Posts Tagged ‘microsoft’
Opinion: Google TV? How about Google Games »
Google's announcement that it would bring Android to TV sets changes the game significantly, not least by putting the search giant head-to-head with games console makers, says Adam Maguire. The announcement that Google would make a TV platform has been met with quiet interest as the industry tries to gauge exactly what this will mean for ...Read On »
Hotmail to get new features & facelift »
Microsoft has announced that its free mail service Hotmail will be given new features and a face-lift in the months ahead. The change will help the client integrate better with other web services and Microsoft's own Office applications and will renew the battle between the service and its rivals Gmail and Yahoo Mail. As part of the overhaul ...Read On »
Feature: Digitising the Nation »
Through this week's 'Digitise The Nation' event Joan Mulvihill, CEO of the Irish Internet Association (IIA), wants to see every businessperson and consumer make the net a part of their lives. Quite an ambitious pitch for someone less than six months in the job. Given her role it should be no surprise that Ms Mulvihill is passionate about ...Read On »
Microsoft’s Natal confirmed for October launch »
A Microsoft spokesperson has confirmed that its Natal peripheral for the Xbox 360 will have an international launch this October, just in time for the lucrative Christmas market in Ireland. Speaking on GamerTagRadio Syed Bilal Tariq, Microsoft's marketing manager for Saudi Arabia said an exact date would be announced at next month's E3 ...Read On »
Opinion: HP show they are tuned in to tablets »
Recent manoeuvres by HP has shown it understands the burgeoning tablet market better than Microsoft currently does, says Adam Maguire. It was with great fanfare that Steve Ballmer took to the stage at CES this year to unveil the HP Slate, or at least that is how he is likely to recount the story. In reality the big reveal of the ...Read On »
Feature: Microsoft return fire in the browser wars »
That Microsoft is now airing prime-time television ads to promote Internet Explorer 8 says more than its competitors' bragging ever could. Years of security threats and innovation by more nimble rivals has given the iconic browser brand a bad reputation and shrinking market share; both of which Microsoft is now trying to reverse. Just a few ...Read On »
Microsoft unveils Kin handsets »
Microsoft has unveiled two much-anticipated phones under the new 'Kin' brand. Both the Kin One and Kin Two are touch-screen devices with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard and run on an operating system unique from the company's existing Windows Mobile platform. The phones - which will launch in May in the US - come on the back of Microsoft's ...Read On »
Review: Microsoft Bluetooth Mobile Keyboard 6000 »
With the kind of style you would not usually associate with Microsoft, this portable keyboard is sure to be a useful accessory for netbook users that find their keyboards to be that little bit too fiddly. Keyboards are not exactly something you would – or for that matter should – get too excited about. That said they are extremely ...Read On »
Opinion: Aesthetics matter – especially in »
Aesthetic experience matters in all other aspects of life so why, asks Jason Walsh, do software developers treat it like a frivolous luxury? Steve Jobs is a pompous ass – but he gets one thing right: aesthetics matter. Anyone who knows anything of Jobs's history will know his obsession with aesthetics. Most tech-inclined people dismiss ...Read On »
Opera readying browser for iPhone »
Norwegian software firm Opera is to submit a version of its web browser for the iPhone next week. The app will need to be approved by Apple before it becomes available to users but if it does it will be the first major browser alternative available to iPhone users. Opera claims its iPhone software will cut a connection's data traffic by up ...Read On »
