No Flash in Windows8 Tablet

Microsoft has confirmed that tablets using Windows 8 OS will not use Flash but instead use a HTML 5, plug-in free Metro browser. At the moment, as far as we are aware, Adobe Flash will still be supported on the Windows 8 OS for both laptops and PCs.  Microsoft noted on the MSDN blog, "The reality today is that sites are already rapidly engineering for a plug-in free experience. Google, for example, recently launched their HTML5 YouTube site for phones."

In fact, research by Microsoft has discovered that plug-in free sites are becoming more popular than plug-in sites. Microsoft "examined the use of plug-ins across the top 97,000 sites world-wide, a corpus which includes local sites outside the US in significant depth. Many of the 62% of these sites that currently use Adobe Flash already fall back to HTML5 video in the absence of plug-in support. When serving ads in the absence of plug-ins, most sites already perform the equivalent of this fallback, showing that this approach is practical and scalable. There’s a steep drop-off in plug-in usage after Flash, with one control used on 2% of sites and a small collection of controls used on between 0.5% and 0.75% of sites."

Microsoft envisages most of these sites moving to HTML 5 in the near future.

Windows8 Power Efficiency

Microsoft knows that many of us use laptops rather than desktops these days and we also want to use a lot of apps at the same time. They also know that more memory equals more RAM, which means more battery usage, which in turn means lower run times for our laptops. So, what Microsoft has done is to identify ways to free up memory requirements and still have an efficient and effective operating system.

Microsoft has developed a way of combining memory so that memory takes up less space. What normally happens is that when you install an application, it will allocate some extra memory to that app in case you need it in future. Install lots of apps and you have lots of sets of allocated memory just sitting there, doing nothing, but taking up valuable memory space. By using memory combining, Windows 8 assesses the actual memory needs of an app and then deletes all duplicate memory entries across the system memory. In this way Microsoft has managed to free up to 100MBs of memory.

By looking at Task Manager they saw that using Windows 8 dramatically reduced the amount of memory needed by the OS. CPU usage was reduced by 4% and physical memory by 12% as attached.

CodeProject Reference

I was on a week vacation and getting ready to work.

My motto is continuous learning for self improvement and continuous sharing to motivate others. Glad that the second part worked well in one of the CodeProject article at http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/ArticleVersion.aspx?waid=31794&aid=442251

Jon Andersson is a PhD student in the field of production flow simulation and very interested in software development.  He is an active CodeProject member http://www.codeproject.com/Members/joncool

In his recent article (shared above), he quoted two reference as:

MSDNs latest guide
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms142571.aspx

A good Code Project article by GanesanSenthilvel explaining many things.
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/315101/SQL-Full-Text-Search-Programming

Glad that my work is getting motivated for other members in CodeProject to explore on the emerging technology.  Thanks for the CodeProject opportunity towards continuous learning & sharing.

Windows8 TouchPad

On June 1, 2011 Microsoft launched the next generation of Windows, currently known as Windows 8, at the D9 Conference.

Windows 8 is a complete re-working of the windows operating system and one that will work on all devices from tiny touch screen phones to desktops. Windows 8 will work with traditional keyboards and mouse but also on touch screens too.

This is a huge project and they are re-examining and re-designing every aspect of the windows operating system architecture.

The key improvements to look out for in Windows 8 include:

• A start screen to replace the Windows Start menu. This will be made up from tiles that will enable you to launch apps faster.
• Each tile app will be 'live', that is, it will provide you with constantly updated information about your apps.
• Easier switching between running apps.
• The ability to snap and resize apps to have several open on your desktop at once.
• Touch optimized browsing using Internet Explorer 10.

To give users an idea of what to expect, they launched a video too, which you can find here:http://media.ch9.ms/ch9/cda16b03-c463-47e7-b604-9ef5011c5b25/Demo.mp4

Top10TechTrends

Gartners' David Cearley listed the top ten strategic technology trends that the research and advisory company think will impact IT departments most of the next year.

The list (as shown) consists of media tablets, mobile-centric applications, contextual and social user experience, the Internet of Things, app stores and marketplaces, next-generation analytics, big data, in-memory computing, extreme low-energy servers, and cloud computing.

Cearley explained that the inexorable push of technology, as exemplified by Moore's Law of improving semiconductor density and Metcalfe's Law of improving the value of networks as they get larger, was leading to the "digitization of everything." 

He then detailed the specific trends:

"Say hello to the post-PC era," he said. He expects "Bring Your Own Technology" will remain the norm, as people use their own phones and media tablets, though this leads to security and management challenges. He also expects no single platform, form factor, or technology to dominate, meaning Windows share of client devices will shrink steadily even though Windows may grow in absolute numbers.

Microsoft Windows8 strategy is aligned with this industry trend by providing seamless integration between desktop, web, mobile clients.

CenturyPost

Thank God for making this 'century' post.  Humbled and honored at this moment.

In continuation to my hat-trick hits on Mar'12 (Ref: http://ganesansenthilvel.blogspot.com/2012/03/hat-trick-hits.html), got an opportunity to be the Chief Guest for the valedictory function of an internation conference on Intelligent Information Systems and Management (IISM) in collaboration with Idaho State University, USA.  It was conducted by RVS College, Coimbatore on Saturday 14 Jul 2012.

Most interestingly, my beloved inspirer Dr. Abdul Kalam was presenting on space technology at Coimbatore University during the same time frame.  What a co-instance!!!

IISM 2012 conference was a motivation for technical challenges posed by the revolution of computing background, which encompasses to explore and support all levels of research that will improve and enhance our ability to conceive, design, build and optimize information and knowledge based systems.

About 125 research manuscripts were presented during the conference and distinguished resource persons both from India and abroad were invited to share the lectures on various topics related to the theme of the conference on Intelligent Information Systems and Management.  In connection to the theme, I presented the concepts and trends of BigData in the industry.  It was well received by an audience group of 250+ international research scholars and got the feedback as the inspiring speech on the emerging technology.  Humbled to earn it.

Key note speakers for IISM-2012 are:

Dr.Hossein-Mousavinezad, Professor & Chair, Dept of EE.
Idaho State University, USA

Dr. Ashok Rao
Former Head, Network Project, CEDT, IISc Bangalore
Guest Faculty, IIM Bangalore

Dr.Narasimhan Sundararajan, Former Senior Professor,
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Dr. Jeyakesavan Veerasamy, Director of Senior Design Program,
University of Texas, Dallas, USA.

Dr. S. Thamarai Selvi,
Dean MIT Campus, Chennai.

Invitation reference is available at http://www.iismrvscet.com/pdf/Invitation.pdf

Friends and followers, thanks for all your support.

Windows8 Release

If you've been waiting to get your hands on Microsoft's new, tablet-friendly Windows 8 operating system, your wait is nearing its end. This week, at Microsoft's annual Worldwide Partner Conference, it was confirmed that Windows 8 "will reach general availability by the end of October 2012".

Samsung and HP have already revealed their plans for manufacturing Windows 8 devices and Samsung will be launching devices based on the Windows RT operating system in October

Simply put, the news means you'll be able to buy your upgrade or new computer pre-loaded with Windows 8 in October. The operating system will be released to manufacturing in August, which is when certain enterprise business customers will be able to upgrade. Attached image shows the major milestones drafted on 2009 by Microsoft.  They are on mark.

According to the company, this release brings forth a number of enhancements to the platform. It proffers better personalization options and multi-monitor support. The updated list of preloaded applications that come along with the OS include Bing Travel, News and Sports. There are even gaming and music Xbox apps which are said to integrate with Zune pass.