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[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120619_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] At long last, Microsoft’s CEO, Steve Ballmer announced a Microsoft branded, Windows 8 tablet called the Microsoft Surface.  It’s a 10.6 inch, tablet with a removable battery and it weighs only 1 ½ pounds.  The Microsoft Surface is obviously designed as direct competition for the Apple’s iPad.  Continue Reading →

Rumors and speculation have been flying since Microsoft announced last week that it was hosting a press conference in Los Angeles on Monday, and that might be exactly what the Redmond-based company was hoping for. Early well-sourced reports indicated that a Microsoft-branded tablet is on tap for the event, and a number of subsequent reports Continue Reading →

Microsoft announced this past April that it acquired a 17% stake in a newly-formed Barnes & Noble subsidiary that will focus on Nook tablets and eReaders. What the company may not have mentioned at the time is that the new partnership might also yield a line of Microsoft-branded tablets. Microsoft sent out a last-minute invitation Continue Reading →

Microsoft recently filed a patent application for technology that would give its Xbox 360 Kinect sensor the ability to read users’ facial expressions and body language, thus enabling Microsoft to send them ads based on their emotional states. Jacob Aron at New Scientist writes that the technology in the patent application “suggests a company could Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120606_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] This week game makers and gamers alike have made their way to the Electronic Entertainment Expo, better known as E3. So far, the big announcements have come from Xbox and Nintendo and it’s all about multi-screens. Microsoft announced Xbox SmartGlass, an app that will work with Windows Continue Reading →

The company had been selling the bundles in its own Microsoft stores, but is now getting its feet wet in other retail locations. In a blog post from Larry Hryb, aka Microsoft’s Major Nelson, the company announced that a bundle with a $99 Xbox, Kinect and $14.99 per month Xbox Live bundle will soon be Continue Reading →

Nintendo on Tuesday revealed more about its upcoming Wii U video game console, including more than 20 games in development and new uses for its GamePad screen.But consumers will have to wait a while longer to know exactly what the system, expected in stores this holiday season, will cost and when they can buy it. Continue Reading →

Microsoft is hoping to create an immersive experience across multiple devices where users can consume different, complementary content on each platform with new software called Xbox SmartGlass, unveiled at the E3 entertainment expo.  Read the full story at PC World Continue Reading →

Nintendo has revealed the Miiverse, the company’s gaming social system designed to integrate with the Wii U console, offering avatars, chat, communities and more. Built around the Mii avatars, the Miiverse supports text and handwritten messages that can be accessed via a mobile browser such as on a smartphone or tablet, allowing Wii U gamers to Continue Reading →

Amazon today unveiled an Amazon Instant Video app for the Xbox 360. Xbove Live Gold subscribers who install the app will be able to access movies and TV epidodes available via Amazon Instant Video on their gaming consoles. Read the full story at PC Mag   Continue Reading →