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Microsoft Changes Stance On Kinect Hackers During Science Friday Interview [Microsoft Tells NPR On Science Friday That Kinect Was Left Unprotected 'By Design']
In: gadgets
20 Nov 2010I don’t know about you, but I smell some flip-flopping going on here. In a Friday interview on NPR’s Science Friday program, representatives from Microsoft seemed to accept the fact that Kinect had been hacked. More specifically, the Science Friday staff tweeted after the program aired, “Alex Kipman says Kinect interface was left unprotected ‘by [...]
Microsoft Kinect Technology Almost Belonged to Apple [Kinect Technology Developer PrimeSense Pitched Idea to Apple, But Got Turned Off & Went to Microsoft Instead]
In: gadgets
8 Nov 2010Another close call? Apple could’ve clinched the deal with yet another breakthrough interface technology. But because of Apple legalese and perhaps a nuanced corporate culture, the designers of Kinect‘s motion-sensing technology backed out. They went, instead, to Microsoft. The rest, as they say, is history. Continue reading: Microsoft Kinect Technology Almost Belonged to Apple [Kinect [...]
Microsoft Changes Windows Phone 7 App Restrictions [WP7 Apps Can Now Run Under Lock Screen, Granted They Don't Drain The Battery]
In: gadgets
31 Oct 2010For regular TFTS readers, it should be old news that Microsoft has some extreme restrictions on Windows Phone 7, from the hardware to the app development. There had been some backlash that Microsoft was not allowing third-party apps to run while the phone’s lock screen was, ahem, locked. But, after much feedback, Microsoft is reversing [...]
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