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So the Kinect has been out for almost three weeks now, which apparently is more than enough time for interested parties to take apart Microsoft’s latest gaming concoction, peer into its guts, and see how it all works and comes together. And from there they’ve been able to come up with some pretty creative and practical utilizations of the camera technology, one namely is the ability to navigate through Windows 7 using nothing but gestures — Videos after the break!

Nov 22, 2010

Gadgets,

Gaming,

Hacks,

Friday

Nov192010

Nov 19, 2010

Microsoft - Windows Is Awesome "Just Because"

Microsoft - Windows Is Awesome "Just Because"

Microsoft was on a roll with their original “I’m a PC” ads from a few years ago, but recently I think they’ve been drinking too much of Ballmer’s kool-aid because I have no idea how anyone could watch this commercial and not think they’re completely full of themselves.

But just so I get this right: Computers and this digital age is lame unless everything I have uses Windows?

Nov 19, 2010

Monday

Nov082010

Video: Windows Phone 7 ported to the HTC HD2, again

Every once and a while there’s something that catches our eye, that something always has and will continue too be, the HD2. Originally missing out on a Windows Phone 7 upgrade — it felt a lot like Microsoft had just shunned their flagship handset. However, those that purchased the Windows Mobile 6.5 flagship should know that those crafty folks over at XDA China have ported Microsoft’s latest OS to a device that was destined to live in the past. / More after the break!

Daniel Carey

Nov 8, 2010

Mobile,

Mobile Software,

Smartphones,

Friday

Oct082010

Microsoft Employees like Working for Microsoft, not for Ballmer

In a recent survey conducted by Glassdoors.com, it was discovered that only 51% percent of a selected 1,000 employees over at Microsoft approve of the way Steve Ballmer operates as Microsoft’s CEO. Surprising? More details and criticism after the break!

Oct 8, 2010

Industry News,

Saturday

Oct022010

Oct 2, 2010

Windows Phone 7 Hands on Walkthrough - Video

Windows Phone 7 Hands on Walkthrough - Video

PhoneDog gets an early look at Windows Phone 7’s finished product running on a prototype Samsung handheld. Does anyone else feel that Microsoft has Apple checked on the Chess board? Looks like it’s your move iOS4.

Oct 2, 2010

Tuesday

Aug312010

Brandon Davenport

Aug 31, 2010

Apple,

Windows,

breaking

Quicktime 6 and 7 leave Internet Explorer users vulnerable to attacks »

Quicktime 6 and 7 leave Internet Explorer users vulnerable to attacks

You probably don’t use IE, but if you do, here’s another reason you need to move on — “Apple’s failure to clean up old code in QuickTime leaves people running Internet Explorer vulnerable to drive-by attacks, a Spanish security researcher said today.” — ComputerWorld

Brandon Davenport

Aug 31, 2010

Apple,

Windows,

breaking

Wednesday

Jun302010

Jun 30, 2010

Leak,

Microsoft's Plans for Windows 8 Leak

Microsoft's Plans for Windows 8 Leak

Facial recognition similar to that of Xbox’s Kinect, a 2012 release window, and mind-blowingly fast? Those are just a couple of what Microsoft’s leaked presentation documents describe their next evolution of the Windows operating system, Windows 8 - Read More

Jun 30, 2010

Leak,