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Microsoft Office Web Apps and Office 2010 Review

With Google launching many web based applications like Google Apps its now the turn of Microsoft to release its own office web Apps a competent tool of Google Apps.With Microsoft Office 2010 getting launched they really see a rough competition as the IT industry is trying to switch over to cloud computing and the tools from Google is really making the work very easy.With the help of Google Apps its really easy for the users to access the documents,spreadsheet and reports online as in Google Apps the documents are stored in a centralized Google Server.Google Apps is free to individual users and for Business purpose it charges $50 per user for a year.Office Web Apps is sure not to have all the features of Microsoft Office 2010 as it is priced at $119 to $499.Price variation is much dependent on the office features and version numbers.

With Google Apps available at free of cost for individual users,Microsoft had the compulsion to release the Office Apps for free but they feel that it will make the users to have hands on about Office 2010 and gives the opportunity for them in making users to buy the real product.

Google Apps Vs Office Apps

Microsoft Office claims that Office Web Apps is coming out with more features to counter Google Apps.Naturally if its going to be Microsoft office word excel and all, users will really feel easy when compared to Google Apps with usability stand point as there will be previous experience in using Microsoft office.With Microsoft products obviously there is going to be a rich User Interface and its also the case with Office Apps.So office apps is claimed to have rich visual representation when compared to Google Apps.

Features of Office Web Apps

    Ability to create, edit and share Office docs with people who have Office and also with people who don’t.

    Enables two people to simultaneously edit the same spreadsheet, Word document or PowerPoint presentation from different locations through a PC, the Web or a Windows Mobile phone.

    The Outlook Social Connector a new feature in Outlook which gives the option to pull up contact information from Facebook and LinkedIn

    Video-editing feature in PowerPoint

    Photo-editing feature in Office Word

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From WePad(iPad) to WeTab – A German Tablet Computer

Neofonie a German organisation is coming out with iPad like Tablet device which was named initially as WePad.By later after all the skepticism the tablet device is renamed as WeTab and its release date is set to August.This tablet computer is going to be of 11.6 inch and the device price is also fixed for preorders
The 16GB WiFi-only model will cost around €449 ($573) and the 32GB version will cost around €569 ($726)

WePad oops! WeTab is going to be a 11.6 inch Android based slate with the resolition of about 1366 x 768 pixels whereas iPad is about 9×7 dimension.
WeTab comes with the Intel Atom N450 processor whereas iPad is with Apple’s own processor addition to that WeTab comes with Intel GMA 3150 graphics.WeTab supports Wi-Fi and Bluetooth with 1.3 MegaPixel Camera.
WeTab weighs in at 800g whereas iPad weighs at 763 grams with Wi-Fi and 3G support but without 3G it is only 680 grams.

Neofonie claims that WeTab comes with many advantages compared to iPad by supporting flash,no software required to play music whereas iPad requires itune kind of softwares to play.
Neofonie also claims that there are already 20,000 customers waiting to do preorder and many customers are waiting for the WeTab release.

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Intel launches Core i5 520UM Processor

Intel has launched the Ultra low voltage chip Core i5 which can very well use for laptops and also in mobile phones.This is considered to be a new variety of processor from Intel family and it also has 3MB smart cache.This processor is in turn having many advanced and also many new features.Processor speed is about 1.06GHZ.

Processor supports Hyper Threading technology with which there could be efficient utilization of Processor resources as it supports Thread level parallelism.This processor will also very well suit for Mobile devices as there is a speedstep technology which will satisfy the power conservation needs of mobile systems

There is also a built in security system with which the system can be safe from various software attacks and also the data created and stored within the client PC is safe with the Trusted Execution Technology.Processor also has a built in hardware security which reduces the attacks from virus and prevents malicious code propagating through the network.

Intel Processor has a Clear Video Technology which delivers enhanced video playback, sharper images, and precise color control for a premium visual experience.

Memory Specifications
Max Memory Size 8 GB
Memory Types DDR3-800
# of Memory Channels 2
Max Memory Bandwidth 12.8 GB/s
Physical Address Extensions 36-bit
ECC Memory Supported No

Graphics Specifications
Integrated Graphics Yes
Intel® HD Graphics Yes
Intel® HD Graphics with Dynamic Frequency Yes
Graphics Base Frequency 166 MHz
Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency 500 MHz
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI) Yes
Intel® Clear Video Technology Yes
Intel® Clear Video HD Technology Yes
Dual Display Capable Yes
Macrovision* License Required No

Expansion Options
PCI Express Revision 2.0
PCI Express Configurations 1×16
# of PCI Express Ports 1

Intel has released Bulk Budgetary price of around $241 for 1ku for retailers and customers.