Posted: 01 Jun 2012 02:38 AM PDT

Windows 8 Small Logo The latest download for Windows 8 Release Preview features hundreds of visible and tens of thousands of under-the-hood changes from it's previous public release. Windows 8 Release Preview features all new Internet Explorer 10, new Windows 8 apps for connecting to Hotmail, SkyDrive, and Messenger (and many more), new multitouch touchpad gesture support like Pinch-to-zoom, two-finger scroll, and edge swiping, all this coupled with hundreds of new and updated apps in the Windows Store. The new build also introduces support for new hardware, new user interaction models, new scenarios, new APIs and more.

This "Release Preview" is the final pre-release test version of "Windows 8" before the next phase known as "Release to Manufacturing" (RTM) kicks in, RTM is basically the final version of the software which partners use in there manufacturing PCs, and hardware and software vendors get ready for there product support for the new Windows 8 OS.

Windows 8 Release Preview Now Available For Download

Posted: 01 Jun 2012 01:48 AM PDT

Almost three months after the "Windows 8 Consumer Preview" public download milestone, Microsoft Windows 8 Release Preview is now available officially for download. Windows 8 Release Preview is a pre-release testing version of Microsoft's upcoming major OS upgrade "Windows 8", the new OS is designed ground-up in terms of interface and focuses on people and apps providing them powerful new ways to use social technologies and to connect with people.

Don't forget to checkout the official release introduction video below.

How to download and install Spire (Siri Port) for iOS 5.1.1

Posted: 31 May 2012 08:47 AM PDT

Spire the Siri port for non-iPhone4S Apple devices is sadly no longer developed and would even refuse to install on Apple iOS 5.1 . While trying to install via Cydia you will receive the following error. However, there is an alternative way to get this on iOS 5.1 as shown ahead.