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Microsoft College Tour 09: mindblowing natural user interface concept demos from Microsoft Research

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:45:00 +0000

tom said: would'nt it be like very anoying??? working on your computer and seeing your background.... reader said: Computer! Tea, Earl Gray, hot.... RsrMusic said: Can't wait till they hack this.. :P Just kidding.. like the concept!... Alex said: Second video shows how you might save on gym by ...

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PC demand did not grow significantly after Windows 7 launch, say PC vendors

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:31:34 +0000

Monica Chen, Taipei; Joseph Tsai, DIGITIMES [Friday 6 November 2009] Demand for PCs and hardware did not turn strong after the launch of Windows 7 in late October and is unlikely to do so in 2009 due to most Windows Vista users not needing to replace their PCs in order to upgrade to ...

DV Hardware found this 33 hours ago on digitimes.com

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Sony Shows Off Primitive Surface Computer, Pats Self On Back

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 01:47:14 +0000

Color us a little confused by this one. Sony has been showing off a surface computer of sorts . The system was constructed with Atracsys and utilizes a camera to track the locations of your fingers, meaning you don’t have to physically touch anything. For some reason, it’s being shown off on a ...

willsmith posted 24 hours ago from maximumpc.com

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Windows 7 Launch Did Not Grow PC Sales as Hoped

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:46:00 +0000

PC vendors were hoping that the launch of the much anticipated Windows 7 would result in a sales boost. The first reports from those vendors, however, are not painting a very rosy picture . Most vendors report only modest increases in sales. We know that sales of standalone upgrade licenses ...

willsmith posted 25 hours ago from maximumpc.com

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Natural user interface is future of PC industry, says Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 15:16:00 +0000

Marvin Ma, Taipei; Adam Hwang, DIGITIMES [Thursday 5 November 2009] While the PC industry has seen many improvements and developments in innovation over the past 20 years, the focus of development over the next 20 years for the industry will focus on delivering a more natural user ...

The Tech Report: News found this 2 days ago on digitimes.com

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Nvidia Tegra 2 to double performance, arrive next year?

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:12:00 +0000

Nvidia's Tegra has gained a decent amount of popularity in recent months. It currently forms the brains of Microsoft's Zune HD and is poised to capitalize on smartphones too. With the company hoping its system-on-a-chip product to account for as much as 50% of their revenue in the next few ...

juliofranco posted 33 hours ago from techspot.com

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Sapphire Radeon HD5850 1GB Graphics Card

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 03:14:14 +0000

We recently took a look at Sapphire's HD5750 in this review , and now we're going to see what one of the bigger, faster siblings of the new DirectX 11 capable HD5XXX family has to offer. The main focus of this review is to feature Sapphire 's Radeon HD5850 1GB graphics card, but as an ...

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Google CEO: "We Won't Repeat Microsoft's Mistakes"

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:04:55 +0000

During an interview with the Fox Business Network, Google CEO Eric Schmidt said his company has learned from Microsoft's past follies in terms of antitrust issues and letting the competition catch up. "Hopefully we won't repeat the mistakes that Microsoft made 10 years ago that ...

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Microsoft Revamps Pricing for Online Business Suite

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:02:45 +0000

Microsoft's Business Productivity Online Suite , the company's cloud-based communication and collaboration SaaS, now sports a new pricing model, more storage, and an international expansion that adds 15 additional countries and regions, according to TechCrunchIT. That's great news for the ...

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Google CEO: Hopefully we won't repeat Microsoft's past mistakes

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 08:42:00 +0000

Eric Schmidt appeared on Fox Business Network tonight for an extensive interview with host Neil Cavuto, who pressed the Google CEO a couple times over whether the company has the potential to become the next Microsoft when it comes to antitrust issues and its attempts to fend off new Internet ...

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NVIDIA Reports Financial Results for Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2010

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 08:42:00 +0000

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Nov. 5, 2009—NVIDIA Corp. (Nasdaq: NVDA) today reported revenue of $903.2 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2010 ended Oct. 25, 2009, up 16 percent from the previous quarter and up slightly from $897.7 million reported in the same period a year earlier.

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Steam weekend sale: Mass Effect for $10

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:34:00 +0000

Steam is hosting yet another fantastic weekend sale with a 50%-off, $10 copy of Mass Effect. Originally released for PC in May 2008, Mass Effect is an action role-playing game developed by BioWare (Demiurge Studios handled the PC port).

juliofranco posted 2 days ago from techspot.com

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Patch Tuesday to bring six security bulletins

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 21:12:00 +0000

Microsoft has detailed next week's Patch Tuesday in a post at the Microsoft Security Response Center. This time around, Redmond will issue six security bulletins -- far less than last month's record breaking 13 bulletins. Three of the six bulletins listed are rated critical -- the highest ...

juliofranco posted 2 days ago from techspot.com

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Microsoft security bulletin summary for November 2009

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 21:12:00 +0000

Read the security bulletin advance notification for an overview of the November 10, 2009 security bulletin release. Posted on Thu, November 05 2009

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SophosLabs Sets Out to Prove Windows 7 Has Some Vulnerabilities

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:19:45 +0000

Security firm Sophos recently took it upon itself to run some tests on Windows 7 sans anti-virus software. Sophos used ten unique viruses found in circulation and attempted to infect Windows 7. While many may have thought this would be a foregone conclusion, they wanted to make a point. ...

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Windows 7 crushed Vista in early launch sales

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 18:22:00 +0000

By now, nearly everyone can agree that Windows 7 is at the very least a marginal improvement over Windows Vista, so its success comes as no surprise. According to research by NPD Group, Microsoft sold 234% more boxed versions of Windows 7 than it did Vista during the first couple days of sales. ...

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Microsoft cuts 800 more jobs, exceeds original forecast

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 16:58:00 +0000

Microsoft has announced what it hopes will be the last in a recent series of layoffs aimed at cutting operating costs. Approximately 800 workers spread across multiple business units and locations will be receiving pink slips, going beyond the 5,000 originally announced back in January.

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NVIDIA Tegra to power next-gen Nintendo DS?

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:11:00 +0000

While Microsoft tries to figure out if it should take Tegra -powered Zune HD in a gaming direction or the Xbox in a portable direction, there are wild rumorings from the underground that claim Nintendo is planning on using Tegra to power a next generation DS handheld. The primary source on this ...

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Microsoft Slashes 800 More Jobs

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 15:16:00 +0000

Microsoft cuts 800 more jobs in 2009, which is expected to be the last wave of job cuts

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Microsoft Courier's Swipes, Snips and Scribbles: The Leaked Interface

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 01:23:15 +0000

We've seen slides and videos of Microsoft's Courier booklet in action, but nothing has quite explained how all of these things actually work. This document explains Courier's interface, gestures and features more in-depth than ever before.

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