giant\'s biggest effort to date to sell software as a service.
Read More IBM will charge companies $10 to $45 per user per month for its software suite, which it will host at its own data centers and deliver via the Web, a company executive said in an interview on Tuesday. The suit will be available April 7. IBM Vice President Sean Poulley said \"What you are seeing are the beginnings of the whole IBM company moving toward cloud computing,\"
From April 1 Free cash withdrawals from all ATMs
There were 32,342 ATMs in the country at the end of December 2007 and various banks have entered into bilateral and multi-lateral arrangements with other banks to have inter-bank ATM networks.
At present, banks charge Rs 20 per transaction when a customer uses the cash machine of any bank.
However, banks can still charge extra for services like cash withdrawal with the use of credit cards and at ATMs located outside India.
Read More Last year on March 10, the RBI had come out with guidelines limiting the fee charged by banks for using their ATMs by clients of other lenders to Rs 20. It had also allowed the use of ATM for purposes like balance enquiry free of any charge.
Now in April 1 and you need not have to sweat it out looking for an ATM of your own bank as you can use ATMs of your choice without shelling out any extra money- Thanks to an RBI directive
