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Kinect for Xbox 360 – Gaming Without a Controller, Price Rs 9990

November 10, 2010

Kinect for Xbox 360 is a controller-free gaming and entertainment experience by Microsoft for the Xbox 360 video game platform. Kinect enables users to control and interact with the Xbox 360 without the need to touch a game controller. Simply step in front of the sensor and Kinect recognizes you and responds to your gestures, spoken commands, or presented objects and images. It is available in Microsoft India Store at a price of Rs. 9,990. […]

Windows Small Business Server 2011 by H1 2011

November 3, 2010

Microsoft has announced name and licensing details of its Small Business Server (SBS) 2011. Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials (“Aurora”) is ideal as a first server for small businesses, organize and access business information from virtually anywhere, support the applications needed to run a business, and quickly connect to online services such as Office 365, hosted e-mail, collaboration and CRM. It can be used by up to 25 users and is expected to release in H1 2011 and estimated retail pricing is $545US. […]

Migrate Microsoft Outlook to Google Apps – Mail, Contacts, Calendar

October 29, 2010

Google Apps Migration for Microsof Outlook is a desktop utility that lets Microsoft Outlook users import your existing mail, personal contacts, and calendar events from a Microsoft Exchange account or PST file into Google Apps account. This tool is recommended by Google Apps. With this tool, you can perform a user driven individual selective migration of your inbox, sent items, calendar and contacts from Microsoft Outlook into Google Apps.
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Windows (XP) Keyboard Shortcuts

October 27, 2010

This article describes the keyboard shortcuts that are available in Windows XP (Home Edition and Professional). As you know, using keyboard shortcuts improves productivity. Various keyboard shortcuts avaible for Windows XP are listed below, which includes keyboard shortcuts for general use, Dialog box , Windows Keys, Accessibility, Windows Explorer, Character Map, Microsoft Management Console (MMC), Remote desktop connection and Internet Explorer. […]

Ray Ozzie Resigns from Microsoft Chief Software Architect Post

October 19, 2010

Ray Ozzie, the Chief Software Architect at Microsoft is about to step down from his current position. “Though Ozzie is stepping down from his specific title as chief software architect, he will be with Microsoft, focusing in the area of entertainment”, said Steve Balmer ,CEO, Microsoft. Ozzie had done a great role in developing the company’s cloud computing services – Microsoft Azure. […]

Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Smart Phone Coming Soon

October 14, 2010

At the third annual Microsoft Open House in New York, Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer did a presentation of the new mobile operating system, Windows Phone 7. The Windows Phone 7 unveiled on February 15, 2010, at Mobile World Congress 2010 in Barcelona, is a fully-fledged replacement to the older Windows Mobile platform. It is due to launch in Europe and Asia on October 21, 2010, and in the US on November 8th, 2010. […]

Microsoft Windows Slate Tablet Running Windows 7 by 2010 End

October 11, 2010

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced the launch of Windows Slate by 2010 Christmas season to counter Apple’s iPad. He announced this to the audience at the London School of Economics. “You’ll see new slates with Windows on them. You’ll see them this Christmas”, he told. The Slate tablets would come loaded with Windows Embedded Compact 7 – previously known as Windows Embedded CE/Windows CE. These Windows 7 based tablets will be a productivity device and a consumption device. […]

Xbox 360 250 GB New Console Launched in India

August 27, 2010

Microsoft launched new futuristic console 250 GB Xbox 360 console in India. it is powered with in-built Wi-Fi and large disk space for storing more games on the console and connectivity to Xbox LIVE. The new console will be available at all leading organized retail stores across India at an estimated retail price of Rs. 21990. […]

Windows Embedded Handheld Platform, Coming to Motorola ES400

June 21, 2010

Microsoft introduced plans to launch a mobile software platform called Windows Embedded Handheld, which is expected to be available this year. Windows Embedded Handheld is essentially a warmed-over version of WinMo 6.5.3 with some key UI and enterprise-focused enhancements. Windows Embedded Handheld platform focuses on extending Windows and the benefits of cloud computing to the world of specialized devices. […]

Microsoft Office Web Apps on SkyDrive – View, Edit & Share Documents

June 21, 2010

Office Web Apps was released to the public via Windows Live Office on June 7, 2010, and Office Live Workspace users are expected to be migrated to Windows Live Office within the next months. Now consumers are able to access Office Web Apps through Windows Live SkyDrive. Office Web Apps are especially useful for people working in teams that want a convenient way to share files with others. […]