At a Surface event in New York City today, Microsoft announced the next generation of their Surface devices and they did not disappoint. While we would consider the upgrade only incremental in nature, the company has announced a massive set of accessories which help complete the device.

Not only this, the company has announced amazing ranges of the devices as well as availability in October for many countries around the world.

Surface 2

Despite the original Surface RT receiving poor reviews and mediocre response from the market, Microsoft announced the second revision to the device today which renews their commitment to ARM based devices.

The Surface 2 (the RT has been dropped from the name) features a 10.6-inch, 1080p screen (which was one of the largest complaints about the device), a 1.7GHz NVIDIA Tegra 4 SoC and USB 3.0. The cameras on the device got an upgrade too, with the front camera now clocking in at 3.5 MP and the back at 5MP.

Microsoft says the device will last 10 – 12 hours on a single charge which is an improvement from the previous Surface device that only got eight hours. Even better, the device is slightly thinner and lighter while still looking almost identical to the original Surface RT. It’s also available in white now, which will be a welcome change.

Surface Pro 2

On the Surface Pro 2 side of the story it’s very incremental. The Pro 2 features a Haswell chip — something many wished it launched with — for improved battery life, additional RAM and a new kickstand that supports two positions for better “lapability.” The only other notable change is the Windows logo on the back has been removed in favor of simply “Surface” written in place.

It’s a modest upgrade but a welcome one for many, with battery life now expected to be much more than that of the first device although it’s not clear what Microsoft is claiming it will be able to do yet other than saying it will be 75% better. Additionally, Microsoft confirmed in a Reddit “AMA” that there will be an LTE equipped version available in early 2014 for customers that are looking for data on the go.

The Pro 2 will be available in 64GB/128GB with 4GB of RAM or 256GB/512GB with 8GB of RAM which is an impressive range of options. Microsoft calls it the ”most powerful, professional, and productive tablet ever made” which is definitely true.

Accessories

First up, there’s the Power cover for those looking to get even more battery life out of their devices during the day and don’t mind a little extra bulk. It’s a cover that mashes a keyboard and a battery into one. We don’t have many details on that just yet, but it’s not due for release until early 2014 at this stage.

There’s also the crazy new Surface Music Kit, which looks like a ton of fun to use. It’s essentially another keyboard style snap-on but it works in tandem with a music app that Microsoft has created to help you remix music and essentially become a DJ from the comfort of your own tablet. This one is probably one of the more exciting accessories we’ve seen in the tablet space for a while. More on this one soon.

For those at work looking to use the Surface Pro as a complete PC replacement, that’s now one step closer with a docking station that was also announced. It allows you to slot the Surface in and push from the edges to dock, which gives you instant use of an external monitor, ethernet, speakers, USB and other ports. This simple addition will help convince corporates that the Surface form factor is the way of the future. Unfortunately, it too is not available until 2014, but will certainly make many who were holding off very happy.

There’s also two other small new accessories. A wireless adapter that allows any typing cover to be used without plugging it in (sounds awesome for when the Surface is plugged into the TV) and the car charger for Surface as well.

On top of all this, the existing accessories have received an update too. The Touch Cover 2 is lighter and thinner while the Type Cover 2 is now backlit and available in four colors. All around a nice upgrade and we’re happy to hear that the company managed to squeeze a backlit keyboard into such a small form factor!

Availability

The Surface originally only launched in the US and only later expanded to other countries but that is not the case this time.

Starting October 22nd, you’ll be able to get a Surface 2 or Pro 2 in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Impressive list, no? China will be getting the Surface in November.

For those in the US, the pricing according to WPCentral is:

Surface 2

• 32GB – $449
• 64GB – $549

Surface Pro 2

• 64GB – $899
• 128GB – $999
• 256GB – $1299
• 512GB – $1799

And guess what?! You can pre-order from tomorrow to get your device on day one. Microsoft’s done a great job on this one, we’re excited to get our hands on one.

Even though Windows 8.1 is in the hands of developers and IT professionals  globally right now, Microsoft still has some surprises up their sleeves left for the launch of the OS on October 18.

The Verge reports today that Microsoft is working on a number of feature additions and application updates alongside the last minute bug fixes that are planned for launch day.

According to their report, the Bing apps will be updated to include new features such as hotel and restaurant search, instructional videos specially created for the service by world renowned chefs and thousands of new recipes have been added. Additionally, Bing Finance will allow users to connect to their portfolio directly and make trades within the app.

There’s also a new major camera feature called “Photo Loop” that appears to be similar to a feature of BlackBerry 10 devices that allows you to rewind parts of photos to get a better shot (such as a friend who is blinking). Apparently this will require new hardware, which is disappointing.

As you’d expect, these updates will go live on Windows 8.1 launch day which is set for October 18th around the world (starting in New Zealand). It’s getting close now!

It’s not entirely clear why this wasn’t Microsoft’s strategy from the start, but a report from The Vergetoday suggests that the company is working to build a unified app store that works consistently across Windows Phone and the Windows desktop.

According to the report Terry Myerson, head of the operating systems group at Microsoft made the announcement at an internal company meeting today.

Myerson went on to tell the company that the unified app store experience would be built into the “next releases” of Windows 8 and Windows Phone. This would mean that the planned Windows Phone 8.1 update that is due early next year would likely ship with the store and the report says a special update will be pushed to Windows 8.1 customers on the desktop to get them in line.

It’s not clear if this means that phone apps will be able to run on the PC as well as the ability to run desktop apps on mobile but it could well mean that Microsoft has big plans to make it even more simple to write code once for both phone and desktop.

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Some of the secrets of Google

اختصارات خاصة للحصول على افضل النتائج  البحث على مواقع المعروفة للحصول على المعلومات والموضوعات المراد البحث عنها باسرع الطرق ، فالبحث لا يقتصر على البحث عن المعلومات فقط ولكن يعتمد على انشاء تقارير وابحاث علمية وبحثية من شتى انحاء العالم

:سنعرض اهم الاختصارات والكلمات التى تسرع وتدقق فى عملية البحث لايجاد المعلومات المرادة بدقة

Own shortcuts to get the best search results on sites known to get the information and topics to be searched as soon as the roads, the quest is not limited to search for information only, but depends on the creation of reports and scientific research and research from around the world.

We'll show the most important abbreviations and words that haste and scrutinized in the search process to find information is desired accuracy:

* علامات التنصيص" "

والفائدة منها هي البحث عن جميع المواقع التي تحوي ما بداخلها بالكامل و بنفس الترتيب مثل البحث عن المواقع التي تحوي الجملة  please teach me وبالكامل وبنفس الترتيب في هذه الحالة نضع جملة البحث بهذه الطريقة:

"please teach me"

* Quotation marks ""

And interest of which is to search for all sites that contain what's inside fully and in the same order, such as searching for sites that contain sentence please teach me, in full and in the same order in this case the phrase, put it this way:

"please teach me"

ملحوظة :استخدم هذا فقط إذا كنت تبحث عن كلمة أو عبارة محددة بدقة، لأنه بخلاف ذلك يمكن استبعاد النتائج المفيدة عن طريق الخطأ

Note: Use this only if you are looking for a specific word or phrase accurately, because otherwise beneficial results can be excluded by mistake.

* علامة الشرطة (-)

والفائدة منها هي البحث عن جميع المواقع التي تحوي كلمة و لاتحوي كلمة أخرى، فلكي نبحث مثلاً عن المواقع التي تحوي الكلمةtechnology و لا تحوي الكلمة  teacher

ضع البحث بهذه الصورة:  technology-teacher

* Police sign (-)

And interest of which is to search for all sites containing the word and the word nor contain other, in order to, for example, look for sites that contain the word technology and does not contain the word teacher

Put this Image Search: technology-teacher

ملحوظة :  يمكنك أيضًا استبعاد النتائج استنادًا إلى عوامل تشغيل أخرى، مثل استبعاد جميع النتائج من موقع معين.مثل  [site:wikipedia.org-teacher]

* كلمة  "site:"

Note: You can also exclude results based on other operating factors, such as the exclusion of all the results from a particular site. Like [site: wikipedia.org-teacher]

* The word "site:"

 *علامة "*"  

تضمين "ملء الفراغ"طلب البحث * طلب البحث يمكنك استخدام علامة النجمة (*) وتضمينها في طلب البحث باعتبارها عنصرًا نائبًا لأية عبارات غير معروفة أو عبارات بها أحرف بدل. فمثلا فى المقولات المعروفة  ] "القرش * ينفع في * الأسود" [

* The "*"

Include "fill the void" query * query, you can use an asterisk (*) and are included in the search query as a placeholder for any unknown words or phrases with wildcard characters. For example, in the categories known "shark * benefit * in black"

* علامة+

والفائدة منها هي البحث عن جميع المواقع التي تحوي جميع الكلمات، فعندما نبحث مثلاً عن المواقع التي تحوي  الكلمتين  technology و teach  

ضع البحث بهذه الصورة:technology+teacher

* + Sign

And interest of which is to search for all sites that contain all the words, for example, when looking for sites that contain the words technology and teach

Put this Image Search: technology + teacher

* علامة الرابطOR

وهى تُظهر نتائج البحث للمواقع التي تحوي إحدى الكلمات أو جميعها، فعند البحث عن المواقع التي تحوي الكلمةtechnology أو الكلمةteacher أو كليهما معاً نضع جملة البحث:

technology OR teacher

* Mark link OR

They show search results for sites that contain one or all of the words, when you search for sites that contain the word or word technology teacher, or both put together phrase:

technology OR teacher

ملحوظة: يمكنك تضمين عبارات البحث بين علامات اقتباس للبحث عن إحداها

[ "كأس العالم 2014" OR "الأمم الإفريقية 2014" ]

Note: You can include search phrases in quotation marks to search for one.

["World Cup 2014" OR "2014 African Nations"]

* لبحث عن نطاق عدد معين

"رقم..رقم"افصل بين الأرقام بوضع نقطتين (بدون مسافات) لمشاهدة النتائج التي تحتوي على أرقام في نطاق معين لأشياء مثل التواريخ والأسعار والقياسات.

[ كاميرا 500 جنيه..1000 جنيه]

* To discuss the scope of a certain number

"No. .. No." Separate figures put two points (no spaces) to see results that contain numbers in a certain range of things such as dates, prices and measurements.

[Camera 500 pounds .. £ 1000]

ملحوظة :  يمكنك استخدام رقم واحد فقط مع النقطتين للإشارة إلى الحد الأعلى أو الحد الأدنى.

[ الفرق الفائزة بكأس العالم ..2000]

Note: You can use only one number with a colon to indicate the maximum or minimum.

[World Cup-winning teams in 2000 .. ]

* علامة النسبة المئوية(%)

البحث عن النسبة المئوية للقيم مثل ]40% من 80 [أو ]10% من 1[

* علامة الدولار($)

الإشارة إلى الأسعار، لذا تختلف نتيجة[ nikon 400 ] عن[ nikon $400 ]

* علامة التصنيف/الرقم(#)

البحث عم الموضوعات الأكثر تداولاً والتى يتم الإشارة إليها بعلامة تصنيف مث [#lifewithoutgoogle]

*علامة"@"

العثور على العلامات الاجتماعية مثل [@google]

* Percent sign (%)

Find the percentage of values ​​such as 40% of the 80 [or] 10% of the 1 [

* The dollar sign ($)

Reference to the price, so different result [Nikon 400] for [Nikon $ 400]

* Mark Category / Number (#)

Corporate most actively traded issues, which are referred to sign such classification [# life without Google]

* "@" Sign

Finding social labels such as [@ Google]

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These were some of the secrets of the famous search engine Google