Windows Phone 7 Series T-shirt cannon gets detailed, redefines ‘mobile warfare’

Microsoft’s MIX 10 Windows Phone app demos were highlighted by a robotic t-shirt cannon entirely controlled by a WP7S app, and the code monkeys behind the project are now back with a full breakdown of how things were achieved — the bot was built on a standard battle-bot chassis, which was then modded with the [...]

Windows 8 “mind blowing” and “completely different”?

This week, several Microsoft employees took the liberty of describing Windows 8 for us, without actually describing Windows 8 for us. An MSDN blog titled, “Whats in store for the next Windows,” which was promptly taken down by MS, bragged:
“The minimum that folks can take for granted is that the next version will be [...]

Microsoft’s Windows 7 gets released to manufacturing

Aw snap, one of the final hurdles on the way to October 22nd has been passed: Windows 7 (and Windows Server 2008 R2, too) has been released to manufacturing. A post over on The Windows Blog explains that this build (7600) underwent tons of scruntiny and tweaking before being deemed sufficient for release, and considering [...]

Gadget Deals of the Day [Dealzmodo]

Summer moving sluggishly? Dealzmodo here to save you with amazing deals on movies and games! The awesome Metal Gear Solid collection going for $20! Evil Dead 2 for $13? Who’s laughing now Ash? Dealzmodo is! Happy thirsty Thursday everyone!
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