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Xbox 360 Elite to Replace Pro at $299.99
By Shane McGlaun, Dailytech The game console market is not doing as well as it once was and the more expensive consoles are especially feeling the pinch of the poor economy. The Nintendo Wii at $249 still reigns supreme when it comes to sales and the PS3 remains the most expensive of the game consoles. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )LiveEdge adds Expose-like hotspots to Windows desktop edges
By Lee Mathews, Downloadsquad Its author refers to LiveEdge as “a radically simple approach to mouse gestures,” and that’s pretty well bang-on. Install and launch LiveEdge and it adds eight hotspots to the edges of your desktop, each one capable of executing a custom action. To execute, just move your mouse to the appropriate spot [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Internet Explorer 8 becomes a gentleman today
By Lee Mathews, Downloadsquad Back in July, Microsoft detailed a few changes that were “coming soon” to the Internet Explorer 8 installer. In a nutshell, the new version was designed to be less…well…presumptuous. Previously, the installer’s Express mode would automatically set IE as your default browser without so much as an “excuse me.” That’s no [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Which Search Engine Do You Choose In The Blind Test?
By Michael Arrington, Tech crunch you tried out this blind search tool yet? It provides results from Google, Yahoo and Bing in three columns but doesn’t tell you which column is which search engine. You then tell it which one you think shows the best results, and you then see which answers are from which [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Windows 7 activation crackers undeterred by Microsoft’s muscle-flexing
By Lee Mathews, Downloadsquad.com Last week Microsoft and Lenovo went tag-team on the first activation workaround, which utilized a leaked OEM product key. “Nice try, pirates!” said Microsoft. “Your key has been blacklisted and will never see again the light of day! Ha HA!” The also touted the fact that Windows 7 has improved methods [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Microsoft drops 3-app limit from Windows 7 Starter Edition
by Brad Linder, Downloadsquad The team of Microsoft developers working on Windows 7 have written a blog post spelling out exactly what features will and will not be available in Windows 7 Starter Edition. And the company has decided to drop one of the most talked-about restrictions: the ability to run just three applications at [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Microsoft to shut down adCenter Analytics Beta
By Brad Linder, Downloadsquad Microsoft is ending its adCenter Analytics Beta. The company is no longer accepting new users, although existing users will be able to access the service through the end of 2009. You’ll probably want to export your data by December 31st though, unless you’re cool with watching it all disappear. Microsoft adCenter [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Microsoft reveals more changes from Windows 7 beta to RC
By Lee Mathews, Downloadsquad With the recent leaks of builds 7048 and 7057, some of you may have already gotten a taste of what’s been tweaked as Microsoft continues working toward an official WIndows 7 release candidate. Today, the E7 blog released another list of changes – some subtle, some not so much. Surprisingly, one [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )iSynth Brings Microsoft’s Powerful 3D Photo Viewer Photosynth To The iPhone
By Jason Kincaid, Techcrunch iSynth (iTunes Link) is a new application that brings Microsoft’s impressive Photosynth 3D photo viewer to the iPhone. Photosynth stitches together user-submitted photos of the same subject, allowing users to ‘fly-through’ the area by clicking on each successive photo. The technology works best in places and events with many user-submitted photos [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Questionable Microsoft Chart proclaims IE8 is the fastest browser
By Lee Mathews, Downloadsquad There have been a lot of speed claims lately when it comes to web browsers – when Apple released Safari 4, I put half a dozen options through the paces to see who came out on top. IE8 didn’t appear in my chart, because it handled the benchmarks so badly that [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Microsoft’s Windows Marketplace Gets Detailed
Chris Microsoft is just about ready to launch its own app store. And we have hot details for all those developers interested in the future Windows Marketplace. Microsoft will charge developers $99 to be accepted and $99 extra for every application they submit after 2009. This year devs will have the chance to submit five [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Microsoft unveils Windows Mobile App store details
By Brad Linder, Downloadsquad Microsoft plans to launch an App Store that lets Windows Mobile users find, purchase, and download programs directly from the phones. It’ll work much like the iPhone App Store and the upcoming BlackBerry App World. Today Microsoft revealed that developers will have to pay $99 per year to list their items [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Microsoft unveils Windows Marketplace fees, splits, hopes, and dreams
By Joshua Topolsky, Engadget Microsoft has begun laying out plans for its version of the App Store — dubbed the Windows Marketplace — with some familiar numbers, and a few unfamiliar tweaks. According to Ina Fried, the company will charge developers an annual fee of $99 to become part of the ecosystem, and an additional [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Nokia 5800 MSN Messenger – Free Download
By Phat^Trance, Dailymobile Nokia 5800 MSN Messenger – Its a Chinese version but with English language as option. Download the application from our forum. Take also a look at the another MSN application to the Nokia 5800
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 5 so far )ZoomInfo Scores Deal With Microsoft To Integrate Search Into CRM
By Leena Rao, Techcrunchit.com ZoomInfo, a popular business information search engine used to find information about industries, companies and people is partnering with Microsoft to integrate its search engine into Microsoft’s Dynamic CRM platform. ZoomInfo’s search engine has proven to be useful tool to incorporate into CRMs because its research capabilities help identify new sales [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Microsoft releases Windows Vista SP2 RC to the public
By Jose Vilches, TechSpot.com As expected, Microsoft has put the release candidates for Windows Vista and Server 2008 SP2 up on its website for public consumption. The service pack brings with it a number of changes and bug fixes, including support for Blu-ray disc burning and Bluetooth 2.1 as well as simpler Wi-Fi setup and [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Microsoft drops Xbox Live Gold membership price
By Jose Vilches, TechSpot.com Microsoft is hoping to entice Xbox Live Silver members to upgrade their accounts by offering a $10 discount. The promotion is for a limited time only, though the company has yet to confirm how long the offer will stay open for, and brings the price of a Gold subscription down to [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Microsoft imagines 2019
By Brad Linder Microsoft has put together a concept video showing what the world could look like in another 10 years. The Future Vision Montage shows a world where face to face communication is easier thanks to video walls that let students in the US interact with children across the globe with no language barriers. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Microsoft publishes list of changes in Windows 7 RC
By Lee Mathews Microsoft continues to plug away at Windows 7, patching holes, fixing bugs, and responding to a veritable avalanche of beta tester feedback. Today at the Engineering Windows 7 blog the team has produced a list which elucidates some of the changes that have been made since the release of the public beta [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Microsoft TechFest: Qik Meets Photosynth With Impressive Panoramic Mobile Movies
By Jason Kincaid I’m here in Redmond, Washington at Microsoft TechFest 2009, where Microsoft is showcasing many of the projects its researchers around the world. The event is filled with impressive demos covering diverse topics ranging from advanced user interfaces to improving computer-based learning in developing countries. We’ll be posting videos throughout the day, the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Microsoft Chief Still Stuck on Yahoo
Yahoo may have a new chief, but Steven A. Ballmer appears to be getting the same cold shoulder. As Mr. Ballmer, the chief executive of Microsoft, give a fairly grim outlook for 2009 at a strategic update on Tuesday, CNBC was reporting that Microsoft has been repeatedly “rebuffed” and “ignored” in its attempts to reach [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Hands on with Microsoft My Phone: pretty neat, actually
By Peter Bright Microsoft’s new My Phone syncing service has gone into beta. Ars gives the beta a quick spin. Although the big Microsoft-based excitement (if that’s the right word) at Mobile World Congress was focused on Windows Mobile 6.5, Redmond also announced its My Phone service. The basic concept is simple: My Phone syncs [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Microsoft explores link between education and video games
By Chakkaradeep Chandran Microsoft has become the first giant to focus on shooter games to explore whether video games can enhance education. Although many studies are in progress to explore the link between education and video games, they are focused mainly on educational games and not shooter games. The Gears of War publisher has put [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Microsoft Quells Severance Firestorm, Lets Ex-Employees Keep Their Cash
By Jason Kincaid On Saturday we published a letter sent out to some recently laid-off Microsoft employees explaining that they had been overpaid in severance – and that Microsoft wanted some of its money back. Something had clearly gone wrong during Microsoft’s first mass layoffs, as we began to receive more reports that ex-employees had [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Internet Explorer 8 has reached RTM
By Tom Warren According to Russian publication Wzor, Microsoft finalised Internet Explorer 8 on February 21st. The final build that was prepared and passed to internal staff and partners is 8.0.6001.18691. Microsoft is reportedly readying this build for distribution via TechNet/MSDN and Connect before a general release to web. The software giant released a final [...]
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