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Microsoft Patent Lets Hollywood Watch You with Camera Tom's Hardware Guide OK Microsoft, now you're driving into Crazy Town. Eurogamer has stumbled across a patent filed by the Redmond company back in April 2011 – and published on November 1 – called "Content Distribution Regulation by Viewing User". It essentially controls ...

Microsoft's Xbox Tablet to Take on Apple, Sony and Nintendo NASDAQ From the late '80s through 2010, Nintendo (OTC: NTDOY ) all but owned the handheld video game market. Sony (NYSE: SNE ) emerged as a second-place contender when it introduced the PlayStation Portable in 2005. Meanwhile, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL ) ...

Microsoft, Apple tablets have most profit margins Detroit Free Press Microsoft Corp.'s first self-made tablet, the Surface, costs about $267 in parts and labor when excluding its optional keyboard cover. It went on sale Oct. 26 priced at $499, for a profit margin of around 46%. Surface comes with a 10.6-inch screen ...

Microsoft SmartGlass hits iOS as Xbox LIVE app update Apple Insider Microsoft SmartGlass hits iOS as Xbox LIVE app update. By AppleInsider Staff. Microsoft on Tuesday rolled out an update to its existing Xbox iOS app, morphing the title into a form identical to the company's SmartGlass Android and Windows Phone app by ... Apple Insider

Microsoft's Surface Brings in More Dollars than iPad Does for Apple eWeek Microsoft has set out to mimic Apple's success story—creating both software and the hardware it runs on—and with its new Surface tablet, it has outdone even Apple's ability to turn hardware into dollars. According to a teardown of the 32GB Surface ... eWeek

How to use the Microsoft Surface touch screen and keyboard CNET How to use the Microsoft Surface touch screen and keyboard. Swipe your way to apps and settings on Microsoft's Windows RT tablet, or use Windows key shortcuts and other keystroke combinations to zip to nearly any program or setting. Dennis O'Reilly ...

Microsoft Surface RT 32GB tablet reserves nearly half its storage for Windows ... ZDNet Microsoft has posted a FAQ about Surface RT storage, and it reveals that out of the 32GB built into the tablet, only half of that amount is free for users to access. The total disk size thanks to the Windows binary systems is 29GB, and then Windows RT ... ZDNet

Confirmed: Microsoft To Kill Windows Live Messenger in 2013 Forbes Microsoft has officially confirmed that the company will discontinue Windows Live Messenger in 2013, moving all users over to Skype in Q1. This move will include migrating Messenger's 100 million users to Skype's platform. "We will retire Messenger in ...

Report: Microsoft's 7-inch Tablet Is Xbox Surface Gizmodo According to the Verge, Microsoft has a 7-inch, gaming-centric tablet coming called the Xbox Surface, and its hardware is close to being finalized. Microsoft recently entered the tablet and PC manufacturing game with the Surface RT and forthcoming ...

Microsoft: In The Forefront Of The PC Revolution Once Again Seeking Alpha Many people say that the PC is dead. I disagree. The fact is, the PC is constantly in a state of change. There is no such think as rebirth, only of evolution. Many companies have been in the forefront of the PC era since day one. The two most notable ...

Microsoft Wants to Build a Creepy 'Consumer Detector' That Charges for Content ... Betabeat The Kinect add-on for Microsoft's Xbox, which allows users to play fully-immersive games as the Kinect tracks your movements and translates them to the screen, is a fun alternative to typical couch potato gaming. But did you know it can also help ... Betabeat