Windows 8 - The next generation of Windows

Microsoft on Thursday at D9 Conference previewed next version of its Windows OS, a new title-based and touch user interface which is suited for all kinds of devices ranging from tablets to regular PC's with or with out keyboard and mouse.

The following video introduces a few of the basic elements of the new user interface.

According to Julie Larson-Green ( Corporate vice president, Windows Experience ) the new interface has a Start screen which replaces the Windows Start menu with a customizable full-screen view of Web-powered apps built using HTML5 and JavaScript that have access to the full power of the PC. With fully touch-optimized browsing, with all the power of hardware-accelerated Internet Explorer 10.

Origin: Windows Blog.

Robotic insects first controlled flight

Researchers from Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences shown the first controlled flight of Robotic insects. They are half the size of a paper clip, weighing less than a tenth of a gram, the robot was inspired by the biology of a fly, with submillimeter-scale anatomy and two wafer-thin wings that flap almost invisibly 120 times per second.

Now open Google Doc's from Microsoft Office with Google Cloud Connect

Now you can open any Office file stored in Google Docs directly from with in Microsoft Office with Google Cloud Connect .

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