PointGrab Comes With Surprises For Windows 8 Users. (Image via LaptopMag)

In case you do not know who Pointgrab is, it’s enough to keep in mind that many manufacturers of recent devices, like notebooks, all-in-one systems, Smart TVs or tablets, are using software solutions from them.
Designed as a platform for reading gestures that uses a classic webcam, Pointgrab will be available as software solution compatible with Windows 7 and Windows 8. To better understand the magnitude of this trend …

Microsoft has revealed that the company has had a huge success with the Xbox 360 gaming console and the Kinext motion sensor selling over 67 million and 19 million units of the devices respectively.
In a post on the Official Microsoft Blog, Microsoft Interactive Entertainment Division Chief Marketing Officer Yusuf Mehdi said that the Xbox 360, by selling more than 67 million units, has generated over $56 billion at retail for Microsoft.
Xbox 360 is also said to have a 47 percent share of the …

Microsoft keeps reiterating that you should already end your love affair with Windows XP.
So convinced is Microsoft that individuals as well as enterprise customers should shift to a newer Windows operating system – say Windows 7 – that the company sponsored a whitepaper to look into how much costlier it is to deploy Windows XP than Windows 7 in enterprise settings.
The point was made again by Microsoft in a blog post on its Windows for your Business Blog. The post titled Understanding the …

Google reveals that most of the requests for removal of links for copyright violations are those for Microsoft products (Image: DavidWees (CC) via Flickr)

A Google report reveals that most of the complaints about copyright infringements come from Microsoft. Even more than those from entertainment companies, who are mainly responsible for pushing piracy laws online like SOPA.
Google released this information last Thursday. All requests for removing content that violates copyright laws since …

Microsoft may have overdone making the boot time of the Windows 8 operating system faster as the company apparently has stumbled upon an unconventional problem: the Windows 8 OS boots too fast for users to interrupt it.
Microsoft has demoed since last year the blazing fast boot time of Windows 8.
Why is this phenomenally fast boot time a problem? There may be times when you want to interrupt the boot sequence to go to the advanced boot options menu where you can tell Windows 8 to start in Safe …

Even though Microsoft is expected to release the Windows 8 operating system this coming October, the Redmond, Washington-based software giant is still bullish about its latest OS version, the Windows 7 OS.
According to Steve Ballmer, the CEO of the software giant, Microsoft is expecting 350 million machines installed with Windows 7 to be sold throughout 2012.
T the “It makes Windows the most popular single system,” Ballmer is quoted as saying during a speech at the Seoul Digital Forum in …

We know Windows 8 is important to Microsoft but not in the scale that its chief executive sees it.
According to the Agence France-Presse, Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer described the –generation OS as the “rebirth” of the Windows platform.
The comments were made by Ballmer at the Seoul Digital Forum on Tuesday.
The senior Microsoft executive said that Windows 8 is the “deepest, broadest and most impactful” Windows operating system version made by the Redmond, …

Windows 8 – Without Start Menu and Aero Glass / Image via Microsoft

Microsoft continues to amaze through the changes made to the upcoming Windows 8 OS, but not necessarily in a pleasant way.
After we heard that Windows 8 will not have a Start Menu button, now we learn that Microsoft has decided to give up the famous Aero Glass interface too, a UI introduced at the same time with Windows Vista and highly appreciated for its special aesthetic appearance. Without any doubt, the Aero Glass …

Microsoft Wins Motorola Phones Ban in the US

U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) found that several models of Motorola phones infringe a patent owned by Microsoft, so the import of such devices will not enter the U.S.
U.S. President Barack Obama, who has up to 60 days to block the decision through veto, has already issued the order. The decision does not explain exactly which the models are, but previously Microsoft called for banning the most popular models – ATRIX, Droid X, Droid 2, …

The man who was formerly in charge of the Zune has admitted that the ill-fated Zune hardware was a blunder for Microsoft.
The sentiment was expressed by Robbie Bach who oversaw Zune hardware which is viewed as one of the biggest mistakes Microsoft has had. Well, maybe apart from the Kin Phone. Nonetheless, Bach also  oversaw Microsoft’s entertainment division as the Xbox became the success it is so give the man credit where it is due.
Anyway, Bach revealed his thoughts at the Northwest …