Entries tagged with ces 2009 - Channel 10

CES 2009: Mediaroom is the real deal of IPTV

Max — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:08:00 GMT

IPTV is heating up and Microsoft’s Mediaroom is pioneering amazing features. One of my favorites demoed at CES is the ability to jump into a show mid-broadcast yet be able to “rewind” the show to the beginning—even if you didn’t pre-record it.

With over 2.5 million current subscribers and availability growing as more carriers utilize this platform, I personally can’t wait for this to arrive in my neighborhood.

CES 2009: Office Live extends your productivity at home to the web

Max — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:03:00 GMT

Word, Excel, Powerpoint… yeah you know about these. I met up with Justin and Mike from the Office Live team during CES to see what else is hot these days. The coolest thing we saw was how Office Live extends your local client experience to the web so you can collaborate with others as well.

Check out more and sign up for your free online extension to Microsoft Office.

CES 2009: Windows Home Server Update - New Hardware

Nic Fillingham — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:49:00 GMT

The Windows Home Server team had a tonne of new hardware on display at CES 2009. Todd Headrick from the WHS group walked us through the new home server form factors available for 2009 including an updated version of the popular HP Media Smart server line which now includes support for Mac Time Machine backups.
More info: Windows Home Server web site

CES 2009: What's New from Microsoft Auto

Larry Larsen — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:30:00 GMT

I got together with Greg Baribault from Microsoft Auto while at CES to get a look at what new things Microsoft Auto is working on. They include the new V.3 of Ford Sync, of course, but also some interesting diagnostics applications in conjunction with Fiat, and a really nice in-truck computer system for contractors that includes an RFID reader. The idea is that you throw all your tools in the truck and it will let you know if any are missing. There is also some great integration with TellMe.

Of course those who bought a Sync-enabled car last year are not left out, simply put an upgrade USB thumb drive into the Sync car and your car will upgrade with the new services and features.

CES 2009: MSN Direct Adds More Info To Assist Your Commute

Max — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:52:00 GMT

GPS navigation devices were one of the hottest selling items this past holiday season. MSN Direct is an over-the-air information service that works with your in-car GPS navigation device to help you make the most of your commute. Locate the best deals on fuel, get real time traffic information and find out what movies are playing at your local cinema.
CES 2009 saw the MSN Direct team announce several new devices as well as enhancements to the service such as Doppler weather maps, airport delays and flight status info plus a huge increase in traffic coverage.
More Info: www.msndirect.com

CES 2009: Keep your digital photo frame fresh with Windows Live FrameIt

Nic Fillingham — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:42:00 GMT

Last Christmas Santa Claus brought me a digital photo frame. It was one of the models that displays photos from an SD card that you slot into the base of the frame. I had a spare SD card lying around so I put it into my PC and transferred some photos over from a recent holiday and then put the frame on a bookshelf.
12 months later and the frame still has the same photos repeating on an endless loop... sure I could pull out the SD card and put some new photos on there but it would be MUCH easier if I could just log into a web service and tell the frame to pull photos from my Flickr account, Windows Live Photo Gallery and Live Mesh,.. maybe even display the latest weather or news headlines? Imagine that,....
...Enter Windows Live FrameIt

CES 2009: Windows Media Center on Windows 7 with Touch

Max — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:51:00 GMT

We met up with the Windows Media Center team at CES 2009 and had the opportunity to get a run-down of some of the coolest features coming at you in Windows 7’s Media Center. One of my favorites is the “play to” capability that Ben showed us.

Also, the PC that Ben is using is available today and has touch capabilities itching for Windows 7 usage!

CES 2009: Record your own hit songs with Songsmith

Nic Fillingham — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 01:09:00 GMT

How often do you get out of the shower and think,.. that song I just made up whilst washing my hair was AWESOME!! ...I wish I has some way to record it on my PC so that I can launch my music career on Myspace and get my own reality TV show on MTV2!?!@? Ahem,..
Well now you can write and record your own songs without the need to play an instrument thanks to Microsoft Research's Songsmith.
All you need is a PC, a microphone (the built in mic on your laptop will work), a melody and some lyrics. Songsmith will record what you sing into the microphone, analyze what you've sung and then assign the rhythm section and chords. You can adjust the style (genre) and tone until you find something you like and then output the track as a WMA file, movie maker project or backing track.
Check out the video for a full demo from the guys behind the software plus the worldwide debut of MY latest hit single "Room with Max".
Link: Microsoft Research Songsmith

CES 2009: Bill Veghte Rocks Out Windows 7 and Windows Live

Max — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:37:00 GMT

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you probably have heard that Windows 7’s public beta hits TODAY. We caught up with Bill Veghte, Senior Vice President of the Windows Group to find out what all the fuss is about.

Oh man was he excited… he dove into what’s hot in Windows 7 and even jumped forward to explain Windows Live’s part in all of this. Check it out, tell us what you think.

CES 2009: Chatting with Robbie Bach

Nic Fillingham — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:11:00 GMT

One of our favourite people to talk to at CES is EDD President Robbie Bach. We caught up with the Xbox Chief again this year to recap the highlights of 2008 and some of the exciting new products coming in 2009 like an update to Ford Sync, a live version of 1 vs 100 on Xbox Live and two new Halo titles. Add to that a new Netflix queue app for Windows Mobile (that you can watch on your Xbox 360) and of course the highly anticipated Windows 7.
Let us know what CES 2009 announcements you're most excited about in the comments section.

CES 2009: Microsoft Tag - You're It!

Larry Larsen — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:10:00 GMT

Microsoft Tag is a new system to help give you a way to direct people to a URL using the camera on their mobile phone. You can think of it as TinyURL for optics, or Cue Cat on-the-go minus the hokey cat reader (hey, I know lots of people who loved that thing). It's actually a great system to visually direct people to a URL, free text, a vcard, or a dialer. You can sign up for free at Microsoft.com/tag, and download the app for your phone at gettag.mobi. Tag is available for a number of phones including Windows Mobile, Symbian, Blackberry, Android, and the iPhone.

Tag can link to multiple types of content from web, SMS, e-mail, calendars, maps, or coupons and can be as small as 5/8". There is a great backend as well so you can see analytics on when and where people are reading your tags.

CES 2009: Watch Kodu in Action

Larry Larsen — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:43:00 GMT

Matthew MacLaurin, Principal Program Manager for Kodu (the game formerly known as Boku), sits down to show us a preview of playing the game. And what better way to show off a programming tool for kids than to have a kid in the driver's seat. Sparrow is one of the young testers who helped with Kodu and she shows us some of her favorite characters and playgrounds.

CES 2009: Windows Mobile

Larry Larsen — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:06:00 GMT

Today in the keynote, Steve Ballmer talked about Life Without Walls. A big part of that is mobility, Greg Sullivan stops by to show us the latest devices, user interfaces, apps, and a peak into the future of IE Mobile.

CES 2009: The Future of Computing

Larry Larsen — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:06:00 GMT

Today Steve Ballmer talked about the ways tomorrow’s technology will be able to help solve some of the world’s most challenging problems. Ballmer put the spotlight on a future oriented demonstration illustrating how students might interact with the entire world’s knowledge on any field of study. The education scenario demonstration showed how the combination of technologies like touch, gesture and speech will make computing more natural and intuitive. Janet Galore from Microsoft Strategic Prototyping gives us an indepth look at tomorrow's computing.

CES 2009 Matthew MacLaurin on Kodu

Larry Larsen — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:06:00 GMT

Matthew MacLaurin is the man behind Kodu (formerly Boku), a Xbox game designed to help children learn the basics of programming launching on Xbox Live this spring. Kodu is both surprisingly simple and incredibly complex, allowing a child to make a simple game, or an adult to rapidly prototype a far more complex game.

Matthew sat down with me to talk about Kodu, where it started, and how to create a programming language that can easily be coded using an Xbox controller.

CES 2009: Windows 7

Larry Larsen — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:52:00 GMT

Charlotte Jones walks us through some of the new features we're looking forward to in Windows 7. Check out some of the features like the Jump List, the new task bar with previews, and other UI improvements.

Channel 10’s CES 2009 Coverage & Live Blog

Sarah Perez — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:03:00 GMT

At this year’s Consumer Electronics Show 2009 (CES), Steve Ballmer will be giving a keynote speech on January 7th at 6:30 PM PST. If you can’t make the event, don’t worry – you can watch it virtually! The Microsoft PressPass site, of course, has a virtual pressroom setup. But right here on Channel 10, we’ll be covering the event live, via a live blog. And frankly, won’t that be more fun to follow? Other content will be posted to Twitter by yours truly - just follow the Twitter user @sarahintampa for my CES tweets all week. Oh, and if you’re a true social media addict, there’s also a FriendFeed room set up which I’ll also keep up-to-date with content during CES.

CES, here we come!