Microsoft Hardware

One of my New Year's resolutions is to get more Hrvoje Benko on Channel 9. Every time I see Benko at MSR he's playing with the coolest (and often very secret) new toys, and he's always happy to talk about the interesting new things he's working on. You might remember Benko from our Mouse 2.0…

This year at CES we announced a new multitouch mouse called the Microsoft Touch Mouse. This is a full multitouch device made to work exclusively with Windows 7 (it will work as a normal wireless mouse on other systems, but no touch.)  The mouse includes a number of gestures that help you…

Over in the US, October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and all over the country a dizzying array of fundraising events have kicked off to support research into the disease. This year, the Microsoft Hardware team are leaning in to support the cause. They note a shocking from the…

The latest products to come out of Microsoft Hardware's Webcam Lab are the HD5000 and HD5001 webcams. This means that along with the Lifecam Cinema HD, we've now have three webcams available that deliver an HD picture. The 5000 and 5001 are similar cameras with the same HD…

The latest products to come out of Microsoft Hardware's Webcam Lab are the HD5000 and HD5001 webcams. This means that along with the Lifecam Cinema HD, we've now have three webcams available that deliver an HD picture. The 5000 and 5001 are similar cameras with the same HD optics, the…

Sean Butterworth stopped by the Microsoft booth and gave me a look at the new Microsoft Arc Keyboard, the mate to the Arc Mouse. I'm a huge fan of the Arc Mouse (cnet review here) mainly because it's portable enough to keep in my bag or even in a front pocket. This new keyboard looks…

Sean Butterworth stopped by the Microsoft booth and gave me a look at the new Microsoft Arc Keyboard, the mate to the Arc Mouse. I'm a huge fan of the Arc Mouse (cnet review here) mainly because it's portable enough to keep in my bag or even in a front pocket. This new keyboard looks equally…

Today at the User Interface Software and Technology Conference, Microsoft will show five new mouse prototypes that combine normal mousing with multitouch controls. Here is a video that gives you a brief introduction to each of the controls. I'll be meeting with this team when they get back,…

Today at the User Interface Software and Technology Conference, Microsoft will show five new mouse prototypes that combine normal mousing with multitouch controls. Here is a video that gives you a brief introduction to each of the controls. I'll be meeting with this team when they get back,…

You may have heard that Microsoft recently expanded the campus a little, one of the teams that had grown out of their space was Microsoft Hardware. The hardware team invited me over to see The Labs of Microsoft Hardware and check out the process behind creating and testing products like…