Microsoft Launches Windows Phone 7

Microsoft has unveiled details about its latest mobile operating system, Windows Phone 7. Mashable has the deets. Highlights include Xbox Live & Zune integration with social media status updates. This is Microsoft’s promo video found at YouTube from windowsphone.

Microsoft Live Labs’ Pivot Visualization Tool

ReadWriteWeb reports that Microsoft’s Live Labs has launched Pivot, “a fun, powerful discovery tool, built on Seadragon and powered by Silverlight, that runs in Vista or Windows 7 with IE8. It looks great and allows for truly intuitive exploration of information.” Here’s a demonstration:

The One Big Thing: Real-Time Conversational Context In Search – The Twitter Search Deals

The One Big Thing you need to know about this week is that Google and Bing have cut deals for access to real-time conversation data from Twitter (in the case of Google) and both Twitter and Facebook (in the case of Bing). Bing already has a beta implementation of Twitter search up and running at bing.com/twitter. While [...]

Microsoft Releases Windows 7

Microsoft’s Windows Vista is out of beta! After the troublesome release of Windows Vista, Microsoft is taking a chance on the newest form of its operating system, Windows 7. “Up to the Minute” Computer Consultant John Quain weighs in. Found at YouTube from CBSNewsOnline.

Microsoft Windows 7 Launch House Party Parody

A simple but effective remix to make the original promotional video urging people to hold Windows 7 launch house parties somewhat less cringe-inducing. Found at YouTube from cabel. Here’s the original, in case you missed it. Found at YouTube from LaunchParties.

Microsoft’s Multi-Touch Mouse

Some very cool new mouse technology from Microsoft. Found at YouTube from TechFlashVideos.

Windows 386 Promotional Video

This is so hokey: An actual 80s promotional video for Windows 386 that Microsoft sent to retailers to explain the benefits of the operating system. It’s kinda slow and silly until about the seven minute mark, when it picks up and becomes absurdly silly. Seriously, did the producers of this thing not think that the retailers [...]

“Man On The Street” Reactions To The Microsoft-Yahoo Search Deal

This is sorta interesting and sorta weird at the same time. UPI interviews anonymous people on the street in an anonymous city for their reaction to the Microsoft-Yahoo deal. Found at YouTube from UPIVideo.

Microsoft’s Uphill Marketing Battle: Googling With Bing

This parody of a Bing commercial from CollegeHumor sorta sums up Microsoft’s difficulties gaining marketshare from Google.

The One Big Thing: An End To Input Devices

The One Big Thing you need to know about this week is Microsoft’s 3D video camera for the Xbox 360. We are on the verge of realizing the vision of ubiquitous computing, the idea that computers are tools that we use, not devices that we focus our attention on. Eye glasses are tools that enhance, improve [...]

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