Microsoft Windows 7 Inspired By Apple OS X
Microsoft has unveiled its successor to Vista, Windows 7, to a crowd at the Professional Developers Conference. In this latest incarnation of windows operating system, Microsoft has taken some inspiration from OS X like the dock-style taskbar at the base of the screen. You can drag and drop icons for your most-used apps into the dock. The other feature borrowed from Apple is the easy connection to multiple networks.
The new OS will be less memory intensive, fewer computer alerts and warnings, federated search and enterprise search scopes. Find out more from Microsoft’s press release.
WHDI Wireless From ANIMON, Sony, Samsung, Sharp and Motorola
Wireless Home Digital Interface (WHDI™) technology operated in the 5GHz range can deliver uncompressed HD Video through wireless throughout your home from your TV, Blu-ray players, set top boxes, games consoles and more. The standard will be completed before 2009. Read full press release after the jump.
Is Aluminium The New Fuel Option?
A Purdue University professor Jerry Woodall has developed a method that uses an aluminum alloy to extract hydrogen from water for running fuel cells or internal combustion engines, and the technique could be used to replace gasoline.
Ionatron Portal Denial System
Ionatron’s Ionatron Portal Denial System shoots a laser across a doorway or hall to create a stream of plasma (called a laser-induced plasma channel, or LIPC).
Engadget Blunder Eats Into Apple Stock
Endgadget’s false email tip about the delay of iPhone and Leopard has caused Apple’s stock tumbled 3 percent losing US$4 billion in value by the end of the trading day.
Plasmas Killed Off By LCDs?
LCD HD Tvs are getting cheaper and you see more improvements too compared with Plasma TVs. Will that eventually kill off Plasmas? The world’s No. 2 maker of plasma panels LG is considering several strategic options to “efficiently adjust the plasma display business” by shutting down plasma production capacity by 16 percent.
Apple iPhone Approved By FCC
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved Apple’s iPhone and it will be available June 11 in the US.
Microsoft Not Keen On Blu-ray
Microsoft has confirmed it has absolutely no plans to support any other optical formats other than HD DVD.
Amazon to sell DRM-free music
Amazon will launch a digital music store with millions of songs, free of copy protection technology (DRM) that limits where consumers can play their music later in 2007.
Google’s Universal Search Engine
Google will be unifying its approach to Web search, combining its classic service with specialized searches ranging from news and images to videos.
