All the stories tagged with Microsoft
Microsoft is the company behind software like Windows, Microsoft Office and hardware like the Xbox and Kinect. The company was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. MS-DOS was the product that propelled Microsoft towards success, but it is Windows and Office that made it what it is today. Microsoft is currently engaged in a number of projects, including Windows 8, Windows Phone, Xbox, Office and the Azure cloud computing platform. the large majority of desktop computers run on Windows.
Robots At Fukushima Nuclear Plant Controlled By Xbox 360 Controllers
04/01/2011, The ongoing cooling work over in Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plants is scaring the entire world a million times over, so what on Earth are these experts doing playing Xbox 360? They’re actually not playing Black Ops, while citizens of Japan [...]
Symbian source code released by Nokia (Updated)
04/01/2011, Just to confirm with people that they’re finally done with the aging operating system, Nokia has released the source code to the latest version of Symbian to the public. Originally a job for the Symbian Foundation, Nokia took over when [...]
Dell Venue Pro Windows Phone 7 NoDo update now live
03/31/2011, After countless delays, adopters of Windows Phone 7 are finally starting to see the NoDo updates arriving on their phones. The latest phone to receive the highly-anticipated WP7 NoDo update is the Venue Pro from Dell. For those of you [...]
Kinect Games By Rare Only Using 10-15% of Its Power
03/31/2011, After winning a BAFTA award for Kinect Sports, Rare, developers of the Banjo Kazooie and and Perfect Dark video game franchises, and most recently the masterminds of the Xbox 360‘s Avatars and Kinect unveiled that they are only tapping 10-15% of Kinect’s [...]
Windows Phone 7 app developer hits the jackpot
03/31/2011, In a recent case study released by Microsoft Advertising, a Windows Phone 7 app developer, Richard Foster, has been said to have earned $28,882 in just 4 months, using Microsoft’s Advertising SDK for Windows Phone. Now it may not be [...]
Kinect used to help create beautiful photographs
03/30/2011, The Kinect has proven to be limitless in terms of potential, ever since its inception, new projects that make use of this motion sensor controller have been popping up every week. Now a new use has been discovered with the [...]
Microsoft vs. Apple: App Store trademark episode 2
03/30/2011, Microsoft has been attempting to block Apple’s trademark claim on “App Store” since January 2011. The company has filed a new document which basically says that App Store is “too generic” to be used as a trademark. To backup its claim, [...]
Microsoft thinks tablets will die out
03/30/2011, Redmond giant, Microsoft, has been reported as saying that tablets won’t be around for long. Apparently the closing gap between smartphones and laptops will be the death of tablets that are apparently only around to fill that gap for now. [...]
Microsoft ships Windows 8 test version to PC makers
03/29/2011, Microsoft has begun to ship the first test version of its Windows 8 operating system to PC manufacturers – at least that is what posts on online forums are buzzing about, which means a 2012 release that is late into [...]
Microsoft touts green credentials of Internet Explorer 9
03/29/2011, We know that Internet Explorer 9 (IE), with all of its bells and whistles, is still getting trounced by Firefox in terms of total downloads. One thing about Microsoft though – you cannnot discount them from springing a surprise, having [...]
New Xbox 360 Spring Update Will Bring “Updated Disc Format”
03/29/2011, It’s that time of year again – spring. For Xbox 360 gamers, you know what that means right? If you said 360 spring update time, then you win the prize of satisfaction. Lawrence Hyrb a.ka. Major Nelson a.k.a the man [...]
IDC predicts Windows Phone will overtake iOS market share by 2015
03/29/2011, For the surprising news of the week, it appears that the IDC has some interesting predictions to share. According to their team of researchers and analysts, they see Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform overtaking iOS’s market share by the year 2015. [...]
Microsoft shows off 234″ touchscreen in Germany
03/28/2011, How big can touchscreens be? Well, if you’re like Microsoft and have the money for such technology, the sky’s the limit. Microsoft Germany and Stereolize came up with the Microsoft Cinema – a massive 234″ touchscreen display. It wasn’t stated [...]
