Jan 23
This month a couple of services have popped up for the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 – collections of games that can be played for free, crafted with HTML5 for … Continue reading
Jan 23
There’s an update for the app called Cinemagraph out there this week that allows the user to export the media created by the app through the camera of the mobile … Continue reading
Jan 23
Following a string of revelations about U.S. government backed electronic spying programs, which also included monitoring of foreign citizens’ internet traffic, Microsoft has announced a new move that has won the appreciation of privacy advocates. The company will allow foreign users to choose whether or not they want their data to be stored in Microsoft’s U.S. based data centers. If they’re not open to the idea, they can request to have the data stored outside the U.S.
Foreign Microsoft Users Can Have Their Data Stored Outside The U.S. original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Jan 23
Another day, another leak – although this time around it has nothing whatsoever to do with a new smartphone or tablet device. We are referring to the latest Windows 8.1 update 1 screenshots that will highlight modern app pinning, and among them a hover preview has also been caught out in the wild. It does seem as though Microsoft is on the move to merge both modern and classic desktop environments with Windows 8.1 and Windows 9. With Windows 9, there are whispers going around that this operating system will be able to run modern apps in a windowed environment on the desktop, which would definitely enhance the level of usability for folks who happen to be rocking to Windows 9 on a non-touchscreen device.
New Windows 8.1 Update 1 Screenshots Spotted original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Jan 22
Running a datacenter is no joke at all – it requires large amounts of power to keep it up and running, and this could in the long run have a detrimental impact on our environment if it is not powered cleanly. Well, In November a couple of years back, Microsoft did make an announcement that they intend to run a new datacenter in Cheyenne, Wyoming through the use of biogas alone. This biogas will be generated from local municipal waste as part of a research project. Fast forward to today, and Microsoft has lifted up the veil on this particular datacenter, citing that its power plant ought to be online sometime in the next month.
Microsoft Datacenter To Rely On Biogas For Power original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Jan 22
This article was written on April 08, 2008 by CyberNet.
The latest rumor and speculation around the Internet regarding the Xbox 360 is that Microsoft is developing a “Wiimote” like controller for the system. This information comes from an MTV News Report that talked about the controller and how it would have four face buttons, an analog stick and a microphone. They article reads:
If everything goes according to plan, Microsoft’s response to Nintendo’s Wii will appear before the end of the year, a developer who has been briefed on the project told MTV News. The Xbox 360 manufacturer has been working on its own version of the motion-controlled Wii remote since last summer, the developer said.
The developer that MTV spoke with also sketched out a reproduction of the last prototype that he had seen which looks like this:
We’ve seen how successful the Wii has been, partially because of its controller and so it makes sense that Microsoft would want to introduce a new type of controller for the Xbox 360 that involved motion. A blog entry over at SeattlePI.com talks about how this rumor is highly plausible. The author said he knew that Microsoft was developing at least four different accessories (they’re money-makers) for the system that were to launch in 2008 and this controller could very likely be one of them. He also mentioned that in the past, Microsoft had job postings seeking someone who had experience with motion sensors.
Of course this is just a rumor so it shouldn’t be taken too seriously yet, however this does sound like something Microsoft would want to do and we wouldn’t be surprised in the least if it’s launched before the holiday season.
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Jan 22
Smartphones, smartwatches, smart home appliances
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Jan 22
Bill Gates has again clamped down on suggestions that he could return to Microsoft amid the company’s hunt for a new CEO, with the founder saying that he’s content to … Continue reading
Jan 22
Microsoft to let foreign customers store data on non-US servers following NSA debacle
Posted in: Today's ChiliMicrosoft has made a decision that runs afoul of many tech companies’ sensibilities — allowing foreign customers to have their data stored on non-US servers. Such a decision was prompted … Continue reading
Jan 22
Nokia will report its fourth-quarter 2013 earnings tomorrow, a seminal moment for the company as the figures will represent the last full period in which it will own the hardware assets that it is selling to Microsoft.
It also matters as Nokia’s Lumia Windows Phone sales in the quarter will provide a report card of sorts for Microsoft. Given that Nokia makes and sells the vast majority of Windows Phone devices, its sales are proxy for the larger market for the phones. So if Nokia had a good quarter selling Lumias, Microsoft had a good quarter selling Windows Phones.
Microsoft will report its earnings later in the day.
Nokia sold 8.8 million Lumia devices in the third quarter of 2013. Given extant growth trends, we would expect Nokia to sell more phones in the fourth quarter. Add the simple fact that the period includes the holiday sales cycle, and we expect another bump. This means that Nokia should sell — easily — more than 10 million Lumia handsets in the quarter.
The stakes here are high for Nokia, given that it’s hard to win in this context, but very easy to lose. If it sells 11.5 million handsets instead of 11 I doubt people will laud it. But a weak number could cast a pall. The irony is that the asset in question is what the company is selling, so a negative result may not have as sharp an impact on its share price as it otherwise might.
Investors are expecting Nokia to earn around €0.08 ($0.11) in the quarter on revenue of €6.4 billion ($8.671 billion). It will be interesting to parse the company’s earnings as it intends to mark the assets it is selling as discontinued businesses. Nokia will dramatically change once it and Microsoft clear the final regulatory hurdles that sit between their consummation.
For the full-year period, Nokia is expected to earn €0.07 ($0.09) (on aggregate revenue of €23.7 billion ($32.11 billion) in revenue. That latter figure is a firm decline from its 2012 tally of €30.2 billion ($40.92 billion). And Nokia, selling off another chunk of revenue, is about to slim again.
So that’s that. Keep your eye on the Lumia number, as it matters for both firms.
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