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Windows 8 and its Features.        Windows 8  user interface based on Microsoft's Metro design language,a new tile-based Start screen similar to the Windows Phone operating system.         Each tile will represent an application, and will be able to display relevant information such as the number of unread messages on the tile for an e-mail app or the current tempe.. on a weather application. Metro-style applicati.. run in full-screen, and are able to share information.     Metro-style apps are developed with the new Windows Runtime platform using various programming languages (or in the case of HTML, a mark-up language) including: C++, Visual Basic, C#, and HTML/JavaScript.The traditional desktop environment for running desktop applications is treated as a Metro app. Internet Explorer 10 will be included as a Metro-style app, which wil...

Google Offers 3-D Version of Google Map San Francisco (CNN) -- Google unveiled some upgrades to its mapping software on Wednesday ahead of Apple's expected announcement that it will ditch Google Maps on iPhones and iPads in favor of its own technology. At a news conference at its San Francisco office, Google previewed a handful of upcoming features , including the ability to use Google maps without an Internet connection. Android users will be able to take maps offline from more than 100 countries and access them when they're out of Wi-Fi range or on the subway, for example. "No longer will you need paper maps," said Rita Chen, a product manager for Google. The offline mode is expected to become available for Android devices within a few weeks. There was no word on whether that feature will extend to other devices, such as the iPhone. Apple, however, is expected to announce at its developers conference next week that it's dropping Goo...

Li-Fi The Optical Version Of Wi-Fi LiFi (LightFidelity) is a fast and cheap optical version of WiFi, the technology of which is based on Visible Light Communication (VLC). VLC is a data communication medium, which uses visible light between 400 THz (780 nm) and 800 THz (375 nm) as optical carrier for data transmission and illumination. It uses fast pulses of light to transmit information wirelessly. The main components of this communication system are 1) a highbrightness white LED, which acts as a communication source and 2) a silicon photodiode which shows good response to visible wavelength region serving as the receiving element. LED can be switched on and off to generate digital strings of 1s and 0s. Data can be encoded in the light to generate a new data stream by varying the flickering rate of the LED. To be more clear, by modulating the LED light with the data signal, the LED illumination can be used as a communication source. As the flic...

What desktop device enables a jewelry designer to manufacture one of a kind designer earstuds and pendants from a CAD file? What device helps the Smithsonian Museum to make hifidelity copies of sculptures to be lent to other museums? How can a highfidelity prototype of a complex mechanical component be created quickly? How can the creative ideas of an architect or designer be converted quickly, accurately and cheaply into a 3D model? What machine can print out human organs such as a blood vessel or a tooth? The answer to all these questions is the 3D printer. A technology that is only gradually becoming popular in the twentyfirst century, 3D printers have attracted the attention of industries  such as mechanical and aeronautical engineering, product designers, architects, and toy manufacturersas well as individuals such as jewelry designers, hobbyists and teachers. The Printing Process The basic process of 3D printing starts with the creation...

Trillions of new net addresses now possible   The new system is necessary to prevent the internet running out of available addresses for new devices. Experts said users should not notice any difference in their web use, and new devices should be using the new system as standard. Companies such as Google, Facebook and major internet service providers have enabled the new system in order to encourage the widespread adoption of the standard. The actions come as part of World IPv6 Launch Day , a special event organised by the Internet Society. IPv6 will eventually replace IPv4, which was conceived during the early days of the internet. It only allows just over four billion unique IP addresses - the sequences of numbers used to identify a device. Each internet-enabled device - such as a computer, tablet or smartphone - needs its own IP address in order to connect to the internet. However, due to the shortage of IP addresses, many devices - such as multiple computer...