Microsoft

Will Apple Be The Largest PC Manufacturer?

August 9, 2011 0 Tassavur

With the iPad tablet’s entry into the computers market, Apple’s share in the PC market just spiraled upwards. Now with the new Mac OS X Lion priced at just $30 and the Thunderbolt equipped Macbook Air, Apple would only increase…

Microsoft

First Impression: Windows Phone 7.5 Mango Update (Beta)

July 9, 2011 3 Annkur

With some help, I managed to get a beta build of Windows Phone 7 Mango update running on my LG Optimus 7. Mango is said to be a significant update and the next wave of Windows Phones are expected to…

Featured

Windows 8 Demoed At D9, Impressive, Far From Flawed

June 2, 2011 2 Annkur

Microsoft’s Steven Sinofsky and Julie Larson-Green gave an early preview of Windows 8 at the D9 conference. Win 8 was labeled by Ballmer as their riskiest bet in Oct 2010. While I had played down the ‘riskiest’ remark last year, it…

Microsoft

Why Microsoft Buying Nokia Makes Sense, And Why It Doesn’t!

May 17, 2011 0 Annkur

Now before I even begin, we know that this is a rumor and it sure sounds like a wild one. Just months after announcing a deal where Nokia would use Windows Phone as its primary smartphone OS, it looks odd…

Market Watch

VOIP: Microsoft acquires Skype for more than $7 billion? Update: Official

May 10, 2011 0 Jassi

This is undoubtedly most aggressive move by Microsoft in the world of communication, information and entertainment. Microsoft is eyeing a deal to acquire Skype for more than $7 billion. As Facebook and Google were rumored to be negotiating to acquire…

Microsoft

Windows Phone 7 to get notifications via an App

April 17, 2011 0 c0rex

Facebook has updated its official Windows Phone 7 with no visible features. Apparently, the only visible change was that the Refresh setting has been replaced with Cache Expiration which is set at 10 minutes. The Facebook App for WP7 has…

Apps

Kinect Inspired Motion Gaming / Interaction On Smartphones?

March 24, 2011 0 Annkur

Motion gaming is catching up in the gaming world and Microsoft took the technology to a new level with the Kinect for Xbox 360 last year. While speculations of motion sensing coming to Windows PCs are rife, we have a…

Featured

Why The Next Google / Facebook Isn’t From India

March 4, 2011 4 Annkur

This ain’t new talk and I got deflected back to this topic when discussing Indian cos making cellphones in a Facebook group. For long entrepreneurs in India have been motivated with talks of making the next Google, Facebook or Microsoft.…

Android

Did Stephen Elop Force Nokia-WP7 Deal?

February 11, 2011 2 Annkur

Nokia is marrying Microsoft and the world isn’t happy. A huge backlash is expected over the blogosphere, editorials over editorials telling whats wrong with Nokia would be the flavor for days to come and we are still to digest what…

Featured

Nokia adds to platform confusion, adopts Microsofts Windows Phone 7

February 11, 2011 3 Annkur

Nokia is all set to go the Windows Phone 7 route with rumors of a partnership with Microsoft turning out to be true. Not much details are available at the moment but the trend is clear. Last year at MWC…

Apple

OneNote arrives in App Store, will MS Office follow?

January 18, 2011 0 Anupama

Microsoft has released a version of its note-making application, OneNote, for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. The app which is part of the MS Office suite on computers and is being used by over 80 million people in the…

CES

New Microsoft Windows 7 PCs / Tablet & Surface Demoed At CES

January 6, 2011 0 Luke Abell

Microsoft showed of some incredible hardware at its CES 2011 keynote. While,the announcement of the next release of Windows running on SoC (ARM and X86) would prompt the industry pundits to take out a magnifying glass (well that already happened…

First look

Fable 3: Limited Collector’s Edition, A Brief Review

January 6, 2011 0 Nimish

All right, we know what you are going to say – “Why would anyone go all the way and unbox a videogame when all the thrill is actually in slipping it into a console and playing it?” Well, our rationale…

CES

Live From Microsoft / Steve Ballmer’s Keynote at CES 2011

January 5, 2011 0 Luke Abell

We are in line to get started with the Microsoft Keynote at CES 2011. Steve Ballmer is expected to be on stage and apart from some rumors, we have no official confirmation on what we might hear. Our bet would…

HTC

HTC fires second Windows Phone 7 salvo, launches Mozart in India

January 3, 2011 0 Nimish

After a period of relative inactivity, HTC seems to have stepped into device release overdrive. Within days of the launch of the HTC HD7 in India, the first Windows Phone 7 device to be seen in the country (notwithstanding no…

Entertainment

Record-breaker! Kinect outsells Move, iPad in first month

November 30, 2010 2 Nimish

We have the first official sales figures of Microsoft’s Kinect game controlling system for the Xbox 360 and honestly, we must confess to being very impressed indeed. According to a release we have got from the big M, Kinect sold…

Apps

Windows Phone 7 Jailbreak possibilities discovered already

November 13, 2010 0 c0rex

From Nov 8, Microsoft’s next generation mobile OS – Windows Phone 7 based phones have started hitting the US and European markets. Several countries like India wait for the arrival of first Windows Phone 7 devices. It’s been barely a…

Entertainment

Gamers play 1 billion hours per month on Xbox LIVE

October 30, 2010 0 c0rex

Xbox LIVE is unique subscription based service which has been integrated into Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system. Think of it in this way. Average one billion hours per month are spent on Xbox LIVE by gamers in their…

Gaming

Fable III launched

October 28, 2010 0 Nimish

One of the most eagerly awaited games of the year, Fable III, for the Xbox 360 has now been officially launched. And what’s uncommonly amusing is that its global coincides with its Indian one, in keeping with Microsoft’s recent policy of…

Gaming

Kinect Pre-Order On: Rs 9,990 stand-alone, Rs 22,990 with 4GB Xbox 360 (India)

October 23, 2010 2 Nimish

Microsoft’s revolutionary “no controller” motion controlling system, Kinect, is now available for pre order in India. And with it, we finally have the prices. According to the Microsoft website, the Kinect will be available for Rs 9,990 stand alone and…

Gaming

Microsoft launches 4GB Xbox 360 for Rs 14,990, Arcade version now for Rs 11,990

October 23, 2010 0 Nimish

The console wars are well and truly on and Microsoft has decided to hammer the opposition where it truly hurts – on the price front. While Sony has been upping the PS3 storage without trying to add too much to…

HTC

Windows Phone 7 Arrives. 10 New Handsets Made Official

October 11, 2010 1 Rahul S

Microsoft has officially launched its next generation smart phone operating system, Windows Phone 7. As many as 10 new handsets made by a horde of manufacturers are in the fray vying your attention. The new handsets include ones from Samsung,…

Microsoft

It is official! Windows Phone 7 coming on October 11

October 4, 2010 1 Nimish

The cat is finally out of the bag. After all the speculation, it has been confirmed that the next version of Windows Mobile – Windows Phone 7 – will be released on October 11. The Microsoft website talks of a…

Microsoft

Motorola faces lawsuit from Microsoft over Android phones (Patents)

October 2, 2010 0 Annkur

When HTC entered into a deal with Microsoft earlier this year, it was clear that Android has hit the a road that connects to Microsofts patent portfolio. Back then Microsoft had mentioned that they are talking to other manufacturers and…

Google

Google boosts older versions of IE using Chrome Frame

September 25, 2010 0 Nimish

The tech world has been of late waxing eloquent about the new Internet Explorer 9 beta and how it will change the Web (as it does not run on Win XP, we are not too sure about that, but that’s…

Microsoft

IE9 beta goes public arrives, hailed as revolutionary by many

September 16, 2010 0 Nimish

It may be the most popular Internet browser in the world, but Microsoft’s Internet Explorer seems to have been condemned to suffer faint praise, especially when compared to the likes of Chrome and Firefox. Well, that seems to have ended,…

Microsoft

First Windows Phone 7 commercial screened!

September 7, 2010 0 Mr Spock

It might not be making as many headlines as iOS or Android, but Windows Phone 7 remains one of the most anticipated operating systems of the year. And Microsoft has now taken the wraps off the first commercial for the…

Gaming

The New Xbox 360 is here…and costs Rs 21,990

August 26, 2010 1 Nimish

Microsoft has just released the new Black Xbox 360 in India. The “sleeker, smaller, quieter, designed with built in WI-FI” and most importantly, with a dedicate Kinect, console is now finally available in Indian stores at an estimated retail price…

Leaked / Spyshots

From Russia With Love: Internet Explorer 9 interface screenshot leaked!

August 26, 2010 0 Nimish

Microsoft’s Russia website might have let news about the next edition of the world’s most popular browser out of the bag. The site inadvertently leaked a screenshot of Internet Explorer 9, the next version of Internet Explorer, showing the interface…

Gaming

Microsoft Kinect coming on November 4 – for $149.99!

July 21, 2010 0 Nimish

The suspense over the price of Microsoft’s new game controller (without a controller!) system, Kinect, has ended. Microsoft has officially revealed both the price as well as the release date of the device. The controller, which lets users play games…

Entertainment

Got lucky with the Kinect for Xbox 360! NYC readers meet?

July 18, 2010 1 Annkur

Now this is one vacation that I certainly won’t forget soon. Out shopping with family in NYC and I run into this Microsoft promotion showing off the Kinect / Project Natal! This thing really needs to be experienced to know…

Gaming

And now, a slimmer, quieter, Xbox 360

June 15, 2010 0 Nimish

It is raining announcements from Microsoft. We had barely come to terms with the unveiling of Kinect, its no-controller gaming system for the Xbox 360, when the Redmond biggie took the wraps off a new Xbox 360. And it definitely…

Gaming

Six reasons why Alan Wake is our Game of the Year…so far

May 30, 2010 13 Nimish

It has been in the making for five years, so when it did come out, there was an aura of “we-do-not-quite-know-what-to-expect” about Alan Wake, Remedy Entertainments new game for the Xbox 360. Remedy, in case you have forgotten (five years…

Apple

Google seems confused, alleges Ballmer

May 27, 2010 0 Nimish

He toed the diplomatic line for most of the Q&A session, refusing to be baited by queries as to what he thought about Apple’s increased capitalisation, calling them good competitors, adding that they were good competitors too, and pointing out…

eReaders & Tablets

WebOS tablet from HP confirmed, launch alongside Win7 Slate?

May 24, 2010 0 Annkur

At CES, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer proudly went on stage with the HP Slate, and it was considered to be the first real competition to the iPad. Even the pricing details that came out sounded good, and just as the…

Apple

Steve Ballmer: 2007 vs 2010

March 9, 2010 0 Annkur

Name: Steve Ballmer Designation: CEO, Microsoft What he did in 2007: Laughed at the Apple iPhone. Quoted saying: “the most expensive phone in the world” – “doesn’t appeal to business customers.” and 2010: ‘Apple’s done a very nice job that…

First look

Video: Microsoft Mobile Surface demoed

March 2, 2010 0 Annkur

Slashgear is featuring a stylish Microsoft Mobile Surface video that shows a mobile controlled with a camera + projector surface that lets you interact with the system in a unique way. The demo shows a drum being played by tapping…

Apple

Microsoft considers Mac OS support Windows Phone 7

March 1, 2010 0 c0rex

When Apple launched iPhone back in 2007, it certainly offered support for Windows based systems. Reason being simple that millions of Windows OS based users existed compared to the Mac OS X users. Now, Microsoft introduced Windows Phone 7 series…

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