The latest version of Skype, version 5.8, has been released for Windows users with some nice new features. The update allows users to now make calls in full 1080p HD, providing they have a webcam that supports it. You can now also make calls to your Facebook friends that don’t…
Kinect for Windows and version 1.0 of the Software Development Kit that accompanies it has been taken out of beta by Microsoft. The Windows specific Kinect supports up to 4 Kinect sensors on 1 PC and a ‘near mode’ functionality which allows it to see objects as close as 40cm…
There have been some interesting updates for those interested in news on Microsoft‘s next gaming console. A report on IGN tells us the next Xbox’s graphics processing power to be 6 times more than the Xbox 360′s. This new power will be as a result of the graphics card provided…
Skype’s Vice President of Products, Rick Osterioh, has said in an interview at CES (see bottom of post) in which he announces that Microsoft’s Skype division is “working on a Windows Phone product that will be coming out soon.” However, he gave no details of how “soon” Windows Phone users can…
The cheap unlocking (or official “jailbreak”) service provided by ChevronWP7 has currently been put on hold. ChevronWP7 allowed users to unlock their Windows Phone 7 devices for $9 and sideload homebrew apps unto them. It also allows WP7 users to bypass the need to pay the $99 needed for a…
A few weeks back, a potentially OS breaking bug was discovered on Windows Phone 7. The bug disables the Messaging Hub for WP7, disabling all messaging services it controls. Khaled Salameh, the discoverer of the bug tweeted: “MS Security Team contacted me today, they’ve confirmed the WP7 SMS Bug and…
There have been many famous tech and gadget battles over the years. From the “ancient” Betamax vs VHS to the one of the most recent and still ongoing battle between the major consoles Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and Wii. Usually with these kind of battles, there is a victor that…
Josh Topolsky and the guys over at The Verge gained exclusive access to Microsoft‘s model shop, to show us the process of how prototypes are designed in Redmond. The user experience designer, Karsten Aagaard, explains during the tour that the team tries to get the 3D prototypes printed in “real-time”….
In the process on its “expansive catalog of movies, sports, television and music” for the Xbox 360, Microsoft has released a new wave of apps on Xbox Live. The new wave of the apps include 4 on Demand, Demand 5 and Dailymotion for the UK, as well as other services…
SkyDrive is Microsoft‘s free cloud based service that offers 25GB of online storage to users. An app for SkyDrive has finally been made available to Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango) and iOS (version 4.0 and above) users. The SkyDrive app can be downloaded from the Windows Phone Marketplace or iTunes App…