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Microsoft may launch Zune-like phone
If Apple and Google can launch their own smartphones, can Microsoft be left behind? Not likely, if one goes by the internet buzz that the Redmond-based software giant is partnering original device manufacturers (ODMs) and mobile service providers like Verizon to launch a cellphone by mid-2010.
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Zune HD2 Is On The Way
Zune HD–Soon to be obsolete?It looks like the Zune HD will be replaced by a predecessor later this year. According to a report on ZDNet, a Zune HD2 is coming, possibly as soon as late this year. The device is described as similar to an iPod Touch and will offer gaming from XNA Game [...]
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Zune HD2 Will Be Like iPod Touch For Windows Phone 7
Sorry, everybody who bought a Zune HD! You screwed up. It won’t be a part of the XNA Game Studio 4.0 party – meaning it won’t play those new mobile Xbox Live games for Windows Phone 7 – unlike the Zune HD2 . (more…)
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Rhapsody iPhone App Allows Downloading Songs, for Listening Offline [Rhapsody]
# rhapsody Rhapsody just released a little teaser video for the next version of its iPhone app (to be followed closely by its new Android app) that marks a major change for the service: You can now download songs instead of streaming. More »
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Archive for the ‘Smartbooks’ Category
Setting aside all of those troubles that Fusion Garage had with Michael Arrington and his team, the new JooJoo tablet (the smartbook formerly known as CrunchPad) didn’t have the most attractive of operating systems in its initial showing.
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Les consoles voient l'avenir en ligne
Les fabricants de consoles de jeux rivalisent d'originalité pour diversifier les fonctionnalités de leurs machines. Une plus-value qu'ils sont allés chercher en ligne.
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Zune HD 2 to be more like iPod touch, use WP7?
Microsoft's decision to drop the Zune HD from its XNA development kit may actually be hints at plans for its sequel, leaks indicated on Tuesday. Multiple sources toldZDNet that the follow-up touchscreen player will be "similar to an iPod touch," indicating a more general-purpose role than the media-heavy Zune HD. With Windows Phone 7 as the only known mobile OS supported by XNA 4.0, the shift ...
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iPhone-Loving Microsoft Employees Endure Unspeakable Hardship [Bluster]
# bluster The WSJ has a discussion today of the phenomenon of the iPhone-using Microsoft employee. Apparently that time Ballmer fake-stomped an iPhone is emblematic of some (barely) real anti-iPhone sentiment in Redmond. More »
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AP source: Beckham to miss World Cup
David Beckham will miss the World Cup and most if not all the Los Angeles Galaxy season after tearing his left Achilles' tendon Sunday while playing for AC Milan.
AP: Beckham out of World Cup after tearing Achilles' tendon
David Beckham's dream of becoming the first English player to appear in four World Cups looks to be over after he tore his left Achilles' tendon in AC Milan's 1-0 win over Chievo. The former England captain injured himself in the closing minutes of the match Sunday.
AP source: Beckham to miss World Cup
David Beckham will miss the World Cup and most if not all the Los Angeles Galaxy season after tearing his left Achilles' tendon Sunday while playing for AC Milan. His international career for England is all but over. It remains to be seen how much he'll have left for the Galaxy and Major League Soccer.
Beckham is likely out of World Cup
David Beckham will like likely miss the World Cup after tearing his Achilles tendon.
Oregon's Eaton breaks heptathlon world mark
Oregon senior Ashton Eaton broke Dan O'Brien's heptathlon world record at the NCAA indoor track and field championships.
Injured, tearful Beckham faces World Cup heartbreak
David Beckham's dreams of playing in a fourth World Cup looked doomed on Sunday after he suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon injury.
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