Meet Kinect, Microsoft’s New Name for Project Natal?
Who wants to wait for Microsoft’s E3 2010 press show tomorrow morning when USA Today’s willing to leak Natal’s spiffy new brand name tonight? (Accidentally, it seems, as the article is no more.) Kinect, that’s what USA Today says Microsoft’s peripheral-free motion sensing add-on for the Xbox 360 will be called. You know, like ‘kinetic’ [...]
Court denies Microsoft’s appeal in i4i patent case
An appeals court has refused to rehear the case that ultimately forced Microsoft to remove a feature from Office 2007, leaving the U.S. Supreme Court as the software maker’s most likely next step. Microsoft had asked that all 12 appeals court judges in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reconsider the case. [...]
Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 Series Lacks Cut, Copy, Paste Function
Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 Series will lack the ability to cut, copy and paste text, similar to Apple’s iPhone upon that device’s release. In its place, users will be able to perform a single-tap action. The Windows Phone 7 Series will also lack other features upon its release, including Adobe Flash support and the ability [...]
Windows Phone 7 Spurs Microsoft’s Mobile Strategy
With the unveiling today of Microsoft’s sweeping redesign, it’s now official: The phone is not a PC. John Cox, Network World Microsoft today announced the new version of its phone operating system, Windows Phone 7. It’s a sweeping redesign, coupled with an aggressive new partnership with handset makers and mobile carriers. Initial reviews are not [...]
Microsoft’s Juku temporarily shuts
Microsoft temporarily shut down its MSN Juku micro-blogging site after claims the design and code for the site had been stolen from a smaller rival. On Monday a start-up called Plurk published a post on its company blog detailing the uncanny similarities between its site and MSN Juku. The post included screen-shots of both services [...]
