so end of windows of 7 and windows 8 comes

The date to stop selling the software was set some time ago and should help Microsoft move people on to more recent versions of its operating system.

Separately, statistics suggest people are finally moving away from some very old versions of Windows.

The next version of Windows, called Windows 10, is due to be released in late 2015.

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From 31 October, consumers could no longer buy copies of the Home Basic, Home Premium and Ultimate versions of Windows 7. Now, Windows 8 is also no longer available. The change affects both copies bought in shops or loaded on PCs and laptops.

The current version of Windows, 8.1, will be the default version offered on PCs.

The change will take time to feed through into the market, as many PC makers have large stocks of older versions of Windows and will continue to sell PCs running the software.

Those keen to get a computer running Windows 7 will be able to "downgrade" from 8.1 to Windows 7 Professional but relatively few PC firms offer this option.

Gordon Kelly, writing in Forbes, said the policy revealed "Microsoft's determination to distance itself from the original form of Windows 8" despite it being released just over two years ago.

The original version of Windows 8 did not prove popular because it did away with some familiar elements of the desktop version of the operating system.

By contrast, he said, Windows 7 has been available since late 2009 and is still very popular among users. About 53% of Windows users are on the various editions of Version 7 of Windows, he said. The more recently released Windows 8 has only grabbed a 6% market share and has already been surpassed by 8.1, said Mr Kelly.

The change will also clear the path for the arrival of Windows 10, he added.

Separately, market analysis reveals that the numbers of people using the venerable Windows XP operating system has suddenly seen a sharp decline. Data from Netmarketshare suggests that in October this year its share dropped from almost 24% to just over 17%. It is not yet clear what was behind the fall.

winding of mobile handset business in Chennai

s Nokia suspends production at its Chennai facility in India, the company says it has reached an agreement with workers over a severance package.

The company appears to be one step closer to extricating itself from a sticky tax situation in India that prevented it from transferring its Chennai handset-manufacturing facility to Microsoft as part of the sale of its devices business earlier this year.

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The Finnish company last month announced it would wind down production at the Sriperumbudur site after Microsoft terminated manufacturing services from November 1.

Since then, Nokia has been negotiating the details of a severance package that it first offered to the 6,600 employees of the site in Chennai in April. While the majority accepted the package, around 1,000 workers remained and stood to be affected by Saturday's suspension, which has seen Nokia negotiating with unions and India's Labour Commissioner.

According to a Nokia spokesman, the company has now reached an agreement with affected workers.

"We can confirm that constructive discussions with Union representatives and the Labour Commissioner have resulted in agreement on a financial package for Chennai factory personnel," the spokesman said in a statement.

According to the Economic Times, the package offered is between 750,000 rupees ($12,215) and 950,000 rupees ($15,470) depending on an employee's experience, and includes monthly salaries for November and December.

The publication notes Nokia's significance as an employer in the region. After opening in 2006, it directly employed 8,000 people while another 25,000 indirectly benefitted from the plant.

Nokia's Chennai plant was once among its largest facilities in the world but ahead of the sale to Microsoft it ran afoul of authorities in two separate tax claims, both of which were refuted by Nokia.

While Nokia was gradually shifting its focus away from basic mobile phones that were produced at the facility, Microsoft put a swift end to the bulk of its feature phone business this July, when the company announced it was putting an end to the production of Asha and S40 phones. It also announced plans to reduce its headcount by 18,000 worldwide, including 12,500 employees gained through the Nokia acquisition.

As for fate of the facility itself, Nokia last month said it was unable to transfer the facility to a successor due to the continuing asset freeze imposed by the tax department.

no licence to Microsoft

Samsung has issued a court filing regarding its collaboration with Microsoft on Windows Phone and states that it refuses to fulfill its end of the deal as it now sees the software giant as a direct competitor. The business collaboration agreement between the two companies sees Samsung pay Microsoft north of $1 billion in patent royalties and $6.9 million interest due to payment delays. Microsoft took action in early August in an attempt to collect the cash.

nokia reentering into andriod business

Although Nokia sold its handset division to Microsoft, it doesn't mean the Finnish company is done creating its own handsets, with rumours suggesting that it's planning to release a new Android smartphone.

Nokia Corporation's CEO Rajeev Suri recently dropped hints that the company might be planning to re-enter the smartphone market, and now we're hearing that the first handset could be one running Android.

The new report states that the phone will be a flagship device, and will be build by the same team that made the Nokia N9 - the handset which ran on the MeeGo operating system.

Android over Windows

When Microsoft bought Nokia it got the Nokia brand's 10-year licence. This means that Nokia can produce its own smartphones and sell them as rebranded devices, so while they might not be called Nokia smartphones, underneath they will be.

here comes the most awaited Samsung Galaxy A3 and Galaxy A5 duo

Samsung Galaxy A5 packs 1.2GHz quad-core CPU and 2GB of RAM.There’s 16GB of built-in memory, which can be further expanded via microSD card slot.

The device's display is a 5" HD Super AMOLED unit (likely with 720p resolution). A 13MP main camera, 5MP front-facing unit, and full connectivity suite that includes LTE round up the highlights in its spec sheet. Samsung Galaxy A5 boots TouchWiz-ed Android 4.4 KitKat.
The display of the Galaxy A3 is a 4.5” qHD Super AMOLED unit. The device’s main camera is an 8MP unit, coupled with 5MP front-facing snapper. Full connectivity suite is also on board, headed by Cat4 LTE. Like its bigger brother, the A3 boots Android 4.4 KitKat with TouchWiz UI.

nokia 130 as external back up for smartphone users

as best part of the  Nokia is that its best feature phones .

if u are a smartphone user and u need long battery for basic calling ,then Nokia 130 is best for  you people .here is the specifications for Nokia 130  .

• Display size: 1.8''
• Radio features: FM Radio
• Maximum standby time: 36days
• Maximum talk time (2G): 13h
• Maximum video playback time: 16h
• Maximum music playback time: 46h
• Charging connectors: Micro-USB
•  price rate 1699 (INR)

nokia largest mobile manufacturing plant shuts down

We lost everything, our education, our youth, our life," says Arun, who joined the factory after discontinuing his degree. 

 

His friend Vinodth says that he joined the plant for its brand value, hoping that it will provide a secure life. "Today we are left with nothing, no education, no job, no income and no respect in the family," he says.

 

The eligibility criteria for joining the plant was 60% at the Higher Secondary level and a transfer certificate. Hence, many like Arun and Vinodth joined the plant, giving up plans for higher education.

 

Another worker Prabhu says the government, both at the Centre and the state, failed them. So did the court and Indian-born CEOs of Microsoft and Nokia, Satya Nadella and Rajeev Suri respectively.

 

"We are the orphans," said these workers on Union Minister for law, telecom and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad's statement that government couldn't save Nokia Chennai from becoming an orphan.