Well, this is gonna get ugly. Major Nelson has just updated his blog with the news that as of November 1st 2010, the price of an Xbox LIVE Gold membership has been increased in the US, Canada, Mexico and the UK.
Microsoft Co-Founder patent slaps Facebook, Apple and Google From the department of “Holy shit, I have less money than last year. Lets sue some companies!” — Paul Allen, entrepreneur and cofounder of Microsoft has decided to create the biggest abomination in patent lawsuit history — he has filed a lawsuit against 11 companies for infringements on his Web search patents.
This is going to be fun (and messy).
I can’t say a company can’t support their product, but do they really have to stoop to this level? — not to say Apple hasn’t done the same thing, but usually it was in the form of cute commercials, or claims actually backed by evidence or demonstrations. I’m also not saying that competition like this isn’t good, it’s just not a great idea to do it in this way — but before we start, let me mention it took me about 20 min to actually find the page because of the mess their website is, know what I mean?
Those lucky bloggers over at T3 have gotten an exclusive demo of the Kinect from Microsoft detailing the inner mechanisms of the game controller. Internally, a ton of goodies are stuffed in: a camera with video capturing capabilities, depth sensor, 4 downwards facing mics, and a silent motor to rotate the whole thing. So continue reading for in-depth segments on movement tracking, voice recognition, and the motor!
Microsoft takes a stand - "I’ve been make my move towards touch" Yes, those are the fine words from Microsoft’s Joey deVilla who is defending the company from claims by Ars-Technica (and T3ch H3lp) saying that “blogs don’t know what we’re talking about”. Apparently we’re not going to see the regular Windows 7, non-touch-friendly elements in the tablet OS, but there is still a few things that are holding it back…
Ever wonder what Halo might’ve looked like if it were released back during the days of the Atari 2600?Well, wonder no more now that Ed Fries, Microsoft’s ex-VP of games publishing, went ahead and made himself his own version of what the 2600 experience would’ve been like.
Microsoft is slowly starting to become irrelevant in the personal mobile computing market, namely smartphones and tablets. Apple on the other hand became top dog in the tablet market literally in a few weeks, and the sad part is Steve Ballmer and Microsoft still “Dont get it”. If you don’t get why your competitors products are successful, how the hell are you going to stay relevant? If Microsoft doesn’t re-invent the way they look at consumer products, they’ll collapse in on themselves like a dying star.
Switch to Bing and Microsoft donates $3 to kids If this isn’t incentive to switch to Bing, I don’t know what is — and the fact that it’s a donation to schools is a really nice touch. They’ve donated $66,000+ so far, and the counter is rising (slower than we’d expect), but for now, we encourage you to head over to the page linked in the post title and help some kids. Keep in mind as well, this is all just Microsoft trying to get people hooked on Bing (but for god sakes, it’s for the kids!)
A while back, before Natal was redubbed the Kinect, there were some talks that Microsoft was going to be rebranding Xbox. Well, nothing came of it except a small change in the design of retail packaging, that is until we recently caught sight of some leaked images of Microsoft’s proposed new Xbox logo… or is it?
Engadget has done it again with this amazing look at Windows Phone 7, which I picked this video from. They mention that the OS doesn’t feel as “complete” as other mobile OS’s, and that most parts of Phone 7 feel like a “wireframe”.
Understandably, it has a very “wireframe” and boxy UI, but that’s the style they are going for — and I sort of dig it… any thoughts guys?
Ever since Google became big man on campus, Microsoft has been ignoring the attention of online cloud users who naturally flocked over to services like Google Docs, Gmail and Calendar. Recently, Microsoft has made major pushes towards becoming a more “cloud friendly” company, but (unfortunately) their main focus is still the enterprise market. They have (very) recently started to claw their way into the consumer cloud, and managed to gain steam in what seems to be the fastest growing market today. Google is still on top, but Microsoft appears to be building a solid foundation and is now trying to keep their heads in the clouds and their eyes on the prize.
Microsoft needs to provide for competing platforms Over the years, Microsoft has lost its spunk and has begun to slide into a corporate world of grey mush. There is a light of hope for MS because they have begun to provide core functionality to competing platforms like Apple and Nokia. They have begun to realize the technology they poses could power thousands of competing products, and give them a new start in the world of consumer electronics…
What Steve Jobs REALLY Thinks of Bill Gates Steve and Bill go back decades and they have always been the industry titans when it comes to controlling the tech market and being insanely rich. The Huffington Post has compiled a selection of Steve Jobs’ best quotes about Bill Gates. This is what Steve Jobs really of about Bill Gates…
So you’ve got your neon green and orange iPhone and your blue and red Segway. What now? The notorious gadget coloring company has gotten their paint covered paws on Microsofts newest gaming console. Check out their new video!
Microsoft officially kills the KIN - Surprising? “We have made the decision to focus exclusively on Windows Phone 7 and we will not ship KIN in Europe this fall as planned — We will continue to work with Verizon in the U.S. to sell current KIN phones” — This is Microsoft’s official statement concerning the KIN, and the fact that it wasn’t the brightest idea ever…
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