Barnes & Noble Not Part of Today’s Big Microsoft Event

At 3:30 PM PST | 6:30 PM EST, all eyes will be on Microsoft, who have managed to have the tech world focused on an extremely secretive event. Despite rumors that Barnes & Noble would be part of today's event, sources have confirmed they have nothing to do with today's event. The prevailing thought over the weekend was that Microsoft would be manufacturing a new tablet with ties … [Read more...]

Microsoft Teams Up With Barnes & Noble On New eBooks Initiative

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Announced today, Microsoft will be investing $300 million into a new partnership with Barnes and Noble. The two will form a new subsidiary of Barnes and Noble, that will include all of the Nook business along with the educational college business. The current Nook runs Android and has in itself become a bit of an underground fan favorite among hackers who have found it … [Read more...]

Windows Phone Sends Location Data Without Permission

Microsoft has been shown to be sending location information to their servers from your phone without bothering to ask permission, a move that's not only in opposition to their claims, but one that could end in a costly lawsuit. This information comes on the back of a lawsuit filed in Seattle that claims Microsoft was doing just that, which the tech giant denied. Hacker … [Read more...]

Microsoft Shows Windows Phone And Kinect Interaction At GameFest Conference

At Microsoft's recent GameFest conference held in Seattle, they showed a quick demonstration of one of several ways the Xbox 360 Kinect and Windows Phone will interact.  With updates releasing in the next coming months for both the Windows Phone and Xbox 360, they will allow interaction between the two devices. In the Microsoft demo shown at the event, they showed how, using QR … [Read more...]

Close To 1000 WebOS Developers Moving To Windows Phone

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With the recent HP withdrawal of tablets and phones, developers for the WebOS platform are quickly accepting Windows Phone as an option.  Over the weekend, Brandon Watson, Senior Director of Microsoft Windows Phone 7 development, offered WebOS developers free tools and training for Windows Phone devices.  To be specific, Watson reached out to WebOS developers after HP … [Read more...]