0 Download Windows 8 Enterprise 90-day trial edition now

Microsoft has released a 90-day trial edition for its final version of Windows 8 operating system, which is slated to go on sale on October 26 this year. The trial, however, is available only for the Enterprise edition of Windows 8 and is aimed at developers who intend to build apps, and IT administrators who want to try out the new OS before making their decision to migrate, all ahead of its official debut. Microsoft recently released final version of Windows 8 to MSDN and Technet subscribers.

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0 HP spinning off webOS as 'Gram'

WebOS just can't let go. More than six months after HP decided to open source the mobile OS, webOS Nation has discovered that the webOS Global Business Unit (GBU) will be reborn as a new company known as Gram.

WebOS Nation posted a memo from HP chief of staff Martin Risau in which is Gram is described as "a new brand."

"We are no longer a consumer hardware brand, we are a different company with focus on software, User Experience, Cloud, engineering and partnering," Risau wrote.

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0 Nokia to unveil Windows Phone 8 devices on September 5

Nokia is holding a media event in New York on Sept 5, and speculation all over the Internet is that the company may unveil its long awaited Windows Phone 8 smartphones. Adding fuel to this rumour is the fact that the event will be held jointly with Microsoft.

This could be the beginning of the unveiling of Windows Phone 8 devices as other manufacturers such as HTC and Samsung are expected to launch their Windows Phone 8 devices before the holiday season. Also Windows 8, Microsoft’s desktop and tablet OS will be hitting store shelves in October.

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0 India one of the most risk ridden data centre locations in the world

India has milked its reputation of offering cheap IT labour for long but the reputation might be in danger tells us a study conducted by Cushman & Wakefield and Hurleypalmerflatt named ‘Data Centre Risk Index’ . The study evaluated “Data Centre Risk Index” i.e., the risks to global data centre facilities and international investment in business critical IT infrastructure.

In the survey, India scored an unsurprising second position in the most risk ridden Data Centre location among top 30 countries, the last being Brazil. The centre of global outsourcing over the past few years may not look so attractive anymore! This may be due to India’s low score in “Ease of Business”, “Inflation”, “per capita GDP” and “Corporate Tax”. The recent power grid collapse only adds to such a low ranking of India in the study.

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