October 16th 2008
Nokia E90 Communicators have a week-old firmware bump waiting for them, but if you use BlackBerry Connect, you’ll want to hold off on this one. Version 300.34.84 will do away with support for BB Connect, although it does offer some new features that might interest you enough:
Faster screen orientation switching
Nokia Maps 2.0
Download! application updated [...]
October 16th 2008
Those of you who use the search bar in Vista or Windows Search in XP know the strength of powerful searching from the command line. You may even have wished that you could search for text within your Office 2007 documents to find that nugget of information you know exists. If that describes you then [...]
October 16th 2008
Someone looking to make a quick buck has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft at the Sacramento County Superior Court claiming that an excessive number of Xbox 360s have fallen victim to the dreaded…
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Tags: County Superior Court, Excessive Number, Microsoft, Microsoft Xbox, Sacramento County Superior Court, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox 360s
October 16th 2008
Say what you want about Steve Ballmer, but whenever he opens his mouth, good stuff comes out. Like that Microsoft is sorta kinda at peace with people skipping Vista for Windows 7: “If people want to…
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Tags: Good Stuff, Lot, Microsoft, Peace, People, Steve Ballmer, Vista
October 16th 2008
According to a recent survey Microsoft sent out to some users, Windows 7 might be getting a fast boot feature called Instant On.
Here’s the blurb Microsoft included in the questionnaire:
We would like your feedback on a new concept. The concept is called “Instant On”. Instant On takes your computer from being completely powered down or [...]
October 15th 2008
Earlier today, Microsoft confirmed that its next operating system, codenamed Windows 7, would in fact be called just that when it hits shelves at some point in the next few years. Good on ‘em, I say: a simple, no-nonsense name suggests they’re approaching it with a clearer eye than they had cooking up the hypefest [...]
October 14th 2008
Let’s take the focus off the big Apple event today and share some news about those other big guys, Microsoft. On the Microsoft Vista Team Blog Mike Nash has spilled the big beans that the next version of the Windows operating system, code named Windows 7, will officially be called…… drum roll please…. Windows [...]
October 14th 2008
Earlier today, Microsoft confirmed that its next operating system, codenamed Windows 7, would in fact be called just that when it hits shelves at some point in the next few years. Good on ‘em, I say: a simple, no-nonsense name suggests they’re approaching it with a clearer eye than they had cooking up the hypefest [...]
October 14th 2008
If you are a member of the Microsoft Windows Feedback Program, you may have been given the chance to use a preview version of PC Advisor recently.
This new application is basically a monitoring program for Windows Vista that looks at all your settings to make sure no problems can occur. More interestingly though, if [...]
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October 14th 2008
On October 13 last year 21,600 Xbox 360 consoles were being transported by DHL Express by train through Texas when a derailment occurred. This led to the consoles being rendered useless because of, “impact damage, wetting, pilfering and shortage”, according to the documents filed in a District Court by Microsoft.
The court case has been started [...]
October 14th 2008
It must be tough to name an operating system, especially with one that has as much market share as Windows. At first, Microsoft tried naming the operating system using version numbers such as Windows 3.11. Then the company tried to use the year the operating system came out such as Windows 98 and Windows 2000. [...]
October 13th 2008
Afraid your Xbox doesn’t have enough memory for the New Xbox Experience? So is Microsoft, and they’re willing to sell you the storage space you need for a much reduced price. You can now log on to…
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Tags: Enough Memory, Microsoft, Microsoft Upgrades, Microsoft Xbox, Nxe, Storage Space, Xbox, Xbox 360
October 13th 2008
Here we were, thinking Windows 7 was simply a codename (and a fairly boring one at that—where’s Longhorn? Whistler?). Now, on the official Windows Vista Blog, MS has came out and declared “Windows 7″…
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Tags: Blog, Code Name, Longhorn, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Official Name, Quot, Whistler, Windows Vista
October 13th 2008
Asus are hitting the headlines again for all the wrong reasons with news that some models of the Eee Box PC are shipping with a virus on the hard drive. It was only last month that the company was found to be shipping recovery DVDs containing a cracking tool, confidential Microsoft documents and Asus application [...]
October 13th 2008
Video: Touchless
Although many developers may be waiting for the release of the Surface SDK expected later this month, Microsoft have in fact released another touch-related SDK you can play with right now.
Called Touchless, this SDK allows you to experiment with multi-touch applications with little investment in hardware. In order to use Touchless all you need [...]
October 11th 2008
Microsoft is suing delivery service DHL for their refusal to compensate the boys in Redmond for the destruction of over 21,000 Xboxes in a Texas train derailment. The consoles were due for Hong Kong…
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Tags: Consoles, Delivery Service, Dhl, Hong Kong, Microsoft, Microsoft Microsoft, Microsoft Train, Microsoft Xbox, Train Crash, Train Derailment, Xbox, Xbox Microsoft, [...]
October 10th 2008
Microsoft is planning to reduce the number of annoying warning popups appearing in Windows 7. Also known as user account control prompts, these things are proven to all too often either lull us into…
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Tags: Cutting, Microsoft, Popups, Windows Microsoft
October 10th 2008
Besides just looking a lot snazzier, the New Xbox Experience uses a whole new foundation that’s server-based rather than sitting on your hard drive, so it’s easy for Microsoft to add on features and…
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Tags: Hard Drive, Lot, Microsoft, Movie Photo, Movie Sharing, New Foundation, New Xbox, Photo Sharing, Xbox
October 10th 2008
They never thought it could happen to them. The one, a widow, still haunted by the phantasmal caresses of his horrible murdered wife. The other, the vivacious child bride of her lover’s widowmaker. In their secret bedroom fumblings, they would find the solace and bliss denied to each other: for one, power to go [...]
October 10th 2008
Despite Microsoft denying any plans to develop a Blu-Ray drive for the Xbox 360 at least a million times now, rumors are surfacing that the company’s already made one and just needs to decide on a…
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Tags: Blu Ray, Microsoft, Microsoft Xbox, Million Times, Toshiba, Xbox, Xbox 360