Windows 8.1 will be released on October 17

Microsoft announces that Windows 8.1 update will be available in Windows Store at 7 A.M. on October 17. Windows 8.1′s retail version—boxed discs, new hardware—will be launched on October 18. Meanwhile, the device equipped with Windows 8.1 will roll out worldwide

Microsoft says, Windows 8.1 has made improvements in many areas, such as personalized upgrade, IE 11, searching based on Bing, built-in applications improvements, enhanced Windows app store and more convenient SkyDrive cloud connection and so on.

Microsoft released Windows 8.1 preview version on June 26. The version was based on listening to some dissatisfactions of Windows 8, restoring the Start button and allowing the user to access direct to desktop mode.

  One release means one death. It’s not too long for Windows XP “retired”. Microsoft admitted that for the individual PC users, since dependence on the old habits of operating system, how many people willing to upgrade is still unknown.

According to incomplete statistics, at present the number of PC with Windows XP system is still as high as 500 million. Once the system stops updating, users will no longer receive security patches and vulnerabilities update packages.

For many individual PC users, operating system upgrades mean changes in habits as well as a different experience; but for enterprise users, it includes data migration and other aspects of system equipments.

Windows 8.1 will be released on October 17

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Microsoft integrates Outlook and Skype in multiple countries

According to the U.S. Technology News CNET, Microsoft has integrated its two communication service – Outlook and Skype in many countries.

The technology giant on Monday claimed that video-calls and instant messaging service of Skype is now available for Outlook users in United States, Britain, Germany, France, Canada and Brazil. This means that people are able to use Skype services directly in their e-mailboxes. Early in April of this year, Microsoft has first proposed to launch this feature in Outlook.

“Email is an important and personal tool for most people, but there are moments when you want to be able to speak live or chat face-to-face,” said Dawn Martynuik, group product manager of Outlook.

  You can access Outlook with your Facebook or Gmail accounts. Therefore, Microsoft Skype integration seems to be the logical thing.

Last November, the company claimed that it would soon cancel its instant messaging client to support Skype.

In October last year, Skype executive said Skype would soon replace Messenger, but he did not give the specific time.

Microsoft integrates Outlook and Skype in multiple countries

Intel: Save Thunderbolt with expansion cards?

This year saw a 300 percent growth over last year in Thunderbolt-equipped hardware shipments. There were over 20,600 Thunderbolt devices shipped in the second quarter of 2012. Thunderbolt-enabled storage device shipments in the second quarter of 2013 grew to about 0.6 percent of the market.

The Thunderbolt is a good technology indeed, but due to the high cost, it has difficulty in popularizing. It can be seen only on the Mac platform and some high-end storage devices.

Intel really wants the Thunderbolt to compete with USB 3.0, but is reluctant to compromise to profits. Latest news shows that Intel is planning an Thunderbolt expansion card.

Intel has already worked out a reference specification available to ODM manufacturers, so that the ODM venders then design and manufacture. However, before the sale they must submit the products to Intel to achieve an authentication, it’s not free.

This expansion card uses the PCI-E x4 interface, half-height, half-length, equipped with a Falcon Ridge 2C Thunderbolt controller. It provides a Thunderbolt port and inside there are a DisplayPort input port, a GPIO pin.

This expansion card provides for X79, Z87, H87, Q87 and next-generation Z97, H97 motherboard.

If Intel really wants to spread Thunder interface, it is better to consider lowering the price. Come on, doing this “dishonest” is not the future.

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