Articles tagged with: microsoft
How Apple and Google Fell Out of Love [Apple-google War]
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Apple has sued Google's phone manufacturer for infringing on 20 iPhone patents. Not so long ago, Apple and Google were a nice couple. Then, everything went to hell.
The romance began with the iPhone, even while we didn't know about it in 2006. Back then, Steve Jobs invited Google's CEO Eric Schmidt to his house, to sit at his table, and have vanilla-frosted cupcakes and tea together. It was instant love.
An Affair to Remember
They happily worked in ...
Apple has sued Google's phone manufacturer for infringing on 20 iPhone patents. Not so long ago, Apple and Google were a nice couple. Then, everything went to hell.
The romance began with the iPhone, even while we didn't know about it in 2006. Back then, Steve Jobs invited Google's CEO Eric Schmidt to his house, to sit at his table, and have vanilla-frosted cupcakes and tea together. It was instant love.
An Affair to Remember
They happily worked in ...
Samsung Jack Cell Phone Review–More Like Samsungberry
The more Samsung cell phones I come in contact with, the less I like them. Samsung has irked me almost relentlessly with lower quality phones and phones that do precious little more than tweak the design envelope just enough to avoid derisive mocking. And despite the fact that the good folks out at Puremobile sent me a Samsung Jack to take a look at, all I can think when I’m trying this is that it’s more like the Samsung Black…berry.
The Samsung Jack is a ...
The more Samsung cell phones I come in contact with, the less I like them. Samsung has irked me almost relentlessly with lower quality phones and phones that do precious little more than tweak the design envelope just enough to avoid derisive mocking. And despite the fact that the good folks out at Puremobile sent me a Samsung Jack to take a look at, all I can think when I’m trying this is that it’s more like the Samsung Black…berry.
The Samsung Jack is a ...
The Best of Big Download: February 8-14
The news cycle has certainly started ramping up in the game industry over the past week! From major press events to a handful of major announcements, we've been flush with gaming news and original features (you didn't think we'd forget about the original stuff, did you?). Below you'll find said features for the week, as well as our newest downloads -- but if you want all those hot news scoops, you've gotta ...
The news cycle has certainly started ramping up in the game industry over the past week! From major press events to a handful of major announcements, we've been flush with gaming news and original features (you didn't think we'd forget about the original stuff, did you?). Below you'll find said features for the week, as well as our newest downloads -- but if you want all those hot news scoops, you've gotta ...
Microsoft Blames Your Laptop—Not Windows 7—For Battery Issues [Microsoft]
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After upgrading to Windows 7, some users saw a new warning message suggesting that they need to replace their laptops' batteries. Some screamed "bug," some shouted "conspiracy,' but Microsoft denies that anything's wrong. In an entry on Microsoft's MSDN blog, Windows division President Steven Sinofsky explains that the warning message is a new feature in Windows 7 and that's why some users are seeing it for the first time on laptops which appeared to run ...
After upgrading to Windows 7, some users saw a new warning message suggesting that they need to replace their laptops' batteries. Some screamed "bug," some shouted "conspiracy,' but Microsoft denies that anything's wrong. In an entry on Microsoft's MSDN blog, Windows division President Steven Sinofsky explains that the warning message is a new feature in Windows 7 and that's why some users are seeing it for the first time on laptops which appeared to run ...
Going On 10, Boy Going For Fifth Microsoft Certification [Wunderkind]
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Say Hello to Markos Calasan. He's nine years old and lives in Macedonia. He's also Microsoft Certified four times over and working on his fifth certificate. (And he prefers Bing.)
This is the type of story that warms your heart but also makes you feel a little bad about yourself. Why? Because still in his single digits, Markos is more computer literate than many of us will ever be. Here he describes his first memories of using a computer:
But my first memory is from when I ...
Say Hello to Markos Calasan. He's nine years old and lives in Macedonia. He's also Microsoft Certified four times over and working on his fifth certificate. (And he prefers Bing.)
This is the type of story that warms your heart but also makes you feel a little bad about yourself. Why? Because still in his single digits, Markos is more computer literate than many of us will ever be. Here he describes his first memories of using a computer:
But my first memory is from when I ...
Gesture Cube could be the touch device to rule them all
Inventions like Microsoft's touch-enabled table have shown us prototype future furniture components while the Apple iPad has shown us the present-day reality of touch interface-powered media. Now a German design team has come up with a kind of hybrid device that marries the two dynamics into something called the Gesture Cube.
The cube could be used for anything from PCs to home entertainment systems. You can see video of the concept device in action ...
Inventions like Microsoft's touch-enabled table have shown us prototype future furniture components while the Apple iPad has shown us the present-day reality of touch interface-powered media. Now a German design team has come up with a kind of hybrid device that marries the two dynamics into something called the Gesture Cube.
The cube could be used for anything from PCs to home entertainment systems. You can see video of the concept device in action ...
Microsoft to introduce Zune Phone with Windows Mobile 7 at MWC
If there is one rumor that tends to come and go and agonizes Windows Mobile fans, it’s the one about a Zune phone. Although it’s not officially confirmed, Gizmodo has it on good word that Microsoft will be introducing a Zune phone at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this year. More specifically, it will be a Windows Mobile 7 phone with Zune features and capabilities, so it’s not a Zune phone, per se. Giz says their source confirmed that “the Zune Phone presentation at Barcelona’s Mobile World ...
If there is one rumor that tends to come and go and agonizes Windows Mobile fans, it’s the one about a Zune phone. Although it’s not officially confirmed, Gizmodo has it on good word that Microsoft will be introducing a Zune phone at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this year. More specifically, it will be a Windows Mobile 7 phone with Zune features and capabilities, so it’s not a Zune phone, per se. Giz says their source confirmed that “the Zune Phone presentation at Barcelona’s Mobile World ...
Microsoft’s Minimum Required Specs For Windows Mobile 7 Point At High-End Feature-Laden Phones [Windows Mobile]
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We've been so caught up in the Windows Mobile 7 launch date rumors, we almost forgot about Microsoft's supposed leaked minimum specifications requirements. After all, this is a company that issued maximum Windows 7 netbook specs.
Supposedly, Microsoft's weighing down on hardware manufacturers wishing to create tidy little phones for the platform, with the following list of minimum specifications garnered by Eldar Murtazin, the editor of leaky site Mobile-Review:
- 1GHz processor
- 3.6-inch WVGA display...
We've been so caught up in the Windows Mobile 7 launch date rumors, we almost forgot about Microsoft's supposed leaked minimum specifications requirements. After all, this is a company that issued maximum Windows 7 netbook specs.
Supposedly, Microsoft's weighing down on hardware manufacturers wishing to create tidy little phones for the platform, with the following list of minimum specifications garnered by Eldar Murtazin, the editor of leaky site Mobile-Review:
- 1GHz processor
- 3.6-inch WVGA display...
Zune Phone hinted at in update code
Ever since the iPhone was released, it was only a matter of time before Microsoft too would announce their own inhouse developed mobile handset. Sure, they have Windows Mobile but they don’t really have a handset branded with the Microsoft logo. Well, with the release of the Zune it lead to muhc speculation over the release of a possible Zune phone but no official word has been given.
Now, it seems that included ...
Ever since the iPhone was released, it was only a matter of time before Microsoft too would announce their own inhouse developed mobile handset. Sure, they have Windows Mobile but they don’t really have a handset branded with the Microsoft logo. Well, with the release of the Zune it lead to muhc speculation over the release of a possible Zune phone but no official word has been given.
Now, it seems that included ...
Latest Zune Player Comes Language Localized
It seems like there is more than one surprise in the latest Zune software update. Apparently the latest version is also language localized. Thus far, Microsoft hasn’t mentioned any plans to sell its Zune hardware outside the US, and the Zune player software isn’t available on the German Zune.net website either, but it seems that once you install the latest Zune player on a non-English PC, all the dialogs automatically ...
It seems like there is more than one surprise in the latest Zune software update. Apparently the latest version is also language localized. Thus far, Microsoft hasn’t mentioned any plans to sell its Zune hardware outside the US, and the Zune player software isn’t available on the German Zune.net website either, but it seems that once you install the latest Zune player on a non-English PC, all the dialogs automatically ... 
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