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The strange spherical Microsoft PC in action

August 2, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment 

The strange spherical Microsoft PC in action
It resembles a crystal ball … but this is a prototype computer designed by researchers at Microsoft Research. Consisting of a touchscreen, Sphere is pilot with the hands.

Microsft spherical pc

Microsft spherical pc

Those who say that nothing ever comes out of research labs and development for Microsoft to be their own expense. At the 2008 edition of DemoFest (1), researchers at Microsoft Research unveiled yesterday in Redmond a prototype surprising: a computer consists of a touch screen-shaped ball which pilot with the hands.

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Microsoft investing in Open source

July 30, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment 

Microsoft is investing as never before in open source
Interoperability requires, the company continues its rapprochement with the world of free software. It contributes to Apache, language and Ruby Runtime Environment PHP.
The U.S. giant has benefited from the 2008 edition of the O’Reilly Open Source Convention (Oscon, convention dedicated annually to open source software ), which ended Friday, July 25 in Portland, USA, to announce several initiatives strongly accentuating the rapprochement begun with the community “open source” last November.
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Ipod could have a new competitor in the next few months

July 30, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment 

Dell will probably be competing to the iPod that would be sold less for than $ 100 .


According to the Wall Street Journal “, the computer manufacturer is preparing to leave his portable Wi-Fi with a software provided on its laptops.

The iPod could have a new competitor in the coming months. Dell is testing for several months a digital music market that could as early as September 2008. The information is disclosed by the Wall Street Journal, citing several officials of the computer manufacturer.

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Joint-venture between Siemens and Enterasys

July 30, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment 

Joint-venture between Siemens and Enterasys
Siemens is not interested in its communications business by conducting a joint venture controlled by The Gores Group, a U.S. investor owns Enterasys.

The German conglomerate Siemens continues its disengagement of the telecommunications sector. In 2005, remembers that he had shaken off its mobile phones by selling the Taiwanese BenQ, which has since liquidated the activity. In 2006, he had placed its activities telecom equipment for cellular networks and fixed within the joint venture Nokia Siemens Networks, controlled by the Finnish.

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Microsoft made a first demonstration of the future Windows Seven

July 30, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment 

Yesterday, Tuesday, May 27, the publisher has lifted a corner of the veil on Windows Seven. Due in 2010, the successor to Vista could drive the tip of your fingers directly on the screen.

This is the first time that Microsoft officially communicate on Windows Seven, the successor to Vista due in 2010. Yesterday, Tuesday, May 27 2008, the two most important personalities of the company, Bill Gates (Chairman founder) and Steve Ballmer (CEO), gave a small glimpse of what will be the future operating system. The demonstration took place during the 6th conference “All Things Digital” organized each year the Wall Street Journal on the subject of digital technologies.

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