Microsoft's phone talk is all business
Well, It doesnt appear that Microsoft will be taking direct aim at the iPhone on Tuesday. Rather, the software maker is playing to its strengths,
announcing a new piece of server software to help businesses manage a companys worth of smartphones. That doesnt mean Microsoft isnt interested in
say, adding a full Web browser into Windows Mobile, according to Scott Horn, a general manager in Microsofts mobile device unit."Do I see a path
where we are going to have a phenomenal browsing experience," Horn said. "Yes, I do."
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23.10.2007Xbox 360 sells 10 million in US, Wii not far behind
While Microsoft is tooting its own horn over having the first console to sell 10 million units in the US market, Nintendo's own isn't far behind and
is still gaining on the Xbox...
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16.05.2008Sony to Use Windows Mobile on Phones
Sony Ericsson, the world's fourth-largest cellphone maker, and Microsoft have stareted to cooperate in making smartphones, with the first Sony
Ericsson handset based on the Windows Mobile operating system on sale by the end of the year. This deal means all the world's top handset makers
apart from Nokia, which is #1 with a 40% market share, will now have Windows Mobile versions. The Sony Ericsson model, named the "X1," will be a
slider phone with a typewriter-style qwerty keyboard and touch screen. The marketing manager of Microsoft's mobile business, Scott Horn, told
Reuters he was confident of reaching the company's goal of selling at least 20 million smartphones with partners by the end of Microsoft's
fiscal year at the end of June.
" We'd love them to do it, " said Microsoft's Horn about Nokia. " We have a very good
relationship with them. I think our hope is that at some point they say: 'Why not just license the whole thing? '"
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11.02.2008Creative Ships 25 Millionth MP3 Player
Beleaguered electronics company Creative took a moment to toot its own horn on Wednesday, saying it had recently shipped its 25 millionth player...
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15.11.2007Microsoft considering opening up device manager
Microsoft's new Mobile Device Manager faces a shortcoming because it is exclusive to Windows Mobile devices, but that might change, an executive said
on Tuesday.
Scott Horn, general manager at Microsoft's mobile and embedded device group, left the door open to potential future
support for non-Windows Mobile devices.
"Today, we have nothing to announce," he said. "But we're looking at it, we're
thinking about it. Who knows what the future brings?" Horn spoke during a press lunch at the CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment conference in San
Francisco on Tuesday.
He mentioned that Microsoft has in the past licensed ActiveSync as a way to extend services to
non-Microsoft devices.
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24.10.2007Microsoft to announce System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008
Well, It doesn't appear that Microsoft will be
taking direct aim
at the iPhone on Tuesday.
Rather, the software maker is playing to its strengths, announcing a new piece of server software to
help businesses manage a company's worth of smartphones.
That doesn't mean Microsoft isn't interested in say, adding a full
Web browser into Windows Mobile, according to Scott Horn, a general manager in Microsoft's mobile device unit.
"Do I see a path
where we are going to have a phenomenal browsing experience," Horn said. "Yes, I do."
But the bulk of Microsoft's
announcements for Tuesday focus on the company's enterprise strengths. The company is announcing a new product, known as System Center Mobile Device
Manager 2008 and noting that it is providing start-up funds for Enterprise Mobile, a new Boston-based service provider that will help companies manage
the process of doling out smartphones to large workforces.
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23.10.2007Phone makers sign on to use Windows Mobile 6
Microsoft Corp. says it has
signed up some new
mobile-phone makers to offer
devices that use its
software.
LG Electronics and Toshiba
Corp. will be among the
companies making smart phones
to run on Microsoft's
upcoming Windows Mobile 6
software, the Redmond company
says.
Neither company has made a
Windows Mobile-based smart
phone previously, said Scott
Horn, general manager of
Microsoft's Mobile and
Embedded Devices
business.
Microsoft says the first
devices based on Windows
Mobile 6 will be available in
the second half of this
year.
Its
default interface has been
designed to resemble the look
of Microsoft's new Windows
Vista operating system for
personal computers.
Microsoft's
Windows Live group will also
offer a new set of programs --
including e-mail,
instant-messaging, Web
searching and blogging --
along with the new mobile
operating system.
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12.02.2007TechnoHouse: Transparent 360° Display Holds Product for Display
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22.11.2007Firefox counters Google's browser speed test
Mozilla fought back on Wednesday with some performance results to show a forthcoming version of Firefox outpacing
Google's new Web browser, Chrome.
During a launch event Tuesday,
Google was eager to toot its horn about
Chrome's performance running JavaScript, a programming language used to power many sophisticated Web applications such as Google Docs, Yahoo's
Zimbra e-mail site, and Zoho's online application suite. Google showed performance results using
its own collection of five JavaScript benchmarks and V8, Chrome's JavaScript engine, but Mozilla
countered with a different test called SunSpider...
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03.09.2008NeowinCAST News Edition for April 12th, 2007
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12, 2007. This week our panel
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Wright (Rob). The duo
discusses some recent DRM news
and then jumps into Linux and
a controversial DVR idea. The
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13.04.2007Jade Empire PC Interview
FiringSquad: How was
Gray Matter recruited to help
develop the game
Diarmid Clarke:
I keep in contact with a lot
of development studios so that
when a project comes up I
already have a short list of
good people to go to. LTI did
an evaluation demo for us of
Jade working on the PC, which
they presented to the original
Jade team at our Edmonton
offices. They did a great job
of that.
FiringSquad: How hard
was it to port the content of
the original Xbox game to work
on the PC?
Diarmid Clarke:
To get something working on PC
from Xbox is pretty
straightforward. The hard work
comes from adding all the
enhancements to the PC version
so that they make the game
closer to the original design
vision. For example, I'm very
happy with how the game has
been re-balanced to make the
players' second-to-second
gameplay experience more
enjoyable.
FiringSquad: What sort of new
single player missions, if
any, have been added to the PC
version?
Diarmid Clarke:
Jade PC remains absolutely
faithful to the original story
our writers wanted to make, so
we didn't want to add
arbitrary new content which
would not fit with the writing
vision. But we did focus on
adding 3 main layers of
development: 1) Providing the
PC player with the technical
improvements that they expect
and demand, such as improved
resolution and great keyboard
and mouse control, 2) New
content such as cool fighting
styles and monsters, and 3)
Really enhancing the combat
and balancing to improve the
gameplay experience.
FiringSquad: What kind
of new enemies and monsters
can we expect in the PC
versions?
Diarmid Clarke:
I don't want to ruin the
surprise by telling you about
all the new enemies, but one
of my favorites is the Rhino
Demon. He's one of the elder
demons, and he can mow you
down with his horn rush, or
squash you with a big stomp
attack, and other things like
that. He's pretty resistant
to magic so you really have to
get up close to attack him,
which is dangerous because
he's got a long reach.
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