We’ve seen numerous Windows 8 features leaked over the last month and wondered just how leaky Microsoft’s ship really is. Whatever the real answer may be, it appears that Microsoft is taking these leaks very seriously with new reports via WinRumors claiming that two Microsoft employees have recently been fired due to leaking confidential company information (read: Microsoft’s Windows 8 OS). One employee is based out of Redmond itself with the other...

It’s Friday. News is slow. I’m already thinking about what I’m doing tonight. But one thing ripped me back to reality — seeing the press release for Windows 1.0. For as hellbent as we all are on the most bleeding edge tech, it’s always fun and slightly humorous to see where we’ve come from, as well as focusing on how long ago it really wasn’t. A big thanks to Microsoft’s Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie, for stumbling on...

Early on with Windows Phone 7, Microsoft made it clear they were going to take a stance more like Apple has with iOS thus far — that is, they are going to be more tactful in controlling what does and doesn’t enter their precious platform reborn. But in at least one area of the mobile sphere, Microsoft appears to be making some concessions — fart apps, specifically “Farting Dino”. Apparently, gaseous dinosaurs are all the riot… While WP7...

Quick! If a Windows Phone 7 theme is what you seek for your Android device, you best get hoppin’. The theme you see above is dubbed “Android Phone 7″ (see what they did there…) and created by newone757 of XDA. No, it’s not “original” in the sense that it borrows quite a bit from Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Phone 7. But originality isn’t the point. Imitation is. Why do it? Because you can. That’s why. With...

Microsoft hasn’t always released the coolest, most “hip” consumer oriented products. Nor have they even gotten as far as choosing a clever and catchy name that didn’t sound dorky or “pushed too hard”. Lucky for us, they did alright with their search engine Bing, for it was almost “Bang”. Now being the somewhat mentally unstable person that I am, hearing of a search engine named “Bang” has failure written all...