Posts Tagged ‘microsoft’
Feature: Ten trends for 2010 »
February is already upon us but as fast as the months seem to go, the tech world moves ten times faster. As January has already suggested, 2010 is shaping up to be an interesting techy year. Here Adam Maguire lists the ten tech trends that are likely to catch people's attention in the months ahead Computing in tablet-form Apple's big ...Read On »
Opinion – Windows 7 doesn’t exist (and »
Since when were software upgrades worth partying about, asks Jason Walsh. So we hold parties for operating system releases now? The first time I heard about Windows 7 install parties I was in a radio studio with a Microsoft employee; a nice, intelligent and interesting woman. She suggested on-air that the parties might be fun. I burst ...Read On »
Sony delay PS3 motion controller »
Sony has delayed the launch of its motion-sensing controller for the PS3, pushing it back to Autumn 2010 at the earliest. The company says it has done so to ensure there are good titles available for the device at launch. The as-yet-unnamed device, which is Sony's response to the successful 'Wiimote' controller on the Nintendo Wii, uses a ...Read On »
Opinion – Google is just saber-rattling and »
Google are talking tough on China but it's an ever-expanding market that the company knows it afford to walk away from, says Paul O'Flaherty. David Drummond, SVP of Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer for Google, just dropped a very provocative post over on the official Google blog. Normally a post of this nature would go ...Read On »
Opinion: It came from the grave »
Fourteen years after the last model appeared the Amiga is back, reports Jason Walsh. Old computers never die, they just become objects of fascination for small groups of geeks. It's true. There is not a computer out there that doesn't interest someone – from Vaxen to BeBoxes, NeXT Cubes to Atari Falcons and SGI Irix boxes, every kind ...Read On »
News: Sale of Samsung Watchphone delayed until 14th »
The Irish launch of Samsung's Watchphone has been delayed until 14th December, two weeks later than originally planned by the company. The novel device - also known as the S9110 - squeezes a mobile phone into a wrist-watch and will be available SIM-free in The Carphone Warehouse from €399. Samsung Ireland had announced earlier today ...Read On »
News: 2m Xbox Live users try Facebook in 1st week »
Nearly 2 million Xbox Live members logged in to the console's new Facebook application in its first week according to figures released by Microsoft Ireland today. The users represent around 10% of Xbox Live's 20 million members, a figure which includes 'Silver' account holders who do not have access to the Facebook feature. Alongside the ...Read On »
Feature: Moving the library online »
Irish universities are getting in on the idea of digitised, interactive libraries, with a new partnership between Trinity College Dublin and Microsoft setting the tone, writes Adam Maguire. THE MOVE towards digitised university libraries is gaining momentum worldwide with copyright concerns creating the only real doubts about how the ...Read On »
Feature: Fast and Flexible – Microsoft and »
Tony Hey, the man spearheading Microsoft’s partnership with Trinity College Dublin, is “genuinely excited” by its potential despite admitting he had previously ignored the potential for innovation in the humanities. Hey, who is corporate vice president at the external research wing of Microsoft Research, says that he has since seen ...Read On »
Windows XP vs. 7 Boot Speed Test »
Microsoft has made a lot of claims about the speed of its new operating system, Windows 7. It wouldn't take a lot for it to be faster than Windows Vista but what about the OS before that - the ubiquitous and still popular Windows XP? We decided to investigate by pitting two netbooks with identical spec (1.6GHz Atom Processor, 1GB RAM ...Read On »
