Similar to Microsoft Office 365, there is a another solution from Google apps from Google, so there is a head-to-head competition between two of the best programs. Microsoft claims its product that easily manage and integrate with other business solutions of the firm.

In-order to explain the whole term an infographic may surely help you taking decision weather to go for Office 365 or with Google Apps

Microsoft Office 365 Vs Google Apps

Our full line of products for business—from webcams and headsets to keyboards and mice—are designed to work seamlessly with Microsoft software and help save you money, increase productivity, and improve employee comfort.

Further, Microsoft Pakistan also announced the official appointment of its authorized hardware distributor, Advance Business Systems (ABS) in Pakistan.With this appointment, Microsoft strengthens its distributor network footprint in Pakistan and ensures provision of original Microsoft hardware in key metropolitans of the country.

This appointment reaffirms Microsoft’s mission to help people and businesses in Pakistan to realize their full potential. Although Microsoft is most famous in Pakistan owing to its Windows software, the company also offers a wide range of high quality and reliable hardware such as head phones, keyboards, mice and webcams. Now Microsoft’s hardware portfolio will be available across Pakistan through its only authorized distributor in Pakistan – ABS. ABS has further nominated its retail partners, MUSHKO Electronics, Viper technology and IT Park to ensure availability of Microsoft hardware across the major cities of Pakistan. All Microsoft hardware is available with 1 year local warranty.

We chose ABS as authorized hardware distributor for their solid business credibility in the market and their reputation for being the leading IT hardware and software provider in Pakistan, said, Mr. Kamal Ahmed, Country General Manager, Microsoft Pakistan. Considering Microsoft’s technology achievements and the passion that we put into all of products and services, customers will find the same level of brilliance and innovation when selecting from our new range of products, that they have experienced using our software and other services. We are pleased to have been appointed by Microsoft Pakistan as their sole authorized hardware distributor in Pakistan, said Mr. Syed Nasir Hussain, COO, ABS Pakistan. To match the level of commitment that Microsoft expects from us, ABS has ascertained that our well-trained team will guide customers through their pre, during and post purchase queries and help them choose the right Microsoft hardware that perfectly matches Microsoft customers’ needs. Warranty and after-sales claims can be processed easily from any of ABS offices across Pakistan in Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, and Multan.

Similarly we came across with the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) in Windows 8 which has been replaced with previous screen displaying long text and codes trying to tell the problem occurred with your hardware. Below screenshot from Chip Hazard shows the all new BSOD screen, which shows a sad smiley and typically user friendly easy understandable message.

Have you tried installing Windows 8 on your machine?

Like others, you don’t need to be a developer or must have a developer account to download Windows 8 as the OS is available for free download. Windows 8 is available for x86 based and x64 based system architecture. The most exciting part is that you don’t have to worry about the activation or license keys. The OS is not the actual one and might be different from the finalized version of the OS, so if you are eager to get your hands on then you might have to face some bugs and glitches.

Well if you are not interested in installing Windows 8, visit Microsoft Windows 8 guide to get a rough sketch for the next version of Windows.

Download Windows 8 Developer Preview [32-bit]

Download Windows 8 Developer Preview [64-bit, developer tools included]

Download Windows 8 Developer Preview [64-bit, Without developer tools]

A few days back some welcome screen and ribbon screenshots surfaced on the web, Rivera has also posted some latest metro UI styled startup screens and usage of ribbon in windows. According to these images, it seems that these interface will look more like Windows Phone 7.

The usual explorer toolbar options and menu bar has been replaced with ribbons, (similar to the ribbon UI in Microsoft Office 2007 onwards). At initial level the ribbon UI does not look attractive although it is in its initial levels, lets hope we could see some stunning Windows 8 screens in future.

Get images of Harry Potter—along with Hermione, Ron, and others Who Shall Not Be Named—on your desktop in this Windows 7 theme, available just in time for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1.

Microsoft official Harry Potter theme pack contains 6 high definition desktop wallpapers with a supported resolution of 1920 x 1200. There is a slight difference to the wallpapers in previous Harry Potter 7 theme pack which contains around 9 desktop backgrounds. 

Download Microsoft Harry Potter Windows 7 Theme

HTC have announced their model called the HTC 7 Pro, which has a slide out QWERTY keyboard, 3.6" display screen, a five megapixel camera with HD capabilities, 3.5G support, Wi-Fi and GPS. It has a 1GHz processor and 448MB of RAM combined with 8GB internal flash memory.

The model has been said by the Sprint network to be available early 2011 in the US but unfortunately no news for the rest of us! However, on a brighter note the new LG Optimus 7 and 7Q windows 7 phones are said to be available in 35 countries worldwide and has just been released! The LG Optimus 7 and Optimus 7Q phone, like most Windows phones has three buttons on the front, back button, windows button and search button. The difference in these two phones is simply the screen size and a QWERTY keyboard.

The Optimus 7 is a tablet style smartphone with a 3.8" display and the Optimus 7Q has a 3.5" inch display, but comes with a slide out QWERTY keyboard. Both of the models have a five megapixel camera with flash, 512MB of RAM, 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, 16GB internal flash memory and a large 1500 mAh battery.

Are you on the look-out for the best deals on cheap mobile phones on the web? At www.dialaphone.co.uk/ they have a great blog that reports all the latest news in the mobile phone world and you can also browse their superb deals online.

The smart developer was from Australia named as Chris who have managed to gain root access on the phone’s registry and file systems. All the works begins with a third-party application called “Network Profile” from Samsung which provides native code for the experiment. Silverlight was not able to give access to the code, that’s why third party application was used.

Well Windows Phone 7 jailbreak tool is not yet official it is just the starting of new era of jailbreaking Windows Phone 7. You just imagine the possibility of developing your own apps for your phone, as there will be no limitations and boundaries and developers could develop something beyond Microsoft Silverlight framework and SDK. Lets hope this experiment gets official soon and the developers come with jailbreak steps for Windows Phone 7.

via BGR