Official Windows 8 Preview Video 1

1st June 2011 - Windows, Windows 8
Today, Microsoft had demoed Windows 8 at the D9 Conference and published the first official preview video of Windows 8.
Here are a few aspects of the new interface:
Fast launching of apps from a tile-based Start screen, which replaces the Windows Start menu with a customizable, scalable full-screen view of apps.Live tiles with notifications, showing always up-to-date information from your apps.Fluid, natural switching between running apps.Convenient ability to snap and resize an app to the side of the screen, so you can really multitask using the capabilities of Windows.Web-connected and Web-powered apps built using HTML5 and JavaScript that have access to the full power of the PC.Fully touch-optimized browsing, with all the power of hardware-accelerated Internet Explorer 10.

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Chrome 13 released: Includes Instant Pages, Print Preview and more

Google has released Chrome 13 browser and it is now available for download. A print preview is now available for Windows and Linux users in this version of Chrome.

Chrome’s combo search box and address bar – the omnibox,  makes it easier for you to get back to pages you’ve visited earlier. Just type part of the page’s address or title and look in the drop-down for matching pages from your history.

This latest version of Chrome browser, also introduces a new feature called Instant Pages, which is on by default. This means that sometimes when you click a Google search result in Chrome, the page will appear to load much faster than before.

Apart from this, Chrome 13 includes over 5,200 minor improvements and bug fixes.

Download: Google Chrome.

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