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Microsoft’s Project Natal to Launch in October

Microsoft’s upcoming Project Natal is a full-body motion controller, promising an incredibly immersive gaming experience and biting into the market first tapped by Nintendo Wii, back in 2006. Now, Project Natal was all but confirmed for October launch by Microsoft Saudi marketing manager Syed Bilal Tariq in an interview with GamertagRadio . “It is going to be somewhere in October. We will be in … (News Source: Mashable - 10:01:14)

Microsoft’s Deskerity Project Combines the Powers of Pen, Touch, Gesturing, Voice

Fast Company checks in at the Silicon Valley Tech Fair with video of Microsoft’s answer to the iPad. We have stylus-controlled tablets and touchscreen tablets, but what about tablet devices that use both? Microsoft’s Manual Deskerity project combines the powers of the pen, touch, motion sensing, and voice input on a Microsoft Surface device to create a versatile system that has nearly limitless … (News Source: Fast Company Magazine - 11:08:30)

Project Natal launch in October confirms Microsoft exec

Project Natal ’s “world premiere” may be this coming June , but the company is yet to officially confirm when exactly the movement-sensing hardware might actually reach the market. Happily that’s all changed now, thanks to what seems to be an accidental announcement by Microsoft’s marketing manager for Saudi Arabia, Syed Bilal Tariq; he told GamerTagRadio that Natal’s release “is going to be … (News Source: SlashGear - 10:22:46)

News: Project Natal “definitely” in October

MS man spills controller-free beans. Microsoft’s marketing manager for Entertainment & Devices in Saudi Arabia has said that Project Natal will “definitely” launch in October 2010. “I do have great news to share with everybody - that Project Natal will be launched in Saudi Arabia on the [inaudible] that it will be launched in the world - that is going to be somewhere in October,” Syed Bilal … (News Source: Eurogamer - 07:23:35)

Microsoft’s Sleep Server Can Green Corporate Networks

Sometimes, the simplest solutions are the smartest. That’s the case with Microsoft’s sleep proxy project, which preserves remote access to corporate desktop machines while allowing them to remain in sleep mode. Consider: Many people leave their work PCs on when they leave in case they need to access files while at home or at meetings. Powering them up and down takes lots of juice, too. IT … (News Source: Fast Company Magazine - 18:38:50)

Microsoft’s Lili Cheng on FUSE, Spindex, and more

Longtime Redmond researcher talks about her new role leading Microsoft’s social software project and some of the first fruits of her effort. (News Source: CNET - 17:16:17)

Microsoft’s translating telephone: hands on

CNET’s Ina Fried tries out a prototype that uses speech recognition and machine translation to let people who don’t speak the same language talk to one another. (News Source: cnet.com.au - 05:18:44)

Project Natal To Launch This October

Project Natal (X360) Finalized release date coming after E3. (News Source: IGN Xbox 360 - 10:03:14)

Microsoft’s blue skies thinking bears fruit

Martin Courtney, Computing , Thursday 6 May 2010 at 17:11:00 Machine learning and cloud computing are the keys to complex data mining Converting blue sky research into products that can yield hard cash is a constant challenge for IT vendors. This is one reason why the main focus of Microsoft’s Enabling Innovation Through Research event at its Cambridge labs on Wednesday was on broad appeal … (News Source: Computing.co.uk - 19:05:38)

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