Kinect to support PCs when the time is right

People have hacked the Kinect to work with a variety of platforms but, officially, Microsoft does not support the hacks. Steve Ballmer says the plan is to support connections with PCs "eventually".

Posted on: January 11, 2011 9:00 am

Top 10 Tech Scares of the Decade

Starting with the panic of Y2K -the world, and computers, did not melt down – this article takes you through the ILoveYou bug to 2012 scares. It would be really funny if we didn’t take these things so seriously.

Posted on: January 11, 2011 9:00 am

Telecommuting is Good for Employees and Employers

Not all may agree with this study. But. The study claims the way workers use "non-productive" time in the office leads to more stress and less productivity than the same amount of wasted time when the user telecommutes.

Posted on: January 11, 2011 9:00 am

Microsoft Dynamics AX “6”

The next release of Microsoft enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions, Dynamics AX "6", will offer a number of enhancements to the current AX 2009. Microsoft Dynamics AX "6" is expected to be available in the third quarter of 2011.

Posted on: January 10, 2011 9:00 am

Is the Microsoft-Intel marriage finally over?

The collaboration between Microsoft and Intel became so tight that products were dubbed "Wintel". Now the marriage may be over as Microsoft looks to port Windows to ARM-based systems.

Posted on: January 10, 2011 9:00 am

The Blue Screen of Death Blues

Everyone who uses Windows has probably seen at least one BSoD (Blue Screen of Death). This article gives you some pointers on finding the reasons behind the BSoDs in hopes of preventing them.

Posted on: January 10, 2011 9:00 am

Microsoft’s Answer to the iPad Is Still in Pieces

The Courier was canceled and there hasn’t been a lot of news about tablets coming from Redmond. Is the lack of a "tablet strategy" going to adversely affect Microsoft’s future prospects?

Posted on: January 10, 2011 9:00 am

New article: Printing blank fields in Outlook

Here’s how to force Outlook to print blank fields — and yes, it’s a hack.

Read this OutlookPower article.

Posted on: January 7, 2011 9:00 am

Stimulant Develops 2 Applications for Microsoft Surface

Stimulant has developed 2 applications for Microsoft’s Surface 2.0. Bing for Microsoft Surface and Social Stream for Microsoft Surface enable multiple users to simultaneously interact with content using both physical objects and fingers.

Posted on: January 7, 2011 9:00 am

Microsoft Developing Windows for Phone Chips

Right now Windows doesn’t run on ARM chips. But. Microsoft plans to develop a version that will. The change would allow longer battery life on tablet devices.

Posted on: January 7, 2011 9:00 am