Today, HMV launched HMV On-Demand, its own inevitable foray into the world of video on demand. But it seems to have missed the mark and may stumble straight out of the gates. In its honour, we’ve pulled out a list of the other last-ditch tech comebacks and launched that faltered, flapped and were dead on arrival. Read more
We’ve seen plenty of battles between Steve Jobs and Bill Gates in the past but these days with Bill more focused on philanthopy, they’re just not as common.
Luckily, the animators at Albinal have whipped up the animation after the break to remind us of their titanic struggle: the Steve Jobs vs Bill Gates rap battle with the iPad and Zune cropping up in their slams. Check it out now and tell us your favourite Steve Jobs and Bill Gates clips in the comments…
According to a piece in Bloomberg this afternoon the end is coming for the Microsoft Zune. Since 2006, the media player has failed to gain enough traction to battle the Apple iPod at the cash register and now Microsoft is ready to pull the plug. Amidst mild demand, new versions of the Zune will no longer be released.
Microsoft has been talking up Windows Phone 7 and Kinect a lot recently but Zune? Zune has been stuck in the corner relatively unloved. That may be set to change.
ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley spotted that Microsoft is employing staff for a cloud-based music and video project dubbed Ventura. Job postings describe the Ventura project as a “tight group of music and video lovers that create services and experiences revolving around music/video discovery and consumption”.
Well, Windows Phone 7 has its first hit app – before Windows Phone 7 devices even hit the hands of the public – it’s called Farting Dino and it’s…um…a fart app. Looks like the journos and Microsoft employees rocking Windows Phone 7 right now are just as puerile as the generally public…
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Microsoft is readying itself for the launch of Windows Phone 7, and has announced improvements and additions to its Zune services. The Microsoft Zune service will be boosted across Windows Phone 7, PC, and Xbox 360 Live, adding a Zune Pass unlimited music download service, plus Zune Marketplace and Zune software expansion.
Windows 8 is still a fair way off so Steve Ballmer will no doubt be fuming that secrets about Microsoft’s next OS have spilled out onto the web. A presentation outlining what we can expect from Windows 8 has slipped out into the wild and it seems Microsoft has been looking to Apple for some inspiration with a new app store on the cards, a render of a touchscreen PC that looks like a curious cousin of the iMac and some tantalising tablet-focused features thrown in to boot. There’s even some clues that the tech behind Kinect could be baked in to Windows 8. Read on to nose around the first Windows 8 secrets…
Windows Mobile 7 is reportedly set to emerge at Mobile World Congress on February 15 but a pile of features have apparently leaked already. Read on to ponder whether the rumours sound like Microsoft’s real Windows Mobile 7 plans…
