Posts Tagged ‘microsoft’

  • Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse
    Microsoft announced its all-new Arc Touch Mouse, “the first mouse designed to flatten for portability and pop up for comfort.” The mouse goes from curved to flat with just the touch of a finger for ultimate portability and users can just collapse the Arc Touch Mouse to turn it off, and pop it up to turn on. It is even more portable than the original foldable...
    by Gideon S at September 2nd, 2010 at 10:09 am
  • Microsoft XUI concept video series finale “Play”
    The third and finale concept video in the Microsoft XUI series, “Play”, has now been officially published online by Invivia, the makers of the video. In contrast to the previous “Home” and “Work” videos released over a year ago, it is by far the most bizarre and incoherent of them all. Although August de los Reyes screened this during...
    by Sushil at September 1st, 2010 at 10:09 pm
  • XBox 360 Wireless Controller gets Transforming D-Pad
    Microsoft introduces the new XBOX 360 wireless controller with a D-pad that can be rotated to adapt to the user’s gameplay and transforms from a plus to a disc offering precision, accuracy, and control for both directional and sweeping movements. Use the D-pad in “plus” format for cardinal directional moves. Use the D-pad in “disc” format...
    by Sushil at September 1st, 2010 at 06:09 am
  • Windows Phone 7′s MyPhone site teased
    During my last day at TechEd Australia 2010, I spotted this interesting image flashed briefly on one of the promotional video loops for Windows Phone 7 at the Microsoft booth. On closer inspection, it appears to be a screenshot of the upcoming MyPhone portal on Windows Live for Windows Phone 7. Although it’s fairly hard to see exactly what type of features are...
    by at August 26th, 2010 at 10:08 pm
  • Microsoft to publish extra code to make third party WP7 apps more consistent
    At TechEd Australia this week, Microsoft’s Peter Torr suggested that the Windows Phone team will ship more sample code after the final release of the Windows Phone 7 SDK to close the last few inches between first-party and third-party applications. Unlike the panoramic and pivot controls which are coming to complete the core SDK, an example of the extra code Microsoft...
    by Sushil at August 26th, 2010 at 01:08 am
  • Microsoft explores natural user interface ideas with interactive paper prototypes
    During August de los Reyes‘ presentation on natural user interfaces at TechEd Australia 2010 today, he showed off a really interesting video produced internally at Microsoft for the purpose of demonstration a natural user interface prototype with nothing but paper sketches and stop-motion animation. August who references Microsoft Research’s Bill Buxton, the...
    by Sushil at August 25th, 2010 at 01:08 am
  • Microsoft goes Willy Wonka for Windows Phone 7 giveaways at TechEd Australia 2010
    At TechEd Australia 2010 this week, Microsoft is handing out 250 blocks of chocolate with Windows Phone 7-branded packaging at various sessions and activities for correctly answering quizzes. Although they might look like nothing more than ordinary gifts, but for a few lucky people, chocolate is not all you will find inside. For five lucky people (pretty good odd),...
    by at August 24th, 2010 at 09:08 pm
  • Local Windows Phone 7 apps showcased at TechEd Australia 2010
    At the TechEd Australia 2010 keynote today, Microsoft Australia’s Dave Glover took a minute to highlight a few interesting locally-developed Windows Phone 7 applications specifically for the Australian market. The first was TelstraOne, an integrated information hub from the local telecommunications carrier, surfacing general and sports news, Australian weather...
    by Sushil at August 24th, 2010 at 06:08 am
  • Clever Aussie Microsoft Office 2010 ad lets you personalize your own magazine cover
    When’s the last time an ad gave you a freebie made just for you? Well Microsoft Australia has a cool new ad campaign for Office 2010 that not only lets you customize a magazine cover with your own picture and message, but they’ll actually print it and send it out to you for free. Using an interactive pseudo-version of Word 2010 online, anyone will be able...
    by Sushil at August 22nd, 2010 at 12:08 pm
  • XBox 360 Wireless Controller Fable III Limited Edition
    With the upcoming release of the Fable III, developer Lionhead has created this limited edition Fable III XBox 360 wireless controller. This special edition controller is designed after the in-game Crown of Albion. It comes with token for downloading an exclusive in-game tattoo. You can expect this Fable III controller on 5 October for $59.99. [kotaku] Related Posts Microsoft...
    by at August 16th, 2010 at 02:08 am