Office 2016

Microsoft's Office 2016 preview now available to all Windows users

Microsoft is inviting Windows users to try out a public beta build of its Office 2016 productivity suite.

This is the second preview build of Office 2016; the first was released back in March although it was only available to developers and IT professionals. The new build is being offered to Windows 7, 8 and 10 desktop, notebook and tablet users – both those with and without an Office 365 subscription. Mac users have also been able to test drive Office 2016 for a few weeks now

As ZDNet points out, you’ll need to first uninstall Office 2013 in order to use the new preview as the two can’t run side-by-side. The publication further notes that Microsoft plans to update the public preview on a regular basis both before and after its commercial debut.

Microsoft says Office 2016 has been designed for the modern workplace with smart tools for individuals, teams and businesses. For example, you’ll be able to easily attach files from OneDrive within Outlook and have access to real-time co-authoring and Tell Me, the new search tool for Excel, PowerPoint and Word

Office 2016 is still on pace for a fall launch meaning it won’t arrive alongside Windows 10 this summer. Last month, AMD CEO Lisa Su accidentally revealed that Microsoft’s new operating system would be launching at the end of July

Download the new Office 2016 preview for Windows here. Mac users can download here instead

Ubuntu 15.04

اوبونتو 15.04 منتشر شد

 

به تازگی نسخه‌ی جدیدی از اوبونتو همراه با بهبودهای مختلف برای کاربران این سیستم عامل منتشر شده است. در نسخه‌ی 15.04 از این سیستم عامل محبوب گنو/لینوکس پیشرفت‌های کوچک و بزرگی به چشم می‌خورد که در ادامه بخشی از آن‌ها را معرفی خواهیم کرد.

همانطور که از مدت‌ها پیش برنامه‌ریزی شده بود اوبونتو 15.04 (میمون سرزنده) از کنترل سیستم Systemd استفاده می‌کند که مهمترین تغییر در زیر بنای سیستم در کنار استفاده از کرنل ۳.۱۹ لینوکس به حساب می‌آید.

تغییرات در Ubuntu 15.04

Asrock

While other motherboard manufacturers seem to be getting less creative with their designs, Asrock has shown it doesn't mind taking chances with its products and continues to push boundaries. The company currently offers fourteen X99 motherboards and most are extreme in both price and features. For example, the X99 Extreme11 costs $620 and it's not even their most expensive model. That honor goes to the X99 WS-E/10G, an awesome server-grade board that features an Intel X540 controller for dual 10G Base-T support.

If you read our recent article "The Ridiculously Powerful MicroATX PC" you will also know that Asrock has done something few others have by creating a MicroATX board based on the X99 chipset. The Fatal1ty X99M Killer is a great little mATX board and so is the X99M Extreme4

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The MicroATX versions still boast many of the features found on the full-size Extended ATX motherboards such as quad-channel DIMMs, dual Gigabit LAN, 10 SATA storage connectors and so on. What we haven't seen is a Mini-ITX version using the X99 platform and not that long ago I would have deemed it impossible. I've since discovered the Asrock X99E-ITX/ac.

Somehow someone at Asrock got the greenlight to develop an X99 motherboard using the Mini-ITX form factor, and somehow they made it work.

The Asrock X99E-ITX/ac is the world's first and only Mini-ITX X99 motherboard along with being the first ever Mini-ITX motherboard to feature an Intel Extreme-series chipset

 

Asus notebook

Asus' new ZenBook Pro UX501 touted as the latest MacBook Pro killer

Asus has released a new notebook that looks to be the closest rival yet to Apple’s bar-setting MacBook Pro. At 0.81 inches thick, the ZenBook Pro UX501 is a tad bit thicker than the MacBook Pro but it more than makes up for it in terms of impressive hardware.

The new ZenBook is sculpted from lightweight aluminum and is equipped with a 15.6-inch VisualMaster 4K (3,860 x 2,160) multi-touch IPS display with a pixel density of 282 PPI. It is powered by Intel’s Core i7-4720HQ processor (2.6GHz, Turbo Boost up to 3.6GHz) alongside 16GB of RAM and a spacious 512GB PCIe x4 SSD which Asus claims is capable of read/write speeds up to 1,400MB/sec.

An Nvidia GeForce GTX 960M GPU with 2GB of GDDR5 memory handles graphics duties. Other amenities include 802.11 ac Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, a backlit keyboard, three USB 3.0 ports, a Thunderbolt 2.0 port, an HDMI port and an SD card reader.

The system measures 15.1” x 10.0” x .8” and weighs in at five pounds. It runs Windows 8.1 for up to six hours on a single charge, we’re told.

The specifications are certainly impressive although the 960M will struggle to push games to the 4K display at anything higher than medium graphics settings.

The ZenBook Pro UX501 is available as of writing for $1,799, a rather attractive price given the powerful hardware and impressive 4K display it includes.