Microsoft

Love the dual-personality of Windows 8 or hate it, there’s no denying that the Modern interface is beautiful. Working in it is, from my experience, also quite fantastic albeit with some caveats. The Firefox team has been hard at work coming up with a version of its browser for the Metro Modern UI and today Continue Reading →

TNW received an invite this morning to an event in New York City on October 25th, concerning the launch of Microsoft’s Surface line of tablets. According to The Verge, a Microsoft spokesperson has stated that the Surface, as expected, will debut on the 26th at midnight. If you are looking for one of the devices Continue Reading →

Yesterday, as President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney were preparing to debate how to fix the country’s economic mess, Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman was delivering a stunning confessional speech at HP’s analyst briefing day, describing how bad things were at HP and making promises to fix them. She projected that the company would continue Continue Reading →

Barnes & Noble has been aiming to create a subsidiary out of their Nook business since last April and now the ink is dry on a new partnership between Nook Media, a subsidiary of B&N, and Microsoft. Microsoft invested $300 million along with $305 million in payments to own 17% of the new company which Continue Reading →

When you think about it, pushing a mouse across a table or poking a flat screen with your finger is a pretty limited way to interact with a computer. After all, our hands are capable of far more intricate motions, which a company called 3Gear Systems hopes to translate into complex gestures that could revolutionize Continue Reading →

On October 4, AT&T announced it will be offering Nokia’s first two officially announced Windows Phone 8 devices: The Lumia 920 and Lumia 820. Given Nokia has been silent to date about U.S. carrier deals, that’s the good news. The bad news for those of us not on AT&T: The Lumia 920, the higher-end model, Continue Reading →

A couple of days ago AT&T and HTC announced that the HTC Windows Phone 8X was coming in November and today we hear that AT&T is going all in with Windows Phone 8 as the Nokia Lumia 920 and 820 will also be coming in November. In addition, we see the first confirmation that a Continue Reading →

You’ve heard of liveblogging and live-tweeting. Now here comes live-GIFfing. Tumblr announced that it has assembled a team to create animated GIFs during the upcoming U.S. presidential debates to be posted in real time on a dedicated blog. While the concept itself is hysterical, it seems unlikely that the result will be anything more than Continue Reading →

Microsoft’s temporary, or “pop-up,” stores will open Oct. 26 and will sell the Surface tablet, according to the company’s website. And in all but a few cases, Microsoft will go toe-to-toe with Apple: 29 of the 32 stores are located in the same mall or shopping center that houses an Apple retail store. The 32 Continue Reading →

At last, the Xbox 360 Gamerscore is no longer just for show. Microsoft’s (MSFT) Xbox Live Rewards program is now giving gamers special perks for having higher Gamerscores. Rewards are split into three tiers: Contender, Champion and Legend. Contender rewards gamers with a Gamerscore of 3,000 to 9,999 with a “special gift” during their birthday Continue Reading →