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Microsoft Surface Pro and Surface RT now shipping in more countries

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Microsoft’s Surface Pro and RT are striking out to more far flung corners of the globe. Redmond just announced this morning that its two Windows 8 tablets will be made available to even more markets, with the Surface RT being the first to branch o…


Kinect for Windows SDK to add new features, markets

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Kinect for Windows will arrive in style to China and other new markets starting October 8th, sporting a brand new SDK. The new developer kit will add features like color camera settings and extended depth data, as well as more tools and samples like …


Kinect for Windows SDK reaches v1.5, now works when you’re sitting down

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Microsoft is busting out version 1.5 of its Kinect for Windows runtime and SDK that includes a raft of new features for the Xbox-lacking hoi polli. The update includes 10-joint skeletal tracking that’ll work even when seated, face following capabilit…


Microsoft sets up new subsidiary, would like to meet open source types

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It’s been a mixed bag when it comes to Microsoft and open source involvement, but Redmond’s now getting all enthused, setting up an Open Technologies subsidiary dedicated to making friends in open source circles. While of other parts of the Redmond b…


Windows 8 Consumer Preview now available for download

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Don’t say we didn’t warn you. As anticipated, Leap Day is all about Microsoft in Barcelona, and Microsoft is all about you, the consumer. Redmond today officially unveiled the Consumer Preview of its forthcoming desktop operating system. Want to get a…


Microsoft Office for iOS gets blurrycam treatment in weird party-room

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What you see before you is a single image purporting to be Microsoft’s new Office app for iOS. We can certainly believe such an app exists, and according to The Daily, the UI is similar to OneNote with an added dash of Metro. You’ll be able to produc…


Windows Phone exec Brandon Watson leaves Microsoft, headed to Amazon

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There’s some more corporate reshuffling going on in the Windows Phone universe this week, now that Brandon Watson has confirmed his departure from Microsoft. Watson, who served as head of the WP Developer Experience, announced the news on his Twitter…


Microsoft Tag adds support for QR codes and NFC, seeks barcode dominance

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Last year, Microsoft Tag shed its beta skin and stepped out into the wild world of multi-colored barcodes. Now, Redmond has decided to revamp and expand its system, with additional support for both QR codes and NFC capabilities. The update effecti…


SkyDrive juices up document sharing and uploading, grabs a HTML5 smoothie afterward (video)

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Omar Shahine has sent SkyDrive off to the Microsoft gym in the hopes that it’d trim up ready for its forthcoming update. Users will soon be able to enjoy beefier document management powers, share individual files from private folders, control perm…


Windows XP turns 10, enjoys its golden years and slow transition into retirement

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It’s hard to believe that it was ten years ago today that Windows XP first hit retail shelves. It’s even more astonishing when you realize that it was still the most popular operating system in the world until the beginning of this month. The sun ma…