10 things to love about Windows 8

10 things to love about Windows 8 Now that the Windows 8 Developer Preview has been available for a while, it is easier to take a step back and evaluate it without the powerful emotions that strike most people the first time they deal with it. Looking at it from a long-distance perspective, there’s a lot to like about Windows 8, especially if you are ready to cut the cord from an installed desktop application base and transition to Web applications and Windows 8 native applications. Here are 10 things I think are great about Windows 8. 1: It’s designed for tablets and touch Microsoft is working hard to make Windows 8 work well with tablets and the touch UI paradigm, to the point of alienating traditional desktop users. It remains...

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Dubai Shopping Festival 2013

The annual Dubai Shopping Festival is filled with shopping deals, restaurant promotions and fun for the whole family! Date: January 2013 Audience: General Public Category: Festival, Shopping Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF) takes place every winter with its mammoth array of discounts, competitions, prizes, fireworks and entertainment. DSF offers amazing shopping discounts, attracting holiday makers from around the globe keen on grabbing a bargain. The festival began in 1996 as an initiative of the Dubai government to promote trade, and it gets bigger and better every year. DSF is not only a retail festival, but also a family festival with a large focus on mall-based entertainment and early evening shows.Its continued success is proven by the large number of tourists from not only the...

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Auditing body unveils 7 Shariah standards - Dubai Auditing

Auditing body unveils 7 Shariah standards DUBAI - The Accounting and Auditing Organisation for Islamic Financial Institutions, or AAOIFI, announced on Wednesday new seven Shariah standards in Dubai. The new standards include; Financial Rights and its Management, the Regulations of Liquidity Management, Bankruptcy, Capital and Investment Protection, Agency in Investment, Calculation of the Profit Transactions and Options of Trust.   The new standards shall be added to the existing 41 Shariah standards and the 40 accounting standards which have been announced previously. The event was organised by Menhaj Advisory, which also discussed the standards with the Islamic Bank industry practitioners and how to implement the same in their applications. Sponsored by leading organisations...

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Dubai Auditing Services

Advt. Saif Chartered Accountants Dubai Auditing Services www.saifaudit.com www.dubai.saifaudit....

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