The Tech Sketch

Microsoft has killed off two feature phone lineups in two days, the Microsoft Kin and the T-Mobile Sidekick. Both feature phones attempted to appeal to the teenage crowd, an audience which is now moving toward the smartphone era. Microsoft’s smartphone operating system competitor is Windows Phone 7, and now Microsoft needs to build for the [...]

When all hope was lost for Microsoft, they kicked off MWC with a bang, unveiling their new mobile operating system, Windows Phone 7 Series. Now, although your opinion on Windows Phone 7 Series may vary, you must admit that Microsoft has put quite some effort into the mobile operating system, as if they rewrote every [...]

The people at XDAndroid have been working on this project to get Google’s Android on Windows Mobile devices and it seem as though their latest build has done it. This demonstration is on the HTC Touch Pro 2, recently getting Ubuntu hacked onto there. You almost get the full Android experience. You get to make [...]

Microsoft will release two platforms which is expected to fix eight vulnerabilities in Windows and Microsoft Office, all rated “important”. The company says that the patch will go out on Tuesday, and will be considered a light patch considering just last month, Microsoft patched 26 holes. Code has been shown on the Internet which suggests [...]

Satisfying your social networking needs, Microsoft has released their long-awaited Facebook Application for the Zune HD. Reports say you may need to update your Zune software first, though, so make sure you get to that. The app is light ant substantially full featured. Well, look at it this way, the Facebook app is to Facebook’s [...]

With the unveiling of Windows Phone 7 Series, many people have wondered where Windows Mobile 6.5 where go. Well, ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley has confirmed that Windows Mobile 6.5 will be revived in the form of Windows Phone Starter Edition. Windows Phone Starter Edition is aimed at those who want to keep Windows Mobile 6.5 [...]

Microsoft introduced BlueTrack technology in the latter months of 2008, and now they are producing them in their mice. BlueTrack technology promising laser precision, whether you’re using the mouse (or any other product using this technology) on a wood, glass, metal, or even sticky surface. You get the point, it works on practically any surface. [...]

More Project Natal news has gone underway, and shows us more of how it’ll be like when playing. The MTV Multiplayer blog has taken advantage of a demo session and calculated how much lag we can expect from Natal. The test went through about 40 movements with a stopwatch, the site then found that “life-to-screen” [...]

Microsoft is finally finishing up their browser ballot, allowing you Europeans to choose your built-in browser. The European Commission forced Microsoft to do so late last year, and today we see the window! This is quite straight forward, so listen up. Users who have Internet Explorer as their default browser will be alerted with an [...]

Microsoft did quite a thorough job at inspecting every aspect of Windows Phone 7 Series yesterday, although missed one key point, the Marketplace. Microsoft has not mentioned anything pertaining to the Windows Phone 7 Series Marketplace, although these images have surfaced, showing what’s likely to happen. As you see, it is quite Zune OS esk, [...]

Windows Phone 7 Series? Microsoft really needs to work on naming their stuff, then again, “iPad” is no step up either. Anyway, there you go, Microsoft unveiled their brand spankin’ new operating system, Windows Phone 7 Series; not sure if that’s the name of the actual operating system or a series of phones altogether, Microsoft, [...]

Or at least looks like it from the video. There hasn’t been much news on the Microsoft Surface since it’s unveiling a year or so ago, and it’s been sitting cozy in the Microsoft Stores Microsoft has created. Although look what we have here, Dungeons And Dragons on the Microsoft Surface. The Surface recognizes pieces [...]

Microsoft will patch 26 holes in the Windows OS and Microsoft Office. As shown as the chart above, there are problems ranging from major to minor flaws. Several flaws are within the kernel of 32-bit versions and several in Microsoft Office. The patch is expected to be distributed on Tuesday. Click the read more button to continue.