The world of Windows Phone 7 is starting to hot up these days, with the infamous NoDo update starting to roll out to lucky handset owners. Now the fledgling OS is in the headlines once again thanks to 'The Dark Force Team', a group of hackers who sprung to fame when they managed to get WP7 onto the popular HTC HD2 hardware.
When Microsoft is getting ready to push a new Dashboard update out to our beloved Xbox 360s, the Redmond outfit likes to have a few guinea pigs. You know, a few people to test the new software out in the wild before we get our greasy mits on it. Today they launched a new preview program and you can sign up right now.
Say what you want about Microsoft, but the boys in Redmond sure know how to make some interesting (if useless) technology. Hot on the heels of tech like Surface, and Kinect (OK, not all of it's useless) comes a new way of creating accurate 3D models - using your mobile phone.
Microsoft has finally rolled out the much awaited Windows Phone 7 update, dubbed “NoDo”, for all Windows Phone 7 users, which among other improvements, brings copy/paste functionality to Windows Phone 7 devices.
It's a headline we didn't expect to be writing, but sure enough it's true. One clever hacker has found a way to get the Xbox Kinect to work with Sony's PS3.
Now that the copies of Windows 8 Milestone 3 are available to testers, we have seen several Windows leaks even though Microsoft warns the testers politely through this wallpaper. I mean, if I were a tester, I'd definitely respect the creativity in that wallpaper. Courtesy of one of the liberal testers (in terms of leaking content), we have had yet another view of taskbar in Windows 8. Featured first at MDL (via Neowin), the image shows few more improvements in the upcoming Windows.
Vice president of Epic Games, Mark Rein, in an announcement of Unreal Engine 3 on the iPad, expressed his thoughts on the future of gaming consoles. He thought the future of Xbox gaming console could be a gaming tablet with a built-in Kinect.
It's all official, Microsoft's Xbox Kinect is the fastest selling consumer electronics device ever. According to the people at the Guinness World Records, Microsoft's Kinect sold on average 133,333 units per day over a 60 day period. That totals a mind-boggling 8 million units in two months.
After-Mouse.com is the first company to unveil a retail application based on Microsoft's Kinect hardware and Windows 7.
While not the first OEM application to be ripped from its original hardware companion, HTC's YouTube app is one that's long been coveted. Now, thanks to XDA member Tom Hounsell, the app is available to anyone who wants it.
