Video: Command and Control Robots with Microsoft Surface

After Microsoft’s Surface multitouch table premiered, early implementations were limited: retail stores, hotels, restaurants, bored executives goofing off in board rooms, and university researchers modeling totally kickass Dungeons & Dragons games….

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This post was written by Journalist on August 26, 2010

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Why Xbox Might Be Microsoft’s Future — and Computing’s, Too

It’s easy to dismiss Xbox’s new Kinect controller-free sensor as a “Wii Too” product.

But I wonder whether Microsoft is onto something much bigger, something that will take the innovations introduced for the Xbox into…

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This post was written by Journalist on August 2, 2010

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In-Depth Look at Windows Phone 7 Reveals Promise, Polish

by Matt Buchanan, Gizmodo

“What’s this?” a girl at a party asked, as I handed her my phone. She touched a square, and everything flipped away. “It’s Microsoft’s brand new phone. Kind of like…

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Video: Getting Up, Down, And Side-to-Side With Microsoft’s Kinect

We recently got some hands on time playing Microsoft’s new motion based Kinect at the Cannes Lions Advertising Festival. Just as Chris Kohler reported…

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Android Grows at a Blistering Pace

Google’s open source Android operating system ranks fourth in terms of market share among smartphone platforms in the U.S. but is growing at a faster pace than its…

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How Microsoft Crowdsourced the Making of Office 2010

For several years, Denise Carlevato has studied millions of mouse clicks and keystrokes made by anonymous computer users from all over the world. Her objective: to…

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This post was written by Journalist on June 30, 2010

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Rumor: Leaked Slides Reveal Windows 8 Roadmap

A purportedly leaked slideshow reveals what may be Microsoft’s game plan for Windows 8. Giving a strong nod to Apple, highlight features teased in the presentation include…

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