Kinect SDK v1.5 for Windows available to download

In March, the Kinect for Windows was announced that a forthcoming update of the SDK (software development kit) Kinect for Windows, which would display features improved voice and gestures for programmers, enabling companies and organizations to create new innovations magic of Kinect in Windows environments. Yesterday, the version 1.5 SDK Kinect for Windows became available for download.

Some new features:

• Kinect Studio, a new tool that allows developers to record and reproduce data Kinect.

• A set of Human Interface Guidelines (HIG) to guide developers on best practices for creating User Interfaces using Natural Kinect.

• The SDK face tracking, which provides a mechanism Real time 3D, capable of simultaneously detecting the facial gestures, the head position, the location of the eyebrows and the shape of the mouth.

• Control the movement of the skeleton "sitting" or "10 joints", which controls the movement of the head, neck and arms of a user sitting or standing.

• New code samples in C + + and C #, and a series of samples "Basic" compatible with the C + +, C # and Visual Basic.

• Four new speech recognition languages​​, including French, Spanish, Italian and Japanese.
  

• New language packs to enable speech recognition by the way the language is spoken in different regions, including English / UK, English / Irish, English / Australia, English / New Zealand, English / Canada French / France French / Canadian, Italian / Italy, Japan / Japan, Spanish / Spain and Spanish / Mexican.

 You can download it here: SDK v1.5

Windows 8: apps upgraded to Release Preview

The Preview Release version of Windows 8 to hit the market next month and Microsoft has already announced it will renew the aspect of some of its applications.

Mail, Calendar, People, Messaging, Photos, Music and Microsoft Reader are Microsoft applications that will change. Interface changes and removal of the phrase App Preview of the application name are the two main innovations.

Microsoft needs to demonstrate the benefits of Metro apps in order to help convince PC users to take a dip into the new operating system.

We'll get a taste of the updated apps once the Windows 8 Release Preview appears in early June.

Tutorial: laptop battery recalibration

Many people wonder whether or not to use the laptop battery when it is plugged. Actually, it's okay to do so, since, once charged, the battery does not get more current and power flows directly to the system.
The only possible problem is the overheating of the computer. If you are playing titles with high graphic needs, the system temperature increases and therefore the battery must be removed. 

Laptop batteries have a capacity gauge that lets you know with any accuracy the amount of energy stored inside. However, over time, this indicator loses accuracy. For example the user can be informed that the battery still has 10% capacity when in fact it has 5%. For it doesn't happen, it is necessary to use tasks of total discharge and a full charge every 30 discharge.

How to fully discharge the battery:

1- Charge the battery to full capacity and let the battery charged for at least two hours, so the temperature drops;

2- Remove the power adpter and put the computer into hibernation with minimal charge as possible. Use the power schemes in Windows or the Battery Care;

3- Let the battery discharging;

4- After the computer turns off, turn it on only after about five hours. Connect the power adapter and charge the battery fully. This process ensures an increase in the lifetime of the battery.

Tutorial: Convert FAT32 to NTFS without format or lose data

It is recommended to use the NTFS file system because of its stability, security and less time defragmentation and supports the handling of files larger than 4GB, but most of us use FAT32. We only remember to switch to NTFS when copying a file larger than 4GB, and the error appears.

So this way wont need to save all data and format the USB drive and change file system to ntfs.

Important: This method works perfectly, but you should backup data in case something goes wrong. I am not responsible for any damage to your computer.

1- Go to "My Computer" and check which letter was assigned to the storage unit to convert (in this example is “F”).

God of War: Ascension

It was released the first gameplay trailer for God of War: Ascension.

God of War: Ascension , the most ambitious adventure God of War series, takes us to where it all began. Discover the origins of Kratos, as he takes the first steps in a now legendary quest for freedom.

And now for the first time in this game history, the next Kratos adventure will feature multiplayer modes.

In the video, that GamesRadar has released, you can see two teams of four elements fight each other, while a giant Cyclops is in the background of the scene and later to serve as a boss to the team which is controling a certain point in the scenario.

Watch the video: