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Microsoft shows off XNA games running on Windows Phone, full 3D is a go (15)
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Alright, we're going to be straight with you: you're not going to like this. See, Microsoft just showed us a pair of 3D games running on its ASUS Windows Phone prototype and built with its brand new XNA Game Studio 4.0, but wouldn't let us nab a single photo or video of the process. What we can tell you is that they exist, they work, and at least Microsoft tossed us some screenshots to wave ...Shared by Alex (38) cek (5) Chad (205) James (60) Josh (103) Lokizilla (9) Master Devwi (39) Microserf2005 (125) Mike (25) Nathan Parker (211) and five more »- Alex said: I'll believe it when it's available.
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Portal 2 is official, first image inside (32)
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Valve has been teasing something Portal-related all week, starting with some mysterious updates followed by a brand new ending for the game. And if all of this led you to believe that the puzzle-based shooter would be getting a sequel, well, you'd be right. The news was revealed via Game Informer, which will be featuring the game on its next cover. No real details have been revealed, although the game will be a "full-fledged, standalone ...Shared by abraham (127) Casablanca (5) Casey (61) Clint (90) Cristian (42) Cristian (35) Daggity (64) DeadRinga (121) Escher0 (12) Firethorn (67) and 22 more »Explore read four notesComment View comments -
Microsoft's Courier 'digital journal': exclusive pictures and details (120)
onWe've been dying to know more about Microsoft's Courier tablet / e-book device ever since we first caught wind of it last September, and while our entreaties to Mr. Ballmer went unanswered, we just learned some very interesting information from an extremely trusted source. We're told Courier will function as a "digital journal," and it's designed to be seriously portable: it's under an inch thick, weighs a little over a pound, and isn't much bigger ...Shared by Akusasik (69) Alan Cheslow (17) Allerhed (89) Amr (47) Amy (84) Andy (6) ant (26) arturopelayo (205) Arvin (39) Ayman (30) and 110 more »Explore read 15 notes
- HiP said: ah! enfin des nouvelles d'une vraie tablet...
- stratus said: hmm, interesting...
- Colin said: I bet Gruber is right, but I hope he's wrong. If Micro soft can get it's head out of it's Windows ass enough to let this product develop without all the broken aspects of Windows coming along for the ride (I'm looking at you IE) this could be a great product in fact a better product than the iPad. Though I do have question on having all text input as handwriting recognition. Hopefully they include a virtual keyboard—mostly because my handwriting is slow and terrible.
- JiltedCitizen said: This sounds like exactly what I want. Shweet.
- Burad said: Cool.. I want one.
- Jeff said: I seriously want one of these!
- Geoffrey said: It's nicely done, pretty, and interesting. Unfortunately, the devil's in the details, and something that looks pretty sweet as a concept video isn't necessarily something that would make sense to build. We'll see what happens. If Microsoft were to build something that looked like this, and it didn't have massive shortcomings in other areas, I could definitely see this being of interest to some people.
- thejeffbrown said: I love this device. I hope it soon becomes a reality.
- Yinkus said: ipad killer
- ronin said: Hm, I wouldn't say never. I'd say not in the near future.
- nonlinear said: MS really one-upped in his vaporware abilities. but it's just as it is, vaporware. make it real, then we talk.
- gfurry said: This looks interesting but it appears to be powered by an older OS. I like to fold my book back when reading so I only have one page viewable at a time. Seems like that wouldn't be possible with this. I do like that it appears to be more compact than the ipad
- Quasar said: It seems a bit specialised, but I do really like it. The notetaking features especially. I really hope this gets to market.
- Eric said: Surely this wasn't designed by Microsoft. It looks better than an Apple device (hardware AND user interface)
- Sage said: This fills me with so much WANT.
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Google Responds To Privacy Concerns With Unsettlingly Specific Apology (28)
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA—"Whether you're Jessica Goldblatt from Lake Union, WA, who already has trust issues, or Michael Paulson, who is happily married to Kayla Paulson and makes $86,400 a year, we at Google would like to say how truly sorry we are," said CEO Eric Schmidt.Shared by AJ (5) Ben (34) bennyp (4) Bramha (14) Casey (61) Convoluted (45) DKB (96) Graham (5) INCyr (75) issa (50) and 18 more »Comment View comments -
Sony: 'Don't use your PS3' until internal clock bug is fixed (10)
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After a night of radio silence, Sony has finally spoken up about the game-crashing issues currently plaguing non-Slim PS3 models. A post on PlayStation Blog has confirmed that the problems are "being caused by a bug in the clock functionality incorporated in the system." The statement puts a loose timeframe on a fix for the issues, saying, "we hope to resolve this problem within the next 24 hours." Additionally, The PlayStation Blog post includes a ...Shared by CoolCriSyS (35) David (40) Erik Begley (13) fishy (85) Gord (67) jeremy (151) Kate (761) Master Devwi (39) Paul (20) wakachamo (103)- David said: What a colossal failure. Sony deserves as much bad press as folks can focus their way for this one. I was playing while this happened yesterday. It didn't kick me out of the game but as soon as I was out I knew something was wrong.
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Exclusive: LG's Windows Phone 7 Series early prototype unveiled (38)
onMicrosoft's Aaron Woodman just pulled off a little surprise here at The Engadget Show: he brought out LG's Windows Phone 7 Series early prototype! The QWERTY slider is the first branded Windows Phone 7 Series device the world's ever seen, and while the hardware and software are both obviously early, we can tell you a few things about it: it's just a hair thicker than an iPhone or Nexus One, there are dedicated hardware camera, ...Shared by Adeel Quadri (0) Alvin (69) Badam (150) Billy DiStefano (2) Brad (20) cesarcardoso (219) Chetan Thaker (131) Christopher K Y Chee (4) Dan H. Racek (14) Félegyházi Dávid (37) and 28 more »Explore read four notes
- Victor said: quero um
- Ian said: LG are one of many handset makers playing a twin Windows Phone & Android smartphone strategy. Should keep both smartphone platforms honest and reduces risk for the handset maker. This phone has a lot of similarities with the Droid/Milestone in design. Nokia take note - three row keyboards are not sufficient now to be competitive.
- Linh said: more promising info from windows phone 7. yay competition.
- Leo said: 缸吧戴～ 向日葵。。。
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Has Google Reader Gone Real Time? (102)
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While haven't been able to confirm this yet, it looks like Google Reader now consumes PubSubHubbub feeds in real time. Until now, it often took half an hour or longer before new posts from popular blogs and news sites would appear in Google Reader. Now, however, posts from PubSubHubbub-enabled feeds (including our own RSS feed) have started to appear in Google Reader almost immediately after they are published, which leads us to believe that Google ...Shared by abelDANGER (46) abraham (127) Adrian (6) AlbertoL (8) Andrea (95) Aram Zucker-Scharff (59) askarnett (366) Aspa (14) awqi_zar (20) Ayman (30) and 92 more »Explore read 13 notes- D said: I just installed PubSubHubBub on my blog. If you notice any problems, let me know.
- teikan said: PubSubHubbub subscribe対応おめ
- carstenhp said: Realtime på reader med Pubsubhubbub (tidenes navn!)
- Jim said: Real-time RSS feeds
- Takeshi said: 俺はRSSはオフラインで読むのが多いし、ざっとトレンドを振り返るのが目的だから、そんなリアルタイムのニーズは薄いんだけどねー それでもリアルタイムであることは良いことだ。
- O_mats said: Detta är nog viktigare än vad många av oss förstår nu. Ännu ett steg mot realtidswebben och i förlängningen ett hot mot Twitter.
- Jeff Hammett said: I noticed a Tumblr post come in nearly instantly. Usually Tumblr's feeds are pretty slow to come into Google Reader, anyone know if they're now using PubSubHubbub in Reader, and if Tumblr is using it?
- Joe said: http://cupid-project.be/project/fastwebfeed-module/page/downloads -- drupal can have this also... not tested by me.
- Matt said: I love that Feedburner can take care of this for me - just turning on PingShot (which I already had enabled) gives this ability. Yay Feedburner!
- marcel said: "We just received confirmation from Google that Google Reader now consumes PubSubHubbub feeds in real time. Until now, it often took half an hour or longer before new posts from popular blogs and news sites would appear in Google Reader. Now, however, posts from PubSubHubbub-enabled feeds (including our own RSS feed) have started to appear in Google Reader almost immediately after they are published."
- indigo said: 我的 WP 已经安装了这个插件，不错 :)
- taknom said: PubSubHubbub フィードはリアルタイムで Google Reader に反映されるそうです
- i said: Google readerがPubSubHubbub対応に。対応サイトのRSSPushならリアルタイムに通知される。
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Microsoft, Into the Light: The Unofficial Windows Phone 7 Strategy [Windows Phone 7] (12)
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Microsoft's last decade began dark. They seemed to screw everything up. Then, over 10 years, they made Xbox, Zune, and a better Windows. And if the reborn Windows Phone can amplify everything, they've got a shot at being the greatest. Ten years is a long time. During that period, things got harder, and easier, for Microsoft. While Redmond was plotting a comeback, gadgets got to be a lot more than just hardware. The internet and ...Shared by Anthony (1) askarnett (366) ballistik696 (44) Darnell (41) Master Devwi (39) Peter (2) R_SK (56) reburnham (179) Samsonite (76) Skrud (80) and two more »Comment View comments -
HP to undercut iPad price, iPad to undercut Amazon e-books prices, Courier to rule them all? (15)
onToday's Apple rumor roundup is brought to you by the word "money." First up is a piece carried by the New York Times citing no less than three people familiar with provisions that would require publishers to discount best seller e-book prices sold on Apple's iPad. In other words, below the $12.99 to $14.99 price dictated by the new agency model -- prices Amazon is being strong-armed into accepting. Apple's prices could be as low ...Shared by Antoine (19) Ari (7) askarnett (366) Jun (84) Master Devwi (39) Nestor (5) Oded (33) Paul (15) Paul (8) phrozenone (58) and five more »
- Ryan said: HP slate with a full OS for $629 i'm in
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Windows Phone 7 Series: everything you ever wanted to know - (38)
onMicrosoft just planted a massive flag in the ground with the debut of Windows Phone 7 Series. The company's new mobile operating system is a radical and potent departure from the past, and there's a lot to take in -- so we've gathered together all our knowledge and impressions of the device so far and rolled them into a single, concise guide. Of course, there will be plenty more to learn in the coming months, ...Shared by Adi (3) alex melnikov (0) AndrewTerry (115) bigkid (243) Bill (40) BriskLad (122) Chris (19) Danny (14) Edward (24) Eric (11) and 28 more »Explore read five notes
- jborneman said: Checked out some of the video and that's a really slick interface. Completely different than anything Android or the iPhone are doing.
- Bill said: Am I missing something with this OS? Seems to me there is shockingly little data shown on the screen at any given time. four album covers? Really? I've got like 6 bazillion albums, I need to see 10 artists at a time, not 4. Same with contacts! Who gives a damn if it looks really snazzy if you have to scroll for 30 seconds before you find what you want
- James said: This is looking pretty sweet and certainly (finally) a decent contender in the mobile OS space. How they handle multitasking and notifications will determine whether I'd consider it for myself however.
- tekniq said: Think it will be able to comete with Android and iPhone?
- Chris said: pretty excited to see this in action, to bad it's gonna take until late this year.
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Windows Phone 7 Interface: Microsoft Has Out-Appled Apple [UI Design] (45)
onI'm sorry, Cupertino, but Microsoft has nailed it. Windows Phone 7 feels like an iPhone from the future. The UI has the simplicity and elegance of Apple's industrial design, while the iPhone's UI still feels like a colorized Palm Pilot. That doesn't mean that the Windows Phone 7's user experience would be better than Apple's. The two user interface concepts—data-centric vs function-centric—are very different, and the former is quite a radical departure from what people ...Shared by Aaron (20) Afontcu (39) Alex (61) Amr (47) amw96 (21) Andrew (58) ankit (8) arturopuente (30) askarnett (366) av8612 (55) and 35 more »Explore read four notes
- jayman16 said: Really? I still think it looks dumb, I have to see one in person to make a final judgment.
- av8612 said: The UI has the simplicity and elegance of Apple's industrial design, while the iPhone's UI still feels like a colorized Palm Pilot.
- Microserf2005 said: Wow, who would have thought that people would say Microsoft is ahead of Apple when it comes to design.
- Solon said: ainda estou chocado.
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Windows Phone 7 Series is official, and Microsoft is playing to win (46)
onWindows Phone 7 Series. Get used to the name, because it's now a part of the smartphone vernacular... however verbose it may seem. Today Microsoft launches one of its most ambitious (if not most ambitious) projects: the rebranding of Windows Mobile. The company is introducing the new mobile OS at Mobile World Congress 2010, in Barcelona, and if the press is anything to be believed, this is just the beginning. The phone operating system does ...Shared by Allerhed (89) Amy (84) AmyVernon (511) andrewkjs (29) bigkid (243) Brian (60) Brian "Tesla" R. (0) BriskLad (122) Burad (42) Chad (205) and 36 more »Explore read eight notes
- Chad said: Time to start paying attention to Microsoft phones again.
- dodoskido said: Whoa...first phone to actually make me think about getting iDS (iPhone Detachment Surgery)
- Sherif said: Seems pretty compelling
- Iain said: Looks very cool. About time too.
- Linh said: Microsoft jumps back into the game... awaiting full video demos
- Conor said: Great to see Microsoft doing something awesome.
- Burad said: looks interesting
- Metaphox said: the UI looks decent...
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Windows Phone 7 Series: Everything Is Different Now [Windows Phone 7] (63)
onIt's astounding that until this moment, three years after the iPhone, the biggest software company in the world basically didn't compete in mobile. Windows Phone 7 Series is more than the Microsoft smartphone we've been waiting for. Everything's different now. Today, at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Microsoft is publicly previewing Windows Phone 7 for the first time. The brand new, totally fresh operating system will appear in phones this year, but not until the ...Shared by Aaron (20) Alex (320) Andy (0) balintd (81) ballistik696 (44) bigkid (243) Borj (0) Brian (14) Chad (78) Daniel (305) and 53 more »Explore read seven notes
- Jan said: The Arena is getting tighter and tighter... iPhone, Nexus One and now W7. Hmm... What happened to Blackberry and Palm? Oops! Did i forget Nokia and SE? Nope.
- Nate said: hmm interesting. clearly phones are evolving and very much for the better. that has been one of the largest problems of phones to date- how every phone was totally different from one another. since companies were already building the phones, the software experience seemed to take a hit.i like how this is turning out. you buy the hardware from one guy, and the software from someone else. soon we'll have all phones running apple crap, android, microsoft, or RIM (although they seem a bit behind right now).bring it on!
- Lorenz said: microsofts revenge... ;-)
- Chad said: wow. giz reach-around for the win7 phone
- Matt said: Cool. I still have my money on Apple and Google running this show, but a real mobile operating system from Microsoft could help keep things interesting.
- Fobtastic said: Here comes more competition! I love it!
- Brian said: So what happens now, with that "friendship" microsoft and apple have been forming recently? Does it go the way of the google/apple relationship? Or is everyone just against google?
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Windows Phone 7 Series hands-on and impressions (90)
onForget everything you know about Windows Mobile. Seriously, throw the whole OS concept in a garbage bin or incinerator or something. Microsoft has done what would have been unthinkable for the company just a few years ago: started from scratch. At least, that's how things look (and feel) with Windows Phone 7 Series. This really is a completely new OS -- and not just Microsoft's new OS, it's a new smartphone OS, like webOS new, ...Shared by Alex (4) Amy (84) AmyVernon (511) Arne (8) ballistik696 (44) benjamin (33) Benny (7) bigkid (243) Bob Familiar (8) Bos Alvertos (10) and 80 more »Comment View comments
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