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Microsoft launched a new mobile operating system, Windows Phone 7 Series(Similar to WebOS, iPhone OS). The new OS is integrated with Xbox LIVE games and Zune music and videos.  Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Series will be available in the market on the holiday 201o shopping season.

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Microsoft introduces their compact, sophisticated keyboard that pairs perfectly with Bluetooth computers. The ‘Comfort Curve‘ layout for this board, and the curved design should lead to more comfortable typing. The Bluetooth Mobile Keyboard 6000 and Bluetooth Number Pad will be available  for purchase in October 2009. You will need to pay $89.95 for Microsoft Bluetooth Mobile Keyboard 6000 and $44.95 for stand-alone number pad respectively, with both products boasting a 3-year warranty.

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Microsoft has come up with a new Wireless Comfort Desktop 5000 keyboard and mouse. The keyboard comes in a Comfort Curve design that inspires natural wrist position with a slight six-degree curve at the same time the mouse is equipped with the BlueTrack technology to make sure the mouse works on maximum surfaces. The mouse comes with low-profile quiet touch keys and rubber grips on both sides. The Wireless Comfort Desktop 5000 will be released in this month and it will cost $79.95.

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The idea of having a common ID or Open ID to login to different websites has been floating around for a while now. But now the Idea has received a boost with Industry Giants like Google and Microsoft showing interest in the Idea.

Both Microsoft and Google have decided to join hands and enviel a plan which will sign-up their users into a Open ID scheme.

This move will enable around 400 million users to sign-up for the service.

The Idea Behind Open ID.

The basic Idea behind the Open ID was to lessen the mental burden as well as the administrative burden on users of having different Logon Id’s and password for different websites.

Both Microsoft and Google have been backing up the  Open ID idea since 2007, but decided to release the tools only now.

The Open ID idea has really caught on and around 10.000 websites seem to have adopted the scheme.

The Idea However has received a lot of Criticism form people all over in terms of security and other concerns.

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Microsoft has introduced its revolutionary product of a Mouse especially for gaming.

It is designed to deliver extraordinary performance, handling and adaptability. The mouse comes with a unique feature of customization for every game. It comes with a first ever LCD display on the mouse for macro recordings and DPI settings to avoid on-screen interference during game play.

FEATURES :

· It has a unique shape and button layout designed by engineers for fast, precise and comfortable gaming action.

· It has three buttons which instantly switch between DPI 400, 800 and 2000 it can even be customized using a special software.

· DPI settings and macro recording icons are displayed on the mouse’s LCD display to reduce on-screen interference

· It also has a quick launch button.

· It has 5 buttons which can be customized as per the game preferences.

· It is designed for speed

· It has a wide metal mouse wheel.

· It comes with a unique feature of weight adjustment ranging from 5 grams to 30 grams.

· It comes with a 3 year warranty.

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Microsoft has planned to buy back its shares from investors by spending $40 bn.

Can this be a gimmick to risen its share value which fell by approximately 30% this year? Probably time will answer this question.

Similar to the big giant, Hewlett- Packard and Nike too have declared a buy back.

HP has plans to buy back $8 bn whereas Nike $5 bn.

Microsoft stated that they by the buy back plan portrays their confidence in the long term growth and commitment to return capital to the share holders.

It is expected that the plan may help revive its declined share value probably due to failure $47.5bn bid to buy Yahoo.

Inspite of the ongoing financial crisis market analysts expect that Microsoft might buy back its shares at attractive rates. At the end of June 2008 Microsoft had $23.7 bn and in its history of 33 years, have never been debt.

This buy back is expected to run till 2013.

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Since approximately 40 years the computer mouse has been one of the major and useful hardware’s of any computer system. But according to a recent research, the countdown for its extinction has already begun.

Though Microsoft has introduced new advanced mouse and trying to give customers better hardware yet the fact of extinction of mouse would not change.

The researchers predict that in next four to five years the mouse would not be required by any computer system. It will be taken over by Gestural computer mechanism such as touch screens and facial recognition devices.

The next trend in the technology is of interactive devices and interactive interfaces which is inspired from the world of gaming. Such as PSP and XBox360.

To describe the change here are two example`s, Panasonic has introduced a forward facing video in the category of home entertainment system`s. It does not require the conventional remote to control the functions, instead you just need to hold up your hand and it would recognize that you’ve done that. To toggle through the functional menus you just need not press anything it would recognize your face and display function menu`s on the screen then by moving your figure  you can select the desired function.

There is going to be a launch of an emotive system where one can wear a headset and control the computer simply by thinking.

In short the ways of interaction with computers are rapidly changing. Convergence is one of the essential factors in today’s world. Today’s TV works as a computer monitor and computer monitor works as a TV.

No matter how many new technologies come in, it would not be fair on our part to forget the value of mouse.

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