Surface

Kyle Warnick from the Microsoft Surface team was in Las Vegas yesterday for the launch of the Rio iBar Surface units.Kyle and team had their video camera with them and filmed this great demo of the new Surface apps in action for Channel 10.Apart from fun, multiplayer mini-games and…

Harrah’s Entertainment and Microsoft are unveiling a new interactive entertainment experience with the deployment of six Microsoft Surface units at the iBar in Las Vegas’ Rio Hotel and Casino.Guests in the iBar will be able to play games, order customized drinks for themselves (or that…

Anunciamos hoje o segundo deployment (disponibilidade comercial) do Surface. O primeiro cliente a receber foi a AT&T que já tem o Surface para seus clientes conhecerem os telefones celulares da rede. O segundo cliente é o Harrah's Entertainment que é o dono do Rio…

The 12th annual Microsoft CEO Summit was held May 13-15th. At this forum, business leaders meet up to discuss the most pressing issues affecting global business today. This year's topics included decoding financial markets, establishing cultures of execution, and exploring how the Internet will…

Firefly was developed as a simple, fun game which was used to test Surface's multi-touch feature. Using all your fingers, you corral the fireflies into your glass jar, but, at the same time, you can also squash a neighbor's fireflies. You just have to be careful not to squash your own! To see…

O MIX é o evento onde a Microsoft mostra as suas novas tecnologias para a Web e para designers. Ontem já saiu uma das primeiras notícias: Silverlight para celulares Nokia até final do ano. O Silverlight é um pequeno plug-in para os navegadores Web (Internet Explorer,…

When Steve Clayton happened upon a Surface computer in Redmond, he didn't just play with it, he filmed himself playing with it! And it introduced me to a Surface app I had not seen before - the "Grand Piano." This application simulates a piano keyboard while showing off the Surface's…

Bill Gates showed a cool new demo of Microsoft Surface as part of his CES 2008 key note presentation (at the 27:00 mark). In it he customized a virtual snowboard with decals and a signature then saved it to his Windows Mobile device and Windows Live Spaces site.We sat down with Mark…

Each year Microsoft's connected entertainment vision gets better and better. By now, you've seen the broader picture - Media Centers in the living room, Extenders in the bedroom, Xbox's in the playroom, Windows Mobile on the hip, and Sync in the car. Making all this work, and work more seamlessly in…

Multi-touch, which started at Bell Labs nearly 25 years ago, is the hot technology this year and without a doubt one of the technologies I get asked about most by family and friends. So obviously there are a lot of companies working on multi-touch products. A couple weeks ago, Charles Torre took us…