Microsoft to introduce Zune Phone with Windows Mobile 7 at MWC
If there is one rumor that tends to come and go and agonizes Windows Mobile fans, it’s the one about a Zune phone. Although it’s not officially confirmed, that Microsoft will be introducing a Zune phone at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this year. More specifically, it will be a with Zune features and capabilities, so it’s not a Zune phone, per se.
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Microsoft to open mobile games studio, develop and incubate Windows Phone 7 titles
12/08/2010 - 01:22
Tags: 7, Mobile, develop, games, incubate, microsoft, open, phone, studio, titles, windows
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Microsoft employees may eat their own dog food, but they won’t have to code cross-platform Windows Phone 7 games in their spare time — Redmond job postings recently revealed that there’s a studio for that, which will develop and publish first- and se…
Hacker intercepts phone calls with homebuilt $1,500 IMSI catcher, claims GSM is beyond repair
01/08/2010 - 03:28
Tags: 1500, calls, catcher, claims, gsm, hacker, homebuilt, imsi, intercepts, phone, repair
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In 2009, Chris Paget showed the world the vulnerabilities of RFID by downloading the contents of US passports from the safety of his automobile. This year, he’s doing the same for mobile phones. Demonstrating at DefCon 2010, the white hat hacker foole…
Microsoft .NET X Java Trailer – LENNY LINUX
07/07/2010 - 12:51
Tags: java, lenny, linux, microsoft, net, trailer
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THE TRUE STORY OF A BOY THAT DISCOVERS THE TRUE POWER OF JAVA AND OPENSOURCE: Dangerously Funny Trailer “Microsoft .NET vs Java” This Is For You IT Tech Geeks Out There…A Little Nerd Humor.
Microsoft’s Bing Growth Stops
Despite the company’s aggressive spending on a TV ad blitz, the latest figures suggest that Microsoft’s Bing search engine has only scored marginal gains in market share. Sometimes, you just can’t buy market share. Judging by the latest analysis from Net Applications, that seems to be the lesson Microsoft is learning with its search engine. [...]
Microsoft confirms: $199 new Xbox 360 and Kinect bundles coming soon
20/06/2010 - 01:10
Tags: 199, 360, bundles, coming, confirms, kinect, microsoft, xbox
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Well, none of this will come as a big surprise here, but it’s always nice to hear it straight from an official source. Microsoft has confirmed that a $199 version of will be coming in the fall to , which is no longer in production. In addition, the company’s also spilled a few more beans — will be available as a bundle with the new Xbox 360, and though there isn’t any official pricing information on that one just yet, we’ve seen some telltale evidence on that front which would lead us to believe it’ll run somewhere in the neighborhood of and $299 for the Arcade. So now you know.
originally appeared on on Sat, 19 Jun 2010 20:10:00 EDT. Please see our .
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Dell Lightning: the ultimate Windows Phone 7 device leaks out
22/04/2010 - 01:13
Tags: 7, dell, device, leaks, lightning, phone, ultimate, windows
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digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/hardware/Dell_Lightning_Windows_Mobile_7_slider_in_Q4_2011′; Hot damn, people. The mother of all Dell leaks just dropped into our laps, and the absolute highlight has to be the Lightning, a Windows Phone 7 portrait slider. That’s right — a portrait slider. The renders on these slides look slick as hell, but they’re no match for the spec sheet, which looks even better: 1GHz QSD8250 Snapdragon processor, WVGA 4.1-inch OLED display, AT&T and T-Mobile 3G, five megapixel autofocus camera, 1GB of flash with 512MB RAM plus 8GB of storage on a MicroSD card (non-user-replaceable, we’re assuming), GPS, accelerometer, compass, FM radio, and full Flash support including video playback. Release date is pegged at Q4, so this is obviously a WP7 launch device, but here’s the real kicker — other slides in the deck indicate this thing is getting an upgrade to in Q4 of 2011. Are we stoked? Yes, you might say that. Check out all the slides in the gallery below, and stay tuned — this storm of leaks isn’t nearly over.
originally appeared on on Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:13:00 EST. Please see our .
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Editorial: Engadget on Microsoft Kin
If you’ve been following , you know that Microsoft’s Kin aren’t your average smartphones. They don’t have a big, bright screen, a particularly fast processor or a robust app store filled with thousands of third-party programs. They’re just a pair of with high-res cameras, running a MOTOBLUR-like OS that aggregates your social networks , while smartly in cloud storage for future reference. What does that juxtaposition mean for the cellphone market? Honestly, we can’t quite agree — so we’re going to let the roving, mobile minds at Engadget HQ speak for themselves.
originally appeared on on Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:02:00 EST. Please see our .
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Microsoft shows off Internet Explorer 9: says ‘yes’ to HTML5, ‘no’ to Windows XP
17/03/2010 - 00:35
Tags: 9, explorer, html5, internet, microsoft, shows, windows, xp
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Microsoft is having a good old time at , showing off all sorts of new things. New things like… , which has just been previewed at the developer event, and here’s what we’ve gleaned about it so far. First off, as expected it will , boast a new Microsoft JavaScript engine which is codenamed “Chakra,” and it’ll support new-fangled web technologies like CSS3 and SVG2. Microsoft says one of its main goals with IE9 is to provide a faster browsing experience — always good news — though they don’t have things cranked quite as high as the competition just yet (remember, this is still early). Preliminary ACID3 tests on the preview show the IE9 scores a 55/100 up from IE8′s dismal 20/100 — a huge leap forward no doubt, but still a far cry from Chrome and Safari’s scores of nearly 100. In both PCMag‘s and ZDNet’s SunSpider JavaScript Benchmark test, the preview performed competitively as well. Microsoft has also confirmed that IE9 will not support Windows XP, but the preview Microsoft is showing off plays nice with Vista SP2 and higher, meaning the shipping version will probably do the same. No shockers there, really. Microsoft’s also made the first developer preview of Internet Explorer 9 available for download today — hit the source link to check that out.
originally appeared on on Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:35:00 EST. Please see our .
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Microsoft confirms accuracy of old, pre-’reboot’ Windows Mobile 7 leaks
16/03/2010 - 00:35
Tags: 7, Mobile, accuracy, confirms, leaks, microsoft, prereboot, windows
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Remember those from way back in 2008? You know — those ones that look absolutely nothing like the so-called Metro UI that is actually using? Well, Microsoft’s Albert Shum — one of WP7S’ chief designers who we had the pleasure of meeting back at MWC — just confirmed the accuracy of those leaks in a session here at . Discussing the reboot of the WinMo 7 program that happened inside Microsoft about a year ago, Shum flashed a slide showing eight of those infamous shots featuring those crazy bottom-aligned battery and signal meters along with WinMo 6.x-ish ID oozing from every nook and cranny. Needless to say, a clean-slate approach was sorely needed, and that’s exactly where Metro ended up coming into play — but be honest: is there anyone out there that would’ve still preferred the old leak in a production device?
originally appeared on on Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:35:00 EST. Please see our .
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Go Mobile! Series: Enhanced click-to-call phone numbers
02/03/2010 - 15:51
Tags: Mobile, clicktocall, enhanced, numbers, phone, series
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Recently, we announced new click-to-call phone numbers for local ads that appear on mobile devices with full internet browsers, like iPhone, Android or Palm Pre. This week, we’re bringing the same click-to-call benefits to national advertisers through …
