Posts Tagged ‘Microsoft’

Chainfire Hacks new Windows Marketplace Security

November 16th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Mobile | No Comments »

Dutch developer Chainfire has announced that he managed to crack the new security on the Windows Marketplace. Microsoft sotres the license on the local device and with a simple exe running in the background, he is able to spoof it.

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Zune HD’s 3D Games Offering

November 16th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: XNA | No Comments »

Some time back, Microsoft announced support for 3D gaming on their Zune HD media player. Now, they have arrived and Microsoft has chosen to make them available for free.

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Microsoft Introduces Zune in Europe

November 15th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: XNA | No Comments »

Microsoft has set the first step to warm up consumers for their Zune brand. Last Friday, the whole X-Box Live community received an e-mail detailing the arrival of Zune with the new 360 update

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Chainfire Develops Windows Marketplace Switcher

October 29th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Mobile | No Comments »

Dutch developer Chainfire has developed a workaround for both consumers and developers to check Windows Marketplace in other countries. This allows developers to check the state of their apps abroad.

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Zune Goes Mobile (Someday)

October 7th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Mobile | No Comments »

In an interview with Zdnet, Microsoft's Jose Pinero announced that the Zune will be expanding to other platforms including Windows Phone. He just doesn't know when it will happen.

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Windows Marketplace to Launch on 6.x in November

October 5th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Mobile | 1 Comment »

Microsoft has announced that users of Windows 6.0 and 6.1 will be enjoying the launch of Windows Marketplace sooner then expected. They will see it enabled along November.

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Ballmer “We screwed up with Windows Mobile”

September 28th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Mobile | No Comments »

Microsoft's Steve Ballmer has acknowledged that Microsoft has failed with their strategy on Winodws Mobile. Toward investors he admitted that Windows Phone (Mobile 7) should have been out there already.

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Project Pink Uncovered

September 24th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Mobile, Platforms: XNA, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

We expected it for a long time, but Microsof't Project Pink seems to be all about the first official Microsoft mobile phones (not counting the Sidekick's from Danger which got acquired by MS).

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XNA Updated for Zune HD

September 16th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: XNA | No Comments »

Microsoft's Zune HD went retail and is supporting apps from the start. Several developers had been given a head start by the developer, but now the XNA extensions for the Zune are available for all developers.

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ZuneHD, it Will Game

September 14th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: XNA | No Comments »

In a video advert that floats around YouTube, the Zune is promoted. Not only as a multimedia player, but also as a 3D handheld gaming devices. The only question is, will it sell enough?