Bing Lets You Track The Winter Olympics With Ease

Bing Lets You Track The Winter Olympics With EaseFebruary 7th might come and go for many of us without much fanfare, but that is the exact date where the opening ceremonies will kick off in Sochi, Russia, for the Winter Games. Of course, it will not be as celebrated as the Summer Olympics, but this does not mean it has no following at all. Far from it – you can be a fan of curling or figure skating, bobsled or biathlon, giant slalom or hockey, Nordic skiing or everything that has been mentioned and more, and Bing will make sure that you remain on top of all the action. Microsoft hopes to make Bing your one-stop location when it comes to obtaining the most relevant and up-to-date information which concern the Winter Games.

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    Kentucky State Classifies Computer Programming Classes As Foreign Languages

    Kentucky State Classifies Computer Programming Classes As Foreign LanguagesLanguage have been described to be a living thing, never mind the fact that it is inanimate and does not possess any kind of spirit whatsoever. Vocabularies change along with the passage of time, and hence, it is interesting to take note that the Kentucky Senate has decided that computer programming classes will be classified as foreign language credits in public schools, where this bill was passed on Tuesday. Don’t you think that this particular move is quite a plucky one, not to mention progressive – whether it is a Southern state or not? There is a reason behind this move, as Kentucky as a state intends their students to play major roles in programming.

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    Acer C720P Touch Chromebook Review

    In October, we reviewed Acer’s C720 Chromebook, a Haswell-harboring notebook with excellent battery life and performance to match. The one thing it lacked, however, was a touchscreen, something Acer has … Continue reading

    Sony Confirms Sale Of VAIO PC Business

    Sony Confirms Sale Of VAIO PC BusinessJust last week the rumors swirled that Sony could be looking to sell off their VAIO business. One of the possible candidates was Lenovo which Sony has since denied. Then new rumors came about suggesting that the VAIO division would be bought out by a Japanese investment firm and as it turns out, those particular set of rumors were right. Sony has since announced that they will indeed be selling off their VAIO PC division to Japan Industrial Partners for an undisclosed sum of money. This deal will also see Sony stop the design and development of PC products, which Sony claims is due to the “drastic changes in the global PC industry,” as one of the reasons.

    As it stands Sony is expected to now concentrate on their mobile lineup of smartphones and tablets while JIP will be taking control of their VAIO PC business. The deal is expected to conclude by the end of July, assuming that everything goes as planned. JIP also plans on keeping the VAIO lineup alive, although they will be limiting sales of VAIO computers in Japan, with Sony investing a 5% stake in JIP’s new company which will play home to the VAIO computers. Sony’s VAIO computers have typically been off the higher-end when it came to computers and usually came with rather sleek designs. We’re sure many will be sad to see it go – what do you guys think?

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    Susan Wojcicki To Head YouTube Division

    Susan Wojcicki To Head YouTube DivisionGoogle executive Susan Wojcicki has just been given a promotion, where she is now the new head of Google’s YouTube video business, at least according to Reuters, whose sources happen to be close to the matter. This particular promotion will see Wojcicki take over Salar Kamangar, where it represents the most recent change to Google’s top properties. Apparently, Google is looking to transform YouTube into a large money spinner, and according to Needham & Co. analyst Kerry Rice, “It’s one of the biggest traffic sources on the internet, so it makes sense to want to try to monetise the best they can.”

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    Windows 8.1 Build 1 Leak Shows Off Disk Space Feature

    Windows 8.1 Build 1 Leak Shows Off Disk Space FeatureWindows 8.1 Build 1 was leaked recently, and it seems that the disk space feature will be part of the deal, in addition to providing users with better access to the operating system with a keyboard and mouse configuration, in addition to other improvements for touchscreen-based PC users. Winsupersite has come across a revamped Disk Space feature in the leaked build of Update 1, and this particular feature ought to make it easier for those who want to manage their Modern apps as well as storage space via a touch-oriented UI.

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    Fuel Cells Power Datacenter Servers Demonstrated

    Fuel Cells Power Datacenter Servers DemonstratedIt was some time last year that Microsoft mentioned they were looking into the possible use of fuel cells in order to power the servers that are located in some of its data centers. Fast forward to today, and you see some of the “fruit” of their labor, where a demonstration was recently shown off at the National Fuel Cell Research Center at the University of California, Irvine.

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    Apple Clinched 19.5 Percent Of Global PC And Tablet Market In Q4 2013

    Apple Clinched 19.5 Percent Of Global PC And Tablet Market In Q4 2013

    Apple reported a fairly strong previous fiscal quarter, witnessing record sales of many of its products. The company’s market share in the global PC and tablet market also surged to 19.5 percent, this according to a new report by a research firm called Canalys. The firm estimates Apple shipping 30.9 million Mac and iPad units combined in Q4 2013, which accounted for 19.5 percent of the global market.

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    Windows 8.1 Update 1 Release Apparently Delayed

    Windows 8.1 Update 1 Release Apparently Delayed

    Microsoft’s “Spring” update for Windows was initially believed to ship in March. From all the rumors we have heard over the past couple of weeks, it was held that Windows 8.1 update 1 release will come around the second week of next month. Apparently the release has now been delayed to April, with Microsoft planning to distribute it on a Patch Tuesday, this would mean that instead of March 11th, Windows 8.1 update 1 release will take place on April 8th.

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    North Korea’s Red Star OS Looks Like Mac OS X Clone

    North Koreas Red Star OS Looks Like Mac OS X CloneThey say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but I do wonder how Apple fanboys would feel after checking out the screenshot above that depicts an upgraded version of Red Star OS, which is the operating system used on computers in North Korea. Don’t you think that the overall aesthetics found in the screenshot do bear a striking resemblance to the Mac OS X platform? The Red Star OS is installed on computers that are used in the majority of libraries and schools in the highly secretive country. In the past, before this upgrade, it seems that the Red Star OS carried the visual DNA, so to speak, of Microsoft’s Windows operating system.

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