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Aakash tablet delayed again; specifications to be finalised by June-end

The agonising wait for the much-hyped ultra low-cost Aakash tablet PC, to be launched by the Indian government, continues! Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal has said the specifications for the Aakash 2 tablet PC will be finalised by this month. The minister had previously said that an improved version of the Aakash will launch in May – evidently, that did not happen.

According to reports, the tablets and related apps are currently being tested at IIT-Mumbai. "During the course of this month, we will finalise the specifications and technology for the Aakashproject and move,” Kapil Sibal is quoted as saying. The minister expresses confidence that the government will provide the ultra low-cost tablet to every school and college student in the country in the next five to seven years. The device will also be available for individuals who wish to buy it.

Speaking of the pricing, the minister revealed the device will be as cheap as USD 35, which is approximately Rs. 1,960, or less.

It may be recalled that Sibal had unveiled the Aakash tablet in October last year amidst much fanfare. Unfortunately, the device could not see the light of day due to a spate of controversies. The rift between DataWind and IIT-Rajasthan, which were spearheading the Aakash tablet project, marred the production. Later, the government asked DataWind to provide Aakash tablet with better specifications. The forthcoming Aakash tablet is likely to feature improved battery, processor and the latest ICS OS.

Meanwhile, the market has been awash with the low-cost educational tablets such asMicromax Funbook, Attitude Daksha and so on. That being said, do you think the Aakash tablet will ever see the light of day?

Satyamev Jayate app hits iTunes and Google Play Store

Hungama Digital has developed an app for Aamir Khan’s latest television show - Satyamev Jayate - for iOS and Android.

The application is in the Top 25 Apps on the Apple App Store. Its current ranking is at 17, beatingInstagram that ranks in at 18 (as told to us byHungama Digital). As of writing this article however, the app ranks in at 15, ahead of Domino’s Pizza that ranks in at 16 and behind a Torch app that ranks in at 14.

The Satyamev Jayate app lets you stream songs and watch videos related to the show. What’s more, you can share them with your friends and communities on a click of a button, apart from following the official Satyamev Jayate twitter timeline.

With every episode, the app is also updated with the new song and video released on that episode.

Forget Windows: Midori is coming

WINDOWS is a name that has ruled the whole computer world since its first launch in November 1985. Since then it is like a trademark ofMicrosoft Corporation.

With many advanced versions of Windows available today such as Windows XP, Windows Vista, it is the most used operating system in the world. In 2010, Microsoft is going to launch WINDOWS 2007, but now here is time to experience a yet another technology of operating systems.

Yes, MICROSOFT is working on a new generation of operating systems called Cloud-Based Operating System and rumors are there that MIDORI will be their first such operating system, which will replace Windows fully from computer map.

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE 

MIDORI is an offshoot of Microsoft Research's Singularity operating system. In this the tools and libraries are completely managed code. MIDORI is designed to run directly on native hardware (x86, x64 and ARM), will be hosted on the Windows Hyper-V hypervisor, or even be hosted by a Windows process.

MIDORI can be also seen as MICROSOFT'S answer those competitors who are applying "Virtualization" as a mean to solving issues within contemporary computing.

The main idea behind MIDORI is to develop a lightweight portable OS which can be mated easily to lots of various applications.IMPORTANCE OF MIDORI

For knowing the importance of MIDORI you have to think about, how an operating system is loaded on a computer. Actually operating system is loaded onto a hard disk physically located on that machine. In this way, the operating system is tied very tightly to that hardware. As Windows is dependent on hardware, it might face opposition from contemporary ways of working because people are extremely mobile in using different devices in order get diverse information.

Due to this trend installing different applications on a single computer may led to different compatibility issues whenever the machine require updating. The new operating system will solve these problems by the concept of Virtualizing. This will solve problems such as widespread security vulnerabilities, unexpected interactions among different applications, failures caused by errant extensions, plug-ins, and drivers and many more.

4G Technology Fourth Generation (4G) mobiles

4G also called as Fourth-Generation Communications System, is a term used to describe the next step in wireless communications. A 4G system can provide a comprehensive IP solution where voice, data and streamed multimedia can be provided to users on an "Anytime, Anywhere" basis. The data transfer rates are also much higher than previous generations.

The main objectives of 4G are:

1)4G will be a fully IP-based integrated system.

2)This will be capable of providing 100 Mbit/s and 1 Gbit/s speeds both indoors and outdoors.

3)It can provide premium quality and high security.

4)4G offer all types of services at an affordable cost.

4G is developed to provide high quality of service (QoS) and rate requirements set by forthcoming applications such as wireless broadband access, Multimedia Messaging, Video Chat, Mobile TV, High definition TV content, DVB, minimal service like voice and data, and other streaming services.

4G technology allow high-quality smooth video transmission. It will enable fast downloading of full-length songs or music pieces in real timeThe business and popularity of 4Gmobiles is predicted to be very vast. On an average, by 2009, this 4Gmobile market will be over $400B and it will dominate the wireless communications, and its converged system will replace most conventional wireless infrastructure.

Data Rates For 4G:

The downloading speed for mobile Internet connections is from 9.6 kbit/s for 2G cellular at present. However, in actual use the data rates are usually slower, especially in crowded areas, or when there is congestion in network.

4G mobile data transmission rates are planned to be up to 20 megabits per second which means that it will be about 10-20 times faster than standard ASDL services.

In terms of connection seeds, 4G will be about 200 times faster than present 2G mobile data rates, and about 10 times faster than 3G broadband mobile. 3G data rates are currently 2Mbit/sec, which is very fast compared to 2G's 9.6Kbit/sec.

Windows 8 Release Preview: Now ready for you

Microsoft promised to deliver Windows 8 Release Preview during the first week in June. It's early: The bits are ready to download now. Here are the direct links to the Microsoft download sites for the three consumer versions (Core, Pro, and Pro with Windows Media Center), all of which are in the same .iso file:

Chrome steals second from Firefox in browser wars

Google's Chrome passed Mozilla's Firefox in May to become the world's second-most-popular browser, according to data released today by Web analytics company Net Applications.

Net Applications' spot swapping came as a surprise: Earlier projections by Computerworld had pointed to a delay in Chrome's capture of second place, perhaps to as late as August.

The California-based firm was the second major metric company to track Chrome's run to second. In November 2011, Irish measurement vendor StatCounter said Chrome had passed Firefox in its estimates.

But in May, Chrome gained 1.3 percentage points, more than double its average increase over the last 12 months, to climb to 20.2 percent, while Firefox lost six-tenths of a point to fall to 19.6 percent.

Last month was the first time that Chrome cracked the 20 percent mark -- the browser debuted in September 2008 -- and the first time that Firefox fell under that number in Net Applications' data since October of the same year.

Firefox, backed by open-source developer Mozilla, peaked at just over 25 percent in April 2010, and has been on a slow-but-steady decline in usage share since then.