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The next iterations of the Windows client and Office productivity suite have been cooking for over a year now. Of course, for the vast majority of this period, the two products have been in planning stage, meaning that no actual coding was done. Still, it is critical to note that Microsoft has started focusing on the evolution of Windows and Office, even before Windows 7 and Office 15 were finalized. Specifically, the Redmond company has been planning the Windows 8 and Office 15 releases.

 

Ken Johnston, the Group Manager for the Microsoft Office Internet Platform & Operations team, offered proof of this in June 2009. At that time, Windows 7 was in Release Candidate (RC) stage, and Office 2010 was approximately over half a year away from the Beta milestone. And yet, the software giant was already looking ahead, and discussing what was next, after Windows 7 and Office 2010, formerly codenamed Office 14.

“More than one hundred senior engineering managers and architects along with a few executives gathered this week to discuss some of the evolving ideas around Office 15 for a one day offsite focused on improving the Office engineering system. One of the key elements of the meeting was to bring in new thinking from outside of the Office organization. The first guest presenter was Mike Kelly who had been part of the Office organization before joining the Microsoft core engineering strategy team Engineering Excellence. In his presentation he shared some really amazing prototypes of new collaboration and build system tools as well as some industry analysis. The second presenter was Craig Fleischman, also a former Office manager who was now working on Windows. Craig presented some of the plans the Windows team has for Windows 8,” Johnston indicated at the time.

“Right about now most readers are probably hoping I’ll spill some information about Windows 8 and Office 15 but sorry, I can’t do that. All I can say is that while neither Windows 7 nor Office 14 have shipped, we are hard at work developing plans for the next versions. Craig finally got to a slide about Windows 8 and services,” he added. (emphasis added)

Speculations reveal that Windows 8 might have already hit the Milestone 1 (M1) stage of the development process. Of course, Microsoft is completely mum on the Windows 8 project, and the company is expected to remain that way until the Beta drops, sometime in mid-2011. If all goes well, Microsoft could release Windows 8 around the summer of 2012.


Source: Softpedia News

BRUSSEL - A member of parliament urged EU member states to unlock the secrets of an unknown flying object (UFO).

MPs named Mario Borghezio it gives a reason if society has the right to know about everything related to the objects whose existence is still a pro-contra.

"The EU needs the documents 'X Files' itself, where all people can access information on everything about UFOs, including data held by the military," said Borghezio, as quoted by the Straits Times, Thursday (07/08/2010).

According Borghezio, all governments in the countries of Europe must disclose information, and stop what he called a 'systematic silencing'.

In a data held Borghezio, years ago, the United Kingdom published online approximately 4000 pages which contain about humans meeting with aliens, which occurred during the 1980s until the 1990s.

And during the last three years the British defense ministry has gradually melepaskn confidential information about UFOs, in line with the demands of the Freedom of Information.

Borghezio also said it is important to have a center of scientific research related to UFOs. (Srn)

Source: OkeZone.com

SAN FRANCISCO - Apple and Google has just released a new version of their operating system, ie, IOS 4 and Android 2.2 or Froyo. By the analysis, both OS are pitted ability to read JavaScript. So who won?

Tests conducted by Ars Technica with the V8 and SunSpider benchmark. And the result, in the run JavaScript code in Web browsers Froyo almost three times faster than the iPhone ios 4.

"We compare these findings by conducting tests with Apple's mobile Safari browser on the iPhone 4," explained Ryan Paul of Ars, as quoted from his web page, Thursday (07/08/2010).

"The results showed that the Android device is significantly faster in executing JavaScript than the iPhone, scoring more than three times better on V8 and almost twice as fast on SunSpider," he added.

However, different results shown by Engadget. From their testing, the iPhone iOS4 ahead of Android Froyo thin. However, in tests they pinned the latest Flash Mobile Froyo with version 10.1.

"Of the five versions of sites that we tested desktop to open, three of those sites, BBC News, gdgt and The Onion, iPhones 4 is consistent approximately two to three seconds faster, and the Nexus One (Froyo) of approximately one to two seconds faster when opened the New York Times, "said analsisi Engadget.

The conclusion from these statistics show that Froyo can be significantly faster than the IOS 4, without Flash.
(Tyo)

Source: OkeZone.com

WASHINGTON - NASA has canceled plans to return to the Moon, but the video game lovers can explore the lunar landscape with a new free online game released by the U.S. space agency.

Game called "Moonbase Alpha" allows players to join the exploration team game in progress at the Moon's south pole with futuristic 3D model.



"In the Moonbase Alpha, you are invited to contribute to become an astronaut working for human expansion and further research," NASA said in explanation of the game, as quoted by AFP on Wednesday (07/07/2010).

Expeditions in the plane suffered damage due to blow the meteor. This is where the adventure will begin immediately.

"With limited by time, you and the team had to repair and replace equipment to restore the production of oxygen into the settlements," NASA said.

To achieve their mission, the player of this game should use the interactive command center, and mobile robotic units memperbaikin. Players also test the dexterity of the right and optimal allocation of resources available, because it is the key to the success of the whole team.

NASA says this game is designed to involve and educate students about technology, employment opportunities and space exploration in the future.

Moonbase Alpha can be played by one or up to six players. NASA said the game was the beginning of a NASA project to develop online multiplayer games.

If interested, the game is available in MoonbaseAlphaGame.com.
(Tyo)

Source: OkeZone.com

WASHINGTON - The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) finally gave permission for formal adoption of Bluetooth Core Specification version 4.0, which enables energy saving devices.

Bluetooth 4.0 itself has been officially announced in April. But this time the GIS to add new capabilities to the device battery technology issues. According to SIG, Bluetooth 4.0 enables the device to operate only with a coin battery and can last up to years and years.

"Details regarding these specifications can be downloaded from the official website of GIS. But GIS also post additional details on low-power Bluetooth technology to the Web," wrote the official description of GIS, as quoted by Yahoo News, Wednesday (07/07/2010).

GIS illustrates how the addition of low power using very short data packet (at least eight octets to the maximum 27 octets) are transferred to one megabit per second, using a technology that can maximize their time without using new batteries.

This specification also places a greater burden on small pieces of logic controller rather than the entire host device, to determine when the entire system should be built.

In addition, the increase in modulation index has actually increased the effective range of 30 feet or more, up to 200 meters. Specifications low power 24-bit impose redundancy check (CRC) on all packages, designed to analyze the data corrupted. AES-128 encryption is also used.

SIG has said previously that it expects the first 4.0 Bluetooth devices will appear at the end of the year or in early 2011. (Srn)

Source: OkeZone.com