Windows

March 13, 2014

Heat maps are a type of overlay that use different colors to show data hot spots on a map. Now a member of the Bing Maps team has come up with a solution for creating heat maps in native Windows Store apps.

March 10, 2014

“Frozen Free Fall” from Disney (free in the Windows Store) brings engaging puzzle play to the gorgeous world of Anna, Elsa and their friends from the Disney hit movie, “Frozen.” The game is newly updated, with 30 more delightfully icy puzzles, for a total of 120, so that there’s plenty of sliding and matching of colorful frozen crystals to be done.

March 10, 2014

Beautiful anytime, but certainly welcome in time for St. Patrick’s Day, are some new Windows desktop themes from Ireland, and sound alerts based on traditional Celtic music. There’s also a new batch rainbows to choose from, shown shining over landscapes from Wales to Madagascar.

March 10, 2014

The 15-inch mobile workstation shares many mobile workstation attributes and capabilities with more expensive offerings, but starts at just $1,199 — a lower price-point compared with other 15-inch mobile workstation PCs.

March 8, 2014

This laptop, built with a rubberized LCD and base trim, is designed to be tough and has been subject to military-standard testing. It has a fully sealed keyboard and touchpad, a 13.3-inch display and on models with touch it has Corning Gorilla Glass NBT for scratch resistance.

March 7, 2014

If you’ve enjoyed “Rabbids Big Bang” on Windows Phone devices, now you can fling these crazy, oversized bunnies on your Windows PC or tablet. With the flick of a finger, you can fling these wascally wabbits into outer space, and control their trajectory with a jetpack – paying close attention to planetary gravity.

March 6, 2014

The latest Red Stripe Deals in the Windows Store – which save you at least 50 percent off the original price of six favorite apps, indie games and Xbox titles – includes a flashy classic, a cornucopia of collages and a simplified way of tracking tasks and projects.