Chinese manufacturer, Foxconn is in the news again with workers protesting poor working conditions at the factory. The manufacturing company came under scrutiny in the past after a number of suicides occurred in plants contracted by Apple, HP and Dell.
While Ballmer’s CES keynote was as lacking in excitement as expected, there was one interesting announcement from Microsoft for PC owners. Kinect for PC aka Kinect for Windows will be coming out February 1st of this year. While that may seem to be a boon for PC owners the world over, there is one little catch. Kinect for PC will require new hardware and not just software.
Microsoft has ported Windows Phone 7’s tiles to Xbox LIVE as well as a host of new interactive features. The latest software upgrade allows you to use voice commands to find your favorite shows, pause them while you take a break and even save them to be shown using a different console.
Researchers at Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon have developed a wearable technology that will turn just about any surface into a touch screen. That means that you can use any body part, home surface, car surface or consenting friend as a touch screen. Not bad. Except for looking dorky, it’s a great idea. Anything or anyone can become the equivalent of an iPad.
Who would have thought that Microsoft was dabbling in fashion technology? No one. But here’s the thing, two of Microsoft’s researchers won Best Concept and Best in Show this past June at the 15th annual International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC) in San Francisco.
Microsoft recently sent out a notification indicating that the company’s Mediaroom IPTV Technical Conference will be postponed until early 2012. The conference is typically held around September but the sudden change in schedule has prompted some to speculate that Microsoft may be working on something big.
According to reports, Microsoft and Google may be looking to buy Hulu. The service is the largest TV video streaming portal in the U.S. and is also backed by various major networks.
Xbox Live looks set to become an important part of Microsoft’s business across the board, being upgraded from its current position as an Xbox 360-only platform and extended to other products, including the forthcoming Windows 8.
Microsoft wrapped up its E3 press conference earlier this week and as rumored the company is rolling out the foundation for some sort of IPTV service. The details aren’t clear yet but it appears that Microsoft has big ambitions for the Xbox 360 console.
Bloomberg BusinessWeek recently sponsored an event with Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft at the 92nd Street Y in New York last evening. Allen indicated that Microsoft will need to “accelerate” its product development to compete with other companies.
Team Note-Taker from Arizona State University won the Software Design category for the 2011 U.S. Imagine Cup while Team BearPaw from Brigham Young won the Imagine Cup People’s Choice Award. Meanwhile Team Bloom from Tribeca Flashpoint Academy won the top prize in the Game Design Windows/Xbox category and the People’s Choice Award for Game Design. Team Big Impact Bear won the competition for Game Design-Mobile.
Despite various commentators warning Microsoft’s latest financial results wouldn’t be great, the opposite is true.
Steve Ballmer performed well at CES 2011, but was there any content behind the delivery?
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Could the Xbox 360 soon be streaming broadcast television into living rooms? It appears Microsoft is at least toying with the idea.
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