Wednesday, 17 March 2010
Written by Iian Kehn
 While we haven’t had the largest coverage because of the lack of staffers being able to attend the conference, we have been doing what we can to get some of the most important highlights of MIX here at GeekSmack, but at the time of this writing, MIX is over, and here’s what we saw this year.
Windows Phone 7 in detail While we got a little look of Windows Phone 7 at Mobile World Congress in February, Microsoft showed off the latest happenings for the new platform, and what they plan to do. First things first, for those of you who don’t know what I am talking about, Windows Phone 7 Series is the name of the latest and upcoming Windows Phone release for smartphones. While it is technically the 7th major release of the Windows Mobile Platform, Windows Phone 7, unlike Windows Mobile is a completely d... Read More
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
Written by Eugene Cheung
Portuguese site Livebetas has managed to get their hands on the Wave 4 beta of the Windows Live Essentials applications. Unfortunately, the have only released some screenshots of the apps instead of actually leaking the goods. The build, 15.2.2585.0122, provides us with a peek to what it will all look at later on (the author suggests that the public beta will launch in May). 
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Tuesday, 16 March 2010
Written by Iian Kehn
 If you’re waiting to get your grubby hands on the newest build of Internet Explorer, now’s your chance. At MIX ‘10 Microsoft announced that IE9 will be available for developers to test and develop upon.
The new release, as highlighted before brings some welcomed additions to the IE Platform: - GPU Acceleration
- HTML5 Support
- CSS3 Support
- Dynamic Imaging (via HTML and SVG)
- SunSpider Javascript Engine
You can snag a copy here, and start testing. ... Read More
Tuesday, 16 March 2010
Written by Stephen Bennett
Opera have today released final versions of both their Mini browser (version 5) and Mobile browser (10). The Mini browser is specifically for Java based phones and Blackberry OS devices, while Mobile is for Symbian S60, Android, Windows Mobile. Mini is a much smaller application than Mobile, designed for low bandwidth browsing, before actually accessing the webpage the browser will connect to proxy servers which compress the pages before they’re sent to your phone. This means you will save more money on data charges and time when browsing. Mobile on the other hand is a much more full featured offering, being similar to Apple’s Mobile Safari on iPhone OS, it includes tabbed browsing, speed dial and more for your Symbian S60, Windows Mobile or Android device. A couple of months ago Opera demoed a version of their Mobile browser working on the iPhone without a hitch. Problem is that they have yet to get it onto the App Store, and have no attempted to submit it yet. Only time will tell if Apple decide to allow competition onto their platform, and before... Read More
Thursday, 11 March 2010
Written by Paul Paliath
(click to enlarge) Upon going to check my email as I usually do, when confronted by the WL login page, I noticed that it looked a little different. It appears that Microsoft are rolling out a new logon page for the Windows Live suite of services. This isn’t Wave 4 though, as, upon logging in, it’s still the same ol’ Wave 3 suite of services. This new logon design is not only on Hotmail, but also on other services as well. Perhaps this is a sign though that Wave 4 is inching closer? If you guys have received the new logon design, or have a bigger reason (if any) that this is being rolled out, let us know in the comments! ... Read More
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
Written by Iian Kehn
 You can’t say it didn’t take them long enough. If your familiar with the Micro-blogging site, Twitter, you know that they are prone to malicious links, no matter where you go, and who you follow.
They’ve graciously changed that so that you can have a little finer piece of mind when following your friends and idols. But the bigger question is whether this will be enforced, and how well it will be enforced. So tweet away ladies and gents, and don’t worry about that [other] crap. The functionality is automatically enabled on every account (I assume), so you don’t have to go and turn it on. But how doe... Read More
Tuesday, 09 March 2010
Written by Iian Kehn
 If you’re familiar with the new homepage that is available in beta, there really isn’t anything to report here. But for those that don’t know anything about the changes Microsoft’s making, now you do.
The Redmond company has begun rolling out the new MSN.com homepage, which features a more content-centric look and feel, with a more refined look and feel, much different from that of what you currently see right now. So what’s different in this upcoming new release? First of all, Microsoft is all over the content space, featured news is now at the top, with accompanying content as you scrol... Read More
Friday, 05 March 2010
Written by Iian Kehn
 Earlier, we talked about how Microsoft was planning on unifying the experience of all their websites. Now according to our own sources, Microsoft has begun rolling out those changes we got word of not just a month ago.
Most, if not all of the changes made within the TechNet site, and some associated sites, are designed to bring the important information up-front, such as new releases, and useful IT Professional information. While it’s not certain who all has access to the changes made within TechNet, I saw the changes just this afternoon. You can see in some of the screenshots that Microsoft’s message is clear, and open.
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Thursday, 04 March 2010
Written by Iian Kehn
 I came across an interesting tip from a family member this evening about checking if your Facebook account has been compromised, since it affected me, and a family member, I thought I would share it with the rest of the world.
If you have a Facebook account, you probably know about all the ongoing security issues that they have had, and are still having, while this may not apply to everyone, it’s a good idea to look anyway. I strongly advise you do this with extreme caution, and if possible you us... Read More
Wednesday, 03 March 2010
Written by Iian Kehn
 It’s no big surprise when companies like Apple begin to invest in bringing content to the internet. Apple plans on providing Video Storage on the internet, whether that entails a service much like YouTube or not is unclear.
One of the bigger ideas is that iTunes will have the ability to store and stream films and other video content from filmmakers and video producers. You would be able to view this content from various devices (I’d assume Apple-only devices) at your own leisure. Could this be a new wave for Apple, and various other media companies, without having to worry about the limited disk space on your desktop, laptop or mobi... Read More
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