Sometimes these type of statements make us chuckle especially when a bigwig comments ignoring the facts. Sony’s boss Kazuo Hirai recently commented on PS3’s competitors. Well, according to him, PS3 is the leader in the current generation console war. This is what he said about Nintendo. “It’s difficult to talk about Nintendo because we […]
Rumor: Microsoft to launch MobileMe competitor next month
If the latest rumor is to be believed then Microsoft is likely to launch cloud services like SkyBox, SkyLine and SkyMarket at the MWC 2009. According to Neowin, the services will mostly fall under the Live brand. “SkyBox” is a service for users to sync a phones information with the web. Microsoft will be […]
2008 was the year of the Wii
This shouldn’t come as a surprise. NPD has released their December report which claims to have Nintendo Wii at the top spot. Over the year, 10.17 million units got in the hands of US customers, accounting for 55% of the total current gen console sales in 2008 making it the first ever console to […]
Microsoft Windows 7 Beta coming this Friday
Steve Ballmer in his keynote at the CES announced the availability of the beta version of Windows 7. While MSDN, TechBeta and TechNet subscribers are eligible to get their hands on Vista successor from today, users like you and me will be able to download the beta from January 9 i.e. Friday. Having used […]
Microsoft to sell Windows Vista Ultimate Product RED edition
Microsoft has announced to sell Windows Vista Ultimate Product RED edition OS beginning from December 15th. The Vista Ultimate Product RED copies that were initially started to ship with Dell, will now be extended to all in the retail market. A part of the sale made by Microsoft with this particular edition will go […]
Microsoft reveal Windows Azure
Ray Ozzie from Microsoft did the honors today at the Professional Developers Conference 2008 (PDC2008) to unveil their cloud computing service dubbed as Windows Azure. Azure as Microsoft puts it, adopts a software plus service model which means that it will enable the developers to host their applications created on Visual Studio and .NET […]
Nintendo Wii, DS outsells every other console in US
Nintendo has done it again. NPD Group did the honors of revealing the sales figure of all the gaming hardware selling in US. With Wii and DS combined, they managed to sell about 1.2 million units, which is far ahead then all the combined hardware sales of Microsoft and Sony. Here is the total […]
Microsoft sues DHL for damaged Xbox 360s
Microsoft is playing hardball to DHL who had the responsibility to ship their Xbox 360s. DHL has been sued by the Redmond giant seeking in excess of $2 million in damages after a train derailment which happened in October last year. A total of 21,600 Xbox consoles were damaged in that incident and the […]
Xbox 360 prices slashed in Europe
Microsoft has gone ahead and announced the Xbox 360 price cut for the European region. The Arcade version will now sell for EUR 179.99 while the Pro and Elite versions will go for EUR 239.99 and EUR 299.99 respectively. The new prices go into effect from September 19. As most of the countries have […]
Microsoft SideWinder X8 Mouse also features BlueTrack technology
Microsoft is dropping another BlueTrack enabled mouse in the market just after the recently announced Explorer and Mini Explorer mouse. The SideWinder X8 comes to offer gamers the benefit to use their mouse on any surface giving them a tracking range from 250 to 4,000 dpi. It runs on 2.4GHz band giving the mouse […]