Microsoft's Mobicast helps combine cell phone videos

According to a New Scientist article, Microsoft Egypt has developed a new software that stitches together mobile videos into a single video for live internet streaming. The videos has to be of the same scene (of course) and taken from multiple angles which can then be combined to get a wide screen view. The software is named Mobicast. (more...)...

Microsoft has released four new themes for windows 7 through their Personalization Gallery. These are Twinkle Wish, Cats Anytime, Dogs in Winter and Summit on the Summit. Unlike Vista and XP, Microsoft is taking personalization in Windows 7 seriously. There are a wide variety of themes available for download and they are collaborating with other companies to produce themes related to their products such as Pepsi, Cocacola, Ducati and Ferrari ...

Recently the Google CEO Eric Schmidt made a statement "If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place. If you really need that kind of privacy, the reality is that search engines -- including Google -- do retain this information for some time and it's important, for example, that we are all subject in the United States to the Patriot Act and it is possible that all that information cou...

Recently I had a chance of reading an article that said that Windows 7 was susceptible to almost 80% of viruses out there. This made me think about ways in which we can protect the operating system and eventually lead to writing this article. According to me the best weapon we have against the attacks of these unwanted programs is common sense. As long as we use it the right way along with the right software we can stay safe. So here are a few s...

Even after the release of windows 7 there might be a few that still use vista. This is for them 1) Turn off unwanted animations. To do this click start menu. In the search box type “sysdm.cpl”( without quotes) and click continue when prompted by UAC. Click the advanced tab and under performance click settings. In the visual effects tab uncheck the options that are unnecessary. (more...)...

Dual booting is not a very hard task. But it requires a bit of prerequisite knowledge and if not done with care can lead to disaster. This guide assumes that you already have windows vista installed. 1. Boot with Windows Xp cd and wait till it loads necessary files. 2. Then select the volume in which you want to install Xp (choose a different drive than the one with vista installed. If you don’t have two volumes you can use vista’s built in d...

In the previous article we discussed the looks of windows 7. In this part we will look into new features that makes windows 7 different from windows Xp. Windows 7 includes the all new Libraries, Home Group, Device Stage and many more. Let’s look into each of them one by one. Libraries are virtual folders that bring together contents in logical locations. There are 4 default libraries for documents, music, pictures and videos. You can add or rem...

After Dreamspark for students and Bizspark for startups, Microsoft has rolled out another program called WebsiteSpark for web professionals. Through websitespark you will be able to download programs such as Visual Studio 2008, Expression Studio, Windows Server 2008 and many more in addition with free training and support. (more...)...

This is a review that I wrote for my old blog on August 12, 2009 and is based on Windows 7 RC As I am having a vacation I have a lot of free time these days. So I decided to utilize it by doing a comparison of windows 7 with my good old buddy windows Xp. This comparison focuses on Windows 7 RC. One thing I didn’t like about Windows Vista was that I couldn’t play a lot of old games which I liked. That remains true for Windows 7 as well. But it...