Windows 8 smartphone

A Chinese company says it will bring the yet-to-be-released Windows 8 to the small screen.

In Technology Group has seemingly dedicated itself to merging the Windows PC experience with the smartphone--something the company has dubbed the "post-smartphone." They started with phones running Windows XP a few years ago, and by earlier this year, ITG's XPPhone was available with Windows 7. Now it says a far slimmer, lighter, and energy efficient XPPhone 2 that will run both Windows 7 and the PC version of Windows 8 (once it's released) is in the works.

Though it seems doubtful to me that many consumers will find a need for so much Windows in their pocket, ITG has made sure to pack the XPPhone 2 with the meaty hardware to pull it off. This beast will boast a 1.6GHz processor and 2GB of RAM. ITG's Web site also mentions the possibility of an insane 2GHz model. There's also plenty of storage space to house Microsoft's notoriously bulky OSes, with 112GB on board.

ITG is billing the XPPhone 2 not just as a phone but as the "smallest notebook PC in the world," measuring 140mm X 73mm X 17.5mm. The pitch is basically that the phone is easily dockable and can stand in for a laptop, desktop and in-car navigation system.

The success of this kind of a device will likely depend on it being at least more usable than the English translation of its press release, which requires several aspirin to navigate, with sentences like: "The Editor considers that, presently it forms three camps of smart phone in the way of tripartite confrontation--The Apple, Google & Moto, and Intel & Microsoft & xpPhone, of which stands for three complete different technical orientations."

Let's hope they took the money they saved on their translator and put it into engineering.Engadget reports that we could see an XPPhone 2 release as soon as January.

Classic Menu for Office Standard 2010

f you have spent a lot of time adjusting yourself to the Ribbon interface of Microsoft Office Standard 2010, or being frustrated by searches for new features on the Ribbon interface, Classic Menu for Office Standard 2010 will help to solve your problem. The software adds a Menus tab to the whole interface of Office Standard 2010, and then brings back the familiar Office 2003 and 2007 toolbars and menus into work. It is developed by Addintools (a company provides professional software, add-ins and tools for Microsoft Office) and helps improve your working manner and efficiency. Don't be afraid that the new feature of Microsoft Office Standard 2010 will be lost. Classic Menu for Office Standard 2010 presents all the new features in the classic style interface. It is very easy to deploy the software to client computers in your enterprise or organization. Your colleagues or employees don't need trainings or tutorials any more after upgrading to Microsoft Office Standard 2010. Supports all languages that are supported by Microsoft Office 2010 including: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Dutch, Chinese, and more. The software is fully compatible with Windows 7, Windows 7 x64, Vista, Vista x64, XP, XP x64, Windows 2003 Server and 2008 Server. The Classic Menu suite includes following applications: Classic Menu for Word 2010, Classic Menu for Excel 2010, Classic Menu for PowerPoint 2010, Classic Menu for Outlook 2010, Classic Menu for Publisher 2010, Classic Menu for OneNote 2010. You could find the product at the Microsoft Office Marketplace. Easy to install, uninstall and use. Easy to show or hide the classic menus and toolbars.

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What's new in this version: v3.50 is released Improved: Better support for multiple languages. Improved: Common users can fully disable the classic menus even if the Administrator enabled it. Improved: If Administrator disabled the classic menus, the common users can't enable it, and they will be prompted "The Administrator has disabled the Classic Menu, please contact Administrator".

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Google Chrome

Google Chrome continues to mature from a lightweight and fast browsing alternative into an innovative browser on the precipice of a potential browsing revolution with the just-released Chrome OS. The browser that people can use today, Chrome 14, offers highly competitive features, including synchronization, autofill, and standards compliance, and maintains Google's reputation for building one of the fastest browsers available.

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• Version: 14.0.835.163
• Date added: September 16, 2011
• Price: Free
• Operating system: Windows XP/Vista/7
• Total Downloads: 7,402,668
• Downloads last week: 121,577

Chrome 14 represents a major milestone for the browser, but those expecting to see dramatic changes in major-point updates will be disappointed. For a while now, Google has been pushing features over what it calls milestone numbers, which means that as soon as new features are usable in the beta version of Chrome, Google will likely push them to all users in the stable edition.
First Look: Chrome still shines, 10 versions later

Chrome 14 is the first version of the browser to support Native Client (NaCl), an open-source technology that allows C and C++ code to be securely run in the browser. It basically lets software run within two protected sandboxes, which will theoretically cut down on browser-based threats dramatically. When completed, NaCl will power Web apps to run as smoothly as programs that are hosted on your hard drive.

As implemented in Chrome 14, NaCl works only for Chrome Web Store apps, though Google plans to expand NaCl so that eventually it powers the entire browser.

Also new in Chrome 14, the Web Audio API lets developers create advanced audio effects such as spatialization and room simulation in HTML5. Google has put together a page of samples that you can listen to here.