Today we got to see Microsoft apply that old chestnut: If you can’t innovate, sue. Microsoft just announced that they are suing Barnes & Noble, Foxconn, and Inventec for violating MS patents in making the Nook. According to Microsoft, “The patents at issue cover a range of functionality embodied in Android devices that are essential [...]
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Microsoft now working on a digital pen & tablet concept
March 4th, 2011 · No Comments · hardware news
I’ve just come across a paper this past week discussing a research project funded by MS in India. This concept device was developed to explore low cost record keeping in rural India. The project was run with the assisntance of India’s Self Help Group, a microfinance network. This tablet is running custom software on top [...]
Check out Microsoft’s first gaming console
February 13th, 2011 · 1 Comment · hardware news
A friend tweeted a Wikipedia link to me last night, and he managed to do something unusual: he showed me a gadget I’d never even heard of before. The XBox wasn’t the first MS gaming console. Between 1983 and 1995 MS and their hardware partners sold the MSX, a keyboard style home computer/ gaming console.
Montage – Microsoft’s response to paper.li
December 13th, 2010 · No Comments · software news
Microsoft showed off their newest web app at LeWeb yesterday. I’ve been fiddling with it for the last half hour, and Montage isn’t what I was expecting. My initial impression was that this was a response to Pulse. But it’s not, really. Montage isn’t designed to let you gather information better (like Pulse); it’s supposed [...]
Nearly 800 O’Reilly and Microsoft titles now available in iBookstore, DRM free
October 12th, 2010 · No Comments · press release
From the press release: Nearly 800 O’Reilly Media and Microsoft Press titles are available for sale on Apple’s iBookstore starting today. The iBookstore is included in the free iBooks app for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch.The more than 600 titles in the iBookstore from O’Reilly include Jeff Potter’s Cooking for Geeks, David Pogue’s iPhone: [...]
Microsoft, Hanvon announced tablet partnership
August 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
Not strictly ebook news, but I thought the fact that China’s largest e-reader manufacturer signing with Microsoft was noteworthy. From Shanzai.com: Today’s announcement basically describes an alliance of sorts between one of China’s most mature x86 tablet manufacturers and the world’s leading x86 software developer. Zhang Xuejun, president of Hanvon, has indicated that for them, [...]
Microsoft are pursuing a patent on page turns
July 13th, 2010 · No Comments · software news
Have you heard about Microsoft’s patent application on page turns? I’m sure you’re rolling your eyes because you know of all the apps that already do faux page turns. Most people think Microsoft won’t get the patent, but I’m not so sure. They filed the application back in January 2009. Was anyone using the page [...]
Microsoft to release free online version of Office
May 10th, 2010 · No Comments · software news
The Seattle Times is reporting: … Google’s software is unlikely to depose Office, especially among heavy business users who write reports, draw up corporate budgets and put together sales presentations. But Office 2010 does represent a slow tipping of the entire technology industry, from a PC world Microsoft long has dominated to a cloud-computing world, [...]
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