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Microsoft’s Co-Founder Paul Allen Sues Apple And Others

Posted on August 30, 2010 | No Comments
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s company Interval Licensing (a patent licensing firm) has filed suit against Apple and ten other companies over several patents related to e-commerce and Web search technologies. On Friday, through his firm, Interval Licensing LLC filed suit in federal court in Seattle...
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Verizon Develops App To Stream Live TV To iPad And Smartphones

Posted on August 19, 2010 | No Comments
Verizon currently has plans to stream live FiOS TV to mobile devices – particularly on the iPad. The move was announced today and is a part of Verizon’s ambition for mobile devices capable of equaling if not surpassing your current TV. FiOS customers will eventually...
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HTC Sends Out Invites For September 15th Event In London

Posted on August 13, 2010 | No Comments
HTC is handing out invites to members of the press letting them know to visit London on September 15th to see exactly what they have been “dreamt up.” We are hoping that this will be the unveiling of the company’s first Windows Phone 7 handheld...
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HTC Schubert With WP7 And HTC Ace With Android Spotted

Posted on August 11, 2010 | No Comments
Two new videos of HTC devices have surfaced and if you haven’t seen them already please be sure to check them out below! One of the videos is of the new HTC Schubert, which is apparently going to be a Windows Phone 7 launch device...
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Microsoft To Release Kinect Beta Program To Select Few

Posted on August 10, 2010 | No Comments
Looks like the folks over at Joystiq have received word from diligent tipsters that Microsoft’s Connect customer feedback service is sending out Kinect beta program invites. The details are pretty sparse but naming ironies aside, the note does specify that chat will be limited only...
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Microsoft Xbox 360 Kinect Dismantled And Explained

Posted on August 8, 2010 | No Comments
Kinect sounds like all fun and games, and it is, but when you take a look at what is behind Microsoft’s Kinect camera, things get pretty serious. T3 was recently able to get behind the scenes for quick lesson on how the specific Xbox 360...
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Microsoft’s Kinect Will Read American Sign Language

Posted on August 7, 2010 | No Comments
Recently, Microsoft’s Kinect console patent was unearthed, describing the “gesture keyboarding” system that’s tracked by the special PrimeSense-developed depth camera. Kinect builds a dynamic wireframe representation, also known as “skeletal mapping” of the player’s body, then tracks that to recognize various gestures and movements. The movements can...
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Microsoft Hardware Team Tweets About A New “Mystery Device”

Posted on August 4, 2010 | No Comments
msfthardware Microsoft Hardware The Microsoft Hardware Team recently started a Twitter account, @msfthardware and they are wasting no time to tease the release of a new product. The company first tweeted: Don’t be so touchy…flat is where it’s at. We’ll share another glimpse of our...
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Microsoft Tablet Not Coming Until 2011

Posted on August 3, 2010 | 3 Comments
Microsoft has decided to be out of the tablet market for at least the remainder of this year, according to Business Insider. Despite having numerous reports stating otherwise (including reports from Microsoft itself) – the company won’t be competing with the iPad in late 2010...
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Windows Phone 7 Coming To US and Europe In Q3

Posted on August 2, 2010 | No Comments
The folks over at Engadget seemed to have caught a slip from Kevin Turner’s recent presentation on Windows Phone 7. While the COO of Microsoft was discussing the company’s next move in the mobile space, he told everyone that the transition of the idea is...
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