Microsoft has officially announced that two updates for Windows Phone 7 will be released this year bringing tons of new features in addition to the much awaited Copy / Paste feature which will be added in the first update, due out by March. This update will also bring CDMA support and some performance enhancements. Another major update scheduled for later this year will add improved multitasking, simultaneous game play with an Xbox 360 using Kinect, Twitter integration and full Internet Explorer 9 browsing experience.  Read more...

Permalink: Windows Phone 7 To Get Multitasking, Xbox Kinect Support, Internet Explorer 9 & Twitter Integration [Video]

We all know that PlayStation 3′s latest firmware 3.56 does not allow any jailbreaking / homebrew available so far meaning all PS3′s need to be updated from 3.55 firmware to the latest in order to access PSN online. Doing so obviously requires giving up all the homebrew fun. Until a few days back, a simple DNS trick seemed to bypass this firmware update requirement allowing you to connect PSN while staying on 3.55 firmware, which now appears to have finally been blocked by Sony. But luckily, another workaround has just been discovered which lets you access PSN once again on your PS3 3.55 custom firmware.  Read more...

Permalink: Another Workaround Found To Connect PSN Online On PlayStation 3 Firmware 3.55 [VIDEO]

The long awaited Internet Explorer 9 Release Candidate (RC) has just gone live and is now available for download via official links from Microsoft. The company is planning to unveil the IE 9 RC at a special event in San Francisco today. Internet Explorer 9 introduces tons of new features and security enhancements such as Tracking Protection, a new privacy feature and ActiveX filter that adds the ability to block ActiveX controls.  Read more...

Permalink: Microsoft Releases Internet Explorer 9 (Release Candidate) For Download!

Windows Phone 7 has been hyped beyond limits by Microsoft, so much that you would think it’s even better than iOS and Android. Sadly, the reality is far from it. Apart from the UI, there’s not much to talk boast about yet. That might change with time as Microsoft fixes the crappy scrolling and zooming performance in Marketplace apps. Anyhow, one of the first killer apps for us has arrived on Windows Phone 7, and it’s called Flory IM.  Read more...

Permalink: Flory IM with Support for Google Talk Is Now Available for All Windows Phone 7 Users

Every year, Microsoft posts a huge loss for their online services. Still, they keep trying to push new features that they ‘think’ that users want such as making Windows Live Messenger a bloated mess and making Hotmail more useless with every update ( hint: learn from Gmail, Microsoft ). A user, Dan Bull, has sent us his rap song that summarizes all the issues with these Windows Live services and why they annoy us.  Read more...

Permalink: New Rap Song Explains the Failures of Microsoft’s Windows Live Services

Despite no official word from Microsoft on a release date yet, a pretty strong rumor suggests the long awaited first update for Windows Phone 7 will eventually drop on February 7th according to a report from mowindowsphone.fr, a french website. It is believed that this download will feature the Copy / Paste feature, something which should have been included in the OS at launch. A number of performance upgrades and UI enhancements are also expected in this WP7 update.  Read more...

Permalink: Windows Phone 7 Update To Be Released On February 7th?

Here we go again with yet another Kinect hack, only this time, its a music video. Yes, thats right! An amazing “ghostly” music video with over two minutes of runtime has been made using Microsoft’s Kinect, the motion sensor for the Xbox360 gaming console. The video is Echo Lake – Young Silence and was shot by Dan Nixon and Dom Jones in December last year while it took them another two months to make it look like what it is now. Check it out below!  Read more...

Permalink: Ghost Music Video Shot With Microsoft Kinect [VIDEO]

Finally, we have a new Messenger app for Windows Phone 7, Li’Messenger that’s actually pleasant to use although with some features lacking that might get resolved in the next version, we hope. Li’Messenger is a free app without any ads and seems way faster than the semi-official Messenger app that was already available in the MarketPlace which honestly, no one likes. Li’Messenger, on the other hand, has a small footprint, it’s fast, designed using Metro in mind and connects directly to Windows Live. It also supports signing in from more than one place so you can be signed in to Messenger from your desktop, Xbox and your WP7 at the same time. The Messenger app by Miyowa doesn’t allow this.  Read more...

Permalink: Li’Messenger: Best Messenger/Facebook Chat App for Windows Phone 7 with Some Compromises

Here’s a look at Microsoft’s history in an infographic created by Train Signal and discovered by Winrumors. Gives you an interesting insight of how Microsoft got to where it is now. And despite all the attention Apple and Google get by the press, Microsoft is the world’s largest software company and is here to stay.  Read more...

Permalink: History of Microsoft [Inforgraphic]

Microsoft advertisement has taken a U-turn ever since Windows 7 launched. There ads have meaning now and actually make sense to the average consumer. They show off why you should use the product and what its benefits are. The latest round of commercials from Microsoft does just that; show off the wonderful features of digitally connected devices and services in Microsoft’s ecosystem.  Read more...

Permalink: Microsoft’s New Commercials Promote Windows Phone 7 and Windows Live Services