Windows 8 tile-based Start screen

Windows 8 tile-based Start screen (for Windows 7)

Windows 8 includes a tile-based Start screen (just like in Windows Phone 7), which replaces the Windows Start menu with a customizable, scalable full-screen view of apps.

These live tiles provide notifications, up-to-date information from installed apps.

It might be fun to get that on your Windows 7 start screen…

Here’s how to get it.

1. 1. Start the procedure by downloading and installing Rainmeter software.
2. Once you are done with Rainmeter installation, download Omnimo 3.1 skin for Rainmeter.
3. Extract the contents of the zip pack and then double-click on Omnimo.rmskin file to start installing the skin.
4. Once installed, add new panels and arrange them one by one to get the Windows 8 Start screen look.

NOTE: The developer of Omnimo Rainmeter skin, fediafedia, is working on a new version of the skin which will bring the exact Windows 8 Tablet UI Start menu to Windows 7 (with Start at the top left and user picture at the top right of the screen) and the skin will be released within a week or two.

Until then, you can follow the above procedure to get similar Start screen in Windows 7.

Enjoy!

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iOS 5, iCloud on June 6

It looks like Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2011 is going to be a complete software-release affair. A press release by the company has stated that it will unveil its next generation software -iOS 5, and iCloud, Apple's upcoming cloud services offering. Apart from these two, the keynote address at the conference will also introduce Lion, the eighth major release of Mac OS X.

The major draw of iCloud service is likely to be the ability to sync files across supported devices wirelessly and The Wall Street Journalhas stated that Apple has reached agreements with Warner Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment and EMI, and is expected to conclude a deal with Universal Music Group this week.

Rumors doing the rounds regarding iOS 5 is the system-wide Twitter integration and that it won’t be available for iPhone 3G or the second-gen iPod Touch users.

Those who were expecting the announcement of iPhone 5/4S are bound to be disappointed because there are no reports regarding the release of any Apple hardware at the WWDC.

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Glance On Windows 8

Windows 8 will be fully compatible with all Windows 7 logo PCs, software and peripherals. Although the new user interface is designed and optimized for touch, it works equally well with a mouse and keyboard.

Windows 8 apps use the power of HTML5, tapping into the native capabilities of Windows using standard JavaScript and HTML to deliver new kinds of experiences. These new Windows 8 apps are full-screen and touch-optimized, and they easily integrate with the capabilities of the new Windows user interface.

Windows 8 apps can use a broad set of new libraries and controls, designed for fluid interaction and seamless connectivity. Apps can add new capabilities to Windows and to other apps, connecting with one another through the new interface.

The user interface and new apps will work with or without a keyboard and mouse on a broad range of screen sizes and pixel densities, from small slates to laptops, desktops, all-in-ones, and even classroom-sized displays. Hundreds of millions of PCs will run the new Windows 8 user interface.

With Windows 8, Microsoft re-designed and re-imagined the every level of the Windows architecture — the kernel, networking, storage, devices, user interface — all building on the broadest and richest ecosystem of software, peripherals and devices.

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Features of Windows 8

   These are the new main features of Windows 8 :

• Fast launching of apps from a tile-based Start screen, which replaces the Windows Start menu with a customizable, scalable full-screen view of apps.
• Live tiles with notifications, showing always up-to-date information from your apps.
• Fluid, natural switching between running apps.
• Convenient ability to snap and resize an app to the side of the screen, so you can really multitask using the capabilities of Windows.
• Web-connected and Web-powered apps built using HTML5 and JavaScript that have access to the full power of the PC.
• Fully touch-optimized browsing, with all the power of hardware-accelerated Internet Explorer 10.

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Windows 8

This is First Look of Windows 8.

A first look at the new "Windows 8" user interface. Read more at http://bit.ly/iCTxY6

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