Avatar Kinect for Xbox Live will be launched on July 27, by Microsoft.
Permalink: Microsoft Xbox Live Avatar Kinect To Be Released on July 27
The telecommunications company Nortel’s patents have now been sold to the Rockstar Consortium which includes Apple, Microsoft, Sony and Research In Motion after U.S. and Canada courts approved the transaction.
Permalink: Nortel Patents Now Officialy Sold To Apple, Microsoft, Sony and RIM
During the World Partner Conference, Microsoft announced that their Windows Phone Marketplace now has over 22,000 applications, and they also unveiled several new Windows Phone devices.
Permalink: Microsoft: Windows Phone Marketplace Has 22,000 Apps, New Phones Announced [Updated, Video]
Microsoft has released Windows Live Essentials 2011 with improved performance and SSL support for Windows Live Mail. There build for this update is 15.4.3538.0513. The 2011 essentials update brings enhancements to photo uploading in Mail, improved voice and video quality in Live Messenger and address issues regarding crashes in Photo Gallery.
Permalink: Windows Live Essentials 2011 Available For Download [Build 15.4.3538]
A few days ago, I gave you the run down on how to install WP7 Mango on your device. Well now, if you own the HTC HD2, it’s gotten a whole lot easier. All it takes is 2 downloads, 4 steps and some time. And you will be running the new version of WP7, code named Mango.
Permalink: [How To] Install Windows Phone 7 Mango Beta on HTC HD2 in 4 Easy Steps!
Microsoft has released it’s latest update of Bing this afternoon for the iPad. The major enhancement in the new version is the new way of copying and pasting inside the app using the Lasso feature.
Permalink: Bing App for iPad Updated with new Lasso Copy and Paste!
Xbox 360 users are getting the Cloud storage feature this week which will allow them to download and even resume games on other Xbox 360 consoles. Games will automatically be saved to the Xbox LIVE Cloud storage eliminating the need of carrying them on portable memory unit or an Xbox hard drive. A gamertag recovery feature is also being phased out by Microsoft in favour of the new cloud storage support. Users simply need to sign-in to their Xbox LIVE account and can access all their game data.
Permalink: Xbox 360 Cloud Storage Is Available Now!
Last weekend, a leaked copy of Gears Of War 3 somehow found its way to a number of torrent sites over the internet. The game contains the full campaign for single player as well as multiplayer modes. Though it only works on modded Xbox 360 consoles and has a bunch of bugs and graphical glitches since its a test build copy. It didn’t take long after this for Microsoft to respond with an official statement regarding the leaked GOW 3 copy.
Permalink: Gears Of War 3 Xbox 360 Torrent Leaked, Microsoft Responds!
If you own a Windows Phone, or are just a fanboy of it, then you are most likely aware of the new Mango update that has been seeded to select developers recently as a part of the beta program. Well, a hack has been discovered to trick Microsoft into thinking you have a developer phone and getting the update pushed directly to your device. Let’s go through it!
Permalink: [HOW TO] Install Mango Beta for Windows Phone 7 now!
Since the Microsoft Kinect has come to market, hackers everywhere have been writing firmware and drivers for this device to be used in much different ways. Since the Kinect already uses a USB interface, it was very difficult to get that going.
Permalink: iPad used with Kinect for new Augmented Reality Hack!
