Blue Bugle: Mobile, Desktop & Web Technologies

Page 1 -   Page 2 - Page 3 - Page 4 Here continues, the history of Microsoft... New Ventures: 1995—1997 Feb 1994:  MS has acquired Softimage Inc, a company from Canada. Nov 14, 1994:  The new slogan of MS “Where Do You Want to Go Today?” comes about. The campaign was introduced in a SoHo in New York (a restaurant chain owned by Robert DeNiro). Jan 1995:  Bill Gates has announced Microsoft Bob, an interactive application supposed to simplify PC tasks. Bob went on to become a phenomenal failure in Microsoft’s history, causing it to be withdrawn from production soon. Mar 1995:  Microsoft and DreamWorks join hands to form DreamWorks Interactive that will produce interactive, entertainment software. Aug 1995:  On 24 Aug 1995, Microsoft releases Windows 95, which would become enormously successful selling a million copies within the first four days of release. Also released was MS Office 95. This month marks the release of the most important we...

Page 1 -   Page 2 - Page 3 - Page 4 The story of Microsoft continues here, the final page… The Year 2005 Major software releases include SQL Server 2005, Microsoft Expression Media, Visual Studio 2005 Standard, BizTalk Server 2006, etc. Jan 2005: Bangalore, India has MS its research center opened. Also there is an expansion of Redmond HQ. Aug 2005: Brian Kevin Turner from Wal-Mart becomes COO of Microsoft. Sep 2005: At Safeco Field, Seattle, Microsoft celebrates the 20 th anniversary of MS Windows and 30 th anniversary of the company. Nov 22, 2005: Xbox 360 has been launched. It became extremely popular from the first day. The Year 2006 Mar 2006: Microsoft gets its 5000 th patent. Jun 2006: Bill Gates announces his transition from day-to-day activities giving increased privileges to Ray Ozzie (who would become CTO) and Craig Mundie (who would become Chief Research and Strategy Officer). Nov 2006: Microsoft and Novell come together to develop...

Have you wondered recently how Apple is progressing in terms of technical advancements? When Steve Jobs released the first version of iPhone and iPad, and other legendary products like iPod, I have never had any doubt about the technical supremacy of Apple. It’s capability to compete with other products in the niche has been tremendous. However, now I believe Apple is riding on that respect and repute created during Jobs’ reign, because all that they are doing is creating not-so-appealing products or doing absurd innovation. Why else would they release a lesser iPad with a big price tag? Apple iPad Mini was released with average features at an absurdly big price tag of 329 dollars (starting). The Tech Specs Here are the technical specifications of this new iPad. Display 7.9 inch LED IPS, 1024x768 (163ppi) Processor 1 GHz ARM-Cortex A9, Apple A5 chip Camera 5MP Memory 512 MB RAM Storage 16/32/64 GB Battery 16.3 Wh, up to 10 hours of use Dimensions 7.87x5.3x0.28 inc...

Apple is hours away from releasing its iPad’s more affordable, more portable version today—iPad Mini. This is a seven-inch Apple tablet that has iOS 6 and other features which we will know soon. Here we will look at an assortment of mini tablets out there that will compete with iPad Mini. Amazon Kindle Fire HD Arguably the most atrocious competitor to Apple iPad Mini, Amazon Kindle Fire HD had been released recently . This is a significant upgrade to Amazon’s popular tablet. Here are the technical specs. Display 7 inch 1280 X 800 HD TFT IPS Processor 1.2 GHz dual-core Storage 16/32 GB Battery 11 hours per charge Wi-Fi Dual-band unlike iPad and Google Nexus Input 10-point multi-touch Dimensions 193x137x10.3 mm 395 gm Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 The most important tablet project by Samsung, Galaxy Tab is now in second generation with this 7 inch tablet. Besides this, Samsung ha...

In two versions, Microsoft is releasing its premier operating system—Windows 8. These versions are Windows 8 and Windows RT . MS has entirely revamped the OS making it look different from all the previous versions of Windows. Windows 8’s stability and performance in 64-bit computers, Microsoft says, has been improved from Windows 7. Windows 8 supports both tablet computers that work on ARM architecture as well as x86 and x64 systems that have regular Intel and AMD microprocessors. Windows RT will power such ARM tablets like Microsoft Surface and smartphones. In this article, let me introduce you to some of the new features available in Windows 8. 1. The All-New Home Screen If you are familiar with Windows Phone 7, then you are familiar with the Metro user interface. The interface of Windows 8 and Windows RT come with the Metro style interface that include ‘live’ tiles that update based on information available. The tiles can be weather updates, social media updates (Twitte...

Google Chromebook is a lightweight notebook from Google that uses the Google Chrome operating system. Yesterday, in an event conducted in San Francisco, Google unveiled the latest Chromebook, manufactured by Samsung that retails for just 249 dollars . Here is a video from Google: The notebook is entirely based on the cloud computing platform of Google known as Drive, operated through Chrome OS. In this article, let us look at the details of Chromebooks and Chromeboxes. Samsung Chromebook Look at the images of the current Samsung Chromebook  from various angles. Along with Chromebooks, Samsung has released Chromeboxes that compete directly with Apple Mac Mini. Ports on your Chromebook Special keys on the keyboard Samsung Chromebox Google Chrome Operating System Chromebook runs entirely on Google Chrome OS. The notebook is not only thin and light, but it contains absolutely no bloatware. All you get with it is the operating system based entirely on Google Chr...

Today, most of the smartphones out there use rechargeable Lithium-ion batteries. They are found not only on cell phones, but on digital cameras, portable music players, and a lot of other electronic gadgets. The major advantages of this type of phone battery are that they have high energy density, high power output, and long lifespan. These advantages make Lithium-ion batteries perfect for portable electronic gadgets. If you ever had confusion as to what these batteries are and what their specifications meant (stuff like mAh, charging time, etc), then let me clarify these details here. The Basic Chemistry Look at the image that illustrates the compounds within a typical Lithium-ion battery. I have tried to speak as low-tech chemistry as possible here. At the base of all these batteries is the basic metal, Lithium (Li). This is a soft, light metal of the alkali metal group, which means this metal is very reactive and difficult to preserve. The optimum reactivity of Lithium ...