All Entries Tagged With: "microsoft"
Microsoft – Long-term Plans, new gestures, new technologies
Last week Microsoft revelaed it was working on integrating Kinect into notebook bezels, with tablets presumably to follow. The iPhone brought users touch-functionality, now Microsoft aims to forge a deeper understanding between man and machine via what it calls ‘Natural User Interaction’ or NUI. Apparently the new Kinect IR sensors will be able to lip-read, [...]
Nokia Finds New Hope in Lumia 900
Nokia has been losing money for a while now giving in it’s monopoly on smartphone market share to Apple and Samsung. Recent stats include loss of profit from last year’s 28.7% margin to 19.9% in last quarter. The newly incurred debt of $1.2 billion just in Q4 2011 is barely helped with $250 million in [...]
Minimum Spec For Windows 8 Tablets
Microsoft has announced the hardware requirements for tablets running the Windows 8 operating system, which will be launched this year. The various requirements detail Microsoft minimum hardware specifications for devices to meet performance, feature and quality criteria so that Microsoft can be sure Windows 8 will provide an optimal experience for anyone using it. [...]
Microsoft To Update Browsers Automatically
Microsoft seems to have had enough of the late-adopters – that sector of the browsing population which steadfastly refuses to update its browser when invited to do so by Microsoft. Soon they will have no choice – Microsoft will begin automatically upgrading users to the newest version of Internet Explorer in 2012. Google already follows [...]
Microsoft Selling Kinectimals In The App Store
In a somewhat shocking move, Microsoft Studios has launched its Tamagotchi-like tiger cub mobile game Kinectimals in the App Store. Retailing at $2.99, the app enables users to nurture a litter of tiger cubs in the style of the original Tamagotchi games. Users can also play mother/zookeeper on a companion Xbox 360 version. Earlier this [...]
Windows App Store To Open February 2012
There’s no stopping that Metro UI – the new look and feel of the ‘future according to Microsoft’ has been chosen for Microsoft Windows 8 App Portal – the Windows App Store to you and me. Content incorporates content from Disney, eBooks, and magazines, as well as games like Cut the Rope. Bing is included, [...]
Windows Metro UI On Android Or iOS
With so many operating systems out there, all borrowing ideas from each other, unique features are rare. But Windows 8 user interface is certainly revolutionary. The Metro UI, according to earlier reports – is something you either love or hate almost instantly. I love it. Microsoft has found an unusual way to root out potential [...]
Windows On ARM Delay Predicted
Microsoft promise to make Windows 8 run on ARM and moderate specced hardware has a catch – ARM-based devices will have to wait until 2013, because developers want to concentrate on Intel and AMD x86 devices. Mid-2013 is the new target date, apparently because programs written primarily for x86 devices must be laboriously re-written for [...]
IE Losing Edge In Browser Popularity
Browsing statistics for October have produced a couple of interesting results. Internet Explorer’s share of browser usage worldwide fell below 50% for the first time in more than ten years. The last time lass than half of all browsing was done through Microsoft’s trusty inbuilt browser, less than half the world had been online. ArsTechnica [...]
Windows 8 review
Windows 8, with its tablet-style tiled interface, has been around for a couple of months now, with Microsoft’s programming hotshots beavering away at squashing early bugs to avoid another Vista fiasco. Microsoft has highlighted such features as photo-sharing in the cloud, streamlined management of contacts, and the Metro update. It’s Windows first big push into [...]
