The introduction of multitasking and background processes to Windows Phone 7 in the upcoming 'Mango' update have clearly caught the eye of some big players in the mobile app space, with some new apps being announced today by Microsoft.
Microsoft today announced a new Software Development Kit for its Kinect hardware allowing developers to bring Kinect-controlled applications to Windows.
Yes you read that right! Windows 8 Build 7850 (final M1) has managed to slip through and has landed into the wild. The Build number of the leaked 6.1.7850.0.winmain_win8m1.100922-1508_x86fre_client-enterprise_en-us.iso is 6.1.7850.0.winmain_win8m1.100922-1508 which means that it was compiled on 22nd September 2010.
It seems everyone wants their own app store these days, and if these leaked screenshots are to be believed, Microsoft is no different.
Microsoft might be working on creating a rival tablet operating system but that hasn't stopped the boys from Redmond bringing its Bing app to Apple's iPad. This is the fifth app which has come out of Microsoft for the iPhone/iOS platform, the other four being OneNote for iPhone, Bing for iPhone, Seadragon Mobile, and Microsoft Tag.
With Windows 8 screenshots now starting to leak out, it was only a matter of time before the Windows modding community set about their task of bringing as many Windows 8 features to Windows 7 as possible. That process has begun with the release of TaskBar UserTile.
NoDo, the elusive Windows Phone 7 update that brings such liveliness as copy and paste to the platform has been rolling out slowly for a week or so now. The problem is, you need to wait for your particular carrier to deem you worthy of such a fantastic update, as if you haven't suffered enough. Now thanks to a clever chappy with a blog post, you too can copy and paste to your heart's content.
Kinect sure has been to places it wasn't designed for. Such is the power of hacking the devices and using them to your benefit. We have previously seen Kinect hacked to work with PlayStation 3. Not just that, some clever folks took just 24 hours to turn GMail's April fools joke into a working reality using Kinect, and much more.
We're actually surprised it took someone this long, but just 24 hours after Google's brilliant Gmail Motion April Fools joke appeared, it's been turned into reality.
With Windows 8 getting closer to the finished article and getting into more hands each day, it was always inevitable leaks would happen. Today we're treated to a picture of the new Windows 8 wallpaper.
