Windows 8 is in stores today — are you buying a copy?
By Jon Fingas posted Oct 26th 2012 4:00PM That special moment has come which usually rolls around only once every three years: Microsoft has released a new version of Windows. For the version 8 update, though, the stakes are higher than ever. Redmond isn’t just trying to convince legions of existing Windows users that they should break their PC update cycles. It’s trying to reclaim a foothold in a tablet space that’s...
Apple Unveils New iTunes
Apple today announced the new iTunes for Mac and PC, featuring a redesigned player, seamless integration with iCloud, and a new look for the world’s most popular online music, apps, TV, and movie stores. The new iTunes features a simpler, cleaner interface that keeps your favorite iTunes content at the forefront. With iCloud integration, music, movie, and TV purchases made on any of your iOS devices or computers is displayed in your...
Samsung Galaxy S III mini radios get probed by FCC
By Steve Dent posted Oct 26th 2012 4:29PM The Samsung Galaxy S III mini (aka the GT-i8190) may have a Napolean complex, carrying as it does the name of its bigger sibling while endowed with a garden-variety 4-inch, 800 x 480 screen and other downmarket specs. But that didn’t stop the inevitable FCC rendezvous, where its array of 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi, GPS, GLONASS, FM, Bluetooth 4.0 (LE) and NFC radios were waved through (and lack...
Google Maps adds natural terrain by default outside of satellite views, reminds us the world isn’t flat
By Jon Fingas posted Oct 26th 2012 5:02PM Everyone knows that Google prides itself on mapping accuracy. If you hadn’t checked beyond the base maps in the past few years, though, you’d have thought the terrain was charted in the “here be dragons” era — it’s been as flat as a board. Take a second look today. Google has overhauled Google Maps worldwide to show hills, deserts and lush zones by default,...
Microsoft starts $40 Windows 8 upgrade sales
Microsoft today opened its virtual store and began selling upgrades to Windows 8 Pro for $39.99, making good on a promise made last summer. The upgrade, which must be downloaded and installed via a utility called “Windows 8 Upgrade Assistant,” can be applied to Windows XP-, Vista-, and Windows 7-powered systems. Microsoft announced the upgrade in July, a bit more than a month after it issued the last of three public...
