The HTC Touch Pro3 will probably be the last Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphone

March 15th 2010

Now that Microsoft has unveiled Windows Phone 7 Series’ imminent arrival, is there anything that could still possibly convince anyone to buy a Windows Mobile 6.5 phone? HTC sure hopes so: according to an xda-developers tipster, HTC is readying a Windows Mobile 6.5 packing sequel to the HTC Touch Pro2 called (surprise!) the HTC [...]

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Windows Phone 7 Apps: First Video [Windows Phone 7]

March 15th 2010

Tags: Animations, Apps, Iphone, Microsoft, Video Phone, Video Windows, Windows Phone

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Windows Phone 7 Apps: Everything You Need To Know [Windows Phone 7]

March 15th 2010

Tags: Apps, Gizmodo, Live Coverage, Microsoft, Windows Phone

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Windows Phone Marketplace Partners: Pandora, Foursquare, EA Mobile, AP, and More [Windows Phone 7]

March 15th 2010

Tags: Bevy, Ea, Marketplace, Microsoft, Mobile Phone, Pandora, Phone Mobile, Sling Media, Windows Phone

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MW2 Stimulus Package DLC will sell for $15

March 15th 2010

This weekend we learned that the first downloadable content for Modern Warfare 2, the Stimulus Package, will sell for $15 (1200 Microsoft points). The announcement was made on Major Nelson’s podcast by Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling.
For that $15 players get five maps, three new ones and two remakes from COD4. The new maps are Bailout [...]

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iPhone-Loving Microsoft Employees Endure Unspeakable Hardship [Bluster]

March 14th 2010

Tags: Bluster, Iphone, Microsoft, Microsoft Employee, Microsoft Employees, Phenomenon, Sentiment, Wsj

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PlayStation Move Requires a Scant 1-2MB of RAM [PS3]

March 12th 2010

Tags: Footprint, Microsoft, Playstation, Playstation 1, Playstation Controller, Ps3 Sony, Ram Hog, Sony, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xmb

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Bing inks deal with Motorola to be search option on Chinese Android handsets

March 11th 2010

I am constantly amazed by Bing. They’ve done the impossible and completely turned around Microsoft’s clueless search initiatives with a hip product that squarely takes aim at segments of the search market already not controlled by Google.
They’re also a search engine to watch out for. There’s already been talk that the recent friction between [...]
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Bill Gates drops to second on World’s Richest list

March 11th 2010

It was going to happen sooner or later. Now Bill Gates has turned from Microsoft capitalist, to using his fortune for good, he isn’t making as much money as he used to. That is reflected in the latest Forbes World’s Richest list where he has lost the top spot.
The new leader, with a staggering $53.5 [...]

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Former Sun CEO Schwartz discusses Apple lawsuits and Microsoft royalty demands

March 10th 2010

Jonathan Schwartz is the former CEO of Sun Microsystems, which is now under the ownership of Oracle. Since leaving the company Schwartz has decided its time to start talking about all the things he couldn’t say while working there. He is doing this in the aptly named blog “What I Couldn’t Say…”
The latest entry on [...]

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Microsoft SideWinder X4 Review: Step Up, Son [Review]

March 10th 2010

Tags: Gadget, Microsoft, Microsoft Keyboard, Microsoft Sidewinder, Money, Sidewinder

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Hard drive manufacturers to stop supporting Windows XP and DOS by 2012

March 10th 2010

Microsoft did something right with Windows XP. While hardly an exciting operating system by modern standards, Microsoft still managed to deliver a flawlessly realized OS at the time… so well executed that it has happily met the needs of computer users for over a decade, even as hardware has radically changed. It’s been so popular [...]

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Better believe it: Steve Ballmer praises Apple’s App Store

March 9th 2010

Steve Ballmer has grown tired of all the iPhone bashing and is attempting to play nice. According to a new report, Microsoft’s chief executive has praised Apple for the creation of the App Store.
The sweet talk came during a speech that Ballmer gave in front of the University of Washington’s computer-science building, The Seattle Times [...]

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Analysts say PS3 could outsell Wii, Xbox 360 by 2013

March 9th 2010

Look, Sony’s PlayStation 3 is a great console, made even better by the recent update to the PS3 Slim. That’s undeniable. But what is also undeniable is that they totally squandered their market dominance with the PlayStation 2 this generation, allowing Nintendo and Microsoft to pass them as the biggest selling and most important consoles [...]

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Ribbon Hero is now available for Microsoft Office

March 9th 2010

You might remember that, late last year, we dug up a patent application made by Microsoft for a product called Ribbon Hero… a fun little idea that took the precepts of Guitar Hero or Rock Band and applied them to the “ribbon” in Microsoft Office products.
The patent described Ribbon Hero as “providing online training [...]
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Apple warned handset makers in January to stay clear of multitouch

March 9th 2010

Apple’s lawsuit against HTC has apparently shaken rivals up to the point where they’re afraid to pursue multitouch. Some are even second-guessing their Android strategies and have allegedly become interested in switching back to Microsoft’s OS.
According to Fortune’s Philip Elmer-DeWitt, Apple’s patent infringement lawsuit against HTC has sent shivers down handset makers’ spine, prompting them [...]

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Pivot Shows Again that Microsoft Is Kicking Serious Ass [Web]

March 8th 2010

Tags: Ass Web, Discovery, Images, Invisible Patterns, Massive Amounts, Microsoft, Microsoft Web, Pivot, Web Databases

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Why Can’t My Xbox Be A Windows 7 PC And Vice Versa: Industry Insiders (And A Gizmodo Writer) on Windows’ Future [Microsoft]

March 8th 2010

How can Microsoft keep Windows relevant? Technologizer decided to approach journalists, bloggers, and industry insiders to discuss just what they think needs to happen in future versions of the operating system. More »

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Tags: Bloggers, Industry Insiders, Journalists, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Operating System, Vice Versa, Windows Microsoft, Xbox

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Microsoft sends flowers to IE6 funeral

March 8th 2010

In case you didn’t know, IE6 died a slow death on March 1 and Microsoft sent flowers to a virtual funeral. Accessible at ie6funeral.com, anyone who felt deeply shattered by the loss of IE6 had a chance to mourn the browser’s death, send their condolences, and leave a remembrance. According to the site:
Internet Explorer Six, [...]

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Microsoft demos same game running on Windows 7, Xbox 360, and Windows Mobile 7

March 8th 2010

At the moment, when a game is released on multiple platforms you expect to buy one of those games and have an experience limited to that hardware. Microsoft is attempting to change that by allowing you to play the same game across different devices.
This isn’t a case of some data from a game on Xbox [...]

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