Microsoft and Windows Round-up – 17.06.2010

Now this is better – some actual Microsoft and Windows news today.

Microsoft:

• Internet sleuths get new way to report stolen data – The Globe and Mail
  Microsoft-lead effort could help researchers, affected companies and consumers respond to data theft more quickly
• Demystifying Microsoft’s mobile operating system roadmap – Mary Jo Foley
  When Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer recently criticized Google at the D8 conference for having two different mobile operating systems, it’s surprising so few challenged the pot for calling the kettle black.
• Microsoft Surface in Manchester – Steve Clayton
  There’s been a lot of chatter about Microsoft Kinect this week and some of it connected to the meme of Natural User Interfaces – the idea being that the interfaces of the future will be much more natural and the computer will do more of the work rather than us having to.
• Microsoft’s tips for building Windows 7 Slate PCs: Turns out few are doing it right – Liliputing
  We’ve seen a lot of companies demonstrate tablet-style devices running Windows 7 over the last few months. While there are still few of these keyboardless wonders available for purchase in the US, they seem to be all the rag among no-name companies in China.

Windows Live & Bing:

• New Windows Live Hotmail Rollout begins – gHacks
  Microsoft began to rollout the new Windows Live Hotmail yesterday to customers worldwide. The Hotmail mail accounts are stored on cluster servers that will get updated one at a time which means that some users will already be able to experience the new Windows Live Hotmail while others have to wait until their cluster gets migrated to the new Hotmail service.
• What Bing Search Does And Could Do Better – gHacks
  I switched to Bing recently and had my fair share of experience with Microsoft’s search engine. The main reason for switching was a deterioration of quality results in Google Search. It began in May and has not changed since then.
• Giving you more meaningful choices to control your privacy – The Windows Blog
  This post describes the new privacy features in Windows Live, including a new way to differentiate between sharing with your close friends and with your acquaintances, and more control over how you share with your Facebook and MySpace friends.

Xbox & Kinect:

• Microsoft hints at another Xbox 360 model to come – VentureBeat
  Tipping its hand about future Xbox 360 models, Microsoft said that it is considering a new model to replace its low-end Xbox 360 Arcade, which has been discontinued.
• New Xbox found to destroy game discs when moved – DVICE
  The newly redesigned Xbox 360 hopefully won’t flash you a Red Ring of Death, but it sounds like it still shares one problem with its predecessor. If you move the Xbox while it’s got a disc in it, you may have just cost yourself a game.
• Microsoft Kinect vs. PlayStation Move: The basics – Crave
  Both Microsoft and Sony finally showed off their respective motion-controlling hands earlier this week at E3 2010. Of course, we’ll have full reviews of these products as their release dates approach, but first we’re comparing their basic specifications head to head.
• New Xbox 360 gets rid of Red Ring of Death … forever – The Inquisitr
  The Red Ring of Death, for so long the dreaded sign that your Xbox 360 has kicked the bucket, is no more.

Windows:

• Windows Finds a Beat – The Windows Blog
  Back in March, Windows went to the Winter Music Conference on a fact finding trip. We had an idea and needed a gut check.

Windows Phone 7:

• Behind the scenes: Windows Phone 7 – CNET News
  Editor’s note: this is the first in an occasional series of stories on the behind-the-scenes efforts by Microsoft to bring Windows Phone 7 to market.  —  REDMOND, Wash.—The first Windows Phone 7 devices won’t hit the market until the holidays.

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