Windows 8 -Preview

Microsoft has offered its most extensive preview so far of the forthcoming Windows 8 operating system.

The new designs are heavily influenced by Windows Phone, with 'tiles' on a new homescreen that the company hopes will be useful for both tablets and traditional PC setups.Steven Sinofsky, President of the Windows Division of Microsoft, said that although the new operating system should be equally at home on very different platforms, it was important that it was also "no compromise".Bridging the gap between mobile and PC, Windows 8 will support both HTML apps, similar to the apps available on smartphones, and also the traditional applications that are familiar to users of Windows 7.Details on more precise specifications and when the new software will ship are, however, not yet known. Microsoft has said that the new version of Windows will be less processor-hungry than Windows 7, and that more details will be revealed at a September developers conference.
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4G evolution in India by 2012

With 3G emerging as the next generation of mobile systems, India gets ready to embrace the 4G evolution, technology professionals said at the LTE India 2011 international conference organized by Bharat Exhibitions.LTE (Long Term Evolution)or 4G would be the next big step towards a broadband wireless revolution by using core set up of the 2G/3G networks. This dramatically matured transition aims to deliver a unique consumer experience as the world forays into the 4G territory with about 380 million LTE subscribers and 80 plus LTE networks by 2015.
The LTE specification provides downlink peak rates of at least 100 Mbps, an uplink of at least 50 Mbps and RAN round-trip times of less than 10 ms. LTE supports scalable carrier bandwidths, from 1.4 MHz to 20 MHz and supports both frequency division duplexing (FDD) and time division duplexing (TDD).The main advantages with LTE are high throughput, low latency, plug and play, FDD and TDD in the same platform, an improved end-user experience and a simple architecture resulting in low operating costs. LTE will also support seamless passing to cell towers with older network technology such as GSM, cdmaOne, UMTS, and CDMA2000.Worldwide trials for the 100 Megabits per second LTE service had already started taking shape in 2010. In India, Qualcomm and Huawei had set up a trial network in Hyderabad. But hopefully, the technology would support only four or five operators provided they have a pan India reach.