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Microsoft has launched preview of its highly talked latest version of operating system i.e.

Windows 10. I myself have tested the OS and I do not find it very different other then its feature of being installed across all the platforms i.e. desktops, laptops, tablets as well as phones. Few changes are off course there in the newer version and are welcome. This months front page article is covering review on Windows 10. I am sure this will be a useful coverage for all of you.

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The next version of Windows is here! Well, kind of.

Earlier this month, Microsoft released a public preview build of its new operating system.

The Windows 10 Technical Preview is available to anyone who wants it, and it offers a glimpse at the direction the Windows team is taking. The name of the game, it seems, is a revival of the desktop interface Windows 7 users know and love—and a scaling back of the Modern UI interface that was introduced with Windows 8.

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n keeping with that aim, Microsoft has focused squarely on desktop improvements for this first preview build. While the final release of Windows 10 will support touch-enabled laptops and tablets, Microsoft says the touch functionality is "rough and unfinished" in the current build. The company is, instead, encouraging users to kick the tires on the new

desktop goodness.

I've been using the Windows 10 Technical Preview on my own desktop PC for the past little while. Along the way, I've been jotting down my thoughts and impressions. I'm pretty pleased with what Microsoft has done, for the most part. There are more than a few rough edges still, but I get the sense the company has made a genuine

effort to improve the experience for power users. And that's a big deal.

Over the next few pages, I'm going to take you through the main changes the Windows 10 Technical Preview introduces over Windows 8.1, and I'm going to share my thoughts

about each one. Let's begin.

Cosmetic tweaks Fire up the Windows 10 Technical Preview, and the first thing you'll notice is probably the updated user interface. The cosmetic changes are subtle, but they're hard to miss: Contined on page-2

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Windows now have much thinner frames that sit almost flush with the title bar buttons. One would expect this change to make resizing windows more difficult, but I didn't really find that to be the case. The gripping area, where the mouse pointer turns into resizing arrows, is the same thickness as before; it's just an invisible twilight zone around the window instead of a visible frame.

Things can get a little weird when resizing from a corner, since you're supposed to grab the empty space just outside the corner, but it makes sense once you get used to it. Mostly.

Drop shadows are also back in full force.

The first time Windows, uh, windows started casting shadows was in Vista, and the feature lived on in Windows 7... before being largely eliminated in Windows 8 and 8.1. In Windows 10, the shadows are lighter than they used to be, but they're also considerably larger, especially for foreground windows.

This change actually mirrors one Apple made a few years back.

In 2011, OS X Lion similarly increased the dropshadow size for foreground windows. The change was a little jarring at first, but it did help establish a clearer sense of depth on busy desktops. The practically shadowless look of Windows 8 and 8.1, by contrast, feels flatter and often messier.

Microsoft has replaced some of the Vista-era icons with flatter, Modern UIstyled versions, as well. You can see some of them above.

Another little cosmetic change is that, when opened, windows slide down into place instead of appearing to zoom in from the back of the screen. This is a fraction-ofa-second animation we're talking about here, but it does contribute to Windows 10's new vibe.

Of course, it's still early

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days, and I fully expect Windows 10 to undergo further UI changes as the mid-2015 release time frame nears. I wouldn't be surprised if, for instance, Microsoft wound up replacing more of the old icons—or if the jumbo drop shadows got dialed back a notch. Microsoft is making a point to solicit feedback from Technical Preview testers, and I'm sure some of those testers are absolutely horrified at the size of those things.

The new Start menu Beside the UI

tweaks, the most obvious addition to Windows 10 is t h e new Start menu, which replaces the Start screen by default on desktop PCs. Microsoft first demoed the revived Start menu at its Build conference in April. At the time, the company promised to release it as an update for "all Windows 8.1 users" at "some point in the future."

Clearly, there's been a change of plan. An upgrade for Windows 10, it seems, will be required for this feature.

The Windows 10 Technical Preview's Start menu is pretty much exactly what we saw in April: a hierarchical app list with a search function on the left, mirroring the oldschool design, plus a pane filled with live tiles on the right. The live-tile area can be resized and rearranged to the

user's liking. The menu can be made taller and wider, too, and live tiles can be added or removed, so there's a fair amount of flexibility built in.

It's even possible to pin nonModern UI applications alongside the tiles.

Unfortunately, some of the functions of the old Start menu haven't been replaced.

There's no Control Panel shortcut, for instance. Since Windows 10 disables the Charms bar on non-touch-enabled PCs, the only way to open

the Control Panel right now seems to be via a text search or by right-clicking the Start button. Not the most convenient.

Overall, though, Windows 10's Start menu looks and feels much better than the Start screen. It's particularly nice when I have to browse the programs list. The Start screen's "All apps" section is pretty awful, since it takes up the entire screen and dumps app shortcuts in a completely flat list alongside help files and uninstallation shortcuts.

Windows 10's Start menu uses the same hierarchical list design as Vista and Windows 7, and it's much, much easier to navigate.

Even searching for apps feels like an improvement. I often open programs by hitting the Start key, typing the first few letters of the program's name, and hitting enter. Windows 8.1 lets me do the same thing just as quickly, but it brings up a full-screen search that briefly hides everything else happening on the screen. The Start menu lets me search for and open new apps without taking my eyes off chat windows,

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Making Modern UI apps usable When was the last time you opened a Modern UI app? If you're on a desktop PC, it's probably been a while—and, if you're like me, it may

That's huge. That means some of us dyed-in-the-wool desktop users may actually get around to using Modern UI software on a day-to-day basis, either to replace certain websites or just to enhance our desktop experience.

have been entirely by accident.

Modern UI apps aren't always as polished as their iOS and Android counterparts, but that's not why they're so unappealing for desktop use.

The fact that they take up the entire screen makes them unwieldy on large displays, and it also makes them difficult to integrate in a desktop multitasking workflow. Yes, Windows 8.1 lets you split the screen down the middle and stick a Modern UI app on one side, but the mechanism is awkward, to say the least.

Windows 10 eliminates this problem by making Modern UI apps behave much like their desktop counterparts. They open inside individual windows by default.

They can run in full-screen mode, but only when asked (via the new Charms menu on the title bar). They can be resized (though there is a minimum height restriction).

And, most importantly, they can be used alongside one another without requiring a song-and-dance routine full of awkward swipes.

In short, Windows 10 makes Modern UI apps usable without being detrimental to the desktop experience.

Maybe this change will encourage developers to make more and better Modern UI software, too.

I certainly hope it does. The current selection in the Windows Store is missing some big names, like official Gmail and YouTube clients, and it's full of obscure offerings with unencouraging user ratings.

Even high-profile, highly rated apps tend to be pretty barebones and bland-looking.

But heck, what else do you expect when Modern UI apps are prohibitively awkward on anything other than a tablet?

Task view Some of you may remember Microsoft's PowerToys for Windows XP. That was the closest we ever got to seeing first-party virtual desktops implemented in Windows—until now.

In its current form, Windows 10's Task view works an awful lot like OS X's Mission Control. Click the icon in the taskbar, and you're presented with an at-a-glance overview of all currently open apps and windows. An "Add a desktop" button at the bottom allows you to create another workspace, which can be filled with its own, separate collection of windows. Task view lets you switch between the two workspaces and add more if you so wish.

Now, let's say you have two virtual desktops: A and B. From desktop B, none of the apps open on desktop A are visible. However, the taskbar icons for those apps have little translucent strips under them. Click any one of those icons, and you'll be tossed back to desktop A. Only apps that can support multiple instances can be

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All of this works pretty seamlessly in practice. That's not to say a little more polish and extra functionality wouldn't hurt, though.

One feature Microsoft hasn't yet borrowed from Mission Control is the ability to drag apps from one desktop to another. Right now, the only way to do that is to right-click the app inside Task view and navigating a context menu. Some keyboard shortcuts and touchpad swipes would be nice, as well. OS X lets users hop between desktops with four-finger swipes and customizable keyboard shortcuts.

The swipes in particular make multitasking very convenient on laptops. A lot of us have multiple monitors hooked up to our desktop systems, and going from dual 24" panels to a single 1366x768 notebook screen can be pretty claustrophobic.

The ability to swipe seamlessly between virtual workspaces alleviates the claustrophobia to a large extent. Task view is already most of the way there, but it wouldn't take much to go all the way.

The updated command prompt Okay, so maybe this isn't worth a whole section. Still, Windows 10 represents Microsoft's first effort to update the old-school command prompt in a meaningful way in, well, a long time.

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clicking, which is the only way to do it at present. That's probably the most helpful change, but it's not the only one. The new command prompt also features a new "Experimental" tab in its Properties pane. Some of the experimental options allow command prompt windows to be made translucent and to be resized horizontally, all with wrapping text. Similar features have been available in terminal

prompts for Linux and OS X forever, so it's good to see them in Windows, finally.

That said, there is one small catch right now: in the current build of the Windows 10 Technical Preview, only the administrator command prompt supports the experimental settings. The nonadmin one, which is the default, refuses to apply them. Oh well.

And yes, in case you're wondering, those experimental settings apply to the PowerShell console. Developers and scripting gurus won't be left out. I'm surprised Microsoft isn't taking steps to retire the command prompt in favor of PowerShell alto-

gether, but I suppose stripping away legacy features has never been the company's forte.

Miscellaneous stuff Before we wrap up, let's look at a couple of more minor additions in the Windows 10 Technical Preview.

File Explorer windows no longer bring up "This PC" by default. Instead, they present the user with a "Home" section that lists favorite locations, frequent folders, and recent files. The left pane has also been updated to display all currently active storage devices, including hard drives and optical drives.

Don't worry, though—optical drives aren't listed unless they've actually got discs in them.

Then there's the search button on the taskbar. I'm not sure why it's even there, since it basically duplicates the functionality of the Start menu's search field. Both search functions let users look for local apps and files, and they support online searches via Bing. Also, weirdly, both methods bring up Bing search results in a Modern UI app... which then opens up whatever you click on inside a browser window.

Yeah, I'm sure that will get ironed out in future releases.

I wouldn't mind the search button being taken out altogether, though. The currently implementation feels redundant and, frankly, a little pointless. It doesn't look like there's a user setting to excise it from the taskbar, either— although at least that seems

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Conclusions So, that's the Windows 10 Technical Preview.

In many ways, this new operating system seems more like a return to the drawing board than an incremental upgrade over Windows 8.1. Perhaps that explains the choice of version number better than other theories.

Windows 10, in its current form, feels to me like what Windows 8 should have been, had Microsoft not been overzealous in its attempt to shoehorn a tablet interface into a desktop operating sys-

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tem. The full-screen tablet UI is still there for those who want it. Heck, there's even a setting to bring back the Start screen in the current Technical Preview build. But the Modern UI interface isn't being forced on anyone, and the best parts of it can be enjoyed within the confines of the familiar desktop.

I'm curious to see how the operating system shapes up over the coming weeks and months. As long as the pendulum doesn't swing too far the other way, and Microsoft doesn't ruin things for tablets and touch-enabled PCs, this could be the best Windows release since Windows 7. <

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Inspirational quotes from Steve Jobs that will change your outlook towards life From a company known for selling computers, Apple changed its focus radically by deciding to go after the consumer sector. Today Apple is known more for its iPhone, than for the Mac. By understanding and simplifying the way people should interact with technology, Steve Jobs not only created a new market but also forced other companies to change how they designed their products

ere is a collection of some timeless inspirational quotes from a man who has transformed several industries: #1 “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking.

Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” #2 “Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes… the ones who see things differently — they’re not fond of rules… You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can’t do is ignore them because they change things… they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, be-

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cause the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.” #3 “Innovation has nothing to do with how many R&D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R&D. It’s not about money.

It’s about the people you have, how you’re led, and how much you get it.” [Fortune] #4 “I didn’t see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.” – [Stanford commencement speech, June 2005] #5 “You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something

— your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.” [Stanford commencement speech, June 2005] #6 “Recruiting is hard. It’s just finding the needles in the haystack. You can’t know enough in a onehour interview. So, in the end, it’s ultimately based on your gut. How do I feel about this person? What are they like when they’re challenged? I ask everybody that: ‘Why are you here?’ The answers themselves are not what you’re looking for.

It’s the meta-data.” #7 “We’ve gone through the operating system and looked at everything and asked how can we simplify this and make it more powerful at the same time.” #8 “You can’t just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they’ll want something new.” [Inc. Magazine] #9 “We don’t get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent. Because this is our life. Life is brief, and then you die, you know?

And we’ve all chosen to do this with our lives. So

it better be damn good. It better be worth it.” [Fortune] #10 “Almost everything–all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure–these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.

Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.” – [Stanford commencement speech, June 2005] #11 “I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is

pure perseverance.” #12 “A lot of companies have chosen to downsize, and maybe that was the right thing for them. We chose a different path. Our belief was that if we kept putting great products in front of customers, they would continue to open their wallets.” #13 “We’re always thinking about new markets we could enter, but it’s only by saying no that you can concentrate on the things that are really important.”

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WhatsApp is now available in your browser, so you can just keep on chatting no matter which device you're using

How to use WhatsApp on the web: Get WhatsApp on your phone, tablet, laptop AND PC W

hatsApp is now available on the web via the Chrome browser, meaning it's possible to simultaneously access your WhatsApp account on your phone, tablet, laptop and PC without a hack. Here's how to get WhatsApp on your phone, tablet, laptop AND your PC, all at once. To physically install the WhatsApp app on your tablet also see: How to install WhatsApp on iPad: Get WhatsApp on your tablet.

WhatsApp on the Web: Before you begin WhatsApp on the Web limitations Note that for now WhatsApp on the web works only with Android, BlackBerry, Nokia and Windows phones, not iOS (iPhones, iPads and iPod touch). WhatsApp says this is due to "Apple platform limitations". You must also be using the Google Chrome web browser, and make sure you are running the latest version of WhatsApp (in Android, launch the Google Play Store, tap the three lines icon at the top left, choose My apps and check whether an update is available for WhatsApp). Also see: WhatsApp ban - what you should know and New WhatsApp charging scam surfaces.

WhatsApp privacy flaw According to 17year-old security researcher Ind r a j e e t Bhuyan, a bug within WhatsApp on the Web allows complete strangers to view your profile picture even if you have chosen to keep it hidden. He also

notes that images are not blurred out in the conversation thread once they have been deleted by the user, suggesting the WhatsApp mobile and desktop platforms are not yet synched

correctly.

How to use WhatsApp on your PC, how to use WhatsApp on your laptop, how to use WhatsApp on your tablet.

Step 1. Using WhatsApp in your web browser couldn't be easier. On your computer or tablet launch the Chrome browser (other browsers are not supported) and head to https://web.whatsapp.com. We tried this in OS X; it should work on any platform other than iOS using the Chrome browser and ensuring you are viewing the desktop site if you're doing so on a tablet. A QR code will pop up onscreen on your PC. You do not need a QR reader installed on your phone to read this. Note that if you're using a tablet you will need to request the desktop site in Chrome's settings (and no, this won't work in Chrome on an iPad, even if you have an Android phone).

Step 2. Launch WhatsApp on your phone and click the three dots at the top right to

ac- cess more options, then choose WhatsApp on the web.

Step 3. A QR reader will then open on your phone; point this at your PC screen to read the code and be automatically logged

into WhatsApp on the web.

Step 4. The interface will be familiar to WhatsApp phone users, but you should note that desktop notifications are supported, which you may want to switch off in the settings menu for privacy

reasons if this is a shared PC. As on the phone, tapping the three-dot icon brings up more

options. Select Notifications and then deselect Desktop Alerts and Sounds.

Step 5. Starting a new conversation is slightly different on the desktop. As on the phone you can click the new message icon to select one of your contacts, but in WhatsApp on the web the search function lets you start

new conversations as well as filter existing chats.

Step 6. Within a conversation the interface matches that of the phone, with emoticon and mic icons sitting either side of the bottom text-entry field, and a paperclip icon at the top to attach files. Beside this is a more options icon that lets you view contact info. And as on the phone

you get the single-, twin- and blue-tick system to show whether messages have been sent, delivered and read. Also see: What do the two blue ticks mean in WhatsApp? Step 7. Once your phone and computer are connected you are able to manage your logged in computers from your phone via the Options, WhatsApp on the web menu.

From here you can log out from all computers, or you can use the options menu in WhatsApp on the web to log out from the PC you're currently using.

WhatsApp will by default keep you logged in unless you specify otherwise, but having logged out you'll need to go through the QR code process again the next time you want to log into WhatsApp on that machine.

Messages between phone and browser are instantly synched, so users on limited mobile data contracts should be wary of increased data usage. It's a good idea to switch on your Wi-Fi if you're a heavy WhatsApp user.<

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