Microsoft and Windows Round-up – 2.7.2010

How can you tell there is a long weekend coming in the United States – tech news dries up. Unless of course you are Apple.

Microsoft:

• Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse tipped as Apple Magic Mouse rival – SlashGear
  A new product listing for a Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse (product code RVF-00003, with an MRSP of around $70) has prompted speculation that the company are preparing their own rival to Apple’s Magic Mouse.
• How Microsoft can make lemonade out of KIN – WMPoweruser
  After this week’s abrupt but not totally unexpected discontinuation of KIN devices, the question now is how the Windows Phone 7 team can take advantage of the assets (and risks) they will be inheriting from the KIN team.
• Life and death of Microsoft Kin: the inside story – Engadget
  Since our piece on Wednesday, we’ve had more trusted sources step forward to fill in some blanks and clarify the story behind the amazingly swift fall from grace that Microsoft’s Kin phones have experienced since their launch just a few weeks ago.

Windows:

• Router Setup Wikis for Windows Home Server and Small Business Server Published – We Got Served
  Microsoft have published two Wiki articles on TechNet to support Windows Home Server and Small Business Server users configuring their router.

Windows 7:

• What Does the Kin Cancellation Mean for the Upcoming Windows Mobile Phone 7? – SiliconANGLE
  This week Microsoft announced that they were discontinuing their Kin product line.
• Metro-inspired calculator for your Windows Mobile phone – WMPoweruser
  If you are one of many who love Microsoft’s new user interface for Windows Mobile, you may like this simple calculator, coded by Kamil Murawski, that takes its inspiration from Windows Phone 7.

Xbox:

• JAPAN: Xbox sales jump 800% – MCV
  With the launch of the Xbox 360 S still two weeks away in the UK, the redesigned version of Xbox 360 has done wonders for the machine’s performance in Japan.

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