Archive for January 27th, 2012

Could Kinect Be Coming To Laptops?

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Posted on Windows 7 News & Tips Microsofts Kinect has certainly been popular among consumers and hackers a like.

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Kinect tech built into laptop prototypes

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Kinect’s vision and depth perception technology could soon be integrated into laptops. The Daily has seen two prototypes, believed to be from Asus, that incorporate an array of sensors above the top of the screen, replacing the traditional webcam. Below the display are a set of LEDs.

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Weblock for Kids: A browser with parental control features

Earlier, we covered Qustodio, a free parental guidance and control program for Windows 7. The program helped parents to monitor their child’s online activities, their participation in social..

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Download Australia Imagery screen saver from Bing

Bing Australia has made available for download one fine screen saver for your Windows desktop.

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Linux on the Microsoft Azure Cloud

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Posted on Windows 7 News & Tips Linux may not be dead after all. Microsoft is looking for software engineers to make Linux available on Azure, Microsoft Cloud system. Job Requirements “Senior Software Development Engineer/Linux Virtualization This position requires a proven track record in the open source community

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My favorite Windows 7 themes [2/2]

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My favorite Windows 7 themes (2) ============================================================= How to enable custom themes in Windows 7: Coming soon…

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5 Best Free Download Managers for Windows 7

Do you download a lot of things? Then I am sure that you must be aware of the Microsoft Download Manager. But if you are looking foe a free download manager with some advanced features, you might..

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Ways and Means to Share Files – Part 1

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Posted on Windows 7 News & Tips When you have two or more computers and you want to share important files between them there are several ways you can do this. Method 1 & 2     Using your Wireless Connection Providing you have a wireless connection you can use either HomeGroup or Network connections.   HomeGroup   Network Method 3            Purchase a Belkin USB File Transfer Cable Another way is to buy a Belkin USB Transfer Cables

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Nokia Sells “Well Over” a Million Windows Phones in Q4

Posted on Windows 7 News & Tips Nokia has released its quarterly reports for Q4 2011 and it’s quite a mixed bag. While Nokia did post a net loss of $1.4 billion on revenues of over $13 billion, the company does have hopes that it can turn its downward momentum in the smartphone industry with their newly adopted platform, Windows Phone. The Finnish mobile manufacturer announced that they have sold well over one million Windows Phone handsets in just only two months of availability

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Google Fixes Multiple Calendar Sync and Search Issues on Windows Phone

Posted on Windows 7 News & Tips Google has finally decided to stop ignoring Windows Phone on two key issues: Multiple Calendar Sync & Search (Previously, Windows Phone users had to resort to workarounds to achieve syncing multiple calendars to their device). Today, Google posted , via Google+, that they have fixed these two problematic issues for Windows Phone users: We launched a few new features on Google Sync for our Windows Phone (7.5+) users.

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