London 2012 Basketball google doodle

Google is celebrating 2012 london olympic with a new interactive London 2012 Basketball doodle on its homepage. Just click the blue play button and shoot baskets using the space bar or by holding and releasing the left mouse key.

Basketball has been a Summer Olympics sport for men consistently since 1936. Prior to its inclusion as a medal sport, it was held as demonstration event in 1904. Women’s basketball was played in the Olympics only since 1976.
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Google is shutting down Google Apps for Teams, Google Listen, Google Video for Business

Google is shutting down some of its services. Shut down product list:

Google Apps for Teams – From September 4,2012, google will start converting existing Google Apps for Teams accounts into personal Google Accounts.

Google Listen – after November 1, podcast search won’t function.

Google Video for Business- transfer all videos found in that service over to Google Drive.

Some number of Google created blogs

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Wine 1.5.10 released

Wine 1.5.10 is now available for download. Wine is a free software that allows users to install and run Windows software on other operating systems.
What’s new in this version?

New version of the Gecko engine based on Firefox 14.
Support for OpenGL in the DIB engine using libOSMesa.
Off-screen rendering is now the default in Direct3D.
Some more WMI infrastructure.
Various bug fixes.
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London 2012 Pole Vault google doodle

Google is celebrating 2012 london olympic with a new London 2012 Pole Vault doodle on its homepage. This google doodle shows a female pole vaulter trying to take a leap over the bar using a pole and the logo of Google is seen behind the stadium.
Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, Cretans and Celts. It has been a full medal event at the Olympic Games since 1896 for men and 2000 for women.
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Opera 12.01 released

Opera 12.01 is now available for download.What’s new in this release? Opera 12.01 is a security and stability update.

Several general fixes and stability improvements
Website thumbnail memory usage improvements
Address bar inline auto-completion no longer prefers shortest domain
Corrected an error that could occur after removing the plugin wrapper
Resolved an issue where favicons were squeezed too much when many tabs were open

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Windows 8 reached the RTM milestone

Microsoft has officially confirmed that Windows 8 has been released to manufacturing and the final build number is 9200. you can get Windows 8 starting on October 26th either by upgrading for $39.99 or on a new PC.

August 15th: Developers will be able to download the final version of Windows 8 via your MSDN subscriptions.
August 15th: IT professionals testing Windows 8 in organizations will be able to access the final version of Windows 8 through your TechNet subscriptions.
August 16th: Customers with existing Microsoft Software Assurance for Windows will be able to download Windows 8 Enterprise edition through the Volume License Service Center (VLSC), allowing you to test, pilot and begin adopting Windows 8 Enterprise within your organization.
August 16th: Microsoft Partner Network members will have access to Windows 8.
August 20th: Microsoft Action Pack Providers (MAPS) receive access to Windows 8.

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Google Chrome 21 stable released

Google just released chrome 21 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame, a new stable version of its popular browser.

What’s new in this chrome 21 stable ?

getUserMedia API- now access your webcam and microphone without having to install any additional plug-in
New and improved printing experience for Google Cloud Print
expanded support for gamepads
support for high-resolution Mac Retina screens

Bug fixes:
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Outlook.com a brand new email service from Microsoft

Microsoft has announced a new email platform Outlook.com.This is the new Hotmail, which is now called Outlook.

What’s new in Outlook.com?

Clean Interface metro UI
social integration
SkyDrive integration
Skype integration

Just go to Outlook.com  and sign up for Outlook.com mail account.

You can also upgrade your account to Outlook.com from Hotmail.com or Live.com email address.
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