Technology New » Microsoft http://en.tech-new.net Latest News Technology Thu, 13 Jan 2011 00:34:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Google Acquires eBook Technologies http://en.tech-new.net/2011/01/13/google-acquires-ebook-technologies/ http://en.tech-new.net/2011/01/13/google-acquires-ebook-technologies/#comments Thu, 13 Jan 2011 00:34:03 +0000 ouiss http://en.tech-new.net/2011/01/13/google-acquires-ebook-technologies/ Google has just acquired eBook Technologies , according to a notice that is currently appearing on the company’s homepage. Google confirmed the acquisition, with a spokesperson giving us this statement: “We are happy to welcome eBook Technologies’ team to Google

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]]> http://en.tech-new.net/2011/01/12/microsoft-claiming-term-%e2%80%9capp-store%e2%80%9d-as-generic/feed/ 0 Microsoft Evangelist Brilliantly Slams Google’s Decision To Drop H.264 Support http://en.tech-new.net/2011/01/12/microsoft-evangelist-brilliantly-slams-google%e2%80%99s-decision-to-drop-h-264-support/ http://en.tech-new.net/2011/01/12/microsoft-evangelist-brilliantly-slams-google%e2%80%99s-decision-to-drop-h-264-support/#comments Wed, 12 Jan 2011 13:08:45 +0000 ouiss http://en.tech-new.net/2011/01/12/microsoft-evangelist-brilliantly-slams-google%e2%80%99s-decision-to-drop-h-264-support/ A lot has been written about Google’s decision to no longer support H.264 HTML5 video playback in Chrome, and we haven’t seen the end of opinions about it (here’s MG’s take ). Make sure you read this one from Tim Sneath, director of the Windows and Silverlight technical evangelism team, though.

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]]> http://en.tech-new.net/2011/01/12/microsoft-evangelist-brilliantly-slams-google%e2%80%99s-decision-to-drop-h-264-support/feed/ 0 So Google, You’ll Be Dropping Support For Flash Next, Right? http://en.tech-new.net/2011/01/12/so-google-you%e2%80%99ll-be-dropping-support-for-flash-next-right/ http://en.tech-new.net/2011/01/12/so-google-you%e2%80%99ll-be-dropping-support-for-flash-next-right/#comments Wed, 12 Jan 2011 00:28:43 +0000 ouiss http://en.tech-new.net/2011/01/12/so-google-you%e2%80%99ll-be-dropping-support-for-flash-next-right/ Do you smell that? Just wait a second. You will

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]]> http://en.tech-new.net/2011/01/12/so-google-you%e2%80%99ll-be-dropping-support-for-flash-next-right/feed/ 0 Last Week, IE Was The Top Browser On TechCrunch. Wait, What? http://en.tech-new.net/2011/01/11/last-week-ie-was-the-top-browser-on-techcrunch-wait-what/ http://en.tech-new.net/2011/01/11/last-week-ie-was-the-top-browser-on-techcrunch-wait-what/#comments Tue, 11 Jan 2011 23:11:22 +0000 ouiss http://en.tech-new.net/2011/01/11/last-week-ie-was-the-top-browser-on-techcrunch-wait-what/ In late November of last year, we noted a changing of the guard: Chrome had become the most-used browser amongst TechCrunch readers, ending the four year reign of Firefox in the pole position.

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]]> http://en.tech-new.net/2011/01/11/amazon-promotes-gold-box-daily-deals-with-new-iphone-app/feed/ 0 Kindle Comes To The Mac App Store, Already No. 5 Free App http://en.tech-new.net/2011/01/10/kindle-comes-to-the-mac-app-store-already-no-5-free-app/ http://en.tech-new.net/2011/01/10/kindle-comes-to-the-mac-app-store-already-no-5-free-app/#comments Mon, 10 Jan 2011 23:26:22 +0000 ouiss http://en.tech-new.net/2011/01/10/kindle-comes-to-the-mac-app-store-already-no-5-free-app/ Continuing its quest to be on every major computing platform, Kindle is now available as an app in the n ew Mac App Store . As the first ebook app in teh Mac App Store, it is already the fifth most downloaded free app.

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]]> http://en.tech-new.net/2011/01/10/head-in-the-clouds-ballmer-pushes-stb-head-muglia-out-after-23-years-at-microsoft/feed/ 0 Streaming CES: How We Did It http://en.tech-new.net/2011/01/09/streaming-ces-how-we-did-it/ http://en.tech-new.net/2011/01/09/streaming-ces-how-we-did-it/#comments Sun, 09 Jan 2011 22:36:18 +0000 ouiss http://en.tech-new.net/2011/01/09/streaming-ces-how-we-did-it/ As the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show wraps up today, we’d like to share a few secrets. The CrunchGear writing team , with support from TechCrunch TV , provided more than 20 hours of live CES video coverage, taking our viewers right to the industry and media access only exhibit floor.

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Hot on the heels of the release of a utility for bypassing the Windows Marketplace and sideloading your own apps, Microsoft has released a brief statement on the state of the Windows Phone 7 hacking community… and we wouldn’t exactly say they’re too worked up about it:

“We anticipated that people would attempt to unlock the phones and explore the underlying operating system. We encourage people to use their Windows Phone as supplied by the manufacturer to ensure the best possible user experience. Attempting to unlock a device could void the warranty, disable phone functionality, interrupt access to Windows Phone 7 services or render the phone permanently unusable.”

So yeah, we’d say this is more or less a boilerplate quote: “we figured you’d hack this thing, we’d prefer it if you didn’t, and here’s a laundry list of things that could (but probably won’t) happen if you fail to heed our meek warning.” Over the long term, we wouldn’t be surprised if Redmond ended up playing an Apple-style cat-and-mouse game with these folks, breaking hacks with firmware updates only to have them re-hacked within a few days’ time. Considering the lack of spitfire in the statement here, we don’t see them coming down too hard unless legitimate, card-carrying, fee-paying developers throw a fit — and granted, ChevronWP7 could be a step on the road to piracy, so that could very well happen.

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