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New Windows 8 Welcome Screen Unveiled
Microsoft is working on its next generation Operating System, which many leaked images suggest will pick up Windows 7 and Windows Phone 7 features. The welcome screen bears a close resemblance to what is featured in a Windows 7 handset, says Time, with similar fonts and an option of logging in using a certain pattern.…
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Microsoft Announces Windows Phone 7 Updates for Next week
After a few bumps in the road for the Windows Phone 7, Microsoft has announced that the long-awaited updates will be rolled out next week. Microsoft posted the list of updates on its website which will include the copy and paste feature which allows users to just tap a word from emails, Microsoft mobile documents…
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Microsoft Changes its “Zune” Strategy
Microsoft announced that it would stop making new models of Zune music and video players due to lukewarm demand, and concentrate instead on incorporating Zune software into mobile phones and other Microsoft platforms, reports Bloomberg. Although Microsoft will stop making new versions of the HD player, it will continue to sell current versions of the…
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Microsoft Kinect Breaks Record with 10 Million in Sales
Microsoft announced on Wednesday that it sold over 10 million units of the Xbox Kinect motion-sensing device worldwide since its launch last November. This number propelled the Microsoft Kinect to break a Guinness world record for the fastest-selling, consumer electronics product in its first 60 days, when it sold an average of 133,333 units a…
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Is Microsoft Preparing the Xbox 720?
Microsoft may be preparing its next generation Xbox gaming console. Several job listings posted on LinkedIn reveal that the company is looking to hire employees to work on the “next-generation console” architecture. The software giant is looking to put together a team “responsible for defining and delivering next generation console architectures from conception through implementation,”…
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Nokia Announces Deal with Microsoft
The banner on Nokia’s website says it all, “Nokia+Microsoft. Here We Go! 11.2.11.” An open letter from Nokia CEO Stephen Elop, and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer revealed today that Nokia and Microsoft will develop a long term partnership. “Today in London, our two companies announced plans for a broad strategic partnership that combines the respective…
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Office 2010 Sales Lead To Record Quarter For Microsoft
Microsoft experienced record revenues last quarter thanks in large part to the surging sales of Office 2010 to both consumers and businesses. The corporation brought in $19.85 billion, a record for the October-December quarter. “Office 2010 is the most successful consumer version we have ever shipped, and the product is also performing extremely well in…
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Microsoft Opposes Apple Pursing Trademark for ‘App Store’ Term
Microsoft is trying to set up road blocks to keep Apple from being able to trademark the term ‘App Store’, a phrase which Microsoft claims is too generic for anyone brand to claim ownership of. Microsoft maintains in their 23 page motion that the term is used generically to describe various brands who have stores…
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Microsoft Kinect To Get PC Support in the Future
While no formal release announcements were made at the CES 2011, Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, did hint that the Kinect motion sensor add-on to the Xbox 360 will be getting PC support in the future. How far into the future we’re not sure, we’re hoping its the ‘near’ future. During an interview with BBC…
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Avatar Kinect Expands Motion Sensor Technology Applications on Xbox 360
One of the upcoming products that debuted at the CES 2011 opening event was a sophisticated demonstration of the Avatar Kinect. As last year, Microsoft gave the keynote presentation that officially kicked of the CES 2011, and they did not disappoint. While there was no talk of tablets at all, Steve Bellmar, CEO for Microsoft…