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Google’s Nexus 7 is a milestone in Android’s development, so we were all over it when it came to our office. The Nexus line gives a general heading for Android gadgets and Jelly Bean that debuted on this tab is quite interesting indeed. Unlike some previous Nexus gadgets, the Nexus 7 will probably gain a lot of traction with consumers making it even more important. The Nexus 7 packs a Tegra 3 chipset, a 7? LCD screen with WXGA resolution and a highly competitive price. We can’t understate the importance of the price – it matches the Amazon Kindle Fire, which fairly quickly grabbed 5% of the tablet market share on its own (that’s big for an Android) and it doesn’t even run a proper version of Android. The Nexus 7, however, comes from Google itself along with the latest OS (and a promise for timely updates in the future). We’ve already looked at what Android 4.1 Jelly Bean is all about, so let’s take a closer look at the hardware instead. The Nexus 7 was made by ASUS and it has done a p...

Posted in: Desktop computers, Mobile software, Windows August 8th, 2012, 10:26 by Prasad It has been known for a while now that Microsoft will be shipping a version of the new Office 2013 with Windows RT and that it will be the only non-Metro application that can be accessed on this particular version of the operating system. Now we are learning that Office 2013 RT, which is to be included on Windows RT will be a watered-down version of the full blown Office 2013 that you will experience on standard Windows 8 or 7. Instead what you will get is the Preview version of the Office 2013 RT pre-installed in Windows RT devices and you will be able to upgrade to the final version, which will come out sometime early next year. So what’s missing in Office RT compared to the full blown Office? The list includes macros, third party add-ons, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) support and some other minor things. Microsoft says that these features have been dropped to ensure better battery life a...

Office 365 is Microsoft’s online, cloud-based version of the regular Office suite that most… well, office workers spend a large proportion of their day with. The online version is a good product, which replicates almost every part of the offline Office suite’s functionality as an online app. Unlike some competing online productivity suites, Office 365 commands a monthly subscription fee, but that also buys you a 99.9% uptime SLA and similar assurances regarding security and back-up. If you’re serious about your work, those will count for a lot more than the fairly trivial fee. For most small and medium businesses, it’s a lot more safe and secure than their current arrangements are likely to be. Looking forward, the newly announced Office 2013 is, in some respects, closer to Office 365 than the traditional set of offline applications. I’m typing this on the preview release of MS Word 2013 now and note that, by default, I’m saving to remote servers using SkyDrive/Office 365 rather than ...