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Bing Challenges Nation to ‘Bing It On’

By Guest PostSeptember 6, 2012Technologyamerica, big box, bing, bing it on, challenge, Facebook, foursquare, Google, Google Search, kinect, knowledge graph, Microsoft, microsoft prize, mike nichols, mtv, pane, quality, quora, san diego, search engine, search result, social search, Twitter, video music awards, web, windows 8, xbox, xbox 360, xbox live

Study suggests people prefer Bing’s Web search results nearly 2-to-1 over Google.

REDMOND, Wash. — Sept. 6, 2012 — Beginning today, America can click and choose which Web search results it prefers by participating in the Bing It On Challenge, available at Bing.com. Based on research that indicates people prefer Bing Web search results over Google, Bing is inviting consumers to come and see for themselves with an online test designed to show that the quality of Bing’s Web search results has surpassed Google’s.

Although most people identify themselves as Google searchers, an independent study commissioned by Microsoft Corp. shows people chose Bing Web search results over Google nearly 2-to-1 in blind comparison tests.* Given those findings, Bing decided it is time to let people see for themselves that there is a better option in search. (more…)

World’s Top Tech Students Go for It All Down Under

By Guest PostJuly 6, 2012Technology2012 summer games, Argentina, australia, blog entry, brazilian brothers, bubblegum, cloud computing, darkened room, eduardo, eureka, gold medals, Greece, Iceland, imagine cup 2012, kinect fun labs, korea, let it bee, london, mathdash, Microsoft, olympic athletes, Pizza, project, robert miles, roberto sonnino, roberts quest, serbia, sydney, team, team boddymusic, team catchcake, team drexel dragons, team radiant, team symbiosis, Technology, united states, walid abu-hadba, windows, worldwide finals, xbox, xbox 360

Young technologists are looking to take the world by storm this weekend at the Imagine Cup 2012 Worldwide Finals in Sydney, Australia.

SYDNEY – Wrapped in the flags of their countries, the competitors climb onto the podium, beaming with joy as the cameras flash. They are young, passionate, business-savvy ambassadors of their field.

These aren’t soccer players or high jumpers, but they are no less competitors than the athletes seeking gold medals at the 2012 Summer Games in London. They are the planet’s premiere young technologists. And, to slightly alter an infamous movie line, they’ve come to change the world and chew bubblegum – and they’re all out of bubblegum. (more…)

Microsoft Marks E3 with “Halo 4,” New Entertainment Experiences

By Guest PostJune 4, 2012Technologye3, electronic entertainment expo, Entertainment, fable, forza, game of thrones, gears of war, halo, halo 4, los angeles, master chief, Microsoft, south park, splinter cell, windows 8 pc, xbox 360, xbox live, xbox music, xbox smartglass, yusuf mehdi

At the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles, Microsoft announced a robust lineup of new Xbox 360 games, including a new installment of the blockbuster Halo franchise. The company also unveiled new content and entertainment experiences for Xbox LIVE and smart devices.

LOS ANGELES – The Xbox 360 console charged into its seventh Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) today buoyed by a bundle of blockbuster game releases led by Halo 4 and a set of new entertainment experiences that will push Xbox farther into the living room, and onto PCs, tablets and phones.

Microsoft also revealed a set of new Xbox content, partners and apps – including bringing Internet Explorer to the console for the first time. The company also introduced a new music service and Xbox SmartGlass, a new app that brings an immersive entertainment experience to all devices. (more…)

‘Kinect Star Wars:’ A Tour de Force by Fans, for Fans

By Guest PostApril 3, 2012Science Fiction, Technologyabby lee, boonta eve, c 3po, craig derrick, darth vader, david tuft, don mattrick, droids, force, galactic dance off, george lucas, Germany, han solo, jabba the hutt, jedi experience, jorg neumann, kinect, kinect star wars, lego, lucasarts, Microsoft, nahil sharkasi, padawans, princess leia, r2 d2, rancor rampage, seattle, star wars, stormtrooper, xbox 360

*Meet the Force-sensitive fans who helped bring the Star Wars universe to life in “Kinect Star Wars,” the ultimate Jedi experience for Padawans of all ages.*

REDMOND, Wash. – Abby Lee walked into a Seattle toy store recently and purchased two LEGO Darth Vader alarm clocks, a Star Wars pop-up book, and a few LEGO speeder bikes. The bemused checkout clerk asked if she was going to a birthday party.

“No,” Lee replied. “I’m going to work.” (more…)

A Passion for Privacy: Three Chief Privacy Officers Reflect on a Decade of Work Creating a More Trustworthy Computing Ecosystem

By Guest PostMarch 9, 2012TechnologyBill Gates, brendon lynch, computer models, corporate privacy group, database, early winters, game, information database, internet explorer 6, internet explorer 9, kinect, Microsoft, microsoft office 365, mountain climber, mpsd, multinational company, peter cullen, privacy strategy, richard purcell, trustworthy computing initiative, websites, xbox 360

*As the proliferation of devices and cloud services expands the amount of data becoming available globally, Microsoft’s chief privacy officers have focused on developing policies, processes and technologies to help protect users’ personal information.*

REDMOND, Wash. — A mountain climber turned database whiz. A customer loyalty manager for one of the world’s largest banks. A quality assurance and risk management consultant.

The career arcs that led Richard Purcell, Peter Cullen and Brendon Lynch to Microsoft couldn’t have been more different. Yet, in their own unique way, each path was preparation for serving as the corporate privacy officer of one of the world’s largest software and services companies. (more…)

‘Gears of War 3’ is an Action-Packed Father and Son Story

By Guest PostSeptember 20, 2011Technologyamerican chopper, anya stroud, chris wynn, christmas, delta squad, discovery channel, dlcs, downloadable content, epic games, gears of war, gears of war 3, locust horde, marcus fenix, microsoft studios, new york city, new zealand, paul teutul, role playing games, rpgs, sci fi warfare trilogy, times square, troops of delta squad, xbox 360, xbox live

*Thousands of retailers around the world are opening their doors at midnight for the launch of the long-awaited “Gears of War 3,” a dramatic, action-packed finale to the Xbox 360 sci-fi warfare trilogy.*

REDMOND, Wash. – “Gears of War 3,” the dramatic, action-packed, much-anticipated conclusion to the blockbuster Xbox 360 trilogy, marches out at midnight.

Fans who have been waiting for the final chapter in the sci-fi warfare saga are lining up around the world to buy the game, which goes on sale at 12 a.m. on Tuesday, September 20. With 20,000 launch locations, the release is the franchise’s biggest, stretching from New Zealand to Times Square. (more…)

Xbox Releases Avatar Kinect for Interactive Experiences, Kinect Sparkler Coming Later This Week

By Guest PostJuly 25, 2011Technologyamy oztan, avatar kinect, charlies angels, e3 conference, facebook xbox, heidi leder, kinect fun labs, kinect gadgets, kinect sparkler, maria bartiromo, nancy friedman, rebecca levey, sam comroe, the blogging angels, tourettes syndrome, umaimah mendhro, xbox, xbox 360, young comedian

*Kinect Fun Labs, a hub for innovative gadgets that showcase advancements in the controller-free device’s technology, launches two new experiences this week: Avatar Kinect, and Kinect Sparkler.*

REDMOND, Wash. – July 25, 2011 – Kinect Fun Labs, a hub for innovative Kinect Gadgets on the Xbox 360, is launching two new experiences this week: Avatar Kinect and Kinect Sparkler. (more…)

Wild Pockets: Girl Geek Leads 3-D Gamer Revolution

By Guest PostJune 17, 2011Technology3 d game, art and technology, bizspark one startup, carnegie mellon university, Facebook, female ceo, game jams, high tech company, josh yelon, Microsoft, microsoft bizspark program, microsoft technology, mobile devices, open source gaming, san francisco, shanna tellerman, video game technology, visual studio, wild pockets, windows games, xbox, xbox 360

*Shanna Tellerman is on her game as CEO of BizSpark One startup Wild Pockets.*

REDMOND, Wash. — Wild Pockets, a BizSpark One startup, is building the future of open source gaming.

Shanna Tellerman had no intention of becoming the CEO of a high-tech company. In college, she was intent on pursuing a career in art. It wasn’t until she took a course that combined art and technology at Carnegie Mellon University that she had the idea that she could marry the two fields. While at Carnegie Mellon, Tellerman worked on a project that used video game technology as a training method for first responders in emergency situations. The result was a drag-and-drop user interface that let people set up almost any kind of firefighting scenario. Her solution was so easy to use that it quickly became popular with fire departments across the U.S. (more…)

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