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Parallel Processing and GPGPU support in Snow Leopard and Windows 7

Parallel Processing and GPGPU support in Snow Leopard and Windows 7

by Debsuvra on June 13, 2009 in Apple, Computing, Microsoft

Going through 2008, hardware vendors like Intel, NVidia and AMD buzzed off the terms Multi Core Processing and GPGPU support several times over various keynotes and presentations. While we had multi-core processors for last few years, none of the current operating systems can leverage that hardware power rightfully in multi-threaded applications. On the other hand, [...]

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Microsoft Bing – The head and tail of it

Microsoft Bing – The head and tail of it

by Debsuvra on May 27, 2009 in Microsoft

Microsoft never caught the eye of the storm when it comes to online search endeavor. MSN Search, even when rebranded by the name of Windows Live Search, never stood up to its feet to pose serious threat to the biggest searching phenomena called Google. Recent times saw the exponential growth of Google and its all-out [...]

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Pricing Windows 7

Pricing Windows 7

by Debsuvra on May 25, 2009 in Microsoft

Windows 7 is just around the corner. As various sources put the news in, the next version of Microsoft’s coveted operating system is most probably going to release on this holiday season. Before the actual release, since MS already announced the SKUs, actual pricing of the various versions will be officially declared. Now the rumor [...]

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Bypassing CDBOOT error with Windows 7 DVDs on older PCs

Bypassing CDBOOT error with Windows 7 DVDs on older PCs

by Debsuvra on May 16, 2009 in Microsoft

Windows 7 pre-RTM builds are already hugely popular among technology enthusiast. And now, with the public release of Windows 7 Release Candidate, Microsoft advanced another step to bring a super solid operating system on the market that actually works. Since Windows 7 requirements need fairly lower resources in today’s terms, PCs from circa 2005-06 can [...]

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Zune HD rumours resurfaced

Zune HD rumours resurfaced

by Debsuvra on May 15, 2009 in Microsoft

Apparently, a source close to Microsoft, on terms of being anonymous, revealed information about rumoured Zune HD specs, supporting the fact that the device is indeed real and on the horizon. This came as a little surprise to me since it’s announced on the same day when I busted the speculation of a ‘Zunephone’. A [...]

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Why Microsoft won't release 'Zunephone' anytime soon?

Why Microsoft won't release 'Zunephone' anytime soon?

by Debsuvra on May 13, 2009 in Microsoft

A lot of rumours are flying recently on the web about a whole new genre of Microsoft products. Yes, I’m talking about the rumoured, busted and rumoured-again hi-flyer Microsoft phone aka ‘Zunephone’. Since the leaks of apparent first shots of a new product called ‘Zune HD’, people are also speculating hard about MS entering into [...]

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