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Windows 7 to arrive next year, says Bill Gates
digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/Windows_7_to_arrive_next_year_says_Bill_Gates_2';You know, we should have paid a little closer attention to Microsoft’s decision yesterday to extend Windows XP sales to “June 2010 or one year after the general availability of Windows 7″ — if the company was really planning on shipping Windows 7 in 2010, that first date doesn’t make a [...]
Continue reading...Next generation Xbox 360 with built-in Blu-ray coming in 2008?
1. April 2008
Ok, here we go again. Despite Microsoft’s attempt to quash Xbox 360 Blu-ray rumors, they’re back… with a vengeance. According to “industry sources” speaking to DigiTimes, Lite-On is developing built-in Blu-ray Disc drives for the “next generation” Xbox 360 game console. Lite-On is expected to begin shipping the new BD players for assembly in the [...]
Continue reading...Original content coming to Xbox 360
31. March 2008
We were kind of wondering when it was finally going to happen: Microsoft’s inked a deal with a production company to do original content for the Xbox 360. The licensed back catalog of stuff is good and all, but this would fill that niche in between Xbox 360’s digital downloads and long-promised IPTV. No word [...]
Continue reading...Blu-ray on Xbox 360? Microsoft hasn’t heard about it
13. March 2008
Those hot/cold “Blu-ray coming to Xbox 360” rumors just cooled off a bit again, with product manager Aaron Greenberg telling Reuters “Xbox is not currently in talks with Sony or the Blu-ray Association to integrate Blu-ray into the Xbox experience”. Clear enough? He also dropped the nugget that Microsoft expects to trail the PS3 in [...]
Continue reading...Microsoft considers offering a Blu-ray player for the Xbox 360
12. January 2008
It’s no secret that Microsoft has been a big supporter of the HD DVD camp. The best example is the HD DVD player add-on for the Xbox 360. While it’s not something that comes standard with every system (unlike Sony’s PS3 which has a Blu-ray player in every console) they have chosen to offer only [...]
Continue reading...Microsoft sez no OLPC dual-boot, still committed to XP on XO
12. January 2008
Those of you who participated in OLPC’s “Give One, Get One” program will probably be disappointed to learn that, despite earlier reports to the contrary, Microsoft has no intention of developing dual-boot Windows / Linux support for the XO laptop. According to a statement sent to BetaNews, Redmond flat out denied any work on such [...]
Continue reading...Microsoft to buy Logitech?
11. January 2008
A rumor swirling about the bowels of the Internets says that Microsoft is about to launch a takeover bid for Swiss-based Logitech. If true, Microsoft, the largest software house in the world would become the world’s largest maker of webcams, mice and other peripheral devices. Share prices are surging on speculation that Microsoft will make [...]
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