about 1 hour ago - No comments
This month’s version of my Microsoft Codename Tracker includes a number of brand-new entries in the high-end server space — including MFx, Dryad, Nectar, Orleans, Quincy and TidyFS — plus lots,…
about 3 hours ago - No comments
Yesterday Microsoft’s new mobile platform Windows Phone 7 hit the RTM milestone, and in the official announcement Microsoft was keen to stress how mush tested had gone into this new platform.
about 3 hours ago - No comments
Stuck with an ODD-less netbook or laptop, but can’t quite shake the urge to watch a Blu-ray Disc on your next flight?
about 4 hours ago - No comments
Would society have benefited if Microsoft had to wait until the 21st century to deliver Windows, or something like it?
about 6 hours ago - No comments
ViewSonic hasn’t settled on a name for this thing yet, vacillating between the ViewPad 100 and the ViewPad 10i. What it has settled on is a pretty delicious for factor for an Atom N455-based Windows 7 tablet, and the dual boot option to Android is really just gravy. Unfortunately it’s rather outdated gravy: Android 1.6 is the most recent version to support x86 processors, so we won’t be seeing any of the new Android goodness on here unless Google pulls together another Intel-friendly version of the OS in the near future — which seems relatively unlikely with Chrome OS around the corner, but you never know.
about 6 hours ago - No comments
Buffalo55 writes “For the most part, classic games manage to reappear on different systems. Just look at Nintendo. The publisher has done an excellent job bringing NES, SNES, Genesis and even old school Neo Geo titles to the Wii’s Virtual Console, while Microsoft’s Game Room brings the best of Atari’s 2600 into the living room
about 7 hours ago - No comments
Missing your oldie Xbox 360′s bright and airy white finish? Well, Microsoft’s still not willing to sell you a slimmified 360 in any color other than black (excepting the limited edition Halo gear ), but at least you can gaze upon the singular example of what a white one may look like above. This seemingly repainted Xbox 360 250GB (to give it its official, and ridiculous, name) has been lovingly put together over in China and really makes us wonder why Microsoft is depriving us of such snowy good looks.
about 9 hours ago - No comments
“If you see it, just say it,” says Microsoft’s Kinect , but only in the US, UK, Mexico and Japan to start — those are the only four countries that will support Kinect voice control by the motion-sensing peripheral’s November launch . So said Microsoft PR manager Lidia Pitzalis in an interview with Eurogamer Spain , adding that Germany, Italy, France and even Canada and Spain would have to wait for a Spring 2011 update for additional language support.
about 21 hours ago - No comments
If you’ve been holding yourself back during these early rounds of the smartphone wars in anticipation of Windows Phone 7 , your wait just got a tiny bit shorter.
about 23 hours ago - No comments
I’m kicking off a new series on my site: (Not So) Crazy Microsoft Rumors.
