Tech Ravings

Windows 7 includes most of the device driver for some of the most popular and most common peripherals. Also, the Windows update performs an incredible job by installing or updating drivers for a hardware that does not has a compatible driver installed or has an incompatible driver.

Microsoft has published Microsoft Hardware Support for Windows 7 OS page, where you can find all available device drivers compliant with Windows 7 for products by Microsoft Hardware divisions. Now this page can help you update your device drivers manually if you own one or more Microsoft Hardware products or if you do not want to rely on windows automatic updates.

A software utility has been designed for people who are in habit of opening many windows simultaneously on their PC. This new utility will simplify the whole manageability process for such people. The new software utility is named as WindowsSpace which can manipulate application screens according to your wish by the use of simple hotkeys and thus, provides better and efficient organization of your desktop screen.

A new application program for Windows Mobile Devices, known as Microsoft Recite, has been made available by Microsoft. With Microsoft Recite, a user can record and store a sound clip. He can then use the recorded sound clips to search for sound clips containing the recorded or said words whenever he wants.

There are many voice recording applications available, but Microsoft Recite has changed the whole scene by adding audio search option to search from saved sound clips by using audio input. There has not been so far such an application that allows to search through audio clips and notes by audio input.

Microsoft’s Windows Feature Pack for Storage version 1.0 is now live. This release is for Windows XP SP3, Windows server 2003, SP1 and above, Windows Vista RTM or Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008. This new release, unlike other releases, contains new between releases (or major Windows versions) features rather than usual bug fixes.

As the Mobile World Congress is nearing, the rumors of Microsoft starting its own range of smartphones are getting steam. I was asked by one of my readers to look into the credibility of this news and bring up the truth.

The rumors first appeared at the recently concluded CES at Las Vegas. Most probably the new handsets will use Nvidia’s Tegra processor and a Qualcomm telecommunications baseband chip.