Microsoft has announced that it has retired its Windows Live Gallery so that the company can focus its efforts on developing applications for Windows 8 and the “much richer set of opportunities available for the newest version of Windows.” Some of the most popular and highest rated Gadgets will remain available through the Windows Personalization Gallery, but Microsoft is no longer...
4 out of 5 It seems that someone finally kicked Microsoft in the behind and told them it was time to get back to innovating, as opposed to just rehashing the same thing over and over. While change can be a good thing, it is...
This morning at its BUILD conference, Microsoft showed off its newest operating system Windows 8. Steven Sinofsky, president of the Windows and Windows Live Division at Microsoft, started off his presentation by talking a bit about Windows 7, which has finally surpassed Windows XP usage. The company has released over 1,500 product changes to Windows 7 since its initial release, and...
With the Windows Phone Mango update finally becoming available in the very near future, and three new 4G contenders to give you a tangy taste, we’ve rounded up 10 features you can expect from 7.5. The recently announced Samsung Focus S, HTC Titan and Samsung Focus Flash will all feature Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, but if you’re a current Windows Phone customer, you’ll be able to download...
Well, well, well, the cat's out of the bag for several future Samsung Android, Windows Phone and bada devices. Although we're dealing with code names at the current moment since all of these device are hot out of the Leak Oven, it looks like Samsung has plans to build a Super AMOLED Ice Cream Sandwich giant with a 4.65-inch HD (1280×720) resolution. Yowzers! The company also plans to...
It’s only day two of Microsoft’s new Windows 8 blog, but already the company is posting some juicy details about its next operating system — though it’s likely it didn’t actually intend to. ‘Introducing the team’ is the second post on the Building Windows 8 blog from Windows President Steven Sinofsky, and explains how the complete Windows project is comprised of a set of smaller...
Lenovo has finally made good on its tablet promises, announcing three new tablets to be released later this year. The trifecta of tablets includes the IdeaPad Tablet K1 designed for consumers, the ThinkPad Tablet for business users, and the IdeaPad Tablet P1 for those who want to mix business with pleasure when it comes to their tablet. “Tablets are extremely personal technology...
Microsoft has made the decision to fuse its two online gaming portals and house them under one intuitive roof, Xbox.com. The news broke when a statement appeared on the Games for Windows homepage, explaining that the move is being implemented to consolidate the studio’s gaming services. “Games for Windows Marketplace will fully transition over to Xbox.com,” reads the gaming service’s...
We knew they were coming, and we knew when they were coming, but it's still a bit of a shock to see them out in the wild. Nvidia announced Project Kal-El, their quad-core chipset for mobile, back in February, saying at the time that the first tablets built around the superchip would ship in August/September of this year. Given that it's now June, it shouldn't really be a surprise to see...
Created in 2003 by Walter Mossberg and Kara Swisher of The Wall Street Journal, the annual D: All Things Digital conference has become a platform for major players in the technology sector to make significant announcements. Microsoft recently made the decision to utilize the event's following, choosing to unveil a reimagined version of its extremely popular operating system, internally...