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This Amazing 3-D Desktop Was Born at Microsoft

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As reported on Wired. BY RYAN TATE SpaceTop, a 3-D desktop environment you can reach into, was shown at the TED conference today by Jinha Lee, who developed the system during and after his internship at Microsoft Applied Science. Image: TED   LONG BEACH, California – The history of computer revolutions will show a logical progression from the Mac to the iPad to something like this SpaceTop 3-D desktop, if computer genius Jinha Lee has anything to say…

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Linpus Gesture2Launch brings neat, customizable touch control to Windows 8 (hands-on) Hands-on

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As reported on Engadget. By Sharif Sakr You might remember Linpus from its various Linux projects, but these days the outfit is getting into apps in a big way. We’ve just been hands-on with its latest offering, Gesture2Launch, a straightforward concept that could prove seriously useful to those with Windows 8 touch-enabled devices. The current app has default gestures that can be assigned to an array of functions — both to launch applications and to trigger system actions. Most of…

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What’s next for Surface?

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As reported on The Verge. By Tom Warren The Windows 8-powered Surface Pro isn’t perfect, but Microsoft could be onto something The Surface Pro launched last week to divided opinion. Unlike the Surface RTintroduced in October of last year, the Pro swaps Windows RT for a full version of Windows 8 and packs a lot more power in the form of an Intel i5 chip that allows you to run desktop applications and existing games. It adds…

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Microsoft confirms forthcoming Windows Blue upgrade for desktop and phone

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As reported on The Verge. By Nathan Ingraham We already knew that that Windows Blue, Microsoft’s forthcoming OS update that willput the Windows platform on a low-cost, yearly update schedule, was scheduled to launch sometime later this year. Now, we’re seeing the first official mention of Windows Blue via a job posting on Microsoft’s careers site. The job is for a software development engineer who will join the “Core Experience team” to work on “most of…

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Microsoft starts shipping Surface Pros again, promises more to market ‘quickly’

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As reported on Engadget. By Steve Dent Microsoft’s trying to address the recent shortfall of Surface Pro models, and has vowed via its Surface Pro blog to get more into the market “as quickly as we can.” As such, it’s begun dispatching 64GB SKUs to Best Buy, Staples and its own Microsoft Store in the US, with Canada to follow in a few days. 128GB SKUs will ship “later this week” to retailers, according to Redmond, “with some units available…

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Microsoft Has Built An Interactive Video Production Studio In LA, With More Than 150 Employees

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As reported on TechCrunch. by RYAN LAWLER Today at the D: Dive Into Media conference, representatives from Microsoft provided more details on its new video production studio, which will provide a whole new level of interactivity for viewers. Nancy Tellem, Corporate VP of Microsoft’s L.A. Studios, said that the company has already hired 150 employees in its Santa Monica studio in L.A. That’s a huge commitment to creating a whole new type of content for its…

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Microsoft’s new Xbox will include improved Siri-like speech recognition

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As reported on The Verge. By Tom Warren DON’T MISS ANY STORIES FOLLOW THE VERGE 8 inShare Microsoft will greatly improve its speech recognition technology inside the next Xbox,The Verge has learned. Sources familiar with Microsoft’s Xbox plans have revealed that Durango, the codename for the next Xbox, will support wake on voice, natural language controls, and speech-to-text. The improved capabilities mean that Xbox users will be able to walk into a room and simply say “Xbox on”…

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Seriously, This Again? New, Aggressive Marketing From Microsoft Warns Gmail Users That Google Reads Their Email

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As reported on TechCrunch. by SARAH PEREZ Hey Microsoft, 2004 called. It wants its privacy outrage debate back. Microsoft is on the rampage lately, aggressively attacking Google on search, shopping, and email, the latter of which is now featured on Microsoft’s infamous “Scroogled” site where – get this! –  Microsoft goes after Gmail because Google reads your email to target you with ads! Seriously. You have to have a sense of history to get how ridiculous this all is. Let’s go back…

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Microsoft attacks Gmail in revived ‘Scroogled’ campaign

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As reported on The Verge. By Jeff Blagdon So you thought that Microsoft was done lambasting Google with its “Scroogled” ad campaign? Surprise, the company is back with a new “seven figure” offensive, railing against Google’s practice of serving ads based on the body text of your Gmail messages. Under the tagline “Think Google respects your privacy? Think again,”Microsoft explains how its own Outlook.com “prioritizes privacy,” while Google “goes through your personal email” to sell ads. THIS…

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Microsoft rumored to be taking a ‘meaningful look’ at Office for Linux

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As reported on Engadget. By Sharif Sakr  Open source obsessive Michael Larabel says he has it on good authority that Microsoft is considering a native version of Office for Linux. Specifically, the company is taking a “meaningful look” at the idea, now that Linux is showing signs of becoming more of a player in the OS stakes. The information came to Larabel from an unnamed source during the Free Open-Source Developers’ European Meeting (FOSDEM) in Brussels, and this…

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