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National Hysteria Averted – Angry Birds Coming to Windows Phone 7
Whew, that was a close one folks. The sorta saved by the bell type of thing, or is that saved from a flock of angry bird players? But yes, we can all rest easy now as Tom Warren at Winrumors has sent out the national alert: Angry Birds is coming to Windows Phone 7. Rovio ...
Direct Hardware Input on the WP7?
Two rather interesting stories popped up today in regards to Windows Phone 7 hardware. The first comes via WPCentral where they outline some information they came across regarding job openings at Microsoft. the openings are for a new Hardware team which is to be a sub-group in the Mobile Communication Business (MCB) group. Apparently MCB ...
Did Google Turn Down an Alliance with Nokia?
BusinessWeek has a new post up furthering the rumors of a partnership between Nokia and Microsoft based on conversations with a person in the know who of course wanted to remain nameless. This part of the rumor has pretty well be done to death but in the same post another interesting tidbit came out regarding ...
IE9 Leaked Early, Then Released.
It never seems to fail that when we are expecting a major software update announcement event the links to the software end up being discovered early and get posted to the web. This is no different with Internet Explorer 9 RC which we were expecting to drop this afternoon during a Microsoft announcement in San ...
Engineers and the Executive Shuffle: Surprises in Microsoft Restructuring
So, old Steve ‘Baldy’ Ballmer is making some changes at the top; or at least according to some “people in the know” that is the case says Bloomberg Businessweek. This of course has Microsoft watchers out in full force wondering what, if anything, is going to be going on in the gilded halls of Redmond. ...
Must Read for Windows Designers: MetroUI Definitively Explained
I am an unabashed fan of the whole concept of the Metro UI, which is the basis for Windows Phone 7 and the Zune Desktop. So when I saw this post by Scott Barnes at RIAGENIC I flagged it to read later when I could relax and enjoy. Well enjoy I did and the ...
Is Microsoft Going to Sell Their Own Tablet? [VIDEO]
I have to admit, this was a great catch by Jeff Cormier at The Next Web, where he was at the AT&T Foundry event. He was passing by the Microsoft booth when something caught his eye. They had Windows Phone 7 stuff there as well as Kinect goodies, but it wasn’t either of those two ...
Search Smack Talk Continues: Bing Hits Back
Much of the tech web was alive with the story about Google suggesting that Bing was copying Google’s search results. Paul and I also tackle the topic in the last Daily Brief show (still to be posted) and Microsoft has come out and said directly that they aren’t copying anyone’s results, let alone Google’s. That ...
We Have Seen the Future of Computers, Now if Only Microsoft Would Run with the Idea
Up until most recently our computing experience really hadn’t changed much. Sure, we have seen some advances, but there hasn’t been anything revolutionary that has changed the common perception of what computers are and how we use them. For the most part the computers we use on a daily basis have consisted of isolated pieces ...
Zune and Xbox Live in Canada? Finally, Some Answers
One of the good pieces of news that came out of the Windows Phone 7 launch was that it would be released in Canada at the same time as it was in the United States. This might not seem like much; or all that important – unless of course you live outside of the U.S., ...
