STATT MAGAZINE

BMW has video of the results of the implementation Microsoft Surface product for BMW car navigator configuration. BMW is the first car manufacturing company in the world who has been using Microsoft Surface product commercially. Interactive with multi-touch surfaces that are running in special hardware and software from Microsoft, customers can configure their BMW car and instantly see the results.

Microsoft’s own Surface is a multi-touch interface which facilitates a user or multiple users to manipulate digital content by using the movement of hands, rather than using the mouse or keyboard. BMW will bring users to experience the new technology with Microsoft Surface. Basically, each customer can configure a car with the future of their place only a few diamonds in color touch screen and the car will change quickly.

Sun officially announced the launch of MySQL 5.1 a new version of popular open source database software. According to Michael Widenius, MySQL Creator, although Sun has recognized this version, but the adoption of these products is still not ready. There is still a fatal bug that is serious affect the quality of the MySQL database software 5.1.

Meanwhile, the previous product, MySQL 5.0 was released in October 2005. Widenius heard some problems with the new features in MySQL 5.1 and warns the user about it. “We still have 20 bugs result from crashing in the 5.1 and 35 other crashing bugs from version 5.0, which is likely still present in version 5.1. It is impossible when you have to fix everything, but at least we have tried to ensure that important used by developers and users of MySQL, have been discussed and improved, and posted to the public. Read the rest of this entry »