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Download Vista Right Now

Go download an ISO of Microsoft’s first release candidate of Vista right now .You’ll need a key from the beta, but we’ve been told that you can activate over the phone and be cool. Let us know if it installs ok, and how the POS OS runs. Go, go, go! Download Vista [Microsoft via ArsTechnica.…

Tech News Brian Lam

Microsoft’s Official Vista Pricing Announced, Still Expensive

The leaked pricing we saw last week have just become official. The prices: https://gizmodo.com/start-saving-vista-prices-leaked-197123 Full Version •Vista Ultimate: $399 •Vista Business: $299 •Vista Home Premium: $239 •Vista Home Basic: $199 Upgrade •Vista Ultimate: $259 •Vista Business: $199 •Vista Home Premium: $159 •Vista Home Basic: $99 A little bit off from the Canadian prices we had…

Tech News Jason Chen

Windows Vista RC1 Announced, Microsoft Inching Closer to Releasing This Behemoth

If you’re one of the Windows Vista testers, check your mailboxes because Windows Vista RC1 was just released today. Not much has changed, undoubtedly, since the Vista pre-RC1 (build 5536.16385) was released a week ago, but build RC1 (build 5600) should have some improvements. Since it’s RC1, by definition it’s supposed to be feature complete…

Tech News Jason Chen

A Shot of Xbox Live Anywhere, On a Mobile

I know, I know, the picture is blurry. But that’s just because you’re like us: So excited to see this picture of Xbox Live running on a Windows Mobile phone, in person…well, it feels like you’re RIGHT THERE. The point of this whole post: If anyone has better, new pictures of Live Anywhere, send em…

Tech News Brian Lam

Microsoft XNA Home Game Developer Kit Available For Download

The XNA Game Studio Express, a developer pack that will allow you to make home-brew games for the Xbox 360 and the PC, is available for Beta download. Unfortunately this version only supports Windows XP SP2 and not Xbox 360 or Windows Vista. But, it’s a good start to get your feet wet with game…

Tech News Jason Chen

Quick Zune Update: Brown, Underwhelming

Microsoft’s calling the white Zune “cotton”, making a brown colored Zune (why?), and generally causing a big “meh” among consumers. Analysts say it won’t make a dent in the iPod market, but will have success against Microsoft’s own partners. No wonder they’re getting pissed. Catch up on old Zune news here. Microsoft’s Zune said to…

Tech News Jason Chen

Windows Vista Available For Pre-order On Amazon

We showed you the leaked Vista prices yesterday, but today we have actual pre-ordering for you courtesy of Amazon. The list date is January 30, 2007, and prices are around what they were in the leaked price list yesterday. https://gizmodo.com/start-saving-vista-prices-leaked-197123 So far we see $399 for Vista Ultimate, $239 for Vista Home Premium, and $259…

Tech News Jason Chen

Microsoft Gives Asia the HD-DVD Shaft

The highly anticipated Xbox 360 HD DVD player will not be hitting the shelves in Asia for quite some time if at all, according to Microsoft Taiwan. This is because there is not a sufficient amount of HD DVD movies in Asia to support the sale of the HD DVD player. Anybody want to go…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Microsoft Giving Away Pre-RC1 Vista to 100,000 Lucky People

So now that we know Vista will cost an arm and a leg, who wants to give a pre-release version a spin? For a limited time only, Microsoft will be offering downloads of a pre-RC1 build of its latest (and greatest, no doubt) operating system to seemingly anybody, no special developers members only secret hand…

Tech News Nicholas Deleon

Start Saving, Vista Prices Leaked

The Canadian Microsoft retail pricing page had the various versions of Microsoft Vista listed along with their SKUs. It immediately got taken down, but not before they were recorded for the world to see. Here is the big ‘ole list. I busted out the abacus and converted all of the prices to USD. I’m such…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Microsoft Vista Preview-Release Candidate 1 In The Wild

Microsoft’s Vista PRC1 is out in the wild now. A select circle of testers gave it their thumbs up upon installing, saying it’s “3x better so far” compared to the old betas. Driver support seems to be great as well. Do any readers have access to it and want to send in some screenshots to…

Tech News Jason Chen

Xbox Live Arcade Goes Un-Live

A collection of titles from the Xbox Live Arcade is now available for purchase. The Live Arcade Unplugged will hit stores on September 5 for $40. It will include Geometry Wars, Wik: Fable of Souls, Outpost Kaloki X, Bejeweled 2 Deluxe, Hardwood Backgammon and Texas Hold’em. The package will also have demos of Uno, Marble…

Tech News Travis Hudson

FairUse4WM Removes DRM From WMA Files

There’s a new program on the loose that removes the digital rights management (DRM) from Windows Media files. Called FairUse4WM, the Windows program strips the DRM’d from the targeted Windows Media file. There’s a number of checks in the program designed to prevent it from being used to abet piracy (kind of like what hymn…

Tech News Nicholas Deleon

First Generation Microsoft Zunes Are Toshiba OEMs, Second Generation Not-So-Much

Crunchgear has a scoop from a source that confirms the first generation Zune is an OEMed Toshiba Gigabeat, combined with some added on features and functionality made just for Microsoft. Microsoft had to contract Toshiba to build this first unit so they could rush the player out in time for Christmas 2006, probably before the…

Tech News Jason Chen

Toshiba 1089 Cleared By FCC, Looks Just Like The Zune

The Toshiba 1089, USB 2.0 compatible, has a 30GB hard drive, and uses 802.11b/g WiFi. Hmm, does that sound familiar to anyone? Eh? Doesn’t it look familiar? With its 3.0-inch TFT LCD display and FM tuner? So Microsoft and Toshiba are probably working together after all. FCC [via Mobile Whack via Crunchgear]

Tech News Jason Chen

Windows Vista 32-Bit CAN Play HD DVD, Blu-ray Movies

An update to our earlier post, it turns out the 32-bit version of Windows Vista can play next-gen protected high definition content. Microsoft reps said Senior Program Manager Steve Riley was mistaken when he told a group of Australian developers that Vista couldn’t handle the high definition movies. https://gizmodo.com/windows-vista-32-bit-version-wont-play-hd-movies-196427 But the Microsoft representatives said the…

Tech News Jason Chen

Xbox 360 Wireless Controller For Windows

In addition to the Xbox 360 accessories, Microsoft also announced the Xbox 360 Wireless Controller for Windows. Basically just a re-branded Xbox 360 controller, this works with both Xbox 360s and PCs. You may have to buy a Wireless Gaming Receiver device to make this work for your PC, but it does come with a…

Tech News Jason Chen

Zune Interface Update – Now In Color

An update to the earlier Zune mockup images. Here’s one that’s closer to the actual display, with the colorful background and newer battery-display icon. https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-zune-interface-mockups-196176

Tech News Jason Chen

Microsoft Zune Interface Mockups

Although these are just UI mockups, our tipsters have confirmed that they’re similar to the current “live” design on the player. These mockups are plain because the backgrounds are textured and have artwork, so the actual text is just white on black. The first shot is of the settings menu—nothing spectacular. There’s no “movies” or…

Tech News Jason Chen

Microsoft Habu Gaming Mouse Tracks Motion to 20Gs and Glows Crazy Blue

Microsoft can’t write operating systems, but they sure as hell can make mice. I love me some M$ft ergos, yes sir. Razer, on the other hand is known for making insanely accurate mice for gamers, with thousands of dots of resolution on their optical sensors. Here’s a mouse they’ve worked on together. The Habu has…

Tech News Brian Lam

Download Vista Right Now

Microsoft’s Official Vista Pricing Announced, Still Expensive

Windows Vista RC1 Announced, Microsoft Inching Closer to Releasing This Behemoth

A Shot of Xbox Live Anywhere, On a Mobile

Microsoft XNA Home Game Developer Kit Available For Download

Quick Zune Update: Brown, Underwhelming

Windows Vista Available For Pre-order On Amazon

Microsoft Gives Asia the HD-DVD Shaft

Microsoft Giving Away Pre-RC1 Vista to 100,000 Lucky People

Start Saving, Vista Prices Leaked

Microsoft Vista Preview-Release Candidate 1 In The Wild

Xbox Live Arcade Goes Un-Live

FairUse4WM Removes DRM From WMA Files

First Generation Microsoft Zunes Are Toshiba OEMs, Second Generation Not-So-Much

Toshiba 1089 Cleared By FCC, Looks Just Like The Zune

Windows Vista 32-Bit CAN Play HD DVD, Blu-ray Movies

Xbox 360 Wireless Controller For Windows

Zune Interface Update – Now In Color

Microsoft Zune Interface Mockups

Microsoft Habu Gaming Mouse Tracks Motion to 20Gs and Glows Crazy Blue

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