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Yes, its confirmed — well not yet, but it will be. Microsoft is officially confirming that Project Natal Xbox add-on will  be released later this year. The company initially planned to unveil the news as part of CEO Steve Ballmer’s keynote speech, but word leaked out when Microsoft briefly posted a video to its Channel 9 [...]

Today, the Dearborn, Michigan-based auto company announced that they will be releasing the second generation of its Sync in-car connectivity system which can turn the vehicle into a Wi-Fi hotspot. The first generation of the Sync is currently offered on 13 Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles which supports Apple’s iPod and Microsoft’s Zune. It also [...]

In a survey conducted by research firm comScore, Apple’s iPhone is now in second place when it comes to having the largest user base in the U.S. smartphone market. Research In Motion’s (RIM) BlackBerry still takes the top spot while Windows Mobile-based models came in the third place. According to Mark Donovan, a comScore senior [...]

After announcing Thursday that it is buying Sentillion, a company that supplies software to health care professionals, Microsoft said today that it has also acquired Opalis Software. A Toronto-based company, Opalis Software is a maker of data center management software. No word as to how much the acquisition cost the software giant but it did [...]

Google better be ready, as the partnership between Yahoo! and Microsoft gets the stamp of approval from Australian and Canadian competition authorities today. The 10-year Internet search and advertising partnership between the two companies was first unveiled in July, and will tackle head-on against Google. This no-cash deal will allow Yahoo! to use Microsoft’s Bing [...]

Today, Microsoft brings in the Xbox Live Fall update which introduces access to social networking sites Twitter and Facebook and internet radio service Last.fm. With the new Twitter feature, gamers can now post tweets through Xbox Live. Gamers can now also share photos and in-game screenshots , as well as view friends’ updates with the [...]

Microsoft plans to kick off the year 2010 with the launch of its cloud-computing service, Azure, on January 1. The news was revealed today by Microsoft chief software architect Ray Ozzie at the Microsoft  Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles. “Customers want choice and flexibility in how they develop and deploy applications,” Ozzie said. The [...]

Completing the layoff Microsoft announced earlier this year, the company said that it is notifying around 800 workers set to be laid off. “I can confirm we’re eliminating 800 jobs today,” said said Microsoft spokesman Lou Gellos. “That’s part of the larger program we announced in January.” He also said the positions being eliminated from [...]

Congratulations Microsoft! Today, around 500 people (some even camped out all night) waited for the software giant to open its retail store. Located in Fashion Square Mall in Scottsdale, Arizona, the store is the Microsoft’s first retail outlet. People who waited outside for the opening were greeted by staff wearing Microsoft shirts. “It’s a good [...]

Yes, its confirmed. Microsoft’s newest search engine, Bing, will be bringing real-time search results from Twitter and eventually, Facebook. The announcement was made by search head Qi Lu and senior vice president usuf Mehdi at the Web 2.0 Summit in Francisco held today. Real time tweets were available in beta from Twitter at Bing.com/twitter starting [...]