Microsoft Aims For The Middleground With Its New Tablet
June 19, 2012At an LA press event today Microsoft unveiled its much-rumored tablet, which has repurposed the Surface name to brand a new series of Windows devices.
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Leaked Microsoft Doc Details Xbox 720, Kinect V2 Scheduled For 2013
June 16, 2012A recently leaked 56 page document purports that the new console, referred to as the Xbox 720, will hit store shelves during the 2013 holiday season bundled with a new Kinect for $299.
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Microsoft Rolls Out Interactive Ads On Xbox This Fall
June 16, 2012The new ad program, titled NUads, allows advertisers to create short TV spots in which customers can give live feedback of what they want to see next from the company.
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On Alex Kipman: Microsoft Details The History Of Its Most Ingenious Magician
June 16, 2012Whether they know it or not, anyone who loves Microsoft’s Kinect owes Alex Kipman — one of the company’s most ingenious technical marvels — some serious kudos.
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Microsoft Poised To Acquire Yammer For $1 Billion
June 14, 2012A flurry of rumors this week have pointed to the potential acquisition of Yammer by software giant Microsoft. The yet-to-be-confirmed deal may be announced as soon as next week, sources say.
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Can’t Find Your Keys? Ask Your Kinect Where They Are
June 11, 2012If you’re prone to misplacing items around the house and also a Kinect owner, computer science researchers at the University of Virginia have an interesting new solution for you.
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Surgeons Go Hands-Free With Microsoft’s Kinect
June 10, 2012Microsoft’s Kinect motion camera isn’t just a gaming tool anymore. Doctors in the UK have been using it to control medical imaging during surgical procedures — a task that, up until now, had to be carried out through an assistant.
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Google Steps Up Microsoft Rivalry With Quickoffice Acquisition
June 6, 2012In a move that could represent a gauntlet in a battle for mobile office suite share between Google and Microsoft, the former company acquired document, presentation and spreadsheet editor Quickoffice, which is available for most smartphone platforms.
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ShakeID System Distinguishes Multiple Touch Screen Users Through Their Smartphones
June 5, 2012Using a Kinect camera and smartphone accelerometers, Microsoft Research has come up with a creative solution to distinguish between multiple user inputs on a large-screen touch display.
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Internet Explorer, Xbox Music, And Nike+ Kinect Training At Microsoft’s E3 Press Conference
June 4, 2012On top of demoing gameplay of several upcoming triple A titles, including Halo 4 and Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, Microsoft debuted some interesting new features coming to the entertainment console this year.
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