it's Wednesday februari 29 2012 I'm
Bridget Carey on sina com and it's time
to get loaded windows has unveiled its
newest operating system windows 8 it's a
complete overhaul from the previous look
of windows as it uses Metro tiles
similar to the interface on Windows
Phone or Xbox 360 it's the first
operating system that works the same on
both the tablet and a PC the experience
is very apt driven as users swipe
between tiles and programs users can
save their data and settings through the
cloud to jump between computers it's
also very social with tools for sharing
and following updates from friends and
if you want there's also the option to
go back to a traditional desktop look a
consumer preview of Windows 8 is free to
download and all apps in the Windows
Store are also free during this period
and you can watch our in-depth video
walkthrough of the new features on cnet
com next week we'll finally know the
details on the iPad 3 Apple is holding
an event on march seven to reveal the
newest iPad and it could go on sale
about a week or so after the
announcement analysts expect the new
iPad to have a higher quality screen
display faster processor and better
camera Apple has sold more than 55
million iPads since the introduction of
the tablet in 2010 but if Android is
more your style the Galaxy Tab 7.7 goes
on sale this week the latest tablet from
samsung will be sold on march first
through verizon for five hundred dollars
with the two-year data contract it could
tap into Verizon's 4G network speeds has
a 1.4 gigahertz dual-core processor 3.2
megapixel camera on the back and a 2
megapixel front camera for video
chatting Facebook has launched its new
timeline layout for brand and product
pages Facebook is giving page owners a
few weeks to preview and clean up their
pages to prepare for the new look on
March 30th all pages will be forced into
the new timeline design the subscription
music service mog isn't plain of peppy
to in these days cnet has learned that
mog is up for sale mog competes against
Spotify in Rhapsody and is one of the
smaller players in the digital music
sector some iphone apps could have
access to your private photos while
testing an unpublished iOS app one
developer found they could access a
user's entire photo library just by
asking
for permission to access their location
the New York Times reported the security
loophole but notes that it's unclear if
this problem exists in any live apps
currently in the app store apple did not
respond to requests for comment Sony's
newest handheld gaming system the
PlayStation Vita has sold more than 1
million units worldwide since it hit
stores two months ago more than two
million games and programs have been
sold for the Vita in stores and through
the online PlayStation Network the Vita
starts at two hundred fifty dollars for
the Wi-Fi only version and three hundred
dollars for the 3g connection those are
your headlines for today I'm Bridget
Carey for cnet.com and you just been
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