Archive for the ‘Microsoft’ Category

Facebook Adds Skype Video Chat Feature

Friday, July 8th, 2011

Facebook has announced a partnership with Skype to add video chat to the social networking site. The move is likely to be seen as a shot across the bow of Google, which recently launched a Facebook rival, Google+, also featuring video calling. This is not the first time Facebook and Skype have ...

Gallery Of Gadgets Collected Over 35 Years

Sunday, June 19th, 2011

[caption id="attachment_578" align="alignright" width="280" caption="HTC Advantage X7501 Smartphone"][/caption] Over the past 30 years, designer, writer, and Microsoft researcher Bill Buxton has been collecting input and interactive devices whose design struck him as interesting, useful, or important. In the process, he has assembled a good collection of the history of pen computing, pointing ...

Mobile Application Architecture Pocket Guide

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

Microsoft’s pattern and practice team released a pocket architecture guide for Windows mobile developers as well as for architectures. Windows Mobile Application architecture pocket guide provides real world information and best practices for mobile development. The purpose of the Mobile Application Architecture Pocket Guide is to improve your Effectiveness when building ...

Microsoft Bids For Yahoo!

Friday, February 1st, 2008

Microsoft Corp. announced that it has made a proposal to the Yahoo! Inc. Board of Directors to acquire all the outstanding shares of Yahoo! common stock for per share consideration of $31 representing a total equity value of approximately $44.6 billion. Microsoft’s proposal would allow the Yahoo! shareholders to ...

Xbox 360 Referral – Ten Xbox Live Arcade Games Free

Wednesday, November 21st, 2007

Microsoft announced a referral program, where current Xbox 360 owners can refer a friend to Xbox 360 and both get 10 free Xbox Live Arcade (XBLA) games. Participants simply fill out the form together, then send off as instructed to both receive incredible ten Xbox Live Arcade titles, which include the ...

Microsoft and Novell Open Linux-Windows Interoperability Lab

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

Microsoft Corp. and Novell Inc. today announced the opening of the Microsoft and Novell Interoperability Lab in Cambridge, Mass. Announced last fall as part of Microsoft and Novell’s groundbreaking collaboration agreement, the opening of the lab delivers on a promise the two companies made to work together to create ...