January 12, 2013

Tablet News Week of January 6th

Looks like 2013 is going to be the year tablets really start taking off. There has been a lot of tablet news this week which is likely because of The Consumer Electronics Shows (CES) this week in Las Vegas. All links are to Tom’s Hardware unless otherwise noted. Tablet Announcements: Archos Shows New Titanium, Platinum Android Tablets – French company – tablets will feature white finish instead of the typical black/aluminum finish and some will support a 2048 x 1536 resolution (for about half the price of the iPad). Panasonic Announces Android, Windows 8 Tablets – Panasonic might be taking a bit of risk here doing both Android and Windows 8…

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Thunderbird Release Update: January 12, 2013

Just Released January 8th Thunderbird 17.0.2esr Thunderbird 17.0.2# Coming Soon Week of January 13th Thunderbird 19 Beta (19.0b1) Thunderbird 20 Earlybird (20.0a2) February 19th Thunderbird 17.0.3# Thunderbird 17.0.3esr Thunderbird 20 Beta (20.0b1)* Thunderbird 21 Earlybird (21.0a2)* Future Releases April 2nd Thunderbird 17.0.4 Thunderbird 17.0.4esr Thunderbird 21 Beta (20.0b1)* Thunderbird 22 Earlybird (21.0a2)* # Do to the shift in Thunderbird development strategy, build numbering for releases will now be based of the current ESR branch numbering. * As part of the new Rapid Release Schedule, dates listed for Earlybird and Beta builds reflect when the code merge is set to begin….

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Microsoft Has Sold 60 Million Windows 8 Licenses

So it was reported on January 9th that Microsoft had sold 60 million Windows 8 licenses. While at first that may sound impressive, especially given the lack luster reports on the sales and response of Windows 8 it really isn’t. They key word in this statement from Microsoft is licenses. This is not the same as ‘copies of Windows 8’ or number of ‘Windows 8 PCs’ sold. A better way of looking at this is 60 Million copies of Windows 8 have been produced or made. This figure includes both Windows 8 software only and Windows 8 installed on new PCs. However, it does not reflect  how many copies…

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Firefox Release Update: January 12, 2013

Just Released January 8th Firefox 18 Firefox for Android 18 Firefox 17.0.2esr January 10th Firefox 19 Beta (19.0b1) January 11th Firefox 20 Aurora (20.0a2) Coming Soon February 19th Firefox 19 Firefox for Android 19 Firefox 17.0.3 ESR Firefox 20 Beta (20.0b1)* Firefox 21 Aurora (21.0a2)* Future Releases April 2nd Firefox 20 Firefox for Android 20 Firefox 17.0.4 ESR Firefox 21 Beta (21.0b1)* Firefox 22 Aurora (22.0a2)* * As part of the new Rapid Release Schedule,dates listed for Aurora and Beta builds reflect when the code merge is set to begin. The actual release to that particular channel may vary by…

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