As many of my peers out there I happen to be the “computer” guy in my family and friends circle, there are of course different levels of dependency among this crew but since I work, eat and breath computers they always assume I am up to date with the last piece of technology or the last software. Many a times I have been asked the same question; Why is it my newly installed Hard Drive of 250 Gb says it’s only 237 Gb? where did all my other Gigabytes go?. To my credit I have always explained something similar to the truth, but not quite. So it is my pleasure to find this explanation and pass it on, and by doing it I get the double benefit of setting a reference point for the future inquirers and a place of mine to send them to. It proves me right by the way….. so I gain again.

After more than a year of the announcement made in conjunction by Microsoft and Nokia about the intention to “disrupt mobile echo-systems” by having Nokia to innovate on top of the Windows platform on areas such as imaging (Nokia being an expert on the field), the partnership has continued to progress with the immediate and definite goal of competing with IPhone and Android and hopefully capture a big chunk of the Smartphone and Tablet marketshare. Testing has started…

Microsoft Testing Smartphone with Component Suppliers Says WSJ …
www.iphoneincanada.ca11/2/12According to the Wall Street Journal, Microsoft continues its new goal to start making its own hardware like Apple, and is testing smartphone designs with its