Category Archives: microsoft
Windows Mobile 7 Announced
http://www.windowsphone7series.com/
Apple store 360 feet from Microsoft Store
While the Microsoft Store was launching in Mission Viejo, CA at the end of October, the Apple store (360 feet away from the Microsoft store) was busily working on a remodel. When I was there, the entire Apple store was stripped down – the drywall wasn’t even up yet. Here we are, less than a [...]
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XUI through Augmented Reality
All of these Augmented Reality applications have been popping up lately and it reminded me of the old XUI videos that I saw a while back. These XUI videos by Microsoft are an extremely sci-fi feeling, forward-thinking rendition of what computing could become and how it could impact our lives. XUI would “totally” be possible [...]
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Toshiba TG01 – another one bites the dust…
Toshiba just announced it’s upcoming mobile phone, the TG01. It looks promising aesthetically, and the hardware sounds pretty good (minus the touchscreen), but the OS on the phone (Windows Mobile 6) sort of ruins the whole experience. The user interaction is TERRIBLE. Little quirks about the phone’s interface ultimately gave this phone a bad review. [...]
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Microsoft Bing a new contender?
I’m not sure what others have been saying about Microsoft’s new Bing search engine, but I just noticed that it was starting to make an appearance on my Google Analytics stats. It’s referring the third most visits out of the 11 search engines that have made an impression on my blog in the past 30 [...]
Project Natal gets the couch off your butt
Project Natal is a “controller free gaming and entertainment experience” by Microsoft. Natal is being created for the Xbox 360 game platform and is based on an add-on for the console that will enable you to interact via gestures, spoken commands, or other physical objects. In case that doesn’t sound extremely exciting, take a look [...]
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WWDC 2009 | Highlights | new iPhone release: iPhone 3GS date and information
Highlights from WWDC 2009 Keynote: iPhone OS 3.0 available worldwide June 17th My weapon of choice this year for the Keynote stream was http://www.macrumorslive.com. They have a good stream text feed, and an even better streaming pictures feed. The pictures updated more often than the text, and I wouldn’t be surprised if they caught every [...]
Microsoft to release a TouchPack for Windows 7
Microsoft is going to release a TouchPack for Windows 7 that will come bundled with the Retail version of Windows 7. This pack includes some multitouch applications, including some games. Looks like it should be fun times at your nearest Win7 machine.
Zune HD hands on video
Here’s a video of the Zune HD, posted on Gizmodo today: Zune HD Video Hands On from Gizmodo on Vimeo. Click the link to go to Gizmodo’s page. They have a picture gallery of their hands on experience with the Zune HD. One thing to note – they didn’t show any multitouch interactions in the [...]
PC Magazine votes iLife “the best suite out there” ad
Yes, they really said it. Apple strikes once again.. Video is a few months old, but still funny.
Zune HD details released
The Zune HD was finally announced officially by Microsoft on Tuesday. Here are the quick details: The Zune HD is targeted at the iPod Touch – it’s not a phone. (Darn) The screen is slightly smaller than the iPhone (480×272 vs 480×320), but so is the device. The screen is OLED. Multitouch is enabled, but [...]
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Multitouch Interface on a budget
If you don’t have enough money to buy a Surface, why not make one yourself? For 3% of the price. Yes. Instead of a $12,000 Surface you can build your own multitouch machine for $350. Sounds like a great deal to me. I think this would be a great solution for people that want to [...]
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Best explanation of Apple’s 10-inch screen purchase
Admittedly, I haven’t really payed much attention to everybody’s theories about why Apple purchased so many 10 inch screens, but of those that I have payed attention to, this one caught my eye the most: Almost overnight Apple became a dominate player in the music business. The next night they completely changed the mobile phone [...]
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