Microsoft

When will Skype be ready for prime time?

When will Skype be ready for prime time?

Jun 7, 2011

When Microsoft purchased Skype last month for $8.5 billion, we viewed it as a step forward for both companies in...

Windows 8 user interface

Windows 8 user interface

Jun 4, 2011

After reading some of the thoughts and speculations about Windows 8 over the past few days, it's possible that Microsoft...

Microsoft is making money on phones… by patent trolling

Microsoft is making money on phones… by patent trolling

May 27, 2011

Microsoft always knew they would be successful in the mobile phone industry. With the Windows Phone 7 not making the...

Infographic of Microsoft’s vast legacy of acquisition

Infographic of Microsoft’s vast legacy of acquisition

May 20, 2011

Courtesy of information designer Robin Richards, check this out: a visual map of all 264 companies Microsoft has acquired in...

New memoir paints less than positive portrait of Bill Gates

New memoir paints less than positive portrait of Bill Gates

May 12, 2011

Although he’s not quite the household name as Bill Gates, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is undeniably an incredibly influential technology...

Microsoft grabs Skype. Now what?

Microsoft grabs Skype. Now what?

May 10, 2011

Microsoft announced this morning that they are moving forward with plans to buy Skype for $8.5 billion in cash from...

Kinect armchair takes laziness to its logical conclusion

Kinect armchair takes laziness to its logical conclusion

Apr 15, 2011

Sit back, and relax. For the rest of your life. Quite possibly the coolest Kinect hack yet has come from...

Microsoft’s Window 8 AppX technology outed

Microsoft’s Window 8 AppX technology outed

Apr 5, 2011

Yes, Microsoft is making great strides with Windows 8. Yes, Microsoft is making a document reader. Yes, it is a...

Nokia and Windows Phone 7 To Miss 2011

Nokia and Windows Phone 7 To Miss 2011

Mar 15, 2011

Microsoft and Nokia have one thing in common: they like to do things extraordinarily slow. It appears that their newfound...

Kinect ‘Evil Genius Simulator’ Hack is the Most Dangerous To Date

Kinect ‘Evil Genius Simulator’ Hack is the Most Dangerous To Date

Mar 14, 2011

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNN4Oo0KhZo If there's one thing the Kinect is good for, it's facilitating interesting and downright clever hacks. Obviously. If you...

Microsoft’s Kinect Trumps Apple for ‘Fastest-Selling’ Device Title

Microsoft’s Kinect Trumps Apple for ‘Fastest-Selling’ Device Title

Mar 9, 2011

What outpaced the ubiquitous Apple iPad and iPhone in terms of sales? According to the Guinness World Records, it’s the...

One Billion Reasons Nokia Likes the Microsoft Deal

One Billion Reasons Nokia Likes the Microsoft Deal

Mar 8, 2011

Let the money exchange flow both ways. That's what is starting to transpire in the Nokia/Microsoft deal and there are...