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.
Proof the Xbox 360 is the place to play games online
06/28/2011, According to the NPD Group’s newest data (numerical data isn’t available for the public), the Xbox 360 sells twice as many online-enabled games than on the PlayStation 3 and seven times more on the Wii in 2010. The love for [...]
Microsoft Office 365 for Professionals suite announced
06/28/2011, Microsoft has just announced its Office 365 for Professionals suite, upping the online Office ante in the process. This is more or less a revamped version of what used to be the Business Productivity Online Suite, where the package will [...]
AT&T dropped from Microsoft’s phone store?
06/27/2011, Hmmm, what is this all about? It does seem as though the Microsoft store is no longer putting up Windows Phone 7 smartphones for sale – and we’re talking about models that are on offer by their “premier partner” AT&T. [...]
Migrate Google Health data over to Microsoft HealthVault
06/27/2011, You ought to know by now that the Google Health service will be terminated from January 1, 2012 onwards, with one more year left on the calendar for you to transfer data out to a different platform. Well, Microsoft has [...]
Microsoft still not sure 3D has any value for the Xbox 360
06/27/2011, To 3D or not to 3D? That is the question that Microsoft is asking itself. While competitors Sony and Nintendo are pushing 3D in the living room and on the go respectively, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 has yet to actively support [...]
Microsoft: no plans to build a portable Xbox
06/27/2011, Nintendo has its 3DS and Sony will have its PS Vita by the end of this year. What does Microsoft have to say about portable gaming? According to Microsoft’s COO Dennis Durkin, the answer is not much. Citing the Nintendo [...]
OnLive in talks with Sony and Microsoft to get them onboard its gaming service?
06/27/2011, If there’s one thing that OnLive has been missing so far, it’s a huge chunk of the gaming market: the console gamers. Users who already own an Xbox 360 or Play Station 3 don’t really see the need to pay [...]
Microsoft Sees A Future Where The Kinect Will Be Used In Health Care
06/24/2011, Would you ever have thought that the Kinect could be used for medical or health care reasons? If you didn’t you can’t be blamed as it was after all, developed for the Xbox in mind, which in turn is a [...]
How Far Can You Leverage a Brand?
06/23/2011, With the launch of an Android-based Sidekick and the close of the Danger service, can the brand recover its status as a cultural icon? The inevitable shuttering of the Danger service earlier this month came and went without a lot [...]
Matchbox Mobile lets your Zune HD send and receive email
06/23/2011, While it’s been awhile since we’ve heard anything about the Zune HD that was rumored to have been killed, it looks like developers are still creating apps for Microsoft’s answer to the iPod Touch. Matchbox Mobile, custom software and app [...]
Microsoft Should Sell Xbox Franchise (Analyst+Terrible Idea)
06/22/2011, While catching up with stock market updates, I noticed that Kim Caughey Forrest of Fort Pitt Capital suggested that Microsoft should get rid of Xbox, despite it being a “formidable cash machine” she says. Why? Because “Xbox doesn’t belong” and [...]
Microsoft unveils new SkyDrive improvements
06/20/2011, Fans of the SkyDrive are going to be delighted at this piece of news: Microsoft has announced a whole slew of upgrades to its cloud-based storage service. SkyDrive will be getting a revamped user interface and will take advantage of [...]
Nope, Crytek isn’t making any next-gen Xbox games
06/20/2011, Well, that was quick. Last week there was ripple within the gaming community that indicated Crytek was already working on TimeSplitters 4 for the next Xbox 360. Speaking to IGN, Crytek denies that it has any next-generation hardware development kits from [...]
