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.
Kinect used to perform surgery
01/19/2011, It’s time to add one more item to the ever growing list of things you can do with a Kinect. Previously all we had were fun hacks to play games differently. Now, a group of students from the University of [...]
Microsoft OneNote now available on iOS for free
01/18/2011, OneNote fans out there will be rejoicing at the news that Microsoft has released a OneNote app for iOS, designed to sync with the software giant’s popular OneNote software. If you aren’t familiar with it, the OneNote app allows users [...]
Xbox 360 ran dry in December
01/13/2011, Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb claims that Microsoft executives won’t be too excited about the NPD’s monthly report concerning hardware console sales in December 2010, since the company apparently ran out of consoles at the end of the month. In addition [...]
Microsoft opposes Apple’s trademark claim to the App Store
01/12/2011, Apple’s effort to trademark the name “App Store” is now facing some opposition from Microsoft, as the software giant argues that the phrase is too generic to register and would restrict competitors’ ability to use the term to describe their [...]
Microsoft Avatar Kinect demonstration video released
01/11/2011, A new demo of Microsoft’s upcoming Avatar Kinect service for the Microsoft Kinect has been released, showcasing the latest developments in the facial mapping technology. From the video, we can see that the Kinect’s facial mesh will be able to [...]
Microsoft working on a competitor to FaceTime?
01/11/2011, Apple’s release of FaceTime has revived a lot of interest in mobile video chat and now word is going around that Microsoft is planning to come up with its own competitor to FaceTime for Windows Phone 7. It’s speculated that [...]
Microsoft Surface 2, Hiding @ CES
01/09/2011, Microsoft was showing Surface 2 discreetly behind closed doors (even folks at the MS booth didn’t know about it, lol) and this second edition has been built in partnership with Samsung (we’re talking about the hardware only). So what’s new? [...]
The Reycom REC 7 is a Windows-powered smart TV box
01/08/2011, [CES 2011] Looks like stories about Microsoft coming out with their own smart TV box turned out to be true. Over at CES this week, Microsoft has revealed its own set top box TV solution that runs on Windows Embedded [...]
Mystery of disappearing Hotmail emails explained
01/07/2011, We recently mentioned that many Hotmail users had their emails disappear over the New Year and now Microsoft has given an official explanation to the situation on the Windows Team Blog. Apparently the issue was caused by an error with [...]
Kinect sales surpasses 8 million units in the first 60 days
01/05/2011, Last year we talked a lot about Microsoft setting a 5 million unit sales target for its motion-sensitive Kinect sensor. Now Microsoft’s CEO, Steve Ballmer, has made a rather impressive announcement at CES. According to him, not only did Microsoft [...]
Microsoft to be competing in the TV set top box business?
01/04/2011, According to the Seattle Times, they believe that Microsoft will be entering the TV set top box business with a stripped down version of Microsoft Windows. Apparently because Google TV hasn’t been doing so well and there’s still room for [...]
Microsoft attempt to take on Go
01/03/2011, Microsoft has recently released a video discussing the challenges behind the creation of “The Path of Go”, an Xbox 360 game based on the ancient Chinese game called Go. The Microsoft Research team took charge of developing the AI for [...]
Windows Phone Marketplace app-security cracked
12/29/2010, Developers who are busy working on Windows Phone apps probably won’t be too happy to hear that the digital rights management (DRM) security that is put in place by Microsoft to protect apps in the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace has [...]
