Microsoft: News from Liberty City this Autumn
As info for all things other than the Xbox 360 arrives fresh from the Leipzig Games Convention, Microsoft took the opportunity to tease Grand Theft Auto IV gamers with the upcoming exclusive downloadable content. ...

Powerset joins Live Search
We'll have more to say about the things we're doing in understanding searches and webpages through natural language technology in the coming months. In the meantime, please join me in welcoming Powerset to Microsoft! ...

Microsoft: Grand Theft Auto IV DLC coming this Autumn
In the midst of the Leipzig Games Convention, Microsoft has issued a statement (via IGN) about the much-ballyhooed and long-delayed Grand Theft Auto IV downloadable content. Said Microsoft, "In autumn there will be news from Liberty ...

Another clue in Bill Gates' energy mystery?
Energy issues seem to be top of mind for Bill Gates in the initial months following his departure from daily life at Microsoft. The big question: Is he piecing together some larger idea, or just learning more about a subject that ...

First Microsoft Surface shipped international, brute-force unboxed
Then again, most of us aren't unboxing Microsoft's 125-kg (275-pound) Surface computer -- so big that one recipient quipped, "That's a big-ass box." How apropos. The recipient is Australian marketing agency Amnesia, making this the ...

Microsoft fesses up to a new, tweaked Xbox 360 controller
According to gamesindustry.biz, Microsoft is confirming a slight revision to its Xbox 360 controller design. Apparently, the new iteration of the gamepad includes enhancements to its d-pad, which admittedly has always been somewhat ...

If it takes 1000 Microsoft engineers to code Windows 7, how many ...
All smartass-ery aside, we're pleased to see Microsoft's attempt to more fully engage the development community as it marches towards a 2010 release of Windows 7. The 1000-strong engineering team is comprised of 25 different feature ...

Microsoft prototype judges e-mail's importance
Microsoft's Office Labs group today released a prototype plug-in for Outlook 2007 that automatically judges the importance of incoming e-mail messages and ranks them using a star system. The group says the idea is to help people focus ...

Microsoft says Rock Band 2, Guitar Hero: World Tour, and Rock ...
The post on Redmond's Gamerscore blog isn't chock-full of details, but we'll commend Microsoft and Sony for getting involved to make sure that all the lawsuits and infighting don't adversely affect their customers -- now if they could ...

News: Microsoft tweaks Xbox 360 controller
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SES San Jose: Keynote with Microsoft’s Satya Nadella
Satya Nadella is the SVP of the Search, Portal & Advertising Platform Group for Microsoft. In this session, Satya discussed the evolution of search and outlined strategies to help prepare for success. Specifically, he brings light to ...

Microsoft planning IE privacy mode
Worried about leaving tracks as you browse the Web? A privacy mode is on the agenda for Microsoft's Internet Explorer.

Microsoft's Photosyth Opens To The Public
Microsoft's Photosyth is transforming from a Microsoft Live Labs experiment, featured on the BBC's "How We Built Britain" television series and in select other rarefied contexts, to a what can only be described as "totally cool" ...

Microsoft's Photosyth Opens To The Public
I don't know who's designing Microsoft's gaming hardware after their brief hiatus from the market, but they're insane, in the best possible way—they've actually got some inspired, unique form factors, besides a huge Vader hard-on. ...