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May 31, 2007
 | | Microsoft unveils sensory 'surface computer' |
Software giant, Microsoft has launched Surface their first surface computer touted to provide effortless interaction with digital content through natural hand gestures, touch and physical objects.
Surface computing breaks down traditional barriers between people and technology, changing the way people interact with all kinds of everyday information — from photos to maps to menus.
Features of the Microsoft Surface:
Direct interaction: Users can actually “grab” digital information with their hands, interacting with content by touch and gesture, without the use of a mouse or keyboard.
Multi-touch: Surface computing recognizes many points of contact simultaneously, not just from one finger like a typical touch-screen, but up to dozens of items at once.
Multi-user: The horizontal form factor makes it easy for several people to gather around surface computers together, providing a collaborative, face-to-face computing experience.
Object recognition: Users can place physical objects on the surface to trigger different types of digital responses, including the transfer of digital content.
The Microsoft Surface display will initially be used on a commercial bases, but the company hopes that this technology will someday make its way and become commonplace in homes as well.
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April 27, 2007
 | | Blue-Grey Zune, Adult Swim Limited Edition |
There is a limited edition (500 copies) - Adult Swim - Zune up for grabs. The edition Adult Swim Zunes preloaded with shows.
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Microsoft has reported record third quarter profits. The software giant says the strength of sales of the new Windows Vista operating system helped the bottom line.
For the three months ended March 31, Microsoft said net income rose 65% year-over-year to a record $4.93 billion. The profits were driven by $14.4 billion in sales, a 32% increase over the previous year. Earnings per share jumped 72% to 50 cents.
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April 19, 2007
Microsoft's Asia-Pacific chief, Chris Sorenson has slammed Apple's iPhone as 'irrelevant'.
"It's a great music phone, and I'm sure it will be fantastic and have an interesting user interface," Microsoft's Asia-Pacific head of smartphone strategy Chris Sorenson told press during a recent visit to Australia.
"However, it's a closed device that you cannot install applications on, and there's no support for Office documents. If you're an enterprise and want to roll out line of business applications, it's just not an option. Even using it as a heavy messaging device will be a challenge," the executive added.
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Samsung Electronics Co. and Microsoft Corp. will make love over a patent licensing agreement focused on the technology companies' consumer electronics lines.
Samsung and Microsoft said the deal gives them access to the other's patents for existing and future inventions in categories including computers, televisions, digital video recorders and digital media players.
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April 18, 2007
Xbox Scene points to an upcoming hack that gives Xbox 360 users full control over the axes.
Features:
* Works with Wired and Wireless controllers
* Only 7 wires needed
* Install in 10-15 minutes
* Easily Enable/Disable tilt mod without an ugly switch
* Easily change tilt threshold in all four axis
* USB Configurator for changing any settings
* FW is upgradable (not end user)
* Xilt Advanced: Full configuration of Tilt angle to Controller Axis direction
Xilt Xilt
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A Microsoft patent application -- filed June 16th of last year has revealed plans for an "improved user interface for mobile devices such as smartphones" and "personal digital assistants."
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April 17, 2007
Microsoft Corp. is set to offer software for delivering rich media applications within multiple Web browsers.
Forest Key, a product management director in Microsoft's server and tools division, said the Silverlight technology is a browser plug-in that companies can use to offer video, audio and other types of interactive media on their Web sites. He added that Silverlight - which had been code-named Windows Presentation Foundation Everywhere, or WPF/E - is compatible with a range of browsers, including Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari.
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April 16, 2007
Software giant Microsoft is reportedly urging regulators to look into Google’s plan to buy DoubleClick, an online advertising company.
Microsoft contends that the $3.1 billion deal, announced on Friday, would hurt competition in the fast-growing market for advertising on the Web and raises questions about how much personal information would be collected by Google, already a dominant player in online advertising.
Bradford L. Smith, Microsoft’s general counsel, said in an interview yesterday that Google’s purchase of DoubleClick would combine the two largest online advertising distributors and thus “substantially reduce competition in the advertising market on the Web.”
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July 14, 2006
Microsoft's upcoming media player code name Argo will be called Zune. It is rumored that Zune will be a wireless console player too.
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