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Windows 8 Developer Preview
Sep 14th
Posted by William in Technology
Windows 8 is an operating system poised halfway between yesterday’s desktop and tomorrow’s touch-screen interface. The OS seems to build more for tablets and mobile devices than traditional computers.
Stephen Sinofsky, president of Microsoft’s Windows unit, told developers Tuesday that they would only have to write one version of their apps in order to access the entire Windows 8 user base, regardless of whether users were running the PC or tablet version of Windows 8.
Sinofsky also said all Windows 7 apps will run on Windows 8 PCs. More consumers now use Windows 7 than Windows XP. Microsoft has built plenty of apps for its new interface: games, several social networking apps for Twitter and Facebook, a location-based app called NearMe More >
HP discontinuing the Operations of WebOS phones and Touchpads!
Aug 19th
HP Killing its line of webOS devices and Touchpads. WebOS phones are great devices, much beloved by users, but they haven’t sold well. This may be the reason that HP has confirmed that they will be discontinuing operations surrounding the TouchPad and all webOS phones.
A press release from the company today reads “HP reported that it plans to announce that it will discontinue operations for webOS devices, specifically the TouchPad and webOS phones.” More >