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Microsoft Imagine Cup 2010: Students Take On Big Problems With Tech

The U.S. finals of Microsoft’s Imagine Cup, an annual competition that encourages students to tackle big problems with technology, were held yesterday. One winning solution: combining cameraphones and powerful software to detect diseases in developing areas of the world. That’s the idea behind Mobilife Biotech, a team from California that won the software design category…

Health Kyle VanHemert Apr 27

McAfee Will Reimburse Repairs For All Those PCs They Borked

After shutting down countless PCs around the world last Wednesday with a botched update, McAfee has stepped up to offer reimbursement of “reasonable expenses” associated with repair. But that’s not all! https://gizmodo.com/mcafee-update-shutting-down-windows-xp-computers-5521176 McAfee’s also offered, somewhat hilariously, to extend your existing McAfee subscription by two years, gratis. You know, in case you want to stick…

Tech News Brian Barrett Apr 26

Bill Gates Argues for Government-Backed Energy Technologies

The new Bill Gates, the one with time on his hands and billions in his pockets, is busy fighting for the environment. His latest salvo, outlined in a Washington Post editorial, includes the creation of the American Energy Innovation Council. The ambitious organization, founded with help from DuPont CEO Charles Holliday, is a body that…

Tech News Jack Loftus Apr 25

Microsoft Office on Windows Phone 7 Looks Fantastic

You can doubt Microsoft’s phone strategy. You can grouse about features they’ve left out of Windows Phone 7. But don’t for one second question their ability to put together an Office suite, ok? What we’ve got here is a pair of videos showing off Windows Phone 7’s Office integration into the OS’s email and calendar…

Tech News John Herrman Apr 24

19 Tips Every Windows 7 User Needs To Know

Your OS drives your whole PC experience, so it’s your job as an enthusiast to keep it in a high state of tune. Here’s how to do just that with Windows 7. After installing a new OS, most people just jump right in and start driving it through all their favorite applications and games. Makes…

Tech News MaximumPC Apr 24

Master Chief Frags Xbox 360 In Epic Case Mod

I’m often pretty sure nothing would be more cathartic than blasting holes in my console. Having Master Chief do the dirty work for me, like in this case mod? All the sweeter. Best of all: you can actually buy it. This (fully functional!) rig, designed by Weta’s Richard Taylor, is up for auction until April…

Tech News Brian Barrett Apr 22

Dell Lightning Is a Beauty Who Runs Windows Phone 7

The Dell Lightning slider is apparently not coming out until the end of the year, but it looks rather good—aesthetically and feature-wise. The Windows Phone 7 device has a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, a 4.1-inch OLED display, and more: Seems like this will be worth keeping an eye on. [Engadget]

Tech News Rosa Golijan Apr 21

Bing and the WNBA: Partners in Futility

The jokes kind of write themselves, don’t they? Microsoft’s Bing is the newest big-ticket advertiser for the WNBA, with the Bing logo appearing on Seattle Storm jerseys. Take it away, commenters. [NY Times]

Tech News Adam Frucci Apr 21

McAfee Update Shutting Down Windows XP Computers

Confirmed: a bad McAfee update for Windows XP has shut down thousands, possibly millions, of computers around the world. That’s big trouble. UPDATED: Twitter has been buzzing with the news this afternoon that McAfee updates were shutting down XP PCs, and we’ve heard that California sent out an email to state workers a little while…

Tech News Brian Barrett Apr 21

Project Natal Appears In the Wild

Oh hello, pretty. This appears to be Microsoft’s upcoming Project Natal, complete with instructions, as seen by someone hired to test its speech recognition. There’s not a lot of new info to be found here, although it appears that the Natal unit will need to be plugged in to the wall rather than drawing power…

Tech News Adam Frucci Apr 20

28 Ways Microsoft Could Market the Kin to Non-Hipster Demographics

For this week’s Photoshop Contest, I asked you to help Microsoft take aim at some demographics other than hipsters. And while technically these entries fit that criteria, I’m not sure how many phones they’d sell. Yikes. https://gizmodo.com/hey-microsoft-enough-with-the-hipsters-5516318

Tech News Adam Frucci Apr 20

Leaked HP Slate Gets Tepid Hands-On Response

A Mexican site called Conecti.ca got some hands-on time with the HP Slate, and walked away decidedly unimpressed. The verdict: that the device is basically a keyboardless netbook. Well… yeah. If nothing else, the mini-review confirms the leaked specs we saw a few weeks ago: the HP Slate runs full Windows 7 on an Atom…

Tech News Brian Barrett Apr 20

Inside Windows Phone 7’s OS

We’ve known a lot about Windows Phone 7, but not so much about the guts of the OS. Well, now we know a lot more—like that a Windows Live ID is tied in pretty tightly. https://gizmodo.com/windows-phone-7-and-internet-explorer-9-heres-what-hap-5495054 A Windows Live ID is as integral to WP7 as a Google account is to Android, since it’s your…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Apr 19

Overly Sensitive Populace Leads Microsoft to Kill “Sexting” Kin Ad

In an otherwise unremarkable Microsoft Kin ad (complete with ironically dressed hipsters!), an of-age man snaps a quick shot of his chest and sends it to a girl. In the aftermath of this atrocity America’s youth was threatened. https://gizmodo.com/hey-microsoft-enough-with-the-hipsters-5516318 Oh wait, no it wasn’t. But Consumer Reports thinks it was, because the candid act sort…

Tech News Jack Loftus Apr 18

This Week’s Gaming Stories You Cannot Miss

Gears of War 3 is coming out—not until next year, but we still have some pictures and video and stuff. (Plus, much more in TWGSYCM!) Gears of War 3 Now Has Actual Worldwide Release Dates Spoiler: April 5, 2011 https://kotaku.com/gears-of-war-3-now-has-actual-worldwide-release-dates-5515832/ Your First Look At Gears Of War 3 The Mad World Gears of War trailer…

Tech News Mark Wilson Apr 16

Inside America’s Secret Historical Tweet Vault

The Library of Congress announced this week that they’ll be archiving every public tweet made since 2006, but they’ve been keeping track of some people’s Twitter accounts way longer than that. We’ve collected some of the great tweets from yesteryear: https://gizmodo.com/your-past-and-future-tweets-will-be-archived-at-the-lib-5517180

Tech News Brian Barrett Apr 16

Microsoft Kin: Rise of the Smart Dumbphones

This week, Microsoft finally unveiled what had long been known, in rumors and leaks, as Project Pink. The official name: Kin, which consists of two phones, a new way of doing things, and a chance that it just might sell: • Microsoft Kin: The Perfect Phone for Sidekick Fans – Here’s the rundown of the…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Apr 16

Celebrity Hacker: Microsoft Leads Industry In Security

Security expert Marc Maiffret parlayed his teen hacking skills into getting paid to find holes in Microsoft software. Now, he says, Adobe and Apple can learn from Microsoft’s past. For Marc Maiffret, the turning point in his life came when—at the age of 17—he woke up to an FBI agent pointing a gun at his…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Apr 16

Microsoft Recruiting Is Like Getting A “Love Bomb” Dropped On You

When Microsoft wants to you hire you, it drops a “love bomb” on you, according to a person we spoke with who Microsoft wooed. Microsoft wanted our source— let’s call him Tony — to join its entertainment and devices division. Tony ultimately turned Microsoft down, opting to start his own consultancy. But he says if…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Apr 16

Help Microsoft Market to Demographics Other Than Hipsters

So Herrman thinks Microsoft needs to cool it with marketing to hipsters. OK! Let’s help them out by creating some marketing materials that aim at some underrepresented demographics. https://gizmodo.com/hey-microsoft-enough-with-the-hipsters-5516318 Send your best entries to me at [email protected] with Microsoft Marketing in the subject line. Save your files as JPGs or GIFs under 800k in size,…

Tech News Adam Frucci Apr 16

Microsoft Imagine Cup 2010: Students Take On Big Problems With Tech

McAfee Will Reimburse Repairs For All Those PCs They Borked

Bill Gates Argues for Government-Backed Energy Technologies

Microsoft Office on Windows Phone 7 Looks Fantastic

19 Tips Every Windows 7 User Needs To Know

Master Chief Frags Xbox 360 In Epic Case Mod

Dell Lightning Is a Beauty Who Runs Windows Phone 7

Bing and the WNBA: Partners in Futility

McAfee Update Shutting Down Windows XP Computers

Project Natal Appears In the Wild

28 Ways Microsoft Could Market the Kin to Non-Hipster Demographics

Leaked HP Slate Gets Tepid Hands-On Response

Inside Windows Phone 7’s OS

Overly Sensitive Populace Leads Microsoft to Kill “Sexting” Kin Ad

This Week’s Gaming Stories You Cannot Miss

Inside America’s Secret Historical Tweet Vault

Microsoft Kin: Rise of the Smart Dumbphones

Celebrity Hacker: Microsoft Leads Industry In Security

Microsoft Recruiting Is Like Getting A “Love Bomb” Dropped On You

Help Microsoft Market to Demographics Other Than Hipsters

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