The new Kin phone from Microsoft is aimed at the younger, social networking type of people. It’s definitely not something I’d use, myself. Gigaom takes a look at what to expect with the phone.
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While I don’t talk about Apple products on this site, this was too good to pass up. The iPad finally has multitasking ability! However, it is only done through the help with Microsoft. Not to mention using a 15 year old operating system. This guy got his iPad to run Windows 95, although slowly. Not bad at all. The more I see the iPad in action, the less I feel I need one. Maybe I’m missing the point?
With the economic slump in the US right now, it’s nice to know that Microsoft is contributing to 13.6% of the gross state product for the State of Washington. Great job, Microsoft. That’s a pretty large sum for a single company.
Additionally, according to a 2009 study by the Milken Institute, 23.4 of North America’s software jobs are in the Seattle area, thanks to Microsoft and its affiliated companies. That gives Jet City “a decisive lead in this category,” the study states.
We’ve all seen the Seinfeld and Gates commercials, some have seen the Family Guy promo’s. I’m not sure if you were as confused as I was as to where they were trying to go with them. I thought it was a joke, or possibly a Mac ad with a Bill Gates look a like at first. But, I have to admit: it did get our attention. May not have had the attention that Microsoft wanted, but they definitely got us to perk our ears up a bit. TechFlash tries to answer the question with an interview with David Webster, from Microsoft.
Well, mystery solved, I guess. Today I sat down for a surprisingly entertaining discussion with David Webster, the chief strategy officer in Microsoft’s central marketing group. We talked about lots of interesting and wonky tech business stuff, such as how the company is attempting to make its advertising more persistent and true-to-life, and how it’s trying to shape its overall brand image not through a broader corporate campaign but instead by aiming to project a consistent personality through the advertising for its individual products.
A few people, and a lot of businesses notoriously wait for the first service pack to upgrade to a new operating system. eWeek has compiled a list of 10 reasons why you don’t need to wait for the upcoming (and already leaked on torrents) service pack to upgrade to Windows 7.
But Windows 7 is a different story altogether. It doesn’t have the kind of issues that XP and Vista did when they first hit store shelves. It’s a robust operating system that can be relied on even before the first service pack is released. Simply put, users who are on the fence about Windows 7 shouldn’t wait for Service Pack 1.
GeekSmack has released screenshots and information on the upcoming Service Pack 1 for Windows 7. While this is a leaked version, it is a recent build, from March 27th. Fast install, hopefully a few fixes not available yet. SP1 is also supposed to support USB3, and a better Bluetooth and WLAN stack. No word on those, though.
The install process is much of what you would expect from a service pack installer, but one thing I noticed is the installation is MUCH faster than the install process for service packs on Vista was, which is a very welcome change.
Microsoft has stated that the still in development Windows Server 8 will support only 64-bit processors, minus the Intel Itanium. This is good news for most, as most (if not all) server grade processors are already 64-bit and have been for quite some time. Some of us still have older servers for development and testing and will be forced to upgrade, which is a shame (ok, it’s a great excuse to upgrade my home server!).
With the advent of Windows Server 2008 R2, Microsoft dropped support for 32-bit (x86) CPUs. In fact, at this point in time, the best choice for customers running servers with x86 processors, as far as Windows Server is concerned, is to run the plain vanilla version of Windows Server 2008. Reger argued that it was only natural for Windows Server vNext to move on from Itanium, just as Windows Server 2008 R2 moved on from 32-bit processors.
Microsoft has released the newest update to allow it’s XBox 360 console to use USB memory sticks for your storage. It has a 16 GB limit, and you can use any USB drive you can get. Of course, Microsoft will be selling it’s own branded drives for a few bucks more than what you can buy from any other vendor: $70 for 16 GB or $40 for 8 GB. A little steep for something that normally costs so little.
Microsoft has been aggressively upping the storage ante for its Xbox 360 console of late. Two weeks ago, the Redmond outfit released a 250GB standalone hard drive with transfer kit after previously saying the company had no plans to do so. Could Blu-ray be next? Don’t hold your breath.
Microsoft has sent invitations to various bloggers about the newest thing coming from Microsoft. The invitation only said “It’s time to share”. That’s pretty vague, but the masses on the Internet seem to think it’s the new release for the Microsoft Pink phone series.
The Wall Street Journal reported that’s indeed the case
Those with the new Zune HD can update to the newest firmware, Version 4.5.
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