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New Charms Bar in Windows 8 Consumer Preview

Windows 8 Consumer Preview is expected to become available for the general public in the next few weeks, with a great deal of interface changes packed inside. Among them, we can count the lack of a Start button, although it has been present in all flavors of Windows ever since Windows 95 was launched. But this i...

6 February 2012
08:51 GMT

HTC’s Sense 4.0 Users Get 50GB of Free Dropbox Storage

Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation is gearing up for the release of a new flavor of its user interface called Sense. Dubbed Sense 4.0, the new UI is set to bring along a nice range of enhancements when made available on the company’s next gen devices. It should make a debut on smartphones such as HTC ...

28 January 2012
07:22 GMT

GNOME Shell 3.2.2 Released

Owen Taylor announced last night, January 18th, the immediate availability for download and upgrade of the GNOME Shell 3.2.2 user interface for the GNOME 3 desktop environment. GNOME Shell 3.2.2 is a maintenance release and it comes with over 15 changes, as well as lots of updated translations.Among these, we can men...

19 January 2012
06:21 GMT

Nokia Belle UI Arrives on Existing Phones in February 2012

Two months from now, a wide range of Nokia mobile phone users will enjoy a new UI on their devices, the Nokia Belle, previously known as Symbian Belle. The Finnish mobile phone maker has just made the official announcement on this, and also confirmed the handsets that will receive it: Nokia N8, Nokia E7, Nokia E6,...

21 December 2011
08:23 GMT

Bethesda Does Not Fear Piracy, Still Loves the PC

Pete Hines, who is the vice president in charge of marketing at Bethesda, talked to Joystiq and said, “From a technical standpoint, yes, the PC is a headache. It just is. A million different possibilities of hardware, drivers, etc. As you saw with Rage, all it takes is some bad video card drivers and years of h...

10 November 2011
15:01 GMT

GNOME Shell 3.2.1 Released

Owen Taylor announced earlier today, October 18th the immediate availability for download and upgrade of the GNOME Shell 3.2.1 user interface for the GNOME 3 desktop environment.The GNOME Shell package provides basic UI (User Interface) functions for the GNOME 3 desktop environment, such as launching applications and...

18 October 2011
10:50 GMT

Borderlands 2 Art Director Talks About Color, Exploration

The announcement that Gearbox was working on Borderlands 2 so close after the launch of the first game was somewhat of a surprise for the industry and the fan base has reacted with some distrust, prompting the developers to offer more information on how they plan to make the sequel more than just a cash grab.Jeremy C...

21 September 2011
04:53 GMT

Windows 8 UI, the Sum of 2 User Interfaces

Windows 8’s UI is the sum of two user interfaces, a balancing act of Metro and Ribbon / Fluent. Metro is not exactly tailored to traditional desktop experiences, while Ribbon fails to deliver the immersive NUI look and feel fitted for next generation form factors. Choosing just one proved impossible for Micro...

31 August 2011
13:56 GMT

SPB Shell 3D UI for Symbian^3 Now Available

Mobile software developer SPB Software has just announced the release of its 3D user interface for devices running under the Symbian^3 mobile operating system, the SPB Shell 3D for Symbian^3.The new software was built on the SPB UI Engine, a 3D technology platform specifically created to facilitate the development o...

30 August 2011
11:29 GMT

HTC Sense 3.5 Screenshots Emerge

Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation is getting ready for the release of a new flavor of their user interface for mobile devices, one that should arrive as HTC Sense 3.5, and which can be admired in a series of leaked shots on the web today. The handset vendor did not make an official announcement regard...

25 August 2011
08:11 GMT

Nokia X7 and E6 Showcase New Symbian UI on Video

Espoo, Finland-based mobile phone maker Nokia is gearing up for the release of a new flavor of its Symbian operating system, one that would bring forth a new user interface, as can be seen in the video embedded at the bottom of this article.The leading handset vendor was already known to plan the launch of this OS u...

11 April 2011
08:00 GMT

Widows 8 Welcome Screen UI Design Leaked

With Microsoft continuing to keep mum on the next iteration of the Windows client, it’s virtually anybody’s guess of what the operating system will bring to the table both on the surface and under the hood. On April 1st, 2011, a new Windows 8 leak was made public, reportedly revealing the new UI design o...

2 April 2011
07:04 GMT

Droid Pro's Motoblur 3.0 UI Arrives on Droid 2

As soon as the new Motorola DROID Pro landed on shelves at Verizon Wireless, a new Motoblur UI solution became available, which can now be installed on more handsets from the leading mobile phone maker, including the Motorola Droid 2. The software solution comes in an unofficial manner via MyDroidWorld, and sports v...

27 December 2010
10:55 GMT

Boxee Box to Get Improved User Interface Next Week

Not that much time has passes since Boxee made official their first firmware patch for the Boxee Box media streamer and now, just as promised, the company is announcing their next firmware will include some UI changes that are intended to make it easier to navigate through all the content available on the Boxee.Inten...

6 December 2010
05:55 GMT

HTC Desire HD's User Guide Now Available

Since the availability date for HTC Desire HD is getting closer in many markets around the world, following the handset's release on shelves in select countries, Android enthusiasts might want to learn some more info on the new handsets, and the leaked User Guide seems the perfect place to start.The document is...

18 October 2010
05:10 GMT

SPB Mobile Shell 3.7 for Symbian with Nokia N8 Support

Today, leading mobile software developer SPB Software announced the release of a new version of its best-selling highly customizable 3D mobile user interface (UI) SPB Mobile Shell for Symbian, namely version 3.7.One of the main features of SPB Mobile Shell 3.7 for Symbian is the included support for the new Symbian^...

13 October 2010
06:03 GMT

SPB Mobile Shell 5.0 Lands at Manufactures and Carriers

On Tuesday, leading mobile applications and games developer SPB Software announced the released of the latest flavor of its best selling mobile user interface (UI), namely SPB Mobile Shell 5.0. The new software solution was made available for device manufacturers and carriers. According to the company, the new SPB ...

6 October 2010
03:13 GMT

HTC Desire HD's Sense Already Ported to DROID

It appears that the HTC Desire HD ROM we were telling you about not too long ago has more goodies inside it than originally reported, including the new HTC Sense from the Taiwanese mobile phone maker, which was ported to more devices out there. The said HTC Desire HD ROM is already available for download on various ...

20 September 2010
06:51 GMT

Video of HTC Sense on Windows Phone 7 Emerges

Although Redmond-based software giant Microsoft announced officially that mobile phone makers won't be able to pre-load their own user interfaces over the upcoming Windows Phone 7 operating system, a video preview that supposedly shows HTC's Sense UI thrown over the platform seems to prove otherwise. In al...

18 September 2010
10:12 GMT

More on HTC's New, Enhanced Sense Solution

Taiwan-based handset vendor HTC Corporation announced during a press event held in London Today the launch of two new mobile phones running under Google's Android operating system, the HTC Desire HD and the HTC Desire Z, and also unveiled to the world a new, enhanced HTC Sense solution. The Android community ou...

15 September 2010
16:01 GMT

Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) New User Interface (UI) and Features

Microsoft has offered a sneak peek at the new Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) graphical user interface and features. The company is currently gearing up to release the first beta development milestone of IE9, with the Beauty of the Web launch event planned for September 15th, 2010 in San Francisco. The past week, Jon Box,...

25 August 2010
10:46 GMT

HTC to Put Sense on Windows Phone 7 Devices

Microsoft's upcoming Windows Phone 7 operating system is set to arrive on the market with a great deal of changes when compared to the current versions, one of which would be the limitation to the number of UI changes handset vendors can apply. This might prove an issue for some mobile phone makers out there, w...

24 July 2010
07:42 GMT

New Features Coming to Skype at Verizon

Mobile phone users on Verizon Wireless' network have a nice option when it comes to stay connected with friends, family and colleagues all over the world, namely Skype mobile. The app already includes a wide set of features, yet it seems that some more are expected to arrive to it soon, offering Verizon's ...

11 June 2010
05:50 GMT

Windows Phone 7 Shows New Face at TechEd 2010

Redmond-based software giant is hard at work with the development of its newest mobile operating system flavor, Windows Phone 7, and the latest announcements regarding the distribution of applications via the Windows Phone Marketplace are a proof of that. Further confirmation comes from a series of screenshots that ...

9 June 2010
06:03 GMT

Download Opera 10.60 Alpha 1, Better Performance, New UI

An early development snapshot of the next version of Opera is now available for download. Opera Software has just launched the first Alpha Build for Opera 10.60, the successor of Opera 10.50, which was finalized and released to testers earlier this year. The promise from the Norway-based browser vendor is that users ...

31 May 2010
12:12 GMT

Spb Mobile Shell Now Boosts Symbian Smartphones

The best user interface on the mobile-phone market, Spb Mobile Shell, has finally reached the Symbian operating system. Awarded multiple times for its pieces of software, Spb Software now offers Symbian smartphone owners the advantage of using one of most reliable and flexible user interfaces available. Spb Mobile Sh...

26 May 2010
10:59 GMT

Major Steam User Interface Update Coming on Monday

Valve has announced that it plans to push out a new look for the Steam client for all users on Monday, April 26. The new interface has been in a open beta stage since February and is designed to make it easier to navigate, and comes complete with new features, planned support for the Mac and the addition of game news...

22 April 2010
13:11 GMT

Firefox 4.0 GUI Redesign Moves Onward

Mozilla is pressing on with its overhaul of the graphical user interface for the next iteration of Firefox. The upcoming major version of the Mozilla open source browser, Firefox 4.0 will feature a completely redesigned GUI, which, as far as Windows users are concerned, will be tailored to Windows Aero in Windows 7 a...

15 March 2010
11:48 GMT

Symbian^4 Spotted on Video

The Symbian Foundation announced only a few weeks ago that it had managed to move the Symbian operating system into open source completely, and also unveiled during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona the Symbian^3 flavor of the OS, the first open source version, expected to arrive on handsets on the market in Q3...

26 February 2010
09:40 GMT

Windows Phone 7 Ads, Marketplace Screenshots

The latest mobile operating system from Redmond-based Microsoft was announced officially only a few days ago, but it already managed to create a lot of buzz all around the world, that's for sure. Microsoft has presented the capabilities of the new Windows Phone 7 Series at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona...

18 February 2010
11:20 GMT

Developer - iPad UI Is Hard Evidence of Imminent Success

Software developer Fraser Spiers is making notes on the iPad UI conventions culled from public sources (mostly Apple promotional videos), concluding that it’s going to provide a great experience, for any kind of user. “Look at what’s in here: a full stylesheet engine, multi-column page layout, a co...

5 February 2010
05:08 GMT

iBooks UI Stolen from Delicious Library App (Speculation)

Wil Shipley is the founder of Delicious Monster and the main figure behind the Delicious Library Mac app. He claims, in a Twitter note, that Apple ripped him off on the UI of Delicious Library, adding it to its all-new iBooks application, featured on the iPad. In tandem with announcing the iPad tablet two days ago, A...

29 January 2010
06:31 GMT

New UI from Microsoft, Forget about GUI and NUI

The mouse and keyboard aren’t going anywhere anytime soon, but this is not stopping human computer interaction researchers to push the boundaries of UI and deliver new concepts. While the graphical user interface made the keyboard and mouse the core of a worldwide ubiquitous interaction paradigm, the GUI as we ...

4 January 2010
09:49 GMT

Symbian^3 Set to Deliver a Great Deal of Novelties

The Symbian operating system is set to come to the market with a great deal of new features in 2010, the Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia announced at its Nokia Capital Markets Day earlier this week. While we already had the chance to take a look at what the future Symbian UI might look like, it seems that the opera...

4 December 2009
10:51 GMT

2010 Symbian UI Sneak Peak

Espoo, Finland-based mobile phone maker Nokia has announced recently what it plans on delivering to its users during the upcoming year 2010, and some of you might have learned already that we'll get a re-engineered Symbian user interface. The UI surely needed a wide range of improvements, especially since more ...

3 December 2009
10:54 GMT

New Photosynth Release Now Live

Microsoft has kicked up a notch a service designed to let end users build three dimensional spaces of 2D images. At the end of November 2009, the Redmond company introduced the latest update to Photosynth, indicating that users will be able to benefit new graphical user interface elements as well as a boost in perfor...

2 December 2009
05:25 GMT

HTC Hero Spotted with Android 2.1

HTC Hero, one of the nicest mobile phones that came to the market this year, running under Google's Android operating system, has been just photographed with the Android 2.1 flavor on board. There are no exact details available on the new platform version, nor on how the Hero got the operating system packed ins...

30 November 2009
04:39 GMT

Nokia N900 Promo Spotted, No AT&T Version

The Nokia N900 Internet Tablet seems to be one of the greatest devices the Espoo-based Finnish mobile phone maker unveiled to the world during the ongoing year. The handset boasts a 3.5-inch WVGA resistive touchscreen and a 5-megapixel photo snapper with dual-LED flash, and packs an ARM Cortex-A8 processor, while run...

1 September 2009
06:46 GMT

Motorola's Android Handsets to Get a 'Blur' UI

Mobile phone maker Motorola has big plans when it comes to Android, something that most people already know. The company already announced that it intended to come to the market with two smartphones powered by Google's operating system before the end of the year, and it already launched a few programs aimed at h...

10 August 2009
04:30 GMT

Nokia to Bring New UI to Symbian S60

According to the latest news on the Internet, Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is getting ready to come to the market with a new face for its Symbian S60 5th Edition-based mobile devices. The move won't happen in the near future, it seems, but it will be made soon enough, with the first handset to sport it expec...

1 July 2009
06:41 GMT

Windows Mobile UI Design Concepts Spotted

Microsoft is set to release the next iteration of its Windows Mobile platform, the WinMo 6.5, in the near future, and it already promised a series of new design improvements compared to the previously available versions. Some of these graphical enhancements have already been spotted, yet there are also some that have...

30 June 2009
09:42 GMT

HTC to Bring Sense to Its Existing Phones

Mobile phone maker HTC Corporation recently released into the wild a brand new user interface, designed for its Android-based HTC Hero, the third mobile phone the company brings under Google's operating system. Since the new UI looks more than appealing, those who already own an HTC Android-powered phone have al...

29 June 2009
12:41 GMT

Photos of HTC's New TouchFLO 3D 2.5 Emerge

HTC seems determined to bring a new look to all of its mobile phones, and, besides releasing a brand new user interface for its Android-based handsets, the company also came up with a new UI for the Windows Mobile devices, namely with the new TouchFLO 3D 2.5 (codenamed Manila 2.5). There is no official word on the ne...

29 June 2009
05:28 GMT

Sense, the New User Interface from HTC

Taiwanese-based mobile phone maker HTC announced today the release of its third Android-powered mobile phone, the HTC Hero, and also unveiled to the world its newest user interface that shipped with the device, the HTC Sense. According to the company, the new UI is meant to offer a simpler and easier phone navigation...

24 June 2009
11:54 GMT

HTC Hero's Android Build Caught on Video

The Android 1.5 platform, also referred to as the Cupcake update, hasn't been released into the wild in the United States, and there are a lot of users who are eagerly waiting for it to surface, at least to make an idea of the features that it is set to come with. However, it seems that they can have a taste of ...

21 May 2009
02:44 GMT

Windows Mobile 7 Caught on Video

It seems that Microsoft has recently come up with a video of a yet unreleased version of its Windows Mobile operating system. Supposedly, the video, which we need to mention that comes from the Microsoft Strategy under the title “Software + Services,” shows the user interface of the platform, and the cent...

6 April 2009
05:46 GMT

Palm Kills TealOS Effective Today

According to the latest news on the Web, Palm has recently stepped up and put an end to the nice-looking TealOS, the user interface that was able to make any old Palm handset running under the Palm OS look just like the upcoming Pre with what its webOS was supposed to look like. TealPoint Software has just published ...

30 March 2009
06:49 GMT

More Windows Mobile 7 Images Surface

Some more screenshots with the upcoming Windows Mobile 7 operating system have made it into the wild, allowing us to have another look at the nice features that Microsoft is preparing for us with the next-generation mobile platform slated for release in the spring of 2010. The new photos with the Windows Mobile 7 us...

27 March 2009
07:58 GMT

Windows Mobile 7 Screenshots Leaked

Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer announced a while ago that the Redmond software company would release to the market the Windows Mobile 7 operating system sometime next year, probably in the second quarter, and we also know that the platform is supposed to be something totally different from what we've seen up...

25 March 2009
05:32 GMT

Sneak Peek: Visual Studio 2010 Graphical User Interface

Microsoft is not only cooking the next iteration of Windows client and server operating systems, but also the next version of development solutions tailored to the Windows platforms. The Redmond company already announced that the successor of Visual Studio 2008 would be Visual Studio 2010, and the VSLive! Conference ...

25 February 2009
06:17 GMT


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