Jan 10, 2012

On January 9, 2012, Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer took the stage at CES for the tech company’s final appearance at the electronics show. Along with him (for no real reason) was Ryan Seacrest. At the keynote, Ballmer didn’t really announce anything too special. Probably the biggest thing talked about was Kinect for Windows, which will be available...

Jan 9, 2012

Well here it is, Kinect for Windows, hot off the press from CES 2011. There’s not much information on it, but for now check out the official Amazon page, and some info direct from the latter: Utilize Kinect skeletal-tracking, sophisticated microphone array, and other sensor technologies Link computers to Kinect devices running Windows 7 and Windows 8...

Jan 9, 2012

At the AT&T press event during CES today, Microsoft announced some of the new 4G LTE Windows Phones. Among them are the The HTC Titan II which runs on AT&T’s 4G LTE network and is powered by a 1.5 GHz Snapdragon S2 processor by Qualcomm. Stephen Elop, chief executive officer, Nokia, also took the stage to announce that AT&T would be the...

Dec 15, 2011

Recently, I saw a video on the TechnoBuffalo YouTube channel where John Quach described a new Microsoft app for the iPhone, Photosynth. The app is free, and does some pretty spectacular things.  Here’s an example:   So, as you can see, this app takes panoramic photos. All you have to do is move your device around, and the app will automatically...

Sep 13, 2011

Well it’s official: as of today the Windows 8 dev build is available to download. Along with all the new features you’ll see with Windows 8, you’ll also get these apps pre-installed with it for the developer in you: 64-bit Windows Developer Preview Windows SDK for Metro style apps Microsoft Visual Studio 11 Express for Windows Developer...