Microsoft integrates Kinect technology into Windows 8 laptops!
Kinect system from Microsoft gives Xbox 360 the ability to use a game controller body player. Device has become quite popular, so it is not surprising that the software giant will begin delivery in February Kinect for Windows for the price $ 249. The system will add the new entry form for Windows.
Now there is information that Microsoft is also working on the system Kinect, which will be embedded in laptop computers. Journalists have The Daily opportunity to test some of the first prototype netbook with integrated sensors Kinect.
Instead of connecting external controllers, prototypes, apparently owned by Asus, have built-in sensor places where you can find a web camera. This notebook can be used not only for gaming but also for better interoperability with other applications.
Microsoft expects to license its technology Kinect for portable computers. Therefore, we will soon be able to see the notebooks from various manufacturers with embedded controllers Kinect.
The spread of this technology in computers would lead to finding new ways to use them. Who knows, maybe these input methods will be able to press the mouse which is now standard for users to interact with computers.
OpenXPS : Will Microsoft Replace PDF ?
Microsoft had once tried to run against the river's lake XPS format Adobe PDF, but ultimately failed, will new OpenXPS shame before and become new digital content issue standards?
OpenXPS full name is "Open XML Paper Specification" (Open XML file standard), it is a new file format in Windows 8 M3 Build 8102 preview version, based on the board Paper maker association (ECMA) standards ECMA 388, borned on June 2009 is. Its predecessor XPS 2006 launch, Windows Vista / 7 provides support, but it didn’t win customer's favor generally.
Adobe PDF, as early as 1993, has been ISO international standard. It have issued an absolute dominant position in the digital content , even Microsoft oneself also can not get away from it. As we all know that sometimes we use pdf files, we need make some conversion , such as pdf to word mac , pdf to dwg , pdf to doc , pdf to html , pdf to excel mac, ect . For reasons that pdf is read-only file, sometimes we can’t copy , edit text from it , so we need these conversion. Perhaps it will be read and write files in the future.
Microsoft declared: "OpenXPS is an international standard, it has multiple advantages on ecological system compared with the XPS. First of all, there are many government agencies requirements for the standardization of the document format for internal use, which in some cases hindered the XPS promotion, but there is no such obstacles for OpenXPS. In addition, Microsoft has got feedback from the software and hardware developers, they hope that XPS format don't frequent changes, or upgrade, otherwise they must always rewrite the application and driver to keep up. As international standards, OpenXPS will have formal upgrade process, and all changes will be fully opened."
OpenXPS obviously will become new favor of Microsoft , but it will not be abandoned immediately, Windows 8 will continue to provide support. Microsoft says: "Microsoft Windows also support the OpenXPS, XPS, including API, drivers, the viewer, etc, in developer preview version "
Windows Phone 7 will be released on October 11
Several sources close to Microsoft, said that the exact release date mobile operating system Windows Phone 7 - 11 October. Starting point for this event will be New York, where on this occasion will come in the leadership Microsoft.
The first mobile device running the new OS should appear on sale in October, but later. The OS was unveiled during the world exhibition Mobile World Congress 2010, held in Barcelona in February this year. Since then, information about the release date for the OS has never been reported.
The first manufacturer who announced the development of devices running Windows Phone 7 were ASUS, Dell, LG, HTC and Samsung.
The operating system is radically different from previous works of the company in this direction. User interface is based on the tiles - suitable for large fingers labels.
New Security Patch from Microsoft
Next Tuesday Microsoft is announcing 14 Security Bulletins at once. New patch is touched to 34 weak places of different programs.
List with soft Microsoft prepare new patch: Silverlight 2 and 3, Office XP, 2003, 2007, 2004 for Mac, 2008 for Mac, Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003 and Server 2008 (R2), Internet Explorer 6, 7 and 8.






