Acording to a new Microsoft-sponsored study by the Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems, Internet Explorer consumes less wattage than Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. The study discovered some pretty miniscule changes between each browser when it came to situations like “Average, Top 10 Websites” and “Fishbowl Benchmarks.” However, the introduction of Flash into the test showed a fairly substantial change between browser power consumption, with Internet Explorer consuming approximately 18.6 percent less wattage than Google Chrome.

These aren’t massive differences, but Microsoft is making a point of just how much of a difference a small percentage can make by releasing statements regarding the findings. According to the company, the energy saved by using Internet Explorer is enough to power 10,000 traditional homes in the United States for approximately one year. Microsoft also stated that the reduction in carbon is comparable to growing 2.2 million trees for 10 years. It isn’t clear exactly why browsers consume different energy amounts, but PCWorld explains that it may be due to the “number of CPU cycles consumed over time.”

Another interesting finding in the study concerns HTML5-based websites. According to the numbers posted across all three browsers, HTML5 websites caused the browsers to consume considerably more power than the basic, top ten websites that were tested. We weren’t given a list of what Fraunhofer says are the Web’s top ten websites, or how it decided upon what websites should be placed there.

“Testing of two HTML5 websites (one benchmark, one video) and one Flash video found that both appear to increase power draw significantly more than the top ten websites tested,” the study said. “Most notably, the HTML5 benchmark test condition more than doubled the notebook power draw for all computers and browsers tested, while desktop power draw increased by approximately 50 percent.”

The company isn’t prepared to point fingers at HTML5 as a potential power consumer and it doesn’t yet have enough solid evidence to suggest that it is drawing more power all on its own. It has, however, sparked interest from Fraunhofer as a potential study subject, and the company stated that “more testing was needed” to provide a suitable answer.

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Windows announced Bing Translator for Windows today. It’s a touch-enabled version of Bing Translator for Windows Phone that is now available for Windows 8 laptops, desktops, and tablets.

Bing Translator will translate more than 40 languages on web pages, in images, or in what Microsoft calls an augmented reality translation via a live video stream from your device’s camera:

The app, which Microsoft says is based on years of research into advanced machine learning, is free. It does use internet access, but because that can be difficult or expensive when traveling users can download offline language packs for the most common languages, such as French, Chinese, German, Italian, and Spanish. More offline languages are coming soon, Microsoft says.

Perhaps the most interesting thing about Bing Translator is that with this app, Microsoft has enabled fully-system-integrated translation.

“The Share Charm lets you quickly translate highlighted text in any Windows 8 app, with Snap View you can multi-task while browsing, chatting or more by snapping Bing Translator to the right or left of your screen,” Vikram Dendi, Microsoft’s director for Bing Translator write in an announcement.

And, of course, when on the go with your Windows tablet, you can also use Bing Translator to speak the translation out loud in certain languages, allowing you to communicate back to people even if you don’t know their language. Google Translate for Android has had this feature for several months now.

Bing Translator supports 42 languages — 43 including Klingon — eight fewer than Google Translate.

Here’s the full list:
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Microsoft has released a video showcasing all the new features of its upcoming Windows 8.1 software, due to be released later this year.

Among changes to apps, tile options and an improved search, Jensen Harris from the Microsoft User Experience team also confirmed the company will be bringing the Windows Start button back.

Microsoft removed the button from the Windows 8 operating system when it was released last year but many customers complained and demanded it was put back.

Many customers said that the new Windows 8 interface was too complicated, and sales of iPads and tablets have also eaten significantly into Microsoft's profits as users move away from desktop computers.

Screenshots leaked last month suggested that Microsoft would be reinstating the button and this latest video has confirmed it - albeit not directly.

The new Windows 8.1 also includes a vastly improved 'search' function, which allows a user to search for documents, apps, or items on the Internet from a single search bar.
The feature resembles Apple's Spotlight feature.

The new software also allows users to see all their applications immediately in a grid by swiping up or pressing a button on-screen.

This should make it easy for unfamiliar users to get to the app they want quickly.

Users can also customize the start screen much more easily, changing sizes of app icon 'tiles' or controlling which apps appear.

For the first time, it will be possible to open two windows simultaneously in the new-look interface.

Windows 8.1 includes Microsoft's latest browser, Internet Explorer 11, and lets the user restore the address bar and tabs to the screen view. 

Microsoft has introduced new app tile sizes to the Windows 8.1 Start screen including small apps, pictured here for the Microsoft Office program app.

That feature was missing in the initial version of Windows 8, which was designed to make the most of limited screen space on a tablet but tended to disorient traditional mouse and keyboard users.

Users will also no longer have to switch to the old desktop view to make changes in their default settings.

But they will still have to switch back to a traditional desktop set-up to use some programs such as Word or Excel, which have not been redesigned to function in the new Windows 8 style.

Windows 8.1 - codenamed Windows Blue - is expected to launch later this year.

Executives say the plan is now to update Windows periodically, rather than waiting three years or so between big releases.

The world's largest software company is hoping to kickstart sales of its latest Windows version, which has not made the splash with computer users it was hoping for.

Although Microsoft has sold more than 100 million Windows 8 licenses since October, broadly in line with Windows 7 three years ago, the company must tackle a dwindling PC user base and its inability to make a mark in the exploding tablet market.

Shipments of traditional PCs - the most reliable gauge of Windows' popularity - are expected to fall almost 8 percent this year, while Microsoft's Surface has taken less than 2 percent of the tablet market.

Windows 8 was designed to be used both on touch-screen tablets and traditional PCs.

But while touch-screen users tend to like the new 'tile'-based interface, many mouse and keyboard users complained that the new design was confusing.

Windows 8.1 will be available for free to all Windows 8 users some time later this year.

Microsoft will make a test version available at its annual developer conference on June 26.

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