Microsoft’s Kin One and Kin Two Get Release Dates

Microsoft officially announced this morning that their upcoming Kin One and Kin Two phones will be available online for preorder starting May 6, with Verizon’s in-store rollout to follow on May 13. This comes days after leaked internal report...

Microsoft’s SQL Server R2 is finalized

Microsoft announced on Wednesday that the MSDN subscribers will have SQL Server 2008 R2’s finalized version on 3 May and the general download starts on 13 May. It comes with a set of BI (business intelligence) capabilities. Previously it is known as...

Microsoft defends the security in Windows 7 OS

Microsoft has clarified that the defensive measures in Windows 7 OS are not meant to prevent from each and every attack forever. This came out because of the Pwn2Own hacking contest.  Various security experts circumvented the security measures in the...

Microsoft Set To Kickstart E3 2010 With Special ‘Natal’ Event

With E3 2010 fastly approaching in June, the ‘Big Three’ are gearing up to what is expected to be one of the best E3′s in quite some time. E3, which is the Electronic Entertainment Expo, is one of the biggest gaming media events in...

Microsoft Patents New Automated Purchase System for Xbox Live DLC

Microsoft has recently filed for a new patent with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, regarding Xbox Live and a new system for downloadable content to be purchased. This new automated system, regarded as “ATDDC” (Automated Transaction...

480 x 800 Pixel Displays for the First Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Series devices

Last week, Microsoft tipped its hand on the fundamentals of writing software for its brand new mobile operating system. It was confirmed that Silverlight and XNA will be the mode to building software that operates on the Windows Phone 7 series that are...

Bungie Hints At Next Big Project

When Bungie revealed to the gaming world that Halo Reach would be it’s last entry into the Halo universe, at E3 2009, they left many wondering what their next project could be. Could it be another Marathon game? Or possibly a sequel to Oni? Or...

Microsoft: Blu-Ray is NOT the “Future of Home Entertainment”

According to CVG, Microsoft strongly believes that ‘digital media’, and not Blu-Ray, is the “future of home entertainment”. Ever since HD DVD gave up and backed out of the ‘next-gen’ format, there have always been rumors...

Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 Series To Have Xbox Live Integration and 3D Gaming; XNA Game Studio 4.0

The Zune HD has been out for almost 6 months now, and has shown itself to be the definitive music player to rival Apple’s iPod Touch, but the idea of using Zune’s software and interface into a mobile phone operating system has been in...

Details About Microsoft’s “Courier” Emerge as Apple Announces Release Dates For iPad

Back in September of 2009, when the rumors of Apple’s tablet, now the iPad, were running rapid and fierce throughout the interwebs, Engadget reported on a leaked prototype tablet computer called “Courier”, that was released by Microsoft....