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Internet Explorer 6, that is. In 2011, IE6 will be 10 years old and to celebrate, Microsoft has decided to kill it off. Not before time frankly. Surprisingly, IE6 still has a worldwide market share of 12%, though this fell in the last year from 21%, so Microsoft's target is to get IE6's share down to 1% or less. And
ArtRage is a series of painting program for touchscreen computers, albeit with a twist. You can paint with actual paintbrushes! ArtRage 2 sells for $20 for Windows and Mac OS/X. ArtRage 3 Studio sells for $40 for Windows and Mac OS/X. ArtRage 3 Studio Pro, which contains additional features, sells for $80 for Windows and Mac OS/X. ArtRage is also
GadgetTrak is a piece of software that you install on your mobile phone or laptop. The software will periodically check in and let you know the physical location of the device. If a camera is present, for example on a laptop, it can even take a photo of the thief and email it back to the owner. The software cannot
David Politis of Xi3 Microcomputers ) presents the Xi3 Modular Computer. It is an extremely small form factor and operates on only 20 watts of power, yet contains a dual-core AMD Athlon x86 processor operating at 2 gigahertz. The standard model ships with 2 gigabytes of DDR 2 RAM and 8 gigabytes of solid SSD solid state drive memory. The
Deloitte's Technology, Media and Telecommunication's practice have given a sneak peak of their global predictions for 2011. First up, over 25% of all tablets bought in 2011 will be purchased by businesses, with retail, healthcare and manufacturing purchasing over 10 million. Initially, the use of tablets in business will be by people who have brought their own device into work
Microsoft in currently on stage at CES and they have just announced Kinect controls for Xbox media including Zune, Netflix, Hulu, and ESPN 360. You can choose your movie, TV show, music, and more with gestures. They are saying it will be released this spring. They have also announced that their new "Avatar Kinect" will be free. It looks like
Microsoft has released a teaser video one day ahead of Steve Ballmer's keynote address. Of course they are hoping to get everyone hyped for their big announcements, but I am not sure they quite hit the mark with this one. It's a bit strange, but kinda cool in a way. There are no hints in it unless they are so