According to VentureBeat, Microsoft is courting former OnLive employees now that the game-streaming company has entered a period of restructuring that caused layoffs for multiple employees. As Gamasutra reported back on Aug. 20, OnLive will reorganize News and Perspective covering the top stories, events and activities from Microsoft. The content for this blog includes the…
While rumors about it have been bubbling up for a long time, Microsoft has yet to officially launch a microtransaction-fueled free-to-play Xbox 360 game. However, according to PlayXBLA, that will finally change this fall, when Happy Wars comes to Xbox According to VentureBeat, Microsoft is courting former OnLive employees now that the game-streaming company has…
SEATTLE — Around the time the iPad came out more than two years ago, Microsoft executives got an eye-opening jolt about how far Apple would go to gain an First Apple, then Microsoft, and now it's Google's turn: three weeks of back-to-back mobile strategy with each of the big three companies laying out their. The…
The company is honored among a global field of top Microsoft partners for Microsoft is pleased to recognize eMazzanti Technologies as the Microsoft Small The next version of the Windows Phone operating system will add voice command technology similar to “Siri” on the Apple iPhone 4S, both of which signal the The next version of…
VideoAs I noted in a post on Friday, Nomura analyst Rick Sherlund has discovered that Pegatron, the contract manufacturer building the Surface tablets for Acer lashes out at Microsoft's move to design, build and market its own tablet. The manufacturer and Microsoft partner changes its tone on the Surface tablet. Read this blog post by…
Microsoft Corp. has brushed off an offer by Motorola, the phone maker bought by Google Inc., to settle patent disputes with Motorola that are threatening to halt This week on Channel 9, Dan and Brian discuss the week's top developer news, including:[0:53] Microsoft Surface, Microsoft Surface Keynote, Microsoft Surface Trailer [1:42] Announcing Window. Microsoft Corp.…
Microsoft yesterday announced that each of the three finalists in the BlueHat Prize $250000 security contest came up with ways to detect and stymie one of the Microsoft is planning to ramp up advertising on its Skype video-chatting service to include so-called behavioral advertising during conversations. The manufacturer and Microsoft partner changes its tone on…
Microsoft will play it as it lays. If Surface takes off, the company will support it. If not, Microsoft will fall back on idistributing through hardware vendors. Either way Microsoft Corp. has brushed off an offer by Motorola, the phone maker bought by Google Inc. , to settle patent disputes with Motorola that are threatening…
LONDON (Reuters) – Acer, the world's fourth largest PC maker, has dismissed Microsoft's chances of becoming a rival to Apple by building its own devices and Eventually founder and former Microsoft M&A exec Fritz Lanman wants to expand the app to cover other verticals like wine, clothing, books, bars, hotels and shows. “We can just…
Peter is the managing editor of TechCrunch. Prior to his second stint with TechCrunch, Peter launched The Daily, the first major tablet-only daily publication from NewsCorp, and served as its technology editor. Peter is the An unpatched vulnerability in the Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) is being exploited in attacks launched from compromised websites to…
