Beatmania IIDX 20 Tricoro Version Blue

It was an another update of this month with more songs as part of the new mode that was released. Songs from Legend Cross were still in the game and you can select them from the normal music select screen so that there’s no need to worry about what’s going to happen to them.  This update contains additional songs and especially for new boss songs and is known as Omega Attack. Previously, you could unlock the Legend Cross songs by obtaining Astran lights and some crystals that are needed to unlock the secret boss songs. Plan 8 is the extra stage boss song and is by far even harder than the normal boss songs and the secret boss song is Thor’s Hammer which turns out to be LED remix of La Campanella and speaking of La Campanella, this isn’t the first rhythm game remix. The previous one was by Cranky and that was in DJ Max Portable 3 and Technika 2 and above. Now, in Omega Attack, you can unlock songs by clearing in-game viruses in the in-game network. Whether you clear or fail the song in whichever mode you’re in, you’re awarded the CPs. You can use the CPs to purchase the weapons for your character to clear the viruses so that you can unlock the songs. This is sort of like a social RPG way of progressing in a rhythm arcade game although you can choose to play it in the normal way. As you clear more of the viruses, you unlock more songs, new weapons and upgrade your character’s code level to earn more CPs per play. However, some tiles on the map require more hits to clear. The mode is divided into two sectors with each sector containing its boss song where the real boss fight comes in as you play the song. But then, there are some factors in unlocking the songs from the respective sectors.
Lastly for Legend Cross songs in Standard Mode, you may need to buy Devil and Angel Cards using Dellars which require of course the E-Amusement Cards with premium membership. I guess that Premium Mode may have the time limit and makes use of the Paseli. Fortunately, if you had played the Legend Cross songs during Legend Cross event, you can buy the Devil Cards which are less expensive than Angel Cards but for CS Revival songs, they are automatically unlocked the day after the last day of the event.

Wordament on IOS

WHAT? They should have released this port earlier or so! Having to release this last week was already too late back then when other people already predicted before we reached beyond last week which is already the week with Christmas day we’re already in.

Surprisingly enough, the IOS users are able to get another Metro gaming experience with Wordament, another game that was originally on Windows 8 and Windows Phone and it is the first game to feature Xbox Live support. Wait, Xbox Live support on non-Microsoft devices? OH JEEZ, WHAT WAS MICROSOFT THINKING LIKE THAT? When you start the game on the IOS, you’re presented with the sign in page that you may need to login with your Xbox Live account or Microsoft Account. Otherwise, you can play as a guest which is an offline way to play. And of course, this isn’t the first Windows Phone game that was ported to IOS.

Gunhound EX for PSP

Originally a PC game, G.Rev has announced the demo version available for the PSP while the full version of the game for the PSP will be available in late January next year. It’s a run and gun game but the PC version looks like you’re playing on the PSP no matter which aspect ratio you’ve chosen as the in-game resolution surely looks like the PSP resolution that it can be ported to PSP without graphical loss. Hopefully, we’ll be able to see what the whole game looks like because for Kokuga for 3DS, the whole gameplay may be boring without the use of special weapons, leaving your offensive attacks kind of weak and more time consuming to take out the enemies but I may assume that the owners of that game already had some fun kicking the enemies’ asses with those cool weapon cards.

Blazblue Calamity Trigger on Windows 8

OK, guess what when it was recently released this perhaps this week or last week, it is on Windows 8 and Windows RT devices are not supported. Perhaps, the game itself is damn advanced just like the original PC port two years ago. If that release date was such a case to you, you were better off with the original PC port or other versions of the game as the Windows 8 release of this game was already too late then like we thought that there would be some sort of calamity approaching or something but it turned out that no such shit happened and therefore, you’re still able to play the Windows 8 version.

However, do you probably want to play the freaking Windows 8 version when you already have owned other version? What about moving on to the latest series when you are already a big fan of the series or the genre itself? To the business and consumers, the operating system is already a technical mess or technical disaster for desktop users in which people already found it unacceptable in various ways.

So here’s what Windows 8 version is like. The system requirements falls in the same range as the original PC port and the controls are done with touch, gamepad and keyboard so that you can try out the game with the arcade stick again for example for better arcade experience. Fortunately, this is damn cheap to get and that’s the best thing about Windows 8 port compared to buying other versions. However, it may not be the same for buying other stuffs just to get this port as the overall costs may be much higher than buying a console and the console port together.

Maimai Plus

The word, Plus, sounds like there’s going to be an IOS port of this rhythm game but my imagination is wrong. It is actually an updated game with additional stuffs and improvements. There are more Vocaloid songs to play in addition to the originals as well as even more Extend songs. Another information is that there is some soundtrack CD called, Rave Party Tokyo or something, in which Sega took several songs for that game and to a surprise, it seems that various Touhou circles were involved in that soundtrack CD. Even Cranky, the BMS music composer was involved as well as his latest song was put in Maimai Plus. This isn’t the first time his song was in put the commercial rhythm game in the arcade. The previous game was DJ Max Portable 3 according to the Japanese Wikipedia of La Campanella.

Damn, it seemed that the mechanical problem of the card swiping part for Maimai is still there despite the update that took place yesterday when blogging this in Eastern regional time. And it’s really fascinating to me when some little kids try to bash the shit out of the buttons of whichever arcade games when they’re in attract modes. What an inaccurate rule and its factors that the vacation is left out way too long like lasting for more than five weeks for children.

Megatex at Expo this month

This one seemed to be small like there was not much to say. It was basically the last IT show of this year that took one hall. Surprisingly enough, HP is not the only one that has the USB technology that hooks up both the keyboard and the mouse at the same time. From my findings, it seemed like Rangers is another company that produces the same set. Speaking of that company, I remembered using their wireless keyboard with the mini mouse part on the left and right sides. The left side has the left and right mouse buttons while the right side has the trackball thing that allows you to move. When I used that keyboard one more time, there was some Android TV thing with the flashdrive and the SD card in. From the look of the interface, I was certain that it was powered by Android like what I used in the SITEX IT show.
The exploration took place two days ago but the show won't be over until next Tuesday which is Christmas Day. In fact, I was distracted like hell by the SMART TVs displaying the respective websites with the latest news articles so that section was skipped anyway although I explored one previously in the previous IT shows.
Lastly, I found Garageband to be interesting to use but as I don't have the app on my IOS device due to the fact it is priced or I don't have the Mac computer, it would take me time to figure out on how to use it based on my experience on using FL Studio.

Sound Voltex Booth–December Touhou Arrangement Packs

Wanting to see more? There’s probably one thought from Konami and this month may have more than one pack of Touhou arrangements. This started from last week and they think that this is not over yet. Maybe they’re adding more of the arrangements before reaching next year but then, it seems that the preparation for some celebration next Tuesday will be cut off like some badass Touhou characters will be tearing apart the whole globe if the remixes are poorly done again for that game. Nobody wants that consequence to happen again like what already happened the last time when some Bemani songs were horribly screwed up that the controversy already happened.

Well, it may be too late to play off the fourth pack of Touhou arrangements for that game but there was still time for the third pack that was released last week. So in the meantime, you can try out the famous arrangements from the third pack such as Marisa Stole The Precious Thing, Help Me, Eirin, Kero Destiny and three other arrangements I don’t even know of. Speaking of those three famous arrangements, there have been MAD videos everywhere with those songs.

The fourth pack may contain more arrangements we have known a lot such as Nights of Nights and the other one by IOSYS which is the arrangement of Orin’s theme and holy cow, it seems that Cool & Create, IOSYS and Silver Forest have been pretty famous but unfortunately sometime this year, it seemed that Silver Forest had already disbanded so how can Silver Forest be credited by then when their arrangements are put in Sound Voltex?

Twitter for BlackBerry 4.0 Update

Now that you can connect your BlackBerry on Twitter with the Connect capabilities. it features new tabs, streamlined design, and simplified navigation makes this an enjoyable app on BlackBerry. The Connect tab shows you who retweeted, favorited and followed you and gathers all your mentions in one place. Even better is that it is simple to filter mentions and replies to see only certain interactions.

Other improvements involve the access to existing and new functionality such as the new Discover Tab which encompasses Trends, “Who to follow” suggestions, and an easier way to browse categories. On the Me tab, you can find messages, lists and your favorites Tweets there.

Well, that’s the update to the app for BlackBerry but then, this sort of update should be available earlier to me.

New Apps for Xbox Live

What, is that all this future has got? No matter how much you plan to view all the episodes of y our favorite show, it is gotta be time consuming like it may take days to weeks to finish watching everything on your Xbox 360 console. Perhaps they should have implemented this earlier or so. Crunchyroll, AOL On, Vimeo and even that ignorant IGN are the ones we probably know of we had gone there before. For Crunchyroll, this is where you can watch your favorite shows there from whichever culture you like. It is launching in all Live Markets except Japan, UAE, Slovakia and Saudi Arabia which may be due to some laws or whatever but come on, that place is where we have the rights to view stuffs on online legally compared to other sites which may be the illegal ways. AOL On, well, whatever it is, it is the video sharing service by AOL where you can watch the videos under Reuters, Entertainment Tonight and more. Vimeo, well, unfortunately, maybe I should go back to my YouTube videos anyway as there was no sign of momentum there whatever.

Lastly is the ignorant IGN site where you can see the previews, reviews, guides and the beginner-like gameplay videos as well as the instant access to game walkthrough. The reason I called that site ignorant is that I had found some game like SFR for Xbox 360 to be the failure as the control concepts were already complex to be implemented into the Kinect technology as such sports like skateboarding may be kind of tough for it. Also, the contents were unusual and the voice execution in gameplay is annoying. The final boss battle was kind of disappointing and the course exclusive stuffs were kind of retarded in terms of the idea. Lastly, the menus had the serious downsides to me as well. I surely don’t like to use the freaking voice command so I turned that off entirely on my console. To make things worse, you may have to memorize those things to make the voice commands kind of non-responsive and the interactivity doesn’t seem to be effective enough like you have to drag whatever you select to the bottom-right icon. Well, stay away from that Kinect game no matter but then IGN gave this a 7 which caused the fans of the franchise to be angry and this is why the site, IGN is as ignorant as ever that we prefer Classic Game Room even better. Their reviews are better and they even reviewed the retro games and other games not released in the western regions.

Mobile apps with Instant Access to Infinite Drive

Well, another cloud storage service coming from another company which is Bitcasa similar to other cloud storage services we used like Skydrive, DropBox, Google Drive to name a few. This one regards the mobile apps that allow instant streaming of documents from the Bitcasa Infinite Drive which is the name of the Bitcasa cloud storage service.

Infinite Drive however, never runs out of space and is accessible from anywhere and any device and you can get instant streaming, access anywhere in streaming media content off the Instant Drive to your mobile and desktop devices without having to synchronize stuffs again. And as Instant Drive is an infinite cloud storage, it acts as a virtual external drive that expands with the user’s growing storage needs without worries of running out of space.

When you backup your data to the cloud storage online, they are protected with client-side encryption in which you can see and access the data. In addition, there’s the time-capsule versioning similar to the Volume Shadow Copies in the operating system but then this is rarely used although it can be used as a last resort when certain mistakes happen.

For sharing content, you can share your data with your friends or perhaps the public regardless of file size. For sharing on the mobile devices, you can also set up alerts to protect against large downloads that may affect their mobile bandwidth changes.

Starting in February next year which may be like too late or so, Bitcasa will provide unlimited storage for just $10/month.

DropBox Ver 2.0 for IOS

This update is gonna be a major one for the IOS and here are the following features:

• Updated Photos experience: You can scroll through the photos and pick the one you want to display. On the Ipad, the left pane is the Photos pane similar to the one on the Iphone and Ipod Touch and even better, there’s also the secondary pane for displaying the photo while retaining the first pane. When you preview the photos, you can choose to email, send a text or Facebook message, share to Facebook and even Tweet. It’s a nice opportunity to share with your friends on social networking sites. Even better is that they have included the speedy scroller. What the hell is that and how can this work on the mobile devices? Will this feature divide the number of photos into the respective groups?
• Well, I had the Camera Roll synchronized to my DropBox storage so for every new photo taken, it will be synchronized. But with Version 2.0, there is a feature that allows you to make a folder and upload to specific folders.
• Lastly, they had gotten rid of the text labels on the tabs in favor of the simple iconography. The icon is changed as well for the simplified future.

The update will be initiated on my IOS device and explored in a few moments right after this blog post.

Bing Social Results for Ipad

Previously, they already started rolling out this feature and now it was available for the IPad yesterday in the western regions. This feature is for Safari on Ipad including Ipad Mini for the social sidebar. This is kind of easier to plan your decisions on Ipad than on the normal computers as the device is more mobile and you can plan from anywhere you are in.

In addition, you can also connect to other accounts of yours such as the social networking accounts to get the search started with this new feature similar to Google search engine.

I don’t know if this will be available on other web browsers as well as the mobile versions of those web browsers but until then, you can try out this new feature on the Ipad devices.

Raiden Legacy on IOS and Android

Last time, I might have played Raiden Fighters Aces and the graphics, music and sounds are obviously more accurate compared to MAME emulation of Raiden Fighters series. Where-else in this compilation on IOS and Android, the ENTIRE PORT IS BASED ON MAME EMULATION CODES! WHAT WERE THEY THINKING? THIS IS LIKE SEIBU KAIHATSU WILL SUE THE PORTERS FOR SURE! The good side is the controls and the graphics but then, the graphics will go too pixelated even on the great sharp modern smartphone and tablet devices compared to the Xbox 360 port. This part is bullshit like that in terms of the graphical settings. The gameplay is kind of flawed with minor bugs as well and especially for the charging in Raiden Fighters series. Then, for SOOOOOUUUUNNNDDDS, the freaking soooouuunnnddds! The sound is based on MAME emulation as it sounds compared to playing Raiden Fighters Aces.

Gameplay-wise on IOS and Android, I’m pretty sure that you can play even better like that in terms of scoring as long as you don’t forget the respective factors in each area in each game in the series. Hell, that is the best part of the compilation and of course, you’re going to buy it!

At this rate, the compilation is going to be okay to me like that compared to Xbox 360 version where certain game modes are sort of underrated to me in addition to some programming inaccuracy of the ports. If the compilation for the IOS and Android is ported by Success Corporation, Gulti and Seibu Kaihatsu instead of that fucking DotEmu, then the whole compilation can be even better like that just like the Xbox 360 port. Buy this port if you want but I don’t know if DotEmu has the permission or not.

Firefox 18 will have static themes

Well, for some reason, the browser is slowed down like hell due to animated themes. Remember that Windows Vista has animated desktop and other cool stuffs as well? Those surely take lots of resources but we still find them quite cool all along. Sure, the animated themes in Firefox are likely to take lots of resources and it can be troublesome in terms of performance and the browser has to do all the buffering work non-stop like crazy by redrawing all the stuffs no matter how fast the browser can be.

Well, there is a bug which is the reason on why there is a huge resource hog. The solution is to have smaller resolution images so you may have to make a theme out of small images without losing various details you want. But to make the solution worse, they have no choice but to remove the animations entirely. I guess this is more troublesome in terms of performance than static skin.

One brave thing Mozilla is that they have understood that people will be upset with this decision but it seems that there is already a workaround where you can install Personas Shuffler to get the animations back. Bravos, Mozilla.

Finding famous people and places with Bing

Looks like they’re planning the features for Bing that are somewhat similar to the ones in Google search engine. When you search for something famous, you may end up seeing the picture next to the description as well as the web address and the title of the web page. In addition, you can see the section that displays several images that you can see even more if you click on the Image tab. Also on Google search engine as well as the Bing search engine, if you hover on the link, you can see the preview on the right pane as well as the related topics you want to search for as well. However, there are some differences between these two search engines. The Bing search engine has the Social Results pane that displays the topics that are posted in social networking websites.

Header for Twitter profile

Just like the cover image on your Facebook and Google Plus account, it seems that Twitter already has one. So far, I might have seen some special Twitter users having some header like image on top of their profile pages and I still haven’t set up my account to have that. By tomorrow, if you don’t upload a header photo, you will end up seeing the default grey image on your profile and that’s not good looking but don’t worry, it doesn’t seem to be a large consequence anyway. It is somewhat their recommendation or encouragement for you to do it.

Skydrive for Xbox 360?

Yikes, what the fuck? This is a disastrous idea Microsoft has come up with and it is going to be a disastrous report/article you’re going to see from here and Neowin site. You see, having the cloud storage on Xbox 360 console is already fine for storing game saves perhaps but THIS is a disaster striking the company’s asses! Who thought this may be a good idea anyway? You can’t edit stuffs on the Skydrive directly on your console and I don’t know if you can view photos and videos on that console. It may be seriously flawed that it makes the network viewing of the content look like the USB media player connected to the console. THIS IS MORE LIKE A READ-ONLY CLOUD VIEWER than the fully functional cloud service on the device and such technology like this SHOULD NOT be implemented in USB media players as well.

When it comes to servers, what you’re gonna do about the data stored on them. Do you edit, create and remove stuffs directly on the servers? Who the hell at the data center may want that?

Well, I don’t know if the game saves can be stored in the Skydrive storage or not but a huge technical disaster may happen to your account that will affect all the services that power it if you happen to have violated some new rules or terms of usages or whatever like what already happened to someone’s Hotmail account.

Next at Microsoft

Well, what now? There’s also the Pulse app as well as other apps that represent the other blogs on multiple platforms. And now, there’s even Next at Microsoft, the first-party sort of the news viewing app for Windows 8. This is about the stories from across Microsoft and get behind the scenes of the trends such as the Natural User Interface and Big Data as well as profile the work of the people the blogger, Steve Clayton meets from Microsoft Research, his incubation labs, designers, developers and more.

How is this the magazine style online news viewing app? It doesn’t look like an online magazine or some sort at all to me because it consists of all the blog posts posted on various blog sites around Microsoft domain. Performance is also the key goal to the developers so you can speed through the content with a flick and not be distracted by unnecessary bells and whistles.

In the future, there will be version 2 coming in with more stuffs but in the meantime, you can install the app and it’s already free and get started.

Xperia and Box renew partnership through next year

Announced before the last year’s festive season and initially running for a year, the Xperia smartphone and Sony tablet users can now get the free 50GB Box cloud storage for life by signing up or accessing existing Box accounts from their devices before the end of next year.

Development Area Update

As Windows Live Mesh would be replaced with the new Skydrive, it seemed that I had decided to move my development data to my Box cloud storage but the Box Sync was annoyingly flawed that I decided to another migration again and this time, the Music Remix Area would be moved to my Skydrive account. Even worse was that the policy was changed that having abusive data in your Skydrive cloud storage can lead to the removal of your Microsoft account.

Over the next few weeks, there will be another news from Sony and Box as there will be a talk about the service and what they can expect from Box through next year. This is available for Xperia smartphones including the released after Xperia X10 but not for X10 Mini, X10 Mini Pro and devices with Android versions prior to 2.1

Internet Explorer 10 for Windows Phone

It surely looks like Internet Explorer 9 for Windows Phone but IE9 Mobile to me may seem to be the prototype and therefore it’s not quite fast. So, with IE 10 for Windows Phone, it is truly fast and assumed to be less buggy. In Windows Phone 7.5, the interface seems to be changed a bit to make more room for the sites you care about so they’re no longer boxed-in by the browser frame. This same look is kept in Windows Phone 8, plus the popular features including the smart address bar, tabbed browsing and pinned sites to name a few that are retained.

It is obvious that the design may be sharing the Windows 8 counterpart of Internet Explorer browser as both Windows Phone and Windows 8 versions of IE 10 are built on the same engine and offer improved handling of key web technologies and standard, including new support for touch-enabled sites.

Like Windows 8 itself, there are more ways to share on Windows Phone. If you have an Xbox 360 console with the new dashboard, you can use the latest ways to share. Just choose the Xbox option from IE 10’s Share menu to launch the Xbox SmartGlass app on your Windows Phone and send the website you were looking at to your TV. Another feature is the Card Tap like Ad-Hoc way in which you can tap your Windows Phone on another one provided that it supports the NFC, an emerging wireless technology designed for short-distance sharing. Maybe this is like the infrared sort of thing or perhaps the card scanning or whatever, I don’t know. But note that Windows Phone devices aren’t the only devices that support NFC. Since NFC is an industry standard, you can share with any device that supports it. Even better is that you can tap on the NFC enabled poster or flyer mentioning some website that allows you to pull up the site in your browser. It is sort of like the some QR code or something for other devices where you can scan your smartphone to those codes to gain access to something that fulfills the objectives.

Using Data Sense, you can help reduce the data consumption while browsing the web without slowing things down or changing how sites appear. With that enabled, you’ll be able to load up to 45% more web pages on the same data plan or wireless connection. Also, the favorites and settings for the web browsers are backed up in case you ever lose or charge your smartphone. This may be due to the use of Microsoft Account in which your favorites and settings are kept in the cloud similar to other web browsers like Google Chrome.

Like Android and computers, the smartphones are potentially vulnerable to security threats. The SmartScreen Filter, the same as found in the computer that’s protected millions of people, is in Windows Phone as well. Also, like Windows 8’s IE 10, IE 10 for Windows Phone has the Do Not Track feature, which signals websites that you prefer not to have information collected about your visit as you browse. It’s important to note that it’s up to individual sites to determine how to interpret this signal. The feature is turned on if you choose the recommended setup option the first time you use the browser on Windows Phone and Windows 8.

Unlike Windows Phone 7.5, it seems that the Find on Page as the developers are asked to put in is in Windows Phone 8 as they are honest that they had already run out of time during the development.  This feature is also in Internet Explorer 10 which means it’s fast and robust.

Lastly, in case you find things missing, you can use the Suggestion Box to make suggestions on what do you need the developers to put in. For me, I may need the TABS to be MOVABLE like the desktop edition of the web browsers themselves.

Changes to Google Apps packages

For whatever reason, it seems that Google is no longer accepting new signups for the free version of Google Apps. The option to switch to the free version will no longer be available in 30 days. Hmmm, perhaps the customers still have some time anyway before this is bound to happen like sometime in January next year. However, the change has no impact on the customers who are already using the free version. They can continue to use Google Apps for free. More information can be found at http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2012/12/changes-to-google-apps-for-businesses.html
http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?answer=2855120.

Bravos over Windows Phone 8 Keyboard

Again, there’s not much of difference than Windows Phone 7 OS as Windows Phone 8 is actually the improved version of the OS. Various IT blogs like Engadget and Gizmodo have praised the operating system over the secrets of the Windows Phone 8 keyboard.

So what did they have? Well, they had set out to make their critically-acclaimed keyboard even more intuitive, accurate and personal. Bravos to the developers at Microsoft and this is how you call the operating system a faster one.

Using the new feature on Windows Phone 8 called Word Flow, an improved and renamed version of Quick Correct feature from Windows Phone 7.5, to help prevent time-wasting typos and focus on what matters: communicating with the people you care about, it is designed to reflect how real people communicate to each other and so it knows everything from whatever culture. Speaking of some sort of pop culture, it may be where the weakness lies in the ones who have been working on the operating systems. It’s a cool discovery on whichever culture you like but it can be distracting to work by the way. However, the smartphones surely have the limited space to put in like billions of words in English dictionary so they have chosen some 600000 of the most common words and phrases that people actually type on their smartphones to power Word Flow’s corrections and suggestions.

The result is that the auto-correction skills of Windows Phone’s are 94% accurate out of the box and Word Flow is also designed to be keen of your writing habits and what you care about. It’s always learning so it can help personalize the suggestions and corrections to suit each individual person.

During the making the virtual keyboard like that, they have seen smartphones make frustrating goofy fixes. If there’s a proof, you can check out the thousands of hilarious submissions on sites like Damn You Autocorrect. They tried their best to prevent Windows Phone series from being the stars of those sites. The device needs to know a lot of words so it can figure out what you’re trying to type. So, they have the built-in virtual dictionary akin to the dusty old copy of Webster’s on your shelf.

Even a smarter dictionary, however, doesn’t prevent strange suggestions and unwanted auto-corrections. There are already reason to know why.

And to make even more cultural popularity about Windows Phones, they have also turned to social networking sites and Wikipedia to help inform their dictionaries. But instead of relying on those sites to verify the words to ensure that they are proper words for yourself, they have instead built the programs to crawl these sites for new and commonly-used words.

Lastly, there’s also the custom dictionary feature just like using the computer but then, custom dictionary may be a rare or perhaps a pointless feature. Now, if only the developers can try even harder like that.

Facebook Update for BlackBerry

BlackBerry devices are the smartphone sort of devices that I don’t even use smartphones as I don’t contact people through the phones. Like always, I make contacts with people through the email information. The ways I contact people will be the emailing and chatting and that sounds way too social enough to communicate.

Facebook for BlackBerry is apparently updated to Version 3.3 with newer features and increased BlackBerry Messenger connectivity. Other new stuffs include the new look and feel with refreshed icons and navigation.

Using BBM Integration, you can invite your Facebook friends to BlackBerry Messenger provided that they have the BlackBerry devices. And as BlackBerry series is the smartphone series, you can make calls in addition to various Facebook features.

Unfortunately, having to share your PIN is a controversial thing to me as this is supposed to the private sort of passcode thing you should not reveal to. First of all, you may end up sharing your BlackBerry PIN on Facebook in your Facebook profile which may be kind of bullshit anyway and Facebook already had tightened the security in doing their best to keep parts of your profile settings private.

The Photo feature is redesigned for modern navigation and somehow, it looks similar to the Photo apps in other smartphone devices and you’re able to view the photos in higher resolution. Even better is that you can save photos from Facebook to your device and media card.

Microsoft Socl

Another social network by Microsoft? It may look like a research under Microsoft Research Fuse Labs according to the official blog. There were already previous social networking sites by Microsoft but they don’t seem to be having so much momentum whatsoever.

Feature-wise, it contains wall posts, interests, people/me and parties. Interests are probably the tags of interests in your profile that people can search for you based on the interests like trying to add you into Socl. The People feature may seem to be like Friends on Facebook or perhaps mistaken for being like People Metro App and Parties feature, well, whatever it is, it is the video related feature that allows you to watch videos with others in Socl and chat together as you watch.

Facebook Messenger for Android

Starting two days ago in the western region or whatever, you can make the Facebook Messenger account with your name and phone number and start messaging your mobile contacts. You can install the app straight away and get started easily and start the group conversations, share photos and more stuffs. Over the next few weeks, the accounts will become available with the app update.

YouTube for PS Vita Version 2.0

Can Sony do even better with this update to YouTube app on Playstation Vita? Well, here is the list of the improvements.

• Subscriptions and channels – Like the YouTube home page today, you can view the subscriptions and channels you’ll like to browse the videos on and check out the information in the About This Channel menu option.
• Improved controls: Other functions include the Next and Previous buttons which may be optional and Video looping which may be useful for music or some sort and even the ability to play multiple videos at once.
• Playlist Settings: You can manage playlists and add videos to the playlists, including your favorites and water later videos and lists. Jeez, I don’t know if the smartphone versions have this sort of feature.
• Closed Captions: I don’t know if this one is in smartphone versions of the app as well but this one is quite handy for sharper understanding of what is said in the video as the sound quality or the person can sometimes sound mumbled.
• Continuous playback: Oh man, what are you gonna use this feature for? For music, tutorial or some other stuff? I may be speechless about this.
• Share: Cool and brave feature that you can tweet, email or group message your friends the video you’re going to share. You can also invite people to check out on YouTube via group message.
• Improved Search: The filter feature is available as well. Holy cow, what a shame to smartphone version, lol.
• Console buttons: Unnecessary here unless you want to treat your freaking Vita as the upgraded PSP.

Facebook Messenger for Firefox

The latest version of Firefox has Facebook Messenger feature! Once you enable it, you’ll get the social sidebar with your Facebook chat and updates, like new comments and photo tags. Perhaps the social sidebar on the right is similar to the one on Facebook website itself. You will also get notifications that you can respond to right from the Firefox toolbar similar to getting those notifications in Rockmelt web browser. With that feature in the latest Firefox, you can chat with friends and stay connect with their Facebook updates without having to go to the Facebook website itself. Like Rockmelt, you can chat with your friends while doing other stuffs on the browser itself.

Today’s Facebook integration is just the start of making Firefox more social but can other web browsers have the similar feature as well?

Office 15 now available for business customers

Finally, they can purchase the on-premises versions of Office 15, Exchange Server 15, Lync Server 15, SharePoint Server 15, Project 15 and Visio 15 through Microsoft Volume Licensing. For such an example business like that, they can buy Exchange Server, Lync Server, SharePoint Server, Visio and Office for business use but this kind of super-plan can be seriously expensive and fulfilling the licenses like these may not be quite easy for legal business use. Broad availability through the retail and online channels is still planned for the first quarter of next year.

To begin for business use, you may want to ask your Microsoft Account Team or your Microsoft Partner. In the meantime, there’s also the trial version of the product that you can try today and let the developers of Office 15 know what you think.

Rooms on Windows Phone and other phones

Well, at least people are able to use this feature due to the fact that this app is available on multiple platforms starting with Windows Phone, Iphone and Android. You can invite your friends to use this feature provided that they use the Hotmail account which is now the Microsoft account. Room app lets you share notes, calendar, photos and participate in a group chat with people you choose but Microsoft surely recommends that the whole group of yours should be having Windows Phone 8 as it has the best feature list.

I don’t know if this can work on Ipod Touch, IOS tablets, Android tablets and Windows 8 devices but here’s how for Calendar. If you’re using Windows Phone 7, IOS or Windows 8, add your Microsoft account as an email account on your device. Then, the room calendar will shop up alongside your other calendars with the same name as the room. But if you’re using Android, get the Hotmail app from Google Play and sign in to the app with your Microsoft account. Then go to the calendar app to turn on the room calendar. Once again, this feature works best with Windows Phone 8.

For photos and videos, get the SkyDrive app and sign in to it with your Microsoft account. The room photos and videos will show up as the shared folders with the same name as the room. This applies to Windows Phone 7, IOS, Android and Windows 8 users. Lastly for notes, get the OneNote app and do the same thing as you do for SkyDrive app. It also applies to four platforms as already mentioned.

I guess that Windows Phone 8 already has those apps as part of the operating system but it is a shame that you surely have to follow the instructions above if you’re using Windows 8 which sounds kind of bullshit in the first place.

VLC for Windows 8

In case certain file formats are not available in Windows 8 or something, well I don't know, there's VLC Windows 8 Metro edition. Currently, it has been installed on about 0.1 billion devices globally but that is the desktop-mode application that is running on the Windows PCs, the standard computers powered by Intel or AMD processors. This edition will support ARM-based tablets in the subsequent release in addition to other devices and other architectures. Like the desktop version of the media player from VLC, you have the access to the files, discs and the network streams but do you probably want the portable DVD/BD player just for your tablet devices? Well, nobody makes this kind of purpose like that but if you don't have the Blue-Ray technology at your home at all, you may want to buy a BR player, the PS3 or perhaps the USB BD-RW drive for your computer. It may be good if your computer comes with the Blue Ray drive but the games are obviously run from DVD-ROMs as that format isn't the most popular one.

This fundraiser from VLC is run to allowed experienced VideoLAN core team members to work on this Metro port. They expect the release three months after this campaign.

During the development, they had created prototype versions of the software with working and audio playback of local files to make sure that this project is actually feasible as part of their development challenge. The prototype versions were easier to interleave than they anticipated. The first release of VLC for Windows 8 Metro edition will run on x86-based devices, followed by the ARM based support that will be added in a subsequent release.

Chrome for IOS and Android Update

For IOS users, the browser version had been updated to Chrome version 23. This includes the ability to open PDFs in other apps, support for saving your boarding passes and tickets with Passbook, an option to automatically detect text encoding and stability and security improvements so the updates may be easy with the App Store or ITunes if you already have installed the app.

For Android users, well, what the hell is up with the version of the app. It was updated to version 18 for ARM and x86 Android devices. This includes fixes for some frequently occurring stability issues. Like App Store for the IOS, the update through Google Play Store is easy

InfiniTV and Ceton Companion for Windows 8

It seems that Ceton is planning the new drivers for InfiniTV tuners on Windows 8 system that may have the new Ceton Media Center Plugin but there's no need to update if you're a Windows 7 user. The downside is that the bridging feature is no supported when running on Windows 8 devices. Network Tuners are supported when connecting Windows 8 computers to Windows 7 computers with InfiniTV however. For Ceton Companion Services, there is a beta version of the software for Windows 8. These are PC-based components that are used by Ceton Companion mobile app. So, if you're using the mobile app and Windows 8 on your computer, you may want to upgrade the Ceton Companion Services running on your computer.
Other updates include the Beta Program that happened two days ago. Right after this, they will be issuing a firmware update with some new capabilities for Ceton Echo. This may include the 1080p video support, exposed settings that you may need Media Center plugin on your computer that will allow you to enable optical audio out, audio bitstreaming over HDMI or optical, manage Echo software updates and run diagnostics. Plus, there's even an Android Support for Echo which may have the extension in interesting new ways with more capabilites and apps. However, the downside to the bad future is that they're planning this version as the Christmas present.

Spreadsheet on Google Drive smartphone app

There comes the spreadsheet on Google Drive smartphone app that you can make, edit and format the spreadsheets online from anywhere you go with your IOS and Android devices. You can switch fonts, resize columns and rows, sort data and even more. Just like using on the computer, the editing of the documents will be in real time so watch what you're doing and especially for other friends who are editing the same document as well.
Other tweaks to the app include better text formatting when you copy and paste in a Google Drive document and for Android users, you can edit text within tables in documents and add a shortcut on the homescreen of your device to any specific file in Google Drive storage.

Bing Translator App for Windows Phone 8

The Translator app on Windows Phone devices may be freaking handy for translation but it contains other ways of translating into other languages such as the new lens feature where you can translate the text in the picture taken with the camera and the use of the voice feature to translate what you say to the text in other languages.
This is the combination of AR Translation with the camera, speech and text translation but damn, Augmented Reality on this? Perhaps I was reminded of various games on 8th gen portable consoles where you can scan the AR cards and use the camera to capture them and that will trigger something depending on the games you play but using AR for translating stuffs? Well, I don't know.

Xbox System Update that fixes issues for Smartglass users

Recently, the Smartglass app was out for the tablets and smartphone devices but there are flaws haunting them and especially for the Xbox Music which has the flaws regarding the playlist name. In this update that was recently out two days ago in the western timezone, the issues regarded the incorrect playlist name when launching the playlist from the app to the console, the Video Closed Captioning and other issues in Xbox Music the users were experiencing. So, where the hell was product testing by then before calling this fluid enough?

GMail and Google Drive

The update for Gmail allows you to add the files from your Google Drive storage of up to 10GB but do you want or have some sort of reason to send such a very large file like that in your mail?
In addition, using the Gmail forgotten attachment detector, Google will detect if the file you send from Google Drive is shared with everyone or not, you'll be prompted with the option to change the file sharing settings without leaving the email and especially for the links that lead to the files from your Drive storage.
So start messaging your friends with the content taken from your Google Drive storage after the update has rolled out in the next few days.

Windows Phone 7.8 to be available next year

If you know that Windows Phone 8 is extra fast and fluid enough that it is quite faster and smoother, perhaps Windows Phone 7.8 is going to have the features from Windows Phone 8. However, the Windows Phone 7 devices will not be as fast as Windows Phone 8 devices as not all features from Windows Phone 8. So far, I might have seen the various Windows Phone 8 devices at SITEX this month but I still haven't seen the ones at the ISPs at the shopping complexes. Maybe I still have to check out one day or something.
For Windows Phone 7.5 users, you are able to enjoy the popular Words with Friends and Draw Something while the overly popular casual games will be on the way. Plus, there will be additional apps to get as well as the extended Xbox Live service for Windows Phone users. However, the models running Windows Phone 7.8 may be somewhat unnecessary unless they are obviously asking for additional speed.

Additional songs in Project Diva F

Tell Your W****, anyone? Previously, it was in the new Taiko No Tatsujin game in the arcades and 3DS and now, Project Diva F is finally getting one as the song list in the game looks kind of disappointing or so. Another song is Sweet Devil and both of these will be coming in Playstation 3 version of the game and I don't know if they will be available as the DLC for the Vita version. At least, the Edit Mode is still the workaround if they are not available.

In addition, Popipo Special Edition will be available as the DLC for the Vita version with two cats from Everyday Together program on the same console. This was already announced by Sega that this DLC will be available in December 4th.

Exclusive TV Studio, Professional Entertainment and Original videos in YouTube Japan

Google and YouTube may have the feeling that the popularity of YouTube is like not on par with Nico Nico Douga in Japan but then YouTube is also popular in Japan, right? If you have a video posted in both YouTube and Nico Nico Douga, your number of video views should be doubled approximately.

Today, it seemed that YouTube had a deal with 13 companies that will add original shows and videos to the constantly-growing Japanese library with newer videos that will be promised daily. There’s going to be a broad array of partners, with a slight focus on comedy and pop-culture which may mean a shorter language hurdle for the viewers outside Japan but if you know certain Japanese shows, dramas and other contents including the artists, you may want to see those on YouTube for sure. There are other stuffs you can see and it looks like the Japan TV programming thingy is likely to increase.

Note: At Engadget blog post of this article, there’s a link to the translated version of the official YouTube Japan blog post of this article where you can be surprised to find interesting samples. This and the previous blog post here are based on Engadget blog posts.

SITEX in Singapore Expo this year (Updated)

Note: During the time I’m blogging this, it seems that I’m already feeling sick maybe due to the noisy rain that happened in the early afternoon. First, there was some runny n***, then there was some headache due to the rain.
OK, let’s have details on what was inside the SITEX area. It was taking 2.5 halls and that took me one to two hours in exploration. The interesting stuffs in technology were the Android TV which allowed you to turn the TV into the Smart TV, the portable projectors, computers and tablets running Windows 8 and RT as well as Windows 8 Pro itself that allows you to upgrade your computer to Windows 8. Well, is that all the kids have got when playing casual games? No, of course not. The first game played there was Angry Birds Space on the Android TV and then I realized that the game was already in the first set. And of course, since it’s an Android TV, there’s no way you can play the games that which require the multi-touch feature. The OS can work like what a normal computer can do so it works with the mouse and keyboard in addition to the touch. However, you’re going to need the USB mouse and keyboard for that device and for internet access, you’re going to need the Ethernet cable or the USB Wireless Adapter. Damn to that device for having the grainy color palette. There was a gaming corner which displayed the popular console and computer games and there was an area where the people were watching the screen of the game the players were playing. How cool is that and especially for the new technology used to power up the games with newer CPUs and GPUs.
For Windows 8 and RT devices, so far, I could see the third-party Windows RT tablets but like I already said in the previous blog posts, it was already bitchy to use Desktop mode on the tablets as things are already way too small to tap ever since Windows 7 tablets. There were also laptops, desktops, ultrabooks, 3-in-1 desktops and so on running Windows 8 in which there was not much to say.
Meanwhile at the console gaming area where you can buy games for seventh generation consoles as well as to play the games which are currently inserted in the respective consoles, I started off with the song the promoters were in in DJ Hero. The gameplay may seem easy . The normal notes are where you can tap the respective keys on the turntable while the hold notes may require that you scratch the turntable. However, the tricky part was having to move the f*****g slider part and I couldn’t figure things out like that. Maybe I prefer Beatmania or DJ Max franchise over this but either way, you’ll have to learn how to figure out the other parts in rhythm games.
About the portable projector thing, I hooked up my Ipod Touch to that projector and holy shit, the sound from the projector was seriously distorted but that’s because the projector is designed to display image as the main core concept so if you want the better sound, you may need the external speakers for that. Remember, that projector allows the Iphone or Ipod Touch to be hooked in. Sampled contents were Hello Planet Remastered version and Little Star Piano Arrange taken from YouTube.
Last but not least, there were Windows Phone 8 and 7.5 devices from Nokia Booth at SITEX as well and from what I knew after asking various questions, there wasn't much difference between Windows Phone 7 and 8 other than the changes in the interface, improvements to the existing apps and services as well as the new ones.

Speaking of Little Star from IIDX Tricoro, I already had made the 16-Bit arrangement of it. However, due to how the original version sounded, I decided to add in the non-retro type musical instruments in the arrangement and they some parts sounded kind of noisy like that like trying to play all the fast notes. Also, the arrangement is available at my Nico Nico Douga account.

Project Diva F on Playstation 3

Can this version have more songs as I had seen the information? It seems that the Playstation 3 version will be released next year in March and the controller has the laptop touch pad as the extra feature needed for the game similar to playing the Playstation Vita version. But if you’re playing on the normal controller or the mini Hori controller, I don’t know how can you do with the Star notes. Speaking of the arcade controller of the laptop touch pad, I may be reminded of the controller used for Otomedius Gorgeous for Xbox 360.

We’ll get further details sometime after this but in the meantime, you can try out the DLC for the PS Vita version of the game. You can also transfer the edit save data between the Vita and Playstation 3 versions of the game.

YouTube app on the Wii

Well, there was previously the YouTube app for Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and Vita and now this, Wii. You can make use of the Wii Remote to browse the app and search on which video you may want to watch. However, this kind of interaction is not as good as using the Playstation Vita or Xbox Smartglass to search for whatever YouTube video you want to look for. For Xbox SmartGlass, you  can use the mobile device to type in the stuff you want to search on the app.

DropBox Chooser

DropBox Chooser is the new way to let you access the data in your DropBox storage from any web application and keep them updated. There was a feature that you could share from Dropbox inside Facebook Groups and with the Dropbox Chooser, there will be a similar feature available for other app developers.

Skype for Linux with Windows Live Login

Previously, the newest version of Skype for Windows which is version 6.0 has the Windows Live Messenger support but to make things even faster and more fluid, it seems that Microsoft has decided to ditch Windows Live Messenger in favor Skype next year. Now, there’s also the Linux version of Skype that is based on Windows version of Skype 6.0.

Interestingly enough, the Linux version of Skype is multi-arch friendly. This means, 64-bit users can install the 64-bit version of Skype on the 64-Bit Linux OSes. Unfortunately, there are flaws for the 64-bit version of Skype for Linux compared to 32-bit versions.

Skydrive usage has doubled

Six months ago, they had released the first sync apps for Skydrive which make it easy to view and manage your personal Skydrive from Windows Explorer in Windows and Finder in Mac OSX. Now, the storage has been doubled. Other updates improve the app feature capabilities for smartphone devices that improve on how you access Skydrive across different devices.

With yesterday’s release of the update, you can select which folders from Skydrive are synced similar to other online storage services like DropBox where you can select which folder to synchronize. You can also share stuffs to various social networking sites.

Lastly, for Android users, they have added a few improvements such as uploading all types of files from SD cards, renaming folders and files and custom sort orders for every view.

Outlook.com Email address for Outlook 15

With Outlook 15, connection is made easier and especially when your personal email accounts support the rich capabilities of Exchange Active Sync including the new @outlook.com email address. Also, there’s no need for you to use Outlook Connector add-in to do this.

Outlook 15 uses the newly-added support for the rich Exchange Active Sync protocol that has become the gold standard used by smartphones and other mobile devices. It will sync mails, calendar, contacts and tasks from the new Outlook.com account.

With Outlook 15, your Hotmail accounts will automatically get migrated to connect via EAS. There is no need to add accounts again and you can access the other email accounts you have set up as well.

Playstation Vita System Software Ver 2.0

The update will be available in November 19 or perhaps 20 and it features the upcoming Playstation Plus games which can be played on your Vita which may be as cool as linking those games to the Playstation 3 console.  However, not all games can be cross-played even with the Playstation Plus. Another thing is the cloud storage similar to the one for Xbox Live Gold members but I guess that Sony has fulfilled the better promises in terms of the visuals in the Vita interface.

Other improvements include the Email app, improved web browser with better HTML5 and Javascript engines, able to buy movies in Videos App as well as to share stuffs from web browsers to social networking and the list goes on.

Unfortunately, is there a reason not to have folder support for Photo, Music and Video apps? Also, there’s still no vertical screen mode support for the Vita when you’re not playing the game but it may be a little bit weird like that.

Last improvement is the Content Manager which includes cloud storage and wireless connection as well as the 1080p support for video playback on the Vita.

Google Drive update

Today’s update from Google features the search by person on Google Drive which may be useful in case you forget the filename that you may want to search for the person who shared the file with you. Other update includes the interaction of Google Earth files right inside Google Drive on the web and that’s a bravo thing to Google for sure. You can also make new folders while organizing files which may seem to be one of the minor updates than a major update as well as to drag and drop folders from your desktop to Google Drive. Unfortunately, that drag and drop update is for Google Chrome and I don’t know if other web browsers can support that feature as well. Lastly, the search includes the files in the Trash folder in case you’ve accidentally deleted the files and you want them restored back but you can’t find where they are in the Trash folder.

DirectX 11.1

Windows 8 has an updated DirectX 11.1 that supports Direct3D 11.1, DXGI 1.2 and the revised Windows Imaging Component. There were previous official claims that the new PC gaming technology in DirectX 11 is available for Windows 8 devices but to make things inaccurately fair enough, there are some backported features of DirectX 11 for Windows 7 and its server variant under Platform Update for Service Pack 1 that is included with Internet Explorer 10 Release Preview for Windows 7. In addition, you can get this update for Windows 7.

However, there are some DirectX elements that depend on WDDM 1.2 drivers and the new Windows Store app APIs in which they won’t be available on Windows 7. Maybe things are much smoother like that on Windows 8 but another improvement includes the fixes of decoding of 96bpp floating-point TIFF images. So for Windows 7 users, you can obtain this update and start photo-shopping straight away and save the pictures as TIFF files for technological improvement.

Skype for Iphone 5 and Ipod Touch 5th

When the Iphone 5 and Ipod Touch 5th gen devices were released, you may be shocked to see that the VIDEO CALL is in FOUR BY THREE like the app doesn’t even fill up the entire screen but with this update for Skype app, there’s finally the support for Iphone 5 and Ipod Touch 5th gen devices which fill up the entire screen for wider screen video call.

Internet Explorer 10 Release Preview for Windows 7

The web browser on Windows 8 surely looks fast and fluid but the Metro version may appear to be the best for tablets. In Windows 7 version, the fast and fluid thing is almost perfect as there are still traces of non-metroized icons. OK, it may be fast but not as fast as in Windows 8 and besides, it still looks like Internet Explorer 9 but kind of better. In the meantime, the release preview is available for download today.

Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 has backported features of Windows 8 version which may be where the browser is not affected by that freaking development disaster in the first place like people are already sticking on to Windows 7 due to that. Another thing that will change the technology in the future is the Do Not Track feature which is also on the rival web browsers.

IE10 has more interoperable HTML5 support and enhanced web programming model for Windows 7 and 8 which improve the HTML5 even more and especially for sophisticated page layouts in which there’s CCS3 for publication quality page layouts and application UI with HTML5 Forms, input controls and validation. For Enhanced Web Programming Model, it has better offline applications through local storage with indexedDB and HTML5 Application Cache, HTML5 History, HTML5 File APIs and the list goes on. Developers building on these capabilities in Windows 8 can run the same markup with the same performance and capabilities on Windows 7.

Overall, this web browser is about the major improvement to the HTML5 technology in which the opportunities continue for HTMl5 to make both web sites and online applications better. If you have a Windows 8 device, you can already encounter this kind of new experience with Internet Explorer 10 .

Windows Embedded Standard 8 Release Preview

Yikes, I forgot to download this one yet so that I can still continue the prototype product testing. However, the embedded edition of Windows 8 is actually for embedded computer devices which can range from very small size to the large size depending on the development plan.

Last fall, they announced Windows Embedded 8 and Windows Embedded Compact 8 that will be released some time next year but in the mean time, you can download the release preview of Windows Embedded Standard 8 and use it on your embedded devices or any compatible normal computer device. However, since this is the embedded edition of the OS, the preparation and installation will not be quite easy.

In addition, there will also be Pro and Industry editions of Windows Embedded 8. But even then, all of these editions are likely to be for business use elsewhere the Standard edition can be available for personal use as well as if those Windows Embedded devices can be seen in the car which may be rare to see.

The entire Windows Embedded 8 family will be available some time next year and that may include the Handheld and Automotive editions.

DJ Max Ray Ver 1.03

Sick of stupid crashes that happen on Tap Sonic and even DJ Max Ray? Perhaps you may be angered should that happen to your device but the developers might have come up with the inaccurate workaround or something. I may suggest that you keep the app open like everyday or so without closing it entirely but I don’t know if that is the workaround or not. While I had recently reached Level 50 and above in DJ Max Technika Tune, this update is what I stumbled upon and especially the IOS version 6.01 update which fixes the issues for Iphone 5 and Ipod Touch 5th Gen. This update features additional song packs with one of them from the update being free. More gameplay videos of DJ Max Technika Tune and DJ Max Ray will be coming in on my YouTube account and videos that have Full Combo will be posted to my Nico Nico Douga account.

Skydrive on Opera

If you’re an Opera user, you’ve got to be warned that Skydrive jams the entire Opera browser like crazy. This is due to like two million nonsense characters entered in the source code of the website and that’s not fast and fluid enough. Comparing to other web browsers which are unaffected by this bug, it seems that some guy, Hallword R. M. Steen, had discovered the proof of this bug and blogged about it as shown in the link: http://my.opera.com/hallvors/blog/2012/11/12/microsoft-sends-two-million-null-characters-hangs-opera.

Other technical explanation is that the source code Opera gets, viewed in SciTE Behind, a comparison of source sent to Opera and other web browser, the comparison tool ExamDiff as he used is loaded directly from the Fiddler HTTP debugger to prove that this is about bytes coming from the site rather the result of some strange browser-internal bug. Perhaps someone at Microsoft must be crazy like trying to make things extra fast and fluid or perhaps trying to restore the interface as many people disagree with. If the interface is bound to be reverted while trying to speed up stuffs, that should be what the future of Microsoft can have been in the first place. So, is the fast and fluid phase going crashing down the hill?

Even worse is that Opera gets way more confused by the unexpected NULL characters than other web browsers do, judging from the CPU usage but we don’t know which side of the developers should fix. It is good to compare Opera with other web browsers for perhaps mistakes over certain web sites you visit and that was a surprising discovery made by Hallword R. M. Steen. Official proof can be found at the link above.

Enhancements on the new SharePoint done by Microsoft

Yesterday, they demonstrated at the conference the existing array of the new product enhancements in the new SharePoint and highlighted significant investments in social, cloud and mobile capabilities. The enhancements include the new Metro user experience where you can share documents inside or outside the organization with the single click, drag and drop content into document libraries, edit lists inline and create new sites easily.

Other enhancements are as follows:

• With the use of Skydrive Pro, you can store and sync documents across all the devices in the organization.
• For task management, you can organize your work with task lists and project timelines as well as to consolidate task management across SharePoint, Outlook and Project.
• You can customize and narrow your search for more relevant results and discover related people and documents with recommendations with the newly improved FAST Search.
• Using eDiscovery across SharePoint, Exchange, Lync and file shares, you can make the dynamic websites with cross-site publishing and enhanced Web content management. Improve scalability and performance with a new cloud architecture.

In addition, SharePoint 15 also introduces a new cloud app model for more than 700k developers building on it. This new cloud app model and a new Office store make it easier for developers to build, buy and deploy and manage applications using existing Web development skills. This can be done with the use of the new Visual Studio in which they can work with Napa tools for online development of Office 365 apps, include templates and designers to facilitate app development and support the LightSwitch HTML client for easy creation of data-centric business apps in SharePoint 15.

The last thing may include SharePoint mobile for Windows 8, Windows Phone, IOS and Android devices. All of these apps will work with both SharePoint 15 and Online.

Skype Preview for Windows Phone 8

After the announcement of Windows Phone 8 version of Skype two weeks ago, they had recently released the app yesterday. Just like the entire OS of Windows Phone 8, Skype for Windows Phone 8 is designed to be fast, fluid, clean and simple. In addition to Windows 8 version, the Windows Phone 8 version allows you to get the combined contact list with buddies from Windows Live Messenger. Perhaps, Windows Live Messenger doesn’t seem to be extra fast and fluid enough as there are still traces of glassy stuffs there. At least in the new Outlook which combines both the Outlook account and Hotmail account into one Microsoft account, it is already quite fast and fluid enough but they still have work to do to ensure that it gets compatible with other web browsers.

You’ll have to keep in mind that this is in Preview state so expect the bugs to be there. Also, we don’t even know if there’s going to be Windows Phone 7.5 and 7.8 versions of Skype in the future?

Excel Surveys for Skydrive

Oh man, perhaps Microsoft Access can be better suited in storing the databases of the surveys you’ve made so far. Yesterday, they had launched the Excel survey feature on Skydrive. It is for collecting information from your friends and family to better organize and plan activities. So, if you’re planning to organize one activity, you can make use of this feature to do so judging from the best feedback written in your surveys.

How can this work with Microsoft Excel? First, you can plan out the questions and type of answers you want as well as to set the response type and determine whether the questions are answered to answer or not. Once you’re done, you can share the survey through the link which is a freaking joke to the future of the technology. Having to announce your plans by mail or links like that may be a no-no as you may end up annoying your friends like that. Once the response is complete from your friends you’ve invited to the survey, you can see the results in Excel and do neat things like embed the results in the webpage or make and share the chart of the results which may be useful for holiday party, vacation or perhaps some kind of research.

Reimagined Windows.com

The day before Windows 8’s release, they might have reimagined the entire website of Windows to coincide with the release of Windows 8 and RT.

From the new design they had planned, it featured the simple look and feel that expressed the new Windows brand as well as the one-stop shop if you’re looking to buy a new device. There are also how-to-videos that will get you started fast but due to how too simple the interface it looks like some parts may be confusing or perhaps the text is gonna be way too small to tap on the table in which the same kind of problem may be the same for some parts of the smartphone apps, it may seem that every how-to-video for every product can’t be the easiest. You can also preview the themes before you download which may be good enough but weeks after the operating system’s release, I don’t know if the no-frills support will help you solve the problems easily. This is probably because the Surface users had some kind of audio issues and the developers were trying to get the problem solved after their awareness.

Sure, the new design is touch-friendly and easy to navigate but do you probably want to tap on the box which is not quite thick and large enough? What about the rows of links? Do you also want to tap on the links which have like thinner spacing vertically?

At the Download & Shop section, you can find a wide selection of Windows 8 and RT devices for you to take a look at the system specifications and decide which one to buy. However, what’s absurd is that you’re asked a bunch of factorized questions to decide which kinds of devices you want to buy.

Another painful stuff is the desktop theme. In the RTM version of Windows 8, the entire interface is completely simplified like there’s no transparency and glass whatsoever but the glassy stuff is still there for the icons and the third-party applications so it’s not perfectly fast and battery saving for Windows RT tablets compared to their OS rival tablets. Wallpapers and sound-sets are fine but I bet that you’re better off with Windows 7 and below for ultimate theme setup because right now, there’s no patch for Windows 8 that will allow you to have the customized desktop interface like you can do with the previous Windows OSes. There’s also the improved multi-monitor support for Windows 8 but the modern UI navigation can be annoyingly inaccurate in navigating.

Lastly, the event was launched in October 25th in the respective countries starting from Singapore, Tokyo, London and so on, all the way to New York where the big day was there.

Opera 12.10

Released yesterday for Mac, Windows and Linux, there are many goodies in this release such as OS integration, improved standards support, compatibility tweaks and more.

For the Mac OSX version, the Mountain Lion version has the support for Notification Center and built-in sharing of pages to social networking sites as well as the Retina Display. For Windows users, there’s the inertia scrolling and pinch-to-zoom on Windows 7 and 8. But that’s it for Windows version? There should be Retina Display support for this browser on Windows 8 as well as the similar features Mountain Lion version has for Windows 8. For Windows 7 version, I don’t know what to say but you know that Chrome derivative browser like Rockmelt allows you to use the built-in sharing features which may be similar to what this version of Opera web browser has.

Web browsers nowadays are about fast speed and new technology embedded so there is the new SPDY protocol which makes web pages load faster on SPDY enabled sites such as Gmail, social networking sites and Wordpress. Perhaps you can go to various social networking sites for faster experience if you want like everyday on Opera web browser but in my Wordpress blog, I may optionally put in some link to encourage users to download this version of Opera web browser for faster speed.

There’s the support for high-DPI screens in the extensions framework of Opera developers: with two simple adjustments, you can make sure your extension icons look great on Retina Display screens similar to using Safari web browser on Retina Display as well and especially IE10 on Windows 8 with Retina Display support. But what about Chrome and Firefox? Do they have Retina Display support as well?

Messenger Contacts on Skype

Messenger and Skype are coming together and things are getting easier. It was previously a pain in the ass that you can’t even view the email accounts of your Skype friends but I don’t know if importing Messenger or Facebook contacts can make things easier.

The effort was previously started with the release of Skype 6.0 which allows you to sign into Skype with the Microsoft Account. With that, you can communicate with the Messenger friends with Skype.

Next year, Windows Live Messenger will be retired in favor of the clean looking Skype like it was a shame on Microsoft for not making the latest version of Windows Live Messenger quite fluid enough.

Once you update to version 6.0 of Skype, you’ll be able to expect broader device support for all platforms, sharing screens, video call on mobile phones and with Facebook friends and group video calling. However, some of the features require that you get the premium account. Once you have Skype version 6.0, you will be merging your Messenger and Skype accounts into the Microsoft account and to start communicating straight away.

Longer battery life and easier website permissions for Google Chrome

On Google Chrome 23, there’s the Do Not Track setting for users that disallows any tracking of your accounts to be made. Other parts of the original news include the GPU-accelerated video decoding for Windows version of the web browser. Dedicated graphics chips draw far less power than a CPU so using GPU-accelerated video decoding while watching videos online can increase the battery life. The YouTube video is one of the famous examples you can view on Google Chrome with this new video decoding from Google.

In their tests, the battery lasted 25% longer when this new feature is enabled so that you won’t get cut off while watching YouTube videos. Wow, bravos to Google unless you’re using Chrome 22 and below.

Now, back to Do Not Track setting, the effectiveness of such requests is dependent on how websites and services respond, so Google is working with others on a common way to respond to these requests in the future.

Lastly, with automatic updates for the browser, you will get these complete enhancements when Google Chrome 23 Final version is released. Any stage below Final will cause inaccuracies and therefore, your battery may not last anything longer.

Windows 8 Apps for Business

Some weeks after the general availability of Windows 8 and the celebration of the launch of the OS in New York, there were some stories the developers might want to share from business that are leveraging the platform to develop apps to innovate their business and improve the experience for customers and employees. It may seem that upgrading PCs to Windows 8 may be the must but the businesses can also use the backported technologies from Windows 8 as well on Windows 7 computers. This may be where they may start developing their apps for Windows 8 but then the development can’t continue even further without the Windows 8 devices for product testing. The apps may have the respective target audiences including the ones for businesses so be sure to check out the Windows Store to see which business apps are suitable. There won’t be explanations about the apps here as I may be interested in more technical stuffs.

Sine Mora for PC

The Playstation 3 version might be out yesterday but it seems that they’re planning to port Sine Mora over to PC in November 9th. This time, the PC version will be having the different publisher so the developer is Digital Reality and that can be enough to avoid attracting some retards out there as if they might be saying on what Grasshopper Manufacture was doing like then this year.

Still, where are the DLC and the auto-firing patch for this game for all platforms?

Windows Server 8 Essentials available three days ago

Finally, the small business and home users are able to purchase this OS after the release. It was several days after Windows 8’s release but it may seem that to some other companies, the whole operating system was already a disaster for desktop users. Your best bet will be to get rid of the freaking Metro tiles and stick back to the desktop usage just like using Windows 7 but that bet is for laptop and desktop users.

• Built-in Disaster Recovery: Because Windows Home Server and SBS Server look kind of identical to each other, Windows Server 8 Essentials is a combination of two. This tool is useful for both business and homes where even home users can protect their home stuffs and work stuffs from disasters like fire, theft or flood. Using the cloud technology from Microsoft, its backup service helps keep data safe and secure even if one hardware should fail. In non-technical terms, you can prepare a series of paper-written documents just for disaster recovery preparation as if you’re preparing the data survival kits. For business, the redundancy is huge but for home users, will you make backups to, like other families or something?
• Consistent productivity: The connection should be easier around the network at home or at work in a small business company but by using the third-party start menu tool, you can save your ass even more like trying to use the powerful and centralized data storage and sharing features in the traditional desktop way.
• Cloud Solutions: Office 365 is one of the examples for home and business use for cloud technology but there are other solutions for your needs, with seamless integration and centralized administration.

In addition to the news about this release, there are other news about Windows Azure powering one of the games from Microsoft Games Studios as well as the reimagation of the other Windows and the expansion of Windows Server 8 to China. You can check out there at http://blogs.technet.com/b/stbnewsbytes/archive/2012/11/01/november-1-2012-news-thursday-windows-server-2012-essentials-generally-available-today-windows-azure-powers-halo-4-and-more-server-and-tools-news.aspx as this blog post is focused on the release of Windows Server 8 Essentials.

Office on Windows Phone 8

Can this one be extra fluid and fast since the whole Windows Phone 7 is done from scratch? Previously, it seems that Windows Phone 7 is supposed to fast and fluid but from what you can see from the start screen, you can notice that some of the apps are not fast and fluid enough as if there are some remaining traces of glassy stuffs which can spoil the performance of Windows Phone 7 devices. Now with Office for Windows Phone 8, it is basically based on Office 15 for Windows Phone 8 devices and that’s extra fluid and fast for sure.

Your office documents are on the cloud with Skydrive or Office 365 and you can use them from the computers, tablets and even smartphone devices. There’s also the Tap + Send feature in Windows Phone 8 that allows you to share documents to another NFC-capable device.

In PowerPoint for Windows Phone 8, it seamlessly renders all shapes and SmartArt Graphics and honors the transition effects and timing. There’s also the portrait mode with speaker notes, slide thumbnails make navigation between slides a lot easier.

In Excel, you’re able to zoom and to edit the workbooks but I don’t know if there will be the scrollbar in any case. I guess that when zoomed out, you can move anywhere you want but when zoomed in, you may end up selecting the cells to edit or enter in plus selecting multiple cells. Also, the View Cell Text feature is as useful as editing cells in the desktop version of Excel.

OneNote Mobile – Oh man, try not to treat this as the secondary Messenger for issuing tasks like that like we already saw in one of the Windows 7 commercials. You can use this to take notes, tasks and other stuffs you may want. Also, there’s even the Voice Notes which may be cool enough.

What’s more is that you can use Lync, Skype and Yammer for perhaps multiple ways of communication and collaboration effectively from your mobile devices, tablets and even the computers. Outlook provides the integrated email, contacts, calendar and tasks which may be the hallmark experience on Windows Phone. For Skype and Lync as we know of, you can use voice, video, IM, email, SMS, feeds and presence for communication. It’s easy to participate in meetings from your mobile device without typing in any access codes. Unfortunately, it seems that the developers will provide more details about their enterprise social experiences in the coming months perhaps once Windows Phone 8 is out.

Bing Apps on Windows 8 Available as part of the launch

The day after the launch of the operating system has the excitement still on-going as the event at Times Square is not over yet. Exclusive to Windows 8 version of Bing search page, there’s the 360 degree panorama that allows you to zoom, pinch and swipe as you explore the images but you can do the same on any modern browser that supports HTML5 with the mouse or other same controls. For Windows 8 users, you may need to go to Windows Store and get the Bing apps and update them to get the latest features.

• Bing Search – Well, if there’s an instant search feature similar to the one on Google Search, that will make this one extra fast and fluid. Finger-friendly results and images are front and center letting you quickly find what you’re looking for. You can rely on the same great Bing web experience in Internet Explorer 10 but it can shine as well on Windows 8 Bing apps.
• Bing Weather – This one brings you the beautiful preview of the weather backgrounds that helps you prepare for the latest conditions with hourly, daily and 10-day forecasts. To help plan when to do something, historical data is available to examine the respective weather conditions for a given time period. Also, like the Weather apps on other devices, you can add additional time zones of weather predictions for tracking real time and daily predictions for other sets of places of interest to you.
• Bing Media apps – You know, I’ve been checking for the latest news regarding Technology so these apps are not for me. These include Finance, Travel, News in any type and Sports and I’m not into them so I’m sticking back to probably Pulse app or perhaps Rockmelt to check out more news of Technology.

Quicker Replies in Outlook 15

Using Quick Response, you can quickly reply without leaving the inbox in Outlook 15. This saves time without having to take some time to reply to messages by going back to Inbox and then selecting which messages you need to reply to that open up the message window. Instead, there’s a right pane for quick reply to whatever message you’ve received in the inbox. Also, there’s the draft indicator whose drafts will be there until you send your response or discard it just like composing the respective messages you want to send to. The draft indicator may make it easy for you to see which messages you still need to act on without switching to Drafts folder or looking around for open reply windows. When you click on a conversation that shows the indicator, you will automatically be brought back to the mail you were composing so you can pick up where you left off.

Well, that’s about it but you can find out the full details of Quicker Replies in Outlook 15 at the official Outlook Blog. Hopefully, they won’t screw up in case.

Box for Windows 8 Final Version

Alright, looks like Windows 8 is finally released to the stores and the event at Times Square must be really big. Today marks the big day for Windows 8 but let’s talk about other news we recently discovered.

Previously, Box was available for the release preview version of Windows 8 but with the final version coming in, it seems that there are some improvements.

The collaboration and sharing play well with this metro app that you can make use of the Share Charm to share files taken from your Box cloud storage to the respective social networking sites. You can also share by mail in case you’re still doing some work with your teammates which may be useful. The Box app also has the SSO login support and a passcode lock feature so that you can rest safe to know that you’re using the company credentials and that you can protect your content from curious fingers if you happen to lose your device that you can revoke it.

The limited time bonuses are that if you happen to be using Windows 8 on any HP device, you get the 25GB bonus for using Box Sync and a 50GB account for using Box on Samsung ATIV Tab.

Office for Windows RT Update

Office 15 for Windows RT had recently hit RTM stage but it’s a huge shame for Surface users to get the prototype version instead when it’s going to be launched in October 26th. And having to upgrade through Windows Update in the desktop way is a son of a butt for tablet users. This is stupidly tedious compared to updating Office for IOS, Android and Windows Phone devices. There will be signs of restarting the tablets which may be bullshit but hopefully, there shouldn’t be any restart requirement anyway. And speaking of patches for the OSes, Windows RT should be updated in the similar way its rival operating systems do. It should be patched with like version updates with all the planned patches in there instead. Even service packs have to go for tablet users but I doubt that they should be replaced in anyway. OK, there can be alternatives for service packs but that doesn’t mean the tablet has to keep on updating itself with every patch. The service pack alternative patches can include the patches for other Microsoft products which may be neater for tablets.

Model 2 Collection for PSN and XBLA

The title inaccurately says it all but some of the Model 2 games previously released for PSN and XBLA were already in true widescreen such as a Virtual On game previously released as well as Daytona USA widescreen edition. There was also the widescreen HD version of Daytona USA in the arcades but that was named Sega Racing Classic and there were some removals due to licensing issues.

This contains Virtua Fighter 2, Sonic The Fighters, Virtua Striker, Fighting Vipers and so on. Perhaps Classic Game Room may be proud but where’s Fighting MegaMix, you may ask? This may be why this compilation may be inaccurate because not all games are in it.

We don’t know the release date for this but that was what the video showed us.

Skype for Windows 8 final version

The Metro version of Skype is almost ready and we’re still stuck with the desktop version. Apparently, it is part of the RTM Windows Store that you may have to wait until October 26 to get this. What’s better than the desktop version is that, even if the Skype app is closed, you still can receive voice and video calls as well as the chat messages similar to other apps on the smartphones and tablets. Even better is that you can snap the Skype app and easily tell whatever you’re doing through the voice call, video call and even instant messages. However, the way you’re going to show off the proof is still inaccurate as if even having two webcams simultaneously won’t even help.

In addition, the Skype also brings the contacts from the People App for easier importing. By logging in to the Skype App with your Microsoft account, all your Skype contacts will show up in the People App. The People App can also show you what’s going on from your friends on the respective social networking sites. You can also reach them who aren’t on Skype yet through phone calls if you have a phone number stored in their contact information and a little Skype credit or a subscription.

Google Drive for Chrome OS

Google Chrome OS is the Linux based cloud OS for the respective Chromebooks but you can also use the Chromium OS on any computer you want. However, Chromium OS we used didn’t seem to be official but for Jolicloud OS, the rival to Chrome OS, it is kind of neater that way as we’re able to use the web edition of Jolicloud OS on the browser that brings the similar features. The only difference is that web edition is not the online operating system itself but rather the service that brings similar features to using Jolicloud OS itself. Google Drive is the upgrade from Google Docs with improved and new features to the existing apps such as doing spreadsheet, presentation, word processing and even more. It is recently available for Chrome OS and Chrome Web Store and we can call Google Drive as another cloud storage service and the rival to other cloud storage services as we know and use.

Xbox SmartGlass update

In addition to games, the Xbox Live service has been spread to the rest of the entertainment and Xbox SmartGlass will be the more advanced version of Xbox Companion app. Who knows if people may like this or not but to them, it may be less useful? Recently, there was already an update for Xbox 360 that allows you to view music, TV shows, movies and other stuffs from the store through Xbox Live Marketplace and the release of Windows 8 will receive the same rollout as well on computers, tablets and even the phones but for mobile phones running Windows Phone 8, the update will occur even later after Windows 8’s release. How is this a good evolution from the game console to the service? Wasn’t DirectX just for games the other time? Well, this surely takes you back to the past where DirectX was also used for other programs that make use of it perhaps for advanced multimedia stuffs in addition to the games.

Just like the modern game consoles today, we’re able to use them as the media players as well with videos, music and even pictures similar to using the smartphones and tablets. We’re able to surf the net on game consoles but this is not as good as using smartphones and tablets. Even with Xbox SmartGlass, we still end up surfing the net on those devices instead of controlling the Xbox 360 console remotely.

Windows 8 International TV Ads

Will this be a great release or perhaps a flawed one after certain realization? Well, the advertising campaign is going live in 42 countries and hopefully this can bring a complete Metro overhaul as the previous commercials don’t seem to be anything fluid yet with Office 2k10 and Windows 7 as the non-Metroized ones yet. OK, they’re still trying to promote Windows 7 too much like hell with Metroized promotions and flyers and other advertisements regarding Windows while the development and the preparation for Windows 8 are still in progress even until October 26th. Wait a minute, perhaps there should be ads about Windows 8 globally so there must be some blogging mistake here.

Well, behold in terms of musical choice, they’re not planning to put in the overly popular music in the commercials unlike Google Japan I guess, perhaps to prevent some sort of conflicts like I already ranted about the Xbox Music Service.

And lastly, if you’re living in New York, don’t miss the event at Times Square where Windows 8 will be featured on over 39 digital boards in the largest takeover of Times Square to date as if the whole display on the screens will be showing off the Start Screen. In fact, there can be blank spaces whatsoever like trying to display the colorful backgrounds while showing off the tiles AS LONG AS THE START SCREEN TAKES PLACE IN MULTIPLE SCREENS AS ONE WHOLE. That’s right, the whole Start Screen should be extended throughout multiple screens and they should be connected in Extended Screen mode perhaps to show off the Metro patterns. During the event, you’re able to try out the newly released Windows 8 that will happen in October 25th thru 27th.

Gesen Love Plus Pengo Soundtrack

Well, this surely contains Action Love which is basically Action Game Skills Test, Shmup Skills Test, CombatZeal and Pengo. For Shmup Skills Test, it is redone for the 4:3 horizontal orientation and there are newer stages and replaced ones. Perhaps, this re-change is suited for the 4:3 horizontal orientation instead of the original resolution as well as 4 player support. Also, the soundtrack is redone with additional stuffs for Shmup Skills Test such as the 8-Bit stage clear BGM for example as well as the new Game Over BGM. There are more of these from the overall game soundtrack to find out once the soundtrack CD is out at the end of this month. Pengo on the other hand, it is redone by Triangle Service because we can recognize the sound effects as well as the famous phrases of the respective loves for games and game genres.

It’s a shame that the Skills Test games are probably the best due to enough old-school fun of button-mashing as well as to tackle those enemies in old-school form. We surely had fun button-mashing the buttons in some of the stages in Shmup Skills Test and my favorite stages in that game are, the one where you shoot off the meteors without running into them, the one where you shoot off the flippers from Xevious, the one where you shoot off the boss after its core lights up and the 8-Bit stage. For the one where you shoot the boss quickly before it forms, it is the reference to Star Force and Star Soldier where you have to quickly shoot any boss piece before all the pieces form to get the bonus but try not to run into any one of these because it’s a waste of a life. Be extra careful not to shoot the boss before its core lights up in that stage or it’ll be hard to destroy it because the health points may be somewhat multiplied. If the pieces form a whole boss, that’s it, you may have wasted a special bonus for not being quick and you’ll have to destroy the boss to move on. Larios and Lazaros are the famous ones but the way they form by pieces may be different. Perhaps, you’ll need Takahashi Meijin’s skills for Shmup Skills Test to see how suitable you are at this genre. For me, I don’t play action games probably a lot but this old-school style skills test game may be for you if you like those old-school game genres.

Western Digital Portable Hard Disks with Windows To Go

Windows To Go is the portable version of Windows 8 to be run on USB devices similar to running Linux OSes on optical discs and USB devices. We know that the Windows To Go will freeze for a minute before shutting down if you remove the USB device but I don’t know of the technical consequence if you remove the USB device that is running the Linux OSes. So introducing the first portable hard disk from Western Digital to run Windows To Go, My Passport Enterprise.

It may seem that it is for enterprise use and it is assumed to be freaking expensive compared to those portable hard disks that cost from <$100-$100+. You can use this at work as well as at home for maximum portability whenever you go but be careful, since this is the USB device running the OS itself, it may be vulnerable like you or someone may end up plugging it off without knowing that it is actually running the OS. So what should you do? Do you watch out for some fan-tards or something during your activity over some operating system or perhaps do you invent a custom large slot on the desktop computer just for portable USB hard drives like you can stick one in there so that they can be less vulnerable? For the second option, it should be but then the USB cable can be a problem to fit in if that’s the case like inserting a cartridge-like hard disk drive into the NAS device. The problem is, how can you connect and disconnect like that? It may be why you should take good care of the USB devices while they’re connected to the computer. Of course, the mistakes may happen one day so be careful of that.

There’s also the BitLocker full disk encryption and I guess that the portable Windows 8 OS is based on Enterprise edition or so and that’s what it drives us, good data security.

Dodonpachi Maximum for IOS

Originally a Windows Phone 7 shmup game, this on IOS is going to be much sharper due to the fact that it is going to be released on Iphone 4 and above and especially the tablet version. The Iphone 4 version to a surprise has a larger resolution than the Windows Phone 7 resolution although it is 4:3 by the way that there’s already a workaround for the IOS version of the game. There will be letterboxing no matter which device you’re using. On Iphone 5 which uses widescreen resolution, there is still letterboxing due to different widescreen resolution but it may seem that the Android version may be chanceful due to the use of widescreen resolutions. On the tablet, the graphics are the sharpest but I don’t know how the game will be like on Ipad 3.

Meanwhile, there will be additional ships to play as as well as some unknown DLCs for the game but in the meantime, the IOS version will be released in October 26th. This can save your ass from seeing the release of some catastrophic operating system as we know of that will change the way we use the computers in the future.