Windows Live Wave 3 Betas are available today
I would assume that most of our visitors would know that, in a bid to be first, scene groups race each other to release stuff as soon as possible. Also, if you would cast your mind a while ago, you’d remember we had a poll that asked about people’s participation in testing of beta products. A healthy dose of you have voted that you throw caution to the wind to get your hand on the latest and greatest. I hope you see some form of connection there. Anyhow, yesterday Microsoft released their latest beta builds of Wave 3 products that feature the likes of Live Messenger 9.0, Live Mail, Movie Maker etc. I have to say WLM 9.0 and Live Mail are looking slick so I’ll give those 2 betas a go. You can do too since they are freely available to public. Mind you, they are still betas so it’s worth making a backup before you dive in.
Have you been drooling over the latest screenshots of Windows Live wave 3? Now get yourself in on the action. Microsoft is launching the official Windows Live Wave 3 beta today. Watcher of all things Microsoft Live, LiveSide.net has the links to the official downloads from Microsoft, that include the latest versions of Live Messenger, Movie Maker, Mail with Calendar synchronization, Writer, Photo Gallery, Family Safety and the Outlook Connector. These downloads have been confirmed as functional, and in the case of Windows Live Messenger will install “Version 2009, build 14.0.5027.908?
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Scientists finished new atom smasher
Scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) started up a huge particle-smashing machine on Wednesday, aiming to re-enact the conditions of the “Big Bang” that created the universe. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the largest and most complex machine ever made and the platform for what experts say is the largest scientific experiment in human history. Tests conducted inside the tightly-sealed chamber, buried under the Swiss-French border, could unlock the remaining secrets of modern physics and answer questions about the universe and its origins.
The 10 billion Swiss franc ($9 billion) machine’s debut came as a blip on a screen in CERN’s control room, with a particle beam the size of a human hair appearing in the tightly-sealed 27-km (17-mile) circular tunnel. “We’ve got a beam on the LHC,” project leader Lyn Evans told his colleagues, who burst into applause at the news. The several hundred physicists and technicians huddled in the control room later celebrated loudly again when a particle beam completed a trajectory of the accelerator in one direction, a key step a CERN spokeswoman described as “fantastic.” Scientists will next send a beam around the LHC in the other direction to test that the path is clear. Once that is established, it will be possible to send beams in both directions simultaneously to create high-energy collisions at close to the speed of light.
Source: Reuters
New HP laptop: 24 hours on one charge
Hewlett-Packard Co., the world’s largest personal-computer maker, introduced a notebook PC that can run for as long as 24 hours on a single battery charge. Customers would have to buy an optional battery, a special display and a so-called solid-state hard-disk drive to get the extended running time, Hewlett-Packard said. With those options, the EliteBook 6930p costs about $2,200. After an online discount, the price will be $1,816. Hewlett-Packard has added new PCs over the last two months to capture consumer demand for notebooks and extend its lead over Dell Inc. The new notebook will compete with Dell’s Latitude E6400, introduced in August, which can run for as long as 19 hours on a single charge.
The company’s notebook sales rose 26% in the quarter ended July 31, while desktop revenue increased 6%. PCs account for a third of the company’s revenue. Customers wanting the 24-hour battery life will also have to download additional graphics and system software, HP said. The machine will be available in October. A basic version of the PC costs $1,199, Hewlett-Packard spokesman Mike Hockey said. The additional battery costs $150, and the solid-state hard disk, which stores information on chips rather than a magnetic disk, is an extra $900.
Source: LA Times
