Parallels Desktop Revised

Parallels Desktop 6 is revised with some changes more or less significant.  Ubuntu virtual machines containing 11.04 shall be supported, there is better mapping shortcuts in Mac OS X with other OS as well as sharing the clipboard between Windows and Mac OS. The release notes also mention a function - the more redundant - to send comments to Twitter and Facebook from the virtualization application, or the ability to migrate multiple user accounts from a PC to a Mac using Parallels Transporter

Fixes for CS5 for Fireworks

An update should no longer delay for Fireworks CS5. The 5.1 version announced in April will address several causes of crashes of the application from Adobe. These bugs were present at different levels (opening files in version 8, using the vector tool, saving files, according to search and replace, change the name of a layer, etc.).

Improvements are also expected to optimize color in GIF, JPEG and PNG8 well as automatic recording of the working document in progress when a crash occur Fireworks runs.

New file system for Windows 8

Microsoft had to abandon WinFS, a new file system that it had begun to develop for Windows Vista and which should also allow searching by Meta tags as permitted Spotlight on Mac OS X.

This was obviously only a postponement: looking closely at the beta version of Windows 8, which has leaked on the Net, Sandro Villinger was able to find the trace of a pilot named "NT Protogon FS driver.

Google and MasterCard prepare a solution for mobile payments

Google could make earlier a mobile payment system wirelessly. Available first in the USA, it would be developed in collaboration with MasterCard and Citibank. Communication Technology NFC integrated on the American version of Nexus S is not sufficient to adopt the principle of contactless payment. This is why Google would announce tomorrow a banking system to do so in accordance with MasterCard and Citibank. According to The New York Times, there are more than 124000 businesses that have contactless payment terminals.

The tablet self-sufficient Ecopad

Further sources of renewable energies most common piezoelectricity could be destined for a bright future. Several designers have already presented concepts operator piezoelectricity to generate electricity from environmentally friendly manner.