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Not much to go on here, but Zunescene is reporting phone giant Nokia is working with the Zune team to gain access to the Zunestore content.  This would be an inroads for Microsoft which current sits atop 0% of Nokia phone OS share.  Clearly, Microsoft wants to get on Nokia… Continue Reading »

The man that you see on the stage in the photo above is a magician.  Actually, he’s probably some representative for a company called Obscura Digital, but what he is doing is pure magic.  His little performance involves waving his hands, and images of photos appear before him.  The pictures… Continue Reading »

Looks like our friends in Redmond, Washington are at it again with the globular display simply known as the Sphere.  The Sphere is like Microsoft’s Surface, literally taken to the next dimension.  It was developed by Global Imagination, and customized by Microsoft.  It is expected to make its first public… Continue Reading »

Panasonic made quite a splash at CES last January when it introduced the largest flat screen display at 150-inches. It appears that Panasonic is thinking big screen once again, and has added the power of touch.  Introducing the Digital Wall, a touch screen display that is so large that it… Continue Reading »

Some of you might remember back when Disneyland had their “House of the Future”.  I’m guessing it was located in Tomorrowland, and it featured such futuristic advances like speakerphones, big screen TVs, and microwave ovens.  Most homes of the present have these devices now, but during the ten year period… Continue Reading »

Bringing the hands on Microsoft Surface coverage to a close, we have the final set which consists of three videos. The first in this group, shows off just a little bit of the movement on the Surface top with the scrolling from side to side and choosing (or launching) the… Continue Reading »

Next up we have a set of three videos, each short and sweet, but still offering a nice glimpse of the Surface and its functionality. The first video up offers a quick look at the water-like screensaver that will ripple as you touch it, offering a realistic look that you… Continue Reading »

Next up in the series of Microsoft Surface hands on videos shows off a little about how the team handles user testing. They demonstrate some unique methods for showing just how they make it clear what is hard and what is easy to do, based on the person (user) doing… Continue Reading »

Continuing on with our hands on video series, this post brings three videos showing off a little behind the scenes look at what the Microsoft Surface team does to test out the machines. Continue on to check out the videos, there are also still several more to come over the… Continue Reading »

Well we have wrapped up the collection of Microsoft Surface images, and now we can get down with some good videos. The first two videos up are demo’s of some photo applications. One is a photo viewer, while the second takes it a little deeper and mixes photo viewing with… Continue Reading »