As said on 1st March, 2013, this is one of the biggest development in the direction of the service providing along with the entertainment for the businesses that has been made alive with the workings of Microsoft that is unbeaten by any of the newest type of promotion about the products to the customers. The main idea has become the reality with the collaboration of the Office laboratory with the Microsoft’s Strategic Prototyping team.

Just imagine learning about the products by being entertained by the digitalized walls that talks with you along with the usage of a Kinect enabled kitchen and at last with the interacting desks. Full of the excitement for the users and what can be more better way than this as an interacting medium.

Business and pleasuring activities have been united with this advancement and happenings can be made much nicer as the labs will be used by the engineering teams of Microsoft as a way of making newer tool and techniques with all and all newer ideas.

The greatest advantage of this strategy is the exploration of the newer space by both the workers and the visitors for the development of the newer and unique ideas and this real achievement that has been made a reality with the help of constant thinking processes about the newer scenarios.

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The hidden part is that the delivery of the Microsoft Pro will be provided with the shipment time of around 2 to 3 weeks and the latest technique will be in your hand for using your latest version that can now also be called as sold out version!!!

The blog-post for the Microsoft has revealed us the actual reservation news about Surface Pro and has let us all to know that Intel based PC or tablet hybrid Surface Pro devices have been reserved for the buying by the customers.

The main shops that are needed to be named for providing you with some of the availability information includes some of the bigger names including Best Buy in the U.S. along with the recorded out data for the sales in stores. And there is a lot of probability of the reservations for the product to be sold out.

The second shop is that of At Staples, which is also located within US, where you can place your order or the kiosk after which you just have to wait for your turn for the delivery of Surface Pro order of 64 GB of information.Last case is that of Canada, and that can be shown to be Best Buy and Future Shop that can be made to be selected for the role of inventory lasts. This shop is making the order of 128 GB of Surface Pro to be present online but the news is something like the thing that cannot be fully trusted with the same case.

One of the main suggestion that is being coming from the side of Microsoft is that the individuals should go for the purchasing of Surface Pro by only first conforming it over the phone as compared to the taking the charge of going again and again. This will be helpful in saving a lot of your precious time.

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It has come up in the market recently and without any delay or we can say within the time period of only some of the hours been sold out completely. AMAZING but as it’s the case with a Windows purchase, this can be balanced out with the demand.

Both of the versions i.e. 128 GB and that of 64 GB have become scarce in the amount within the online stores of US but at the same time, the availability of them in online stores of Canada makes it some how confusing. And even it is being sold out by various brick and mortar retailers.

The cost of the 64 GB version of Microsoft Surface Pro has been set as 900 $ and that of 128 GB is 1000 $ and that excludes the cost of keyboard equipped ‘Touch Cover’ (having the extra changes of add-ons of 120 $.

One thing that is unclear till now is that the number of copies that have been sold till now is not known or we can say not have been leaked out till now by Microsoft for giving a surprise. But after the numbering will be known, then we can have a comparison between the selling data of Windows RT (6.8 to 7.5 lakh within first two months after coming to the market).

Now the Surface Windows 8 Pro 64GB is available online and can be purchased using the retailing stores of Microsoft in US (Staples and Best Buy) and Canada (Best Buy and Future Shop). And at last Microsoft has said that the space for the 128 GB of Surface Pro will be going to be replenished out soon.

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The date of released has been confirmed and officially announced to be 9^th of February, 2013 in US and Canada and I think all who are aware of the releasing date or this information want to make it a purchasing day for increasing the list of their gadgets!!!

The main stores where you can have a round for the first purchase are the retailing stores of Microsoft,  http://microsoftstore.com, Staples and Best-buy in US and many of the stores of Canada.

The interior of Surface Windows 8 Pro has been powered by Intel Core i5 processor for providing it the best features that can be obtained in the usage of a laptop and now can be accessed with your tablet (if you are going to purchase it) which can be easily used by you while you are travelling or whenever you are in an outside location and want to sum up all of your official or any kind of important work as well…

Some of features can be describes in terms of the following:

• Runs all apps that can be accessed using the Windows 7 and Windows 8 desktops
• Starting range is from 899$
• Models choices includes 64GB and 128GB
• A surface pen is also included
• Palm Block technology to write and draw for any of the kinds of users
• A lot of flexibility

These features makes this tablet to be useful for any writers, graphic-designers and for engineers also and fully complements the older one – Surface Windows RT.

Overall, I would like to prefer it for the used that want the overll package of power and performing capacity and features of a laptop in a small tablet.

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Let’s reveal one of the secret that might help you out in giving the answer of the question mentioned above. The secret is that in 2012, Microsoft has used one of the cloud based technology that has been used for the handling of the online infrastructure of the Xbox 360 shooter game: Halo 4.

And the name of the technology is Windows Azure!!! That’s the secret now revealed out. Now this the latest news is that the same technique of Windows Azure is now going to be used by an outsider who is the famous game publisher: Korean based WEBSEN.

Websen has launched a game that is named as Arctic Combat that is a free to play first-person shooter game that is in the need of this type of technology and for that is has deal for a partnership with Microsoft.

Now the benefits  of using Windows Azure technique for the game of Arctic Combat can be described with the help of the following advantages:

• More stability will be provided to the game
• Speed is being increased 2.5 times from the other private servers
• Smooth Infrastructure
• Reducing lagging period
• Tention of the game are not effected with other technical mistakes
• Army can be grown to a much larger extent

This game set of Arctic has been specially launched in servers of North America and Europe and is also live in some of the Asian territories(but for some time period only). Play the game to have a experience of this newer technology!

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]]> http://windowsgracias.wordpress.com/2013/01/26/windows-azure-used-by-arctic-combat-servers/feed/ 0 windowsgracias Windows Azure http://windowsgracias.wordpress.com/2013/01/22/win-8-pro-upgrade-hike/ http://windowsgracias.wordpress.com/2013/01/22/win-8-pro-upgrade-hike/#comments Tue, 22 Jan 2013 07:00:46 +0000 windowsgracias http://windowsgracias.wordpress.com/?p=3274 ]]> Just Imagine the condition of all those who have already become habitual of the Windows 8 features and are working on it from the time it has come up in the market!!! Just having a healthy sympathy for them…

I think you all of them have listened about the news of the increase of the price for the updation of the Windows 8 Pro from the 40$ to 200$. Five fold increase! Surprising???

And the other condition that has been mentioned by Microsoft is that this is going to be applied from 1 February and all of the earlier licensees will going to be expired on 30 of January.

“limited time offer” SECRET

Last year Microsoft has also told and provided all with the news that the upgradation of $40 will be provided as a “limited time offer”. This has been taken very lightly by the users and has thought to be one of the indefinite offers as it seems to me too.

This has been announced by the Microsoft Officials on January 18 and thus has got the stamp that it is true, so you have to take it on a serious note this time.

For those having the previously taken Windows home/consumer SKUs will going to be charged by $120 but all are not so much lucky and for Windows pro upgrade, users have to pay a sum of 200$. Means a lot!

For those users who have taken the preview builds of Windows 8 including the following previews:

• Developer Preview
• Consumer Preview,
• And Release Preview

the license have already expired the past week as happened with me too and have to upgrade it for further usage. Over it I am getting the message for restarting every hour till the time I install the RTM version of Windows that have been released for the same.

Just be ready to save this amount of money anyhow if you are also a Windows 8 lover!!! Keep you updating with more of the upcoming news…

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]]> http://windowsgracias.wordpress.com/2013/01/22/win-8-pro-upgrade-hike/feed/ 0 windowsgracias Windows 8 pro upgrade Windows 8 upgrade http://windowsgracias.wordpress.com/2013/01/18/pokki-windows-8-start-menu-app-new-features/ http://windowsgracias.wordpress.com/2013/01/18/pokki-windows-8-start-menu-app-new-features/#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2013 10:04:54 +0000 windowsgracias http://windowsgracias.wordpress.com/?p=3269 ]]> One of the platform that provides you with the latest apps to download for your desktop and lets you avail the option for downloading the same is Pokki.

Now the above description of Pokki is not for making it famous but to let you know that you can have one of the benefit from there… And that is to go for Pokki’s Windows 8 Start menu app that is facelifting since the news has come up.

As you may take the idea from the name, this is the menu app that will provide you a way of changing the existing Start menu of your Windows 8 with many of the new features some of which are describes below with some more amount of flexi ness and can be called somehow unique.

The main function that is being provided along is the blending of both old and new menu options that have been liked by the users. The latest version for the same has been launched on 16th of January.

Some of the features that will be provided with the help of this are as follows:

• Newer layout and designing style
• Large font size
• Wider spacing
• Option for switching between light and dark schemes
• Option for direct addition of files and folders
• You can choose any of the folders from Documents, Music, Pictures, Favorites and can also make one of your personal folders.
• Search feature will be more accurate and faster

One more modification that you are allowed to do is to change the Pokki acorn style of start button to the Windows Logo… Better option for making it customized according to your choice.

One more thing that I want to add here is that since the Windows 8 has been released, the download stats will amaze you and comes to be around 1.5 millions for the start menu app of Pokki.

Moreover, Microsoft has already decided to kill the classic style of its start menu for Windows 8. Don’t worry Pokki is not the only option left out for your option and if your want, you can have the options of Classic Shell, Retro UI Pro, and Start Menu7.

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]]> http://windowsgracias.wordpress.com/2013/01/18/pokki-windows-8-start-menu-app-new-features/feed/ 0 windowsgracias Pokki Windows 8 Start menu app http://windowsgracias.wordpress.com/2013/01/12/microsoft-to-kill-the-messenger-on-march-15/ http://windowsgracias.wordpress.com/2013/01/12/microsoft-to-kill-the-messenger-on-march-15/#comments Sat, 12 Jan 2013 11:57:17 +0000 windowsgracias http://windowsgracias.wordpress.com/?p=3264 ]]> Are you involved in sending of any instant messages to your friends via the Microsoft’s Windows Messenger Live??? Then there is news for you that can be good or bad depending on your choice…

Before the sharing of the news with you all, I would like to remind you all with the happening that has happened in October 2011. Microsoft has taken the pleasure to buy Skype around that time may be for the same cause being kept in mind.

Now the actual news is that Microsoft’s Windows Messenger Live is going to be retiring globally on 15 March all over the world except only the main land in China. What better it would be able to provide there???

Moving Towards Skype

SO, the users have to migrate towards the Skype which is set up for the further provision of Messenger for the users and thus from then the users are going to handle the same things using Skype.

You will be provided with the following features via Skype when you turn to it as the condition that is going to be applied:

• You will be able to update to Skype using the same Microsoft Account that you are using as your Messenger ID and will be able to sign it using the same.
• All of your contacts will be upgraded to Skype if you go for the option of updating the same.
• Instant messages and video chats will be available like now.
• Some of the newer additions of techniques of using Skype through your mobiles and tablets.
• Video calling
• Landline calling capability
• Screen sharing

From my point of view, it would be going to be great news that can change your way of feature using with the help of Messenger and provide you with some more of the stuff which would be going to be more famous.

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Yahoo Inc. has added major update to its web email application on 11 December 2012 (Tuesday). Although the popularity of Yahoo with time has move to grounds, yet, it still has around 110 million people still using it and for those users still trusting the brand Yahoo Inc. has redesigned the e-mailing experience. It is not confirmed that the monopoly Gmail has gained will be affected or not but Yahoo with this initiative will at least get back into the market it has loosed.

The application has been revamped on Android by adding new updates, but when it comes to IOS and Windows 8 (latest computer OS by Microsoft) a completely new application of Yahoo Mail has been released. Now users will notice an improvement in speed and efficiency of the application to have quicker experience of sending and receiving from and to mailbox. Also the look and feel of the mail box has been revamped making it message focused and having easy navigation.

Being the first one to support Windows 8, Yahoo is available in the form of active live tile on the start screen of your tablet or PC. With this new Yahoo mail app the company claims to save 36 million minutes per day in total all around the globe.

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7digital is a Windows application purchasing and downloading music on your smart-phone. The application delivers HD quality music to users across 32 countries including UK, USA and Canada from a vast library of approximately 20 million tracks. The application streams music content from its official website 7digital.com, only thing you have to do is just sign in get started. So, music lovers install this application to enjoy all the features listed below.

Features of the application:

• With this application the user can explore the music from a library of more than 20 million songs.
• The user can buy, download and listen the music on the application anytime and anywhere.
• The user can synchronize the music stored on 7digital with the cloud service wirelessly.
• The application streams 30 seconds of preview for free over the application.
• The application automatically integrates with the music player present on your smart-phone.
• If you are already user of this website then by entering username and password in the application you can synchronize the music purchased previously on your Windows smart-phone.

So, if you are planning to install this application then don’t waste your time in thinking and do it now to get access of 20million songs present in its library.

DOWNLOAD the application for free now from Windows application market-place.

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Nokia has introduced two new smart-phones named Nokia Lumia 620 and Nokia Lumia 920T running on Windows Phone 8. Nokia Lumia 620 is a budget smart-phone following GSM network, while Nokia Lumia 920T is the first TD-SCMA running on Windows mobile OS coming with Air China (largest mobile carrier in China). Nokia Lumia 620 will come with a price tag of $249, although nothing about the price of latter one’s is revealed.

A list of features and specifications of Nokia Lumia 620 has been revealed by the company. Running on Windows Phone 8 it is powered by 1GHz dual core krait processor with 512MB of RAM. It has 3.8 inch TFT capacitive touch-screen offering 16M colors and 480×800 pixels of resolution. It has an internal storage of 8GB that can be expanded upto 64GB with microSD card slot. There is a 5MP camera featuring auto-focus, LED flash, geo-tagging and 2592×1936 pixels of resolution along with a front VGA camera for video calling. For connectivity use Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual band, Bluetooth v3.0 and microUSB v2.0.

Other features include SNS integration, MP3/MP4 player, document viewer, video/photo editor, voice memo, predictive text input etc. It is available in many different color variations like lime green, orange, magenta, yellow, cyan, black and white and comes with a standard Li-ion 1300mAh battery.

If considering Nokia Lumia 920T the features and specifications of the device are quite similar to the latest Windows Phone 8 Nokia Lumia 920. Although a few amendments have been done like improved sensitivity of touch screen, Nokia Pureview Floating Lens Technology, Nokia’s full site of navigation etc. to make the look and feel of the device of better.

The exact date of the launch has not been revealed yet but both are expected to hit the market in Q1 of 2013.

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The new Windows 8 HP ultrabook under the envy ultrabook 4 range has not been able to impress the users in the market. The HP envy ultrabook 4 1130us is a beautiful and stylish 14 inch design with few flaws. Most Windows 8 laptops, notebooks and ultrabooks present in the market have touch enabled screen but this ultrabook does not have touch display that makes it difficult to work on the system.

The ultrabook priced $849.99 has a aluminum design body that makes it lighter as compared to other 14 inch ultrabooks. Also it is loaded with 2.6GHz Intel Core i5-3317U dual core processor that results in quick booting up of device. Although, if we consider the price of this system then the conclusion would be the device being expensive as compared to other ultrabooks loaded with same features and specifications.

Features of HP Envy Ultrabook 4:

• The ultrabook having 14 inch display is running on the latest Windows 8 platform.
• For quick boot up it is pre installed with 2.6GHz Intel core i5-3317U dual core mobile processor.
• To have better gaming experience it has an Intel HD Graphics 4000 card.
• It has memory configuration of 6GB DDR3, 500GB HDD and 32GB SDD.
• For connectivity it has options like Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth, WiDi and Intel Smart Connect.
• Charge your ultrabook with 65W AC power adapter and get a battery back up of up to 5 hr 15 min with 4-cell Li-ion battery.
• It also includes ports like USB v3.0 (two), HDMI (one) and 4 in 1 card reader (one).

The device has not been successful as compared to other Windows 7 HP devices, but giving competition to other Windows 8 devices by other manufacturers is a must as at this price although it is offering a lighter design but the battery back up of the device is lagging.

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Just a month ago Microsoft has launched its latest computer OS Windows 8 and now its ready for the launch of another OS Windows 9 in the year 2013. This new OS has been code named WindowsBlue (as told by the website ZDNet) and will be released in the third or fourth quarter of 2013.

With this launch it has been proved that the trend of launching operating system in three years and so is old and so Microsoft is planning for the launch of updated OS every year. Also a new trend in packaging and selling of Windows will be observed.

The price of the new Windows 9 is expected to be lesser than the latest Windows 8 upgrade that has been priced $40. ni information about the updated features and specifications has been unveiled yet, but it is expected to have a better GUI as compared the tablet centric Windows 8. The company officials are also working on new applications and the update of older ones for Windows 9 to make it more compelling for the users.

No word with officials have been done to make sure the details of this new OS, but a list of various details is expected to be revealed by summer of 2013.

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Samsung’s first Windows Phone 8 based smart-phone that was announced back in August in IFA event, Berlin. The smart-phone, Samsung ATIV S, was expected to be availed in the market till November, 2012, but the reports have displayed that the availability of smart-phone has been delayed till early 2013. According to SamMobile Reports the shipping of the device will start in the last week of 2012 leading to its availability in January, 2013 in various smart-phone markets.

Features of Samsung ATIV S:

• Running on Windows Phone 7.8 the device is powered by 1.5GHz dual core Krait processor with 1GB RAM.
• It has a 4.8 inch Super AMOLED capacitive touch-screen with 16M colors and 720×1280 pixels of resolution.
• Get variation of 16GB and 32GB with internal while selecting for yourself smart-phone.
• It features an 8MP camera having LED flash, autofocus, geo-tagging, image stabilization and 3264×2448 pixels of resolution.
• A 1.9 MP secondary camera is also there for video calling.
• The users can use Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual band, DLNA, Wi-Fi direct, Wi-Fi hotspot for wireless connectivity.
• For frequent data transfer it has Bluetooth v3.0 (with A2DP), NFC support and microUSB v2.0.
• Other features include accelerometer, HTML5, SNS integration, MP3/MP4 player, organizer, voice memo, predicitive text input etc.
• The smart-phone is available in Grey color with standard Li-ion 2300mAh battery.

So, after having a brief study of the features and specification of the smart-phone user if willing can wait or can go further with Windows Phone 8 powered smart-phones of HTC and Nokia.

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Microsoft when came up with this new touch based computer OS the only aim it had in mind was to throw an open fight against the leading operating system makers Apple Inc. and Google Inc. With the smart-phones and tablets running on their OS it has been quite successful in replacing PC, laptops, ultrabooks and notebooks.

Since the launch of the OS the pace being observed has always stated quite a slow start for it. Although currently according to the reports Microsoft has sold 40 million licenses of the new computer OS Windows 8 worldwide in a month. If seen three years back in 2009, after the release of Windows 7 sale of 60 million licenses were recorded in first 10 weeks. If compared this figure shows Windows 8 being ahead of Windows 7. The figure stated does not gives a break down of licenses between newly opted devices and upgraded Windows devices at a cheap price.

The officials of the company have reported an improvement in Windows store with the increasing popularity of Windows 8. A few days back an increase of nearly 20,000 applications was reported in the store. Also number of downloads of the application has shown an improvement as the devices have now become touch enabled making it convenient for he users to install and use it.

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