Microsoft
Do You Remember Windows 1.0?
Yesterday, I noticed a tweet float across the screen from the Microsoft Springboard Series team. It said: “This is awesome. Ray Ozzie just posted a scan he made of the 1985 Windows 1.0 Press Kit! Vintage!” You know I had to check that out. How cool is this scan? Back in 1985 when this was [...]
Is Your Computer Part of a Botnet in the US?
During the first half of 2010, more than two million computers in the United States alone were found to be part of a botnet. Microsoft performed the research, which showed that Brazil had the second highest level of infections at 550,000. The country hit hardest is South Korea, where 14.6 out of every 1000 machines [...]
What Does the Future of Mobile Development Hold?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed During Gnomedex, we learned about the future of mobile technology. Amy Karlson is a researcher in the Computational User Experiences (CUE) subgroup of the Visualization and Interaction for Business and Entertainment (VIBE) research area at Microsoft Research, focusing on HCI and [...]
Does Microsoft Hate Open Source Software?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Josh represented Microsoft during OpenCamp recently. People were quite confused as to why Microsoft would be interested in Open Source products. While Windows and Linux may be competitors, much of the Open Source applications are not. They run really well in [...]
Who Should You Work For?
A survey of more than 130,000 workers shows that Google is the number one place that people wish to work. That is a spot Microsoft held for many years. The rankings were compiled from a survey of “nearly 130,000 students at top academic institutions,” who “chose their ideal companies to work for.” Google, which just [...]
Halo: Reach Suffers from Disc Errors
Microsoft has now confirmed that some customers are experiencing issues when attempting to play their beloved new game. According to reports, the problem mostly affects the 20GB Xbox 360 Pro, which was on the market from 2005 to 2008. Users have also reported some issues playing Halo Reach with the 120 GB Xbox 360 Elite. [...]
What’s New for Internet Explorer 9
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed The beta for Internet Explorer 9 was officially released this morning during a press conference. This streamlined version has a better user experience and is far faster than any previous iteration of the application. With this release, Microsoft is asking us [...]
Halo: Reach
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Microsoft and Bungie sent me an advance copy of “Halo: Reach” to play. Given that I’m not that much of a FPS kind of geek, I thought I’d just pop in the disc and let you see what I saw – [...]
What Do You Think About Windows Phone 7?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed One of our sponsors during Gnomedex just happened to be the Windows Phone 7 team. Larry was on site manning the booth, showing off the device and letting people get their first hands-on look! It was announced today (finally!) that Windows [...]
Xbox Live Gold Subscription Pricing Changes
Beginning November 1st, the cost of an Xbox Live Gold subscription will be increasing in the US, UK, Canada and Mexico. Not all packages are going to have their prices raised, but many of them will see a noticeable difference. Microsoft states that “we have continually added more content and entertainment experiences for our members, [...]
Phone-to-Console Gaming Coming to Windows Phone 7
During the Microsoft X’10 event in Toronto recently, RGBFilter managed to score a great interview with Greg Milligan – Microsoft Mobility Solutions Manager. Greg confirmed that real-time phone-to-console gaming is coming via WiFi to Windows Phone 7 in the “near future.” He also revealed that games are coming where mini version on a phone will [...]
7 Reasons why Windows Phone 7 Should be the Called the Xbox Compass
At one time, I carried a Pocket PC. That evolved into a Windows Mobile device – which made far less sense to me, given that “windows” didn’t exist on the platform. Now, we’re to understand that Microsoft is going to brand its next series of mobile devices as “Windows Phone 7″ – huh? Hell, I [...]
Is the iPad Making Steve Ballmer Nervous?
Love him or hate him, Steve Ballmer is a dynamic person. When he speaks, it’s from the heart. There have been many times where I’m sure something popped out of his mouth that he later regretted. However, the passion he has for what he does is something to be admired. I’ve never quite figured out [...]
Be What’s Next With Microsoft
During the Microsoft Global Experience conference today in Atlanta, Microsoft execs revealed a new advertising direction for the company. The above video was (thankfully) captured by Engadget prior to its removal from YouTube, so that all of us can discuss this in great detail across the blogosphere. Microsoft spokesman Lou Gellos confirmed that “Be What’s [...]
World’s Biggest Windows Phone 7 Device
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed You won’t be able to get ahold of your own Windows Phone 7 device. I, however, am lucky enough to have one I can play with right now. The screen is ginormous… way bigger than that of my iPhone 4. It [...]
