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Watch the Windows 7 Launch Event in New York Live
I’ve watched the live streams for the official launches of Windows XP and Vista and I have to say they’re a hoot, usually for the things that go wrong.
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Samsung’s Not-So-Mysterious New Windows Phone 7 Handset [Windows Phone 7]
March 16, 2010 - 2:10 am
Tags: cellphones, handsets, microsoft, mix10, morning, phone, posts-tagged, the-handsets, windows phone, windows phone 7 samsung
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We’ve become acquainted with Windows Phone 7 handsets from Asus and LG , but during this morning’s demo , we saw a new one from Samsung. So, what do we know about this—or any—of the handsets we’ve seen so far? More
Remainders – The Things We Didn’t Post: Greener Pastures Edition [Remainders]
March 16, 2010 - 2:00 am
Tags: apple, appleipad, develop-apps, employers, greener, greener-pastures, his-sights, microsoft, remainders, team-members, things, windows, windowsphone7series
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In today’s Remainders: new beginnings. Tim Bray, co-founder of XML, starts a new job at Google (and has his sights set on Apple); several Windows Phone 7 team members are leaving…to develop apps for Windows Phone 7; and more.
Windows Phone 7’s Impossible App Mission [Windows Phone 7]
March 16, 2010 - 1:00 am
Tags: app store, apps, interview, microsoft, one-lingering, possibly-catch, posts-tagged, windows, windows phone, windows phone 7, windowsphone7
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Microsoft’s already done a lot right with Windows Phone 7 , and it’s not even out until late this year. But after today’s announcements , there’s one lingering question: How can Windows Phone 7 possibly catch up, in terms of apps? More
A Real Xbox 360 Coffin
March 16, 2010 - 12:28 am
Tags: 360-conked, cardboard-boxes, microsoft, past, real-honest-to-goodness, the-past, xbox, Xbox 360, xbox 360 news forum
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When Xbox 360 conked out in the past, folks would send their Xbox 360s to Microsoft in cardboard boxes affectionately called “coffins”. Here is a real honest-to-goodness Xbox coffin. http://kotaku.com/5493327/a-real-xbox-360-coffin
Epic "can do what we want" with Gears
March 16, 2010 - 12:13 am
Tags: deal, game, games, gears, helped-turn, huge-success, microsoft, must-know, turn-the-game, vice-president, well-better, Xbox 360, xbox 360 news forum
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Mark Rein has said that Epic Games is free to do what it likes with Gears of War. “We own Gears of War. We can do what we want with it,” Rein, who is vice president of Epic, told VG247.
How Sony and Microsoft Hope To Crack the Motion Control Market
March 16, 2010 - 12:00 am
Tags: family, game, microsoft, ps3 news forum, quietly-hoping, station-move, success-through, upcoming, wiimote-some
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An editorial at Eurogamer delves into what Sony and Microsoft hope to achieve with their upcoming console motion control systems, despite entering the market several years after Nintendo set the standard. “The cards Sony has placed on the table this week suggest one answer to that question. It sees PlayStation Move as being an upgrade path for Wii owners — an invitation to the tens of millions of consumers who have invested in Nintendo’s platform to swim upstream to the more powerful, HD-enabled system
Microsoft patents online upselling
March 15, 2010 - 11:58 pm
Tags: another-player, atddc, content, controller, digital-content, exit-the-game, game, microsoft, user, visit-the-xbox, will-implement, xbox, xbox 360 news forum
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Microsoft has patented a new system of purchasing downloadable content via an automatic prompt, which attempts to ensure all players in the game have the same updates. Discovered by website Broke My Controller, the “automated directed transaction and delivery system for digital content” (ATDDC) is designed to automatically detect if a player has not installed a particular component necessary to take part in an online game.
Bioshock 2 DLC was already on disc, claim fans
March 15, 2010 - 11:56 pm
Tags: 108k-on-xbox, content, download, forum-community, game, microsoft, official, opinion, priced-at-400, resident-evil, strong-beliefs, tacitly-admits, userbase, Xbox 360, xbox 360 news forum
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New downloadable content for Take-Two’s BioShock 2 was already on the game’s disc, according to accusations from fans. The Sinclair Solutions pack was released on Thursday, March 11 and includes two new playable characters, 20 new trials, new upgrades for weapons and an increase of the level cap to 50.
Even Microsoft Execs Like Making Fun of Steve Ballmer [Jokes]
March 15, 2010 - 11:20 pm
Tags: ballmer, case, culture, guthrie, jokes, ritual, steve, steve ballmer, windows
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Ritual Steve Ballmer humiliation isn’t just for blogs anymore! Nope, now even Microsoft’s corporate class—in this case Microsoft Developer Division VP Scott Guthrie—is in on the joke.
Screw Avatar, 3D Gaming is What Will Get You to Buy a New TV [3D]
March 15, 2010 - 10:20 pm
Tags: 3d gaming, been-skeptical, gaming, microsoft, pc gaming, playstation 3, screw-avatar, sony, Xbox 360
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I’ve been skeptical of the big push for 3D in TVs and movies.
