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Aug

ZuneHD in Europe?!


I’ve just been told on Twitter that there is a rumour, and it’s to be stressed that this is a rumour, that Microsoft may still be planning on using the Zune HD to launch the product into EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa)!!!

That means that this sweet ass gadget:

could be in our shores, in our stores and, more importantly, in our hands :-) In my opinion, the new Zune is much sexier than anything I’ve seen from Apple…

The specs for this are:

  • 3.3 inch OLED display capacitive touch screen (480×272 16:9 aspect ratio).
  • Size: 2.07″x4.08″x.35″ (52.7 mm x 102.1 mm x 8.9 mm)
  • Weight: 2.6 ounces (74 grams)
  • Runs on Nvidia Tegra APX with 8 independent processors.
  • Multi-touch technology.
  • 16/32 GB
  • Built-in accelerometer.
  • HD radio tuner.
  • 720p high definition video support and output (additional dock required).
  • Wi-Fi connectivity 802.11b/g with Open, WEP, WPA, and WPA2 authentication modes and WEP 64- and 128-bit, TKIP, and AES encryption modes.
  • A Wi-Fi version of the Zune Marketplace.
  • Web browser (based on Internet Explorer Mobile 6 for Windows CE).
  • Games
  • Unicode Support
  • Equalizer
  • Music, up to 33 hours (wireless off); video, up to 8.5 hours
  • Battery : 3.7 Volt, 730 mAh Lithium-Ion Polymer battery

    • I’ve wanted a Zune for ages so if this is true-it’d be AWESOME ;-)

    *Update* Looks like it truly was a rumour, as the Zune HD isn’t available in Europe (or anywhere else for that matter) :-(

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    31

    Aug

    New features and Improvements in Microsoft Hyper-V R2


    As I’m sure you’ve heard on the old internet, Microsoft’s Hyper-V R2 is done and dusted. The main new feature is Live Migration, meaning MS can now match the “VMotion” feature offered by VMWare, but there is a whole host of new features and improvements in the latest version. Let’s take a look:

     

    Hyper-V Compare

    Hyper-V R2 also includes:

    (a) High availability and live migration for managing a dynamic IT infrastructure

    (b) Support for 64 logical processors future proofing our customers to scale up with the hardware

    (c) Support for running up to 384 virtual machines with up to 512 virtual processors

    (d) Processor compatibility mode for live migration across different processor SKU’s from the same vendor

    (e) Hot add/remove virtual storage

    (f) Networking enhancements (VMQ, Chimney, support for Jumbo Frames)

    (g) Simplified management using sconfig

    (h) Boot from flash

    See the original post here.

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