May 21, 2013

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Microsoft releases “Visual Basic for Windows Phone 7 Developer Tools”- Now Available for Download

This is the news that all the VB Developers are waiting for, that Microsoft has released tools for building Visual Basic applications for Windows Phone 7, a move that could produce a significant number of applications for the new Smartphone operating system, as well as C#. The RTW provides “Go Live” support, which allows VB [...]

“ChevronWP7″ unlock could render Windows Phone 7 permanently unusable :Microsoft

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A Windows Phone 7 “unlock” tool was released on Thursday that allows owners to side load home-brew applications. The tool, named ChevronWP7, uses a method to trick the OS into registering itself as a Windows Phone 7 developer device with the application rather than Microsoft directly. Microsoft normally charges $99 a year for the privilege [...]

“Genuin software checker” for Windows Phone 7;complicates custom ROMs

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The first big roadblock to Windows Phone 7 modding has been found. According to Conflipper, a former Windows Mobile hacker, Windows Phone 7 devices ship with a “Genuine Software” checker which gives you the screen below if you try to access Xbox Live, Marketplace, Windows Live, or Zune from a device running an OS version [...]

Windows Phone 7 Launches with 5% Mobile OS Market Share and more than 2000 Apps at Marketplace

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Microsoft is coming back to the smartphone OS wars with the launching of Windows Phone 7 officially today. Microsoft currently holds 5% of the global smartphone OS market share with Windows Mobile according to Gartner research. Windows Phone 7 would need to gain 9% to catch the Apple iPhone and 12% to take on Android [...]

Adobe AIR Heads to Android Q4 2010 Release

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Adobe confirmed this morning at the Flash Summit in San Francisco let it be known that Adobe AIR 2.5 will be available in the foruth quarter of 2010. No exact dates, unfortunately, but at least it’s better than nothing. The more troubling thing, comes in the fact that Adobe isn’t talking about how AIR will [...]

EA Sports Released Madden 11 NFL Demo for Xbox 360 and PS3

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It seems like game demos are being released on the Xbox 360 quite often this month as today the demo for the upcoming Madden NFL 11 was added to the Xbox LIVE Marketplace. PS3 owners will have to wait a little more time, since the demo is scheduled to be released on the Playstation Store [...]

Check out Technical Preview of Windows Phone 7

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Microsoft has begun providing a technical preview of Windows Phone 7, its upcoming mobile operating system platform, which it says is still very much on track for the 2010 holiday season. Most of what’s in the technical preview has been seen or discussed at either Mobile World Congress in January, where Microsoft first unveiled its [...]

1&1 7-inch SmartPad Android Tablet is now Official

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Germany DSL service provider, 1&1 has announced the launch of a new tablet PC named SmartPad. The new 1&1 Smartpad tablet computer will come with a 7? WVGA LCD screen, 256MB RAM, 1GB ROM, 500MHz processor and run on Android 1.6. A Froyo update is likely in September. It centers on a 7-inch, 800×480 touchscreen [...]

2010 Apple WWDC and Microsoft TechEd both Events Start on Monday, June 7

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Apple and Microsoft. Microsoft and Apple. The two most valuable tech companies in the world will host competing conferences next week for IT pros and developers. While Apple gets its iGroove on with the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco, Microsoft will lure techie professionals to New Orleans for TechEd. Both conferences start Monday, [...]

Google Opens a New Apps Marketplace

It looks like Google has placed further commitment to its online app store business, as it has just officially announced the Google Apps Marketplace. This is targeted at customers who are currently using the Google Apps service, and the apps featured in the Google Apps Marketplace will be able to integrate well it, making things [...]