Archive for July, 2008
On July 29 at its Faculty Research Summit, Microsoft is expected to allow attendees some hands-on time with the Microsoft Sphere. Thanks to one of Microsoft’s partners, here’s a little more information on what is behind the globe-like, multi-touch device.
Publicly and privately, Microsoft officials have been making much of the company’s myriad multi-touch input projects (especially with Windows 7 and Windows Mobile 7). But Microsoft’s view of what the user interface of the future will look like is more complex than that.
Instead of allowing users to interact only with touch or only with speech, [...]
In March, Microsoft’s External Research Team put out a request for proposal (RFP) for three-year research projects in multicore computing. On July 28, the opening day of its annual Research Faculty Summit, Microsoft announced how and where it will be spending its grant money.
Zune Marketplace team has just started posting FREE to download videos from Comic-Con 2008 that are being produced by the Xbox Live Marketplace team. I am making this post from the Xbox Live control center that is across the street from the San Diego Convention Center. Zune and MSN are the only other places besides Xbox that will allow you to get access to this great daily content coming out Comic-Con. I am hearing here that Comic-Con will have about 150,000 attendees over the four day run (July 24-27) in San Diego, California.
Just download the Zune Marketplace software to get access to these great Comic-Con 2008 videos in the Zune Marketplace software on your laptop or desktop pc and or on your Zune.
Zune will also be giving away ten “Heroes TV Show” logo branded Zune 80 players as part of a cast panel and collectable “Heroes Villians” poster giveaway promotion here at Comic-Con. The panel is on Saturday from 10:30-11:45am in the largest hall here. NBC is expecting over 6,500 people to attend this one panel at the show.
I have also attended a few comics related podcasting panels here the first day or so. Very cool indeed.
Posted by Rob Greenlee at Comic-Con 2008
Greetings, the internet, and welcome back to another edition New Music Friday! If you’re joining us for the first time, here’s how it works: I link to free n clear MP3s for your enjoyment out on the web. You, dear blog reader, click through the links and download them, then load them on your Zune. Ready? okletsgo:
- First up this week, ‘Tracks has a track from Seattle rock legends Mudhoney.
- If you like Magnetic Fields, you should check out Paramount Styles, over at Spinner (rock)
- Head over to Stereogum to pick up a great Fiery Furnaces track (rock)
- I love hip hop icon Murs, and you should love him too. Don’t know him? You can pick up a Murs / 9th Wonder track, over at GvB.
- Head over to Music For Robots to pick up a track from Londong/Reykyavik group Fields (rock).
- And last but certainly not not-awesome, check out the Avett Brothers MP3, from MOKB (americana/rock)
Ok, enjoy the music and have a great weekend