Microsoft has announced the launch of a mouse designed especially for Windows 8. It’s the first mouse that includes a Windows button that allows quick and easy access to specific functions of the operating system. Sculpt Comfort is designed as a companion desktop of its namesake keyboard released in the fall of 2012. The new mouse from Microsoft includes a blue band with the Windows logo, touch on its side named “Windows Touch tab” for easy navigation in Windows 8 with the touch or swipe your finger on it.
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Microsoft says the new Kinect does not violate the privacy of users
Microsoft has dispelled doubts about the new motion sensor Kinect on Xbox One. The Federal Privacy Commission in Germany said the new device registered “continuously” all kinds of user information. While on the other hand Microsoft has ensured that Kinect for Xbox One is designed with a strong privacy protection. Last week Microsoft introduced its next-generation console Xbox One. This new “entertainment center” as defined by the U.S. company incorporates not only control but also redesigned a new Kinect. Despite the features that have been known so far of the…
Read MoreMicrosoft plans to create rival to Google Glass
Probably the most talked about gadget of all time, at least without any formalized its release to the widespread market, the Google Glass, will change the way of presenting products and make them known, as well as our daily lives so that we could seen in the promotional videos and evidence that have crept into the network. However, the expectation for Google Glass is not just something of the public, ie mortals we’ve been gawking looking at new project that we can change our daily substantially, but has also caused…
Read MoreSkype arrives on Windows Phone 8
Skype is integrated gradually into the Microsoft ecosystem… Just like what the company has done with the brand name “Xbox”, Microsoft does everything to make Skype application is “Messenger, but also the service calls online. To do this, Microsoft has provided Windows 8 with Skype application review and redesigned in order to become a key application in the operating system, and it will soon be the same optical for Windows Phone 8, the mobile OS from the firm. Derek Snyder, the person in charge of Skype marketing for the mobiles,…
Read MoreInternet Explorer: Serious security flaw in IE
Found serious security flaw in Internet Explorer that allows cyber-criminals to attack the user’s computer. Though some details are still unknown for this error, and there have been successful attacks that infect victims with malware. Microsoft is working to release a patch to address this security issue. While preparing this update, the company has advised users to download a free security tool from Microsoft and change Windows settings to minimize possible damage. As indicated from the security company Rapid7, from hole found in Internet Explorer the spammers could get the…
Read MoreWindows 8: the best applications for Windows 8
Just a few weeks before released the new version of Microsoft operating system Windows 8, developers are still preparing its applications to fill the Microsoft apps store and get ahead in the race that can make this new software platform in the case it becomes successful. Although many of these applications are still in a previous state, we have selected five of the most interesting tools that can be found at the moment in the store of Windows 8. Soundtracker Radio If you are a music lover, this is your…
Read MoreMicrosoft unveils logo after 25 years
For the first time in 25 years, Microsoft has changed its logo. Typography have been used the Segoe font, also used in their products and in their marketing communications. The symbol, table consists of colored squares, trying to “express the wide range of products of the company” as explained in a press release. The leader in software and replaces its well-known logo with italic type, and does so in order to unify their brand ahead of a series of new product launches this 2012.
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