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Twin Xbox 720 tipped: STB and hardcore gaming machine

Chris Davies, Nov 24th 2011 Discuss [57]

Microsoft is readying two next-gen Xbox console variants, insiders suggest, one targeting the entry-level market as a stripped-down option, while a second delivers true hardcore gaming. The strategy would be a broader progression of Microsoft's current dual-SKU Xbox 360 offering, Digital Foundry's sources claim, where both cheaper and more expensive versions of the 360 are on offer, though the difference between the next-gen models would be considerably more extensive. Read The Full Story

Microsoft Xbox LIVE Diamond subscription IPTV tipped for E3 2011

Chris Davies, Jun 3rd 2011 Discuss [10]

Details of Microsoft’s E3 2011 launch have leaked, and as expected it’s a new IPTV service baked into Xbox LIVE. The company is putting the finishing touches to Xbox LIVE Diamond, WinRumors‘ source claims, the official name for the much-rumored Project Orapa. The Diamond TV system will combine existing mediaroom IPTV services and Xbox LIVE, harnessing Kinect-based motion control along with various music and video offerings.

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Microsoft Project Orapa IPTV on Xbox coming at E3 2011?

Chris Davies, Jun 1st 2011 Discuss [2]

Microsoft is rumored to be readying its Project Orapa for an E3 2011 unveil next week, making official the new home entertainment system blending Mediaroom IPTV with Xbox LIVE. VP Frank Shaw has sewn the speculation seeds this week: "put simply," the exec suggests, "Xbox = entertainment and is core to our entertainment strategy" before going on to recap on the streaming content, Natural User Interface technology and multimedia baked into the Xbox platform as it stands. "We are turning up the heat on a whole new era of home entertainment" Shaw concludes. Read The Full Story

VIA Nano X2 E-Series dual-cores promise ultra-frugal HTPCs

Chris Davies, May 5th 2011 Discuss [0]

VIA has unveiled its latest Nano X2 E-Series dual-core processors, and they want to make your HTPC and other embedded gadgets faster. The new 64-bit chips run at either 1.2GHz or 1.6GHz, and play nicely with Windows Embedded Standard 7, the platform which could form the basis of Microsoft's upcoming push into Mediaroom-based IPTV. Read The Full Story

Silverlight for Xbox 360 imminent with Windows Phone gaming ahead of Windows 8 app store

Chris Davies, Apr 5th 2011 Discuss [5]

Microsoft is reportedly planning to imminently add Silverlight support to the Xbox 360, with an announcement of the update tipped for MIX11 next week. According to WinRumors sources, Microsoft's engineers have been hard at work on the functionality "for some months" and could potentially be looking to allow Windows Phone developers to bring their apps over from the smartphone to the console. Read The Full Story

Microsoft TV project gets new hardware-expert boss

Chris Davies, Mar 24th 2011 Discuss [0]

Talk of a Microsoft TV project to take on the Apple TV and Google TV has reignited today, with the news that Microsoft has put an experienced hardware exec in charge of its interactive TV business. New corporate VP in charge of Microsoft's TV and Service business Tom Gibbons was previously the head of Microsoft Hardware, the company's peripheral arm, before moving to Windows Phone where he oversaw smartphone hardware reference designs. Read The Full Story

Microsoft Orapa bringing IPTV to Xbox: LIVE, Kinect & Mediaroom mash-up

Chris Davies, Mar 10th 2011 Discuss [0]

Microsoft is covertly working on integrating Xbox LIVE and its Mediaroom IPTV platform, in a system that would integrate gamer-style functionality such as avatars and Kinect with streaming multimedia. That's the latest from ZDNet's sources, who claim the project - codenamed Orapa - is on track for a commercial launch by the holiday 2011 season. Read The Full Story

The Daily Slash: January 25 2011

Chris Burns, Jan 25th 2011 Discuss [0]

First of all today you've got to get your eyeballs out, your ears screwed in tight, and you mouse clickers greased up as we're releasing the hounds - Android Community Total Revamp Coming Soon! Next, get ANGRY as we give a thumbs down to everyone's favorite Bird Tossing Game. Behold Motorola XOOM in all it's professional advertisement glory. Check out a concept smartphone that runs both Windows Phone 7 and Android via cartridge loading. Get your hands on an iPad tyPad case and see how it stands up. Get your Pope on with an official decree on Internet Togetherness and Social Networks. Get your dancing boots out and tie em up tight as Will.i.am is named Director of Creative Innovation for Intel. Double check to make sure your dots and slashes are in order as Notion Ink Adam’s email app code origins come into question. Crank some kinetic power into your Android via Ben Heck. Finally, get your eyeballs and your hearts out as Vincent Nguyen and his little pal Android review the Motorola CLIQ 2. All this and MORE on The Daily Slash! Read The Full Story

Microsoft IPTV plans could put Mediaroom on Silverlight STBs

Chris Davies, Jan 25th 2011 Discuss [1]

Microsoft's plans for IPTV and set-top boxes continue to trickle out, with the latest batch of rumors suggesting it's Mediaroom which will be at the heart of the system. Mediaroom is Microsoft's IPTV platform, licensed out to various carriers and TV/video service providers, and part of the company's Interactive Entertainment Business division; according to ZDNet's sources, not only is Microsoft working on a Windows Phone Mediaroom client, the company is also believed to be developing a Silverlight build for Mediaroom (codenamed "Taos"), a tie-in between Mediaroom and Windows Media Center (codenamed "Monaco") and maybe even a "Santa Fe" Mediaroom/Silverlight STB. Read The Full Story

AT&T U-Verse TV Launching on Xbox 360 October 15th, Windows Phone 7 Later

Evan Selleck, Oct 11th 2010 Discuss [0]

AT&T's busy with their announcements today, and while Windows Phone 7 is the main draw of the company this morning, it looks like they are ready to bring their U-Verse TV application to more devices, and ultimately more screens. AT&T has just announced today that they will be bringing their U-Verse application to Microsoft's Xbox 360 beginning October 15th for U-Verse customers. Read The Full Story

Windows Phone 7 Officially Unveiled on October 11th by Microsoft and AT&T, Sources Say

Evan Selleck, Sep 30th 2010 Discuss [0]

Today, sources speaking to The Wall Street Journal have claimed that, at an event in New York City, both Microsoft and AT&T will finally pull the curtain off the upcoming Windows Phone 7-based handsets launching on AT&T this year. These sources don't give out too much information, but there's definitely a running theme here: October 11th seems like the day of days for Microsoft's Windows Phone 7. Read The Full Story

Microsoft CES 2010 Tablet is HP slate PC not Courier [Video]

Chris Davies, Jan 6th 2010 Discuss [0]

Microsoft's CES 2010 keynote is only just starting - plagued by power cuts and temperamental on-stage PCs - but already Steve Ballmer's surprise tablet unveil has been scooped. The culprit is, ironically, Microsoft itself, prematurely posting the press release to their media site. As for that mystery tablet, despite pre-show rumors its turned out not to be the Courier; instead, it's turned out to be an as-yet unnamed HP touchscreen device. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story