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Windows 7 Slate vs iPad Battle Royale [video]
I imagine we’ll be seeing more of these types of videos as Windows 7 powered slates start hitting the market full force but for now we have this video found by Redmond Pie on YouTube. Interestingly the slate was definitely better at some things but I will say I like the iPad virtual keyboard layout ...
Microsoft Multi-touch?
It looks like the team at Microsoft Hardware (@msfthardware) are having some fun on Twitter with their brand new account. The other day one of the team members posted a message that said “Don’t be so touchy…flat is where it’s at“which was followed by a link to an image on TwitPic of some piece of ...
Time for Microsoft to Throw Out Another Rule Book
One of the main things that has been said about Windows Phone 7 is that the team working on it threw out the rule book when it came to trying to revitalize Microsoft’s mobile business. Given the high praise that has been floating around the web it apparently is a strategy that has worked but ...
GDGT’s Windows Phone 7 Event a Hit
In the lead-up to the Windows Phone 7 hitting the marketplace we are seeing Microsoft taking there smartphone to more places so that people can get a more personal look much like they did at the GDGT live event on the 27th. Here a video from TechFlash from some folks interviewed after seeing the new ...
Complete Windows Phone 7 Video Walkthrough
Thanks to the crew at Pocketnow we now have a complete (official) video walk-through of Windows Phone 7 with the help of Greg Sullivan, Senior Product Manager for Windows Phone at Microsoft. The video is split into four parts as the complete walk-through, along with some nice tidbits, of Windows Phone 7 on a Samsung ...
Windows Phone 7 Won’t Be an iPhone Killer – But It Doesn’t Need to Be One
I know that Microsoft feels that it has a lot riding on the success of the still to be launched Windows Phone 7 and are hoping for the same kind of response the company has seen with Windows 7. Sure it would be nice to see the smartphone flying off the shelves come launch day ...
The Kinect Isn’t a Game Add-On, It’s The First New Mainstream Input Device in 50 Years
Well we finally have the prices for the next version of the Xbox 360 bundled with Microsoft’s new motion sensing controller called Kinect. Then as expected the whining began as word trickled through the blogosphere and Twitter. Expected as well was the types of expletives that Microsoft was called along with declaration that there was ...
How To: Secure Your Network from Xbox 360 Lobby Vulnerabilities
As I was going through the latest conversations happening over on the WinExtra Community Forums I ran across this excellent bit of Q&A regarding the setting up of Xbox 360 Lobbies and how it can affect your internal network security as well as recommendations to deal with the issue. The questions was posted by Nate: ...
Bravo!: “iPhone 4 is Apple’s Vista”
First off I just want to say: like Alex Wilhelm at The Next Web I think it is refreshing to see upper management types at Microsoft getting enough confidence and backbone to do some real smack talking. I am of course talking about the statement made by Michael Turner at the Worldwide Partners Conference were ...
How To: Add 4% to Gross Revenues (if you are Microsoft) [Kinect]
We’ve all heard by now about how the sales of Windows 7 is going gang-busters and breaking all kinds of records while doing so. With that aspect of the company looking up analysts are beginning to look at the other offerings that Microsoft is bringing to the market and figuring out how these products are ...
