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In the US, Microsoft has brought back Family Pack which is three Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade licenses for as low as $149. Sometime back I had asked why Microsoft India doesn’t have something similar in India, the response was underwhelming. Anyhoo… today, Abhishek Baxi shared on twitter that Microsoft Office 2010 Home and Student edition is now available at Rs. 2,999.
Direct Experience Platform for Windows will start the PC in reduced functionality mode to function more as a consumer device for specific purposes than as a full fledged PC.
Clearing the misconceptions regarding multi-tasking in Windows Phone 7 and comparing it to Apple’s iOS4.
A few months back Razer co-founder Min-Liang Tan visited Mumbai and showed us a few of his company’s products, he was particularly proud of the Razer Mamba. The Mamba was small in size and had two modes of operation – wired and wireless. Not two different products, but the same mouse could switch between the wired and wireless mouse mode on the fly.
Microsoft has applied to patent a touch gesture known as rubber band gesture.
Patent application from Microsoft shows an alternative layout of a touch keyboard that does not require a stylus.
A new series of Office 2010 ads from Microsoft that has kids showing off the new features.
Office Labs showed Microsoft’s vision for the future, translucent gadgets without tactile buttons and dynamic interfaces. Office Labs GM Chris Pratley then demoed one of the technologies shown in the video.
In a recent patent application Microsoft has applied to patent a device (remote) with dynamic controls depending on which side is facing up. This is done based on which side the effect of gravity is observed.
According to an interesting patent application I came across, Microsoft plans to save its users health records so that it can customize the gaming experience accordingly.
There have been several instances where continuous gaming has adversely affected physical and mental state of an individual. The patent application gives an idea about how Microsoft plans to address this issue. Microsoft talks about obesity and how it has plagued the US, Microsoft intends to make gamers undertake assignments and tasks according to their health records.
Here’s a flow chart that details how the system is intended to work: