Asus O!Play Mini HD player [Preview]

You bought an HDTV, but chances are you were disappointed because your local cable channels or DVDs just didn’t look as spectacular as the videos they were playing at the display centers. Or maybe you are just tired of the video quality of the content that you watch on your TV.
What you need is a HD media player. Until now, most good media players from reputable companies were around the Rs. 10,000 mark. But that has just changed. Because the Asus O!Play mini HD media player just rolled out.
Price:
Priced at a extremely reasonable Rs. 5,700, (may vary according to your location). Its one of the (if not THE cheapest) HD devices to be unveiled. Its simple and barebones, without the additional features on the expensive models that you don’t use anyway.

T-Mobile Cuts Unlimited Plan to 2GB

So this is what happens when AT&T has its way.

There is a 2 GB data cap on the plan, which will not result in overages, but attempt to slow your data downloading habits down by slowing the connecting to a crawl until the next billing period starts. This unlimited plans is priced, including unlimited voice calling, at $80 per month. T-Mobile said that this plan is only offered for a limited time: There is also an unlimited voice plan with 200 MB of data that is priced at $80 as well as a 1000 minute plan with unlimited data for $90.

Windows 7 Finally Tops Windows XP in the U.S.

It’s been 18 months since Windows 7 hit retail availability and Microsoft will this week be celebrating the fact that it’s finally the most popular OS in the United States.

Thanks to low confidence in Windows Vista, many Windows users opted not to update from Windows XP, which meant the 10-year-old OS remained on top. However, according to statistics from StatCounter (via Royal Pingdom), Windows XP has finally been dethroned. 

As of April, Windows XP accounts for 31.56 percent of the market, while the newer Windows 7 accounts for 31.71 percent. When Windows 7 launched, Windows XP accounted for nearly 50 percent of the market while Vista accounted for over 35 percent. Vista has since dropped to 19.07 percent. In fourth place is OS X, with 14.87 percent, while Linux comes in fifth with just .7 percent of the market.

X360 Getting Free-To-Play Apps in 2012?

Microsoft is beefing up its microtransaction model on Xbox Live to support free-to-play games and apps.

Given recent reports that Silverlight 5 is heading to the Xbox 360, rumors have surfaced that free-to-play games are coming to Microsoft's Xbox Live platform. The news is based on an unnamed source who claims that a more robust microtransaction system will be established on Xbox Live next year, allowing players to purchase content such as weapons, experience points, in-game currency and even perks

Windows 8 to Have Built-in PDF Reader

No more need for Adobe Reader or even Fox It

WinSuperSite and Within Windows have another new Windows 8 feature to share. Soon, you may no longer need to install any extra software to view that ever popular PDF format, thanks to an integrated PDF reader called Modern Reader that will ship with Windows 8

While almost everyone running Windows these days has Adobe Reader, or some equivalent, Microsoft is building that functionality right into the next OS. Hopefully it will be a lightweight alternative.

Modern Reader also appears to be an early example of the new AppX application package for Windows 8. AppX is a packaged application model for Windows 8 that is much like the one used in Windows Phone 7.