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For Microsoft, the new version of Windows Live Messenger will be hinged on two words: proximity and privacy.

This new version has been designed to allow everyone to make Messenger the dashboard of his social life on the Internet, and strengthen links with relatives, ever more mixed emotions live in confidence.

By contrast to the social networking site Facebook,on the new version of Windows Live Messenger no personal information is visible by default. You keep control over the information that you post. With a new interface simpler and more intuitive, so you can set the privacy level you want, depending on the contact and type of information shared.

In addition to the views in the form of maps and satellite images, users of Google Maps have now a new option: display images 3D from Earth View.
To enjoy these spectacular images, it is not necessary to install Google Earth. A simple plug-in is now enough to visit the planet in 3D, without leaving your browser. Its installation is also automatically offered when we connect to the mapping service.

Google justified this development by the improving of Web browsers which are now much faster. The plug-in is compatible with Windows operating systems (2000, XP, Vista and 7) and Mac OS X (version 10.4 and later).
It works with common browsers: Google Chrome, of course, but Internet Explorer (version 7 and later), Firefox (version 2.0 and later) and Flock (version 1 and following), and finally Safari (version 3.1 and later).

This new option offers a real advantage for users who can explore places, known or unknown, under a new aspect. The changeover can be done very easily from an arrow navigation placed at the top left of the window. it can be tilted to control the map to discover the effects of terrain.

Navigation in 3D images is extremely fluid, whether when you move, change camera angles or make enlargements.

Shaken by Blackberry, Google and more particular by Apple on the segment of smartphones, Microsoft has decided to regain the lost ground by unveiling not only “Windows Phone”, a new collection of smartphones, but also by opening Windows Mobile Marketplace , its new Download platform to compete with Apple’s AppStore.

Although if rumors have mentioned a Microsoft phone ,Windows Phones are those provided by its traditional partners: Acer (NewTouch and beTouchE200), Samsung (Omnia Pro B7610, Pro B7330 Omnia, Omnia Lite, Omnia II), HTC (Touch II Touch Diamond II and Touch HD II), GM750 LG, Toshiba or TG01 Sony Ericsson (Xperia X2). ” which means that Microsoft is proposing a total of 30 smart phones in over than 20 countries before the end of 2009 , and offers a wide variety of phone forms (touchscreen or not, keyboards, ..) to its users.

In terms of software, Windows Phones are obviously based on the operating system Windows Mobile 6.5, which has been enhanced with the well known Microsoft business applications (Word, Excel, Powerpoint in Officemobile, Outlook Mobile compatible with Exchange Server and Hotmail) and also general public software as Windows Live (social network) or MyPhone (sync on the web).

Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft also affirmed that people now want to communicate quickly with their families but also have immediate access to information. Windows phones offer to their users a remarkable experience whether at work or at home

in addition to the applications, the Windows Phones stand out from their predecessors by simplifying application downloads from the new Windows Mobile Marketplace. “Microsoft is currently working with 731 developers worldwide who will offer more than 200 applications on Windows startup Mobile Marketplace.” But compared to the 75 000 applications of apple store, Microsoft has a lot of work to do .

After the uncertain success of Google Phones, Microsoft certainly intends to impose its smart phones and download platform as the first alternative to Apple’s iPhone. An ambition also shared by Nokia, RIM / Blackberry and Palm the former leader in mobile technology that was dethroned by Microsoft in the early 2000s. The question is whether history will repeat itself again.

Google also introduced the site GoLang.org to promote its new tool for developers. The site also offers all the documentation about the language as well as tutorials and samples of codes.

The FAQ is also detailing what led to the conception of Go:

No major system language has emerged over the last ten years while during that time the computing landscape has changed tremendously.
Here are some trends:

* Computers are much faster than before, but software development is not that much faster .

* The dependency management plays a large part of the software development today, but the “header files ” of the languages in the C tradition are antithetical to clean a dependency analysis and a faster compilation.

* There is a growing rebellion against the heavy-type systems like Java and C + +, pushing people towards dynamic languages such as Python and JavaScript.

* Some basic concepts such as (garbage collector) and parallel computing are not well supported by the popular language system.

* The emergence of multi-machine processor created much anxiety and confusion.

* It is possible to compile impressive programs in GO in a few seconds with a simple computer

* Go provides a model for building software that makes the dependency analysis a very easy thing and avoids loading a large part of the include files of type C and libraries.

* Types in GO have no hierarchy, so you do not need to waste time defining the relationships between types. Although if Go has static types , the language is trying to make Types lighter than in conventional object-oriented languages.

* Go completely manages the garbage collector and provides a fundamental support for concurrent execution and communication.

* Due to its design, Go proposes an approach of software systems developing on multi-processor machines.

An additional page is dedicated to C + + developers to list the conceptual differences between the two languages. It is about class (there are none in GO), pointers and hash tables.

The GO language, is still not internally used by Google. However, if this newcomer in the vast family of programming languages interested you , you can always apply at Google. Once again, the company relies on the millions of anonymous hands around the world to complete this open-source language by libraries that will increase its popularity.

Note that the Mountain View firm already employs Guido Van Rossum, the inventor of Python, and other big names in software development such as Ken Thompson who created the B language (the ancestor of C, C + +, … ) and Rob Pike who designed UTF-8,whose next ?? me maybe :p

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Adopted by the European Commission, the fifth version of the Energy Star label has just become effective. Jointly developed in Europe and the United States (it is also used by the U.S Environment Agency.), Energy Star is not a mandatory standard but an eco-label created to seduce computer buyers who care about the environment or look forward to reduce their electricity bill.

The 5 is intended to desktops , laptops and work stations .
Compared to version 4, version 5 is much more stringent. The new label takes into consideration the components of the machine to define the thresholds of consumption that shouldn’t be exceeded . The power of the PC must also show a yield of 85% against 80% in the previous version.

Desktops are classified into four categories: A, B, C or D, and only three categories, A, B and C, for laptops. Each category corresponds to a minimum configuration; the most powerful desktop is classified in Class D. In each category, a threshold not to be exceeded was set. To qualify, a desktop class B should not exceed a theoretical annual average of 175 kWh, against 234 kWh for a desktop PC category D.

Each threshold is calculated on the basis of a specific use . For a desktop, it is assumed that the machine is completely extinguished 55% of the time and once lit, it is 5% of time on standby mode and 40% of the time running normally. For laptops, the scenario is slightly different. The machine is expected to remain off 60% of the time, run 30% of the time and remain on standby 10% of the time. The annual consumption not to exceed is much lower, between 40 and 88 kWh (class A to C).

according to the creators of the label, the conforming devices consume 30 to 60% less energy compared to machines Energy Star 4.

So Why should you opt for Google chrome OS?

*This is a new generation of OS assuming that most of our computing activities will be done online.

*It has as main function to properly operate browsers (Chrome, Firefox …) where users will spend most of their time.

*It also manages all the infrastructure components of the workstation, such as memory, processor and peripherals. Google has also recently announced a new tool called NaCl, another Open Source tool , which aims to optimize the execution of AJAX programs on workstations.

*It is an open source software, like all the modern OS (Ubuntu , Android, Moblin, l imo , Symbian) .

*it has been created by a very popular and trusted team of developers who specialize in making internet more informative, user friendly and of course a lot more of fun.

*It is been said by the company that this OS will have an open source code, meaning it can be manipulated to ones requirements.

*This OS will be Linux-based, meaning it will have the security and multi-user characteristics of Linux.

*A lot of companies joined in this new project as partners in its development and marketing in the later stages, such as HP, Lenovo, Asus, Acer … .

*This is not Android, as Android is for a wide range of devices, ranging from notebooks to mobile phones . Chrome OS is exclusively dedicated to internet and netbooks.

*Key feature in this OS is that the the booting time and starting of the browser is avoided, giving instant access to the mails and the World Wide Web.

Is chrome a serious competitor?

*Sure it’s a serious competitor, as this gives an innovative, dedicated and an open source code compared to others who are unceasingly trying to hide their code and keep it secret .
*Google is inviting supports from the open source community. This would give them an added advantage of popularity and fame at a quicker pace.