Microsoft's 1 crore challenge to IT professionals

Microsoft introduces well to the world. Three Microsoft products are already used by every 5 in the world. The windows 7 operating system did not impress any os following. Windows 7 was followed by Windows 8, 8.1, and 10. Windows 8, 8.1 does not go as far as the population is concerned.

Within a short time, Windows 10 was brought into the market. Microsoft poses a big challenge to IT professionals. Microsoft's Windows-10 operating system software has been identified and reported in advance by its official blog to pay a $ 2,50,000 US dollars.
Microsoft is not the first to offer such a offer, but has also offered many times in the past. This offer also has a deadline. As of November 13, their software is to be found in Windows 10.

Microsoft's Surface Studio: A desktop creation station with a magic dial (hands-on)

With last year's Surface Pro 4, Microsoft's vision of a tablet that could replace your laptop finally came together. Now, it's setting its sights on your desktop.

                                         

 The $2,999 Surface Studio, unveiled in New York today, is a desktop PC aimed squarely at artists and designers in need of high-end horsepower and a pixel-perfect display. Just 13 mm thick, Microsoft calls the Surface Studio's 3:2 ratio display the thinnest LCD computer monitor ever built -- and one that boasts 13.5 million pixels on its 28-inch touchscreen (compared to 8.3 million pixels on a 4K screen).

With a "zero-gravity hinge," the monitor is designed to fold down to a 20-degree angle on your desk -- similar to a drafting table -- and optimized to take full advantage of the new "Creators Update" to Windows 10 which brings, among other things, a new 3D update for Microsoft Paint.

The display also features "TrueScale," which is aimed at offering designers a real-size, "what-you-see-is-what-you-get" view of their images and creations.

We've seen tabletop creation stations before, but Microsoft hopes to set the Surface Studio apart with a haptic accessory called the Surface Dial. Like a magic metallic hockey puck, the touch-friendly dial is designed to sit beside your keyboard for fine contextual controls in whatever program you're using. You can even put it directly on the screen to create your own rotary selector dial.

Of course, you'll need to shell out an additional $100 for that Surface Dial -- unlike the mouse and keyboard, it's sold separately. In addition to the Surface Studio, it'll work with the Surface Book and the Surface Pro 4.

The Surface Studio packs a sixth-gen Intel i5/i7 Core processor, a 4GB Nvidia GeForce GPU, up to 32GB of RAM and a 2TB hard drive. Along with a single dedicated power cable, ports include four USB 3.0 jacks, a Mini DisplayPort, an SD card slot and an Ethernet port.

Hands-on impressions

There are a lot of all-in-ones already. But even so, the Surface Studio looks really nice. Its lines, and its chrome arms, give it a look like an industrial iMac.

But what makes the Surface Studio different is its folding-down action, and its wild accessory, the Surface Dial. In a reclined tablet mode, the Dial is a metal wheel that attaches to the Surface Studio display and becomes an interactive art tool, picking colors or adjusting elements on the fly. It's also a tabletop tool.

The new Surface Pen also seems refined, aiming for an even more pen and ink feel than the last Surface Pro 4.

Really, though, this is all about the Surface Dial, a wild new idea that instantly excited people from its on-stage demos. The metal dial can be an on-screen tool as much as a desktop one, and looks like the other-hand tool designed to work alongside the Pen in everyday Surface creative use.

And using Surface Dial? Well, it's a haptic-feedback wheel. Not all apps will be a perfect fit. I tried it, and its gentle buzzes felt less tap-tap-tappy than an Apple Watch: think more like an Xbox One controller. Its sticky base attaches to the angled Surface Studio display, but I kept worrying it would fall off.

Preorders for delivery by the end of the year start today, and Microsoft says quantities are limited. UK and Australian details were not announced, but $2,999 converts to around £2,450 or AU$3,915. The Dial's $100 price is roughly £80 or AU$130.

Microsoft announces Creators Update, next major revision of Windows 10

Microsoft has today announced the next major update to Windows 10 at its hardware event in New York City. Originally code named Red stone 2, the update will be called "Creators Update" when it launches to the public early next year. The update will feature a number of features and improvements over the Anniversary Update, with a big focus being on creating content as the name suggests.

The update will be rolling out to all Windows 10 users for free in the early part of next year. Much like the Anniversary Update, we expect this update to rollout in waves, being that it is one of the few "major" updates scheduled for 2017. The update will be available for Windows 10 PC's, tablets, HoloLens and more.

With the Creators Update, Microsoft has rebuilt the Paint app, bringing it to the Universal Windows Platform with pen support, and new features such as 3D support for devices like HoloLens. There's a lot going on for Windows 10 in the coming months, and Insiders will get first dibs trying out new features over the next few weeks.

The Creators Update will also feature other improvements, not all related to creators, that will be a natural evolution and improvement over the previous versions of Windows. We'll have more details on these features as the show up. In the meantime, let us know what you think of the name in the comments below!