Two videos for tech fiends and futureheads that are proving popular this week are the OmniTouch and Microsoft’s HoloDesk. Don’t expect pumping music and fancy demos as both videos are technical and straight foward – but if you apply just a little imagination you can see what both sets of technology might mean for entertainment […]
Xbox TV in the UK
Yesterday Microsoft gave us some news about the “a new era in television”. The Xbox will be getting another dashboard revamp and we’ll be getting an on demand TV service. Don Mattrick, president of Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft, said in a press release; Combining the world’s leading TV and entertainment providers with the power […]
Xbox Live to be baked into Windows 8
Brier Dudley of the Seattle Times had the chance to talk to Mike Delman of Microsoft at E3. He dug out some interesting responses. It sounds as if the chances of an “Xbox Phone” are even higher than before although it may be a “certification” model that Sony are currently using with Android. Here’s the […]
SkyDrive syncing for WP7
Right now, as this blog post is written, the Open Mobile summit is on and Nokia’s CEO Stephen Elop is speaking. He’s denying, again, that Nokia is for sale. There’s been a host of cracking comments from him. In fact, Nokia themselves have just retweeted; “Nokia are making lots of contributions to WP7 s/w, not […]
E3: Halo 4 trailer
Thanks to a pesky little leak from Microsoft’s own website – we knew we’d be getting both Halo 4 and a reboot of the franchise. That doesn’t mean there was reason to turn away from E3’s Halo 4 announcement today. This video – at risk of being YouTube yanked, I fear – captures the all […]
E3: Fable – The Journey news, pictures and video
We have Fable news. There will be a new Fable and it’ll be Fable: The Journey. Albion’s end is coming, no more heroes are being born – but can be made – and all that matters now is the Journey. Peter Molyneux of Microsoft’s Lion Head Studios and Fable’s main man took the stage at […]
E3: Mass Effect 3 will have Kinect voice controls
One piece of news from the Microsoft press presentation from E3 today that’s certainly worth of RPG attention comes from developers BioWare. Mass Effect 3 will be a Kinect enhanced game. Expecting to make pistol shapes with your fingers and shout “pew pew pew!” at the screen? Unlikely to happen. What we are now expecting […]
Apple suffers Windows logo prank
Microsoft has not yet managed to export their retail stores outside the US. Apple has been far more successful and they’re due to open a very large store in Hamburg, Germany, shortly. We might expect Microsoft to be the subject of pranks but as Apple grows and continues to be aggressively defensive of their IP […]
A first look at Windows 8
I have an Android phone but I can see the attraction of Windows Phone 7. I think it’s better than current sales figures suggest. Windows Phone 7 seems to be a big chunk of the inspiration for Windows 8. Actually, Microsoft are saying this project has the ‘codename’ Windows 8 but it’s hard to imagine […]
Sony Song: Still Alive versus PSN
You must know Still Alive from the end of Portal. Imagine if you’ve bought Portal 2, really want to play it on Sony’s PSN… ouch, some of you are in that situation. You can’t. Not while PSN is down. That’s the first reason why this song is clever. I think the other reason is clever […]
