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.
Windows 8 will have a reengineered boot experience
09/20/2011, In addition to the 8-second boot up time that we previously mentioned before, Windows 8 is going to have a completely new boot experience. The days of staring at the POST/BIOS screen, watching the numbers move and cursors blinking, and [...]
Microsoft Xbox 360 Live TV launching soon?
09/19/2011, It looks like Microsoft is aiming to get its Xbox 360 console into the living room of everybody out there. According to reports, Microsoft is in the midst of discussions with Comcast and Verizon to turn the Xbox 360 console [...]
Windows 8 BUILD tablets going for $2,700 on eBay
09/19/2011, Remember when Samsung delivered their upcoming tablet that will run on the Windows operating system at the recently concluded BUILD conference by Microsoft to attendees? Just as expected, it isn’t too long before some of the attendees figured out that [...]
Microsoft App Store Approach for Windows 8 Metro Apps
09/16/2011, It’s hard to deny that the (Apple) App Store is not a huge success, and it looks like Microsoft is taking a page from Apple’s book, as it announced at the BUILD conference this week that Windows 8 will have [...]
Video calling demonstrated on the HTC TITAN
09/16/2011, Windows Phone 7′s major update, codenamed Mango, is almost here and one of the major features it will bring to the phone is video calling support. Unfortunately for all the first generation WP7 phones, they won’t have front facing cameras [...]
No X86 Apps On ARM+Windows 8 (Duh)
09/15/2011, For some reason, part of the media world has awakened to the fact that Windows applications compiled for Intel’s X86 architecture, won’t work on ARM-based Windows 8 machines. First, I’m not sure where the idea that those apps would work [...]
Microsoft to drop Flash from Metro version of Internet Explorer 10
09/15/2011, Mac computers run Flash just fine, but for some reason, Apple has decided to opt out on using Flash for their iOS devices such as the iPhone, iPod touch and the iPad. The lack of Flash on their iOS devices [...]
Windows 8 Developer Preview: downloaded over 500,000 times
09/15/2011, Yesterday, Microsoft released the developer preview of Windows 8, and it looks like the public has responded extremely well to it. At the BUILD 2011 event in California, Steve Ballmer announced that there have been over 500,000 downloads for the [...]
Apple patent sounds like the Xbox Kinect
09/14/2011, The concepts of the various technology seen in the movie Minority Report seem to be rather popular, and given the rate at which technology is progressing, it’s only a matter of time before we see it being made into reality, [...]
Windows 8 Developer Preview available for download
09/14/2011, If you’re keen on checking out how Windows 8 works and you’re not too keen about watching yet another video – you’re in luck. Microsoft has released the official Windows 8 Developer Preview to the public. Now anybody can install [...]
Xbox LIVE on Windows 8 confirmed
09/13/2011, It is confirmed: Xbox LIVE will be arriving on the PC platform, thanks to Xbox LIVE on Windows 8. Basically, this means Xbox LIVE will deliver your games, music, movies, and TV shows over to a slew of Microsoft Windows-powered [...]
Windows 8 will support NFC
09/13/2011, NFC still isn’t too common in the US, but it looks like it’s going to be a standard feature for all future mobile devices. Manufacturers have been slowly implementing NFC functionality into their phones and tablets recently, so it’s no [...]
Windows 8 tablet shown off on video
09/13/2011, Microsoft has recently given the public have a taste of what it’s like to use a Windows 8 tablet, and judging by reports online, it looks like the company is headed in the right direction. The folks over at Gizmodo [...]
