Microsoft has released a Ninja Cat theme for your PC, check it out.
“Snow, sun, or sand, Ninja Cat knows how to have the purr-fect holiday getaway--and if you have to flee a fierce Yeti now and then, it just adds to the adventure. Get the best of Ninja Cat's greatest moves, from dogsled under the northern lights to monster truck across the Outback in Down Under. This free, 14-set Windows theme even includes bonus ugly sweater patterns!”
Get it from the Microsoft Store.
13th Sep is celebrated as 8-bit day which this year marks the 30 years of Super Mario Bros. Microsoft too celebrated and wished Happy 8-bit day with a nice Easter egg.
Here are the details how to crack this Easter egg:
↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → B A
that is up, up, down,down, left, right, left, right , b,a (this is the Konami code which was the famous cheat code appearing in many Konami video games) I think it works only on US version, so use the above link only.
Its very nice Easter egg, give it a try. This Ninja Cat has become very popular after Microsoft started using this as a sticker. Recently similar T-Rex GIF animation Easter egg was seen in Skype too.
EDIT: Microsoft sent invites to its Windows 10 devices event which had some binary codes on the image. On cracking this, Microsoft links to a webpage with a new ninja cat wallpaper http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/windows10devices/
Go to the above link to get the full sized wallpaper.
Microsoft paid rich tributes to the Little Master, The Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar. Microsoft India showed gratitude, admiration in various forms in their various products social accounts.
The Xbox 360 India tweeted –
“The best ever. And he was ours. Thanks for the memories #Sachin .
While the Windows account said
Earlier, on the start of Sachin’s last Test Match Internet Explorer had wished him
Wishing ‘the God of Cricket’ all the best for his final Test!
Bing has teamed up with Paramount Pictures to help you get in the Starfleet Spirit as the next installment of Star Trek hits theaters on May 16th in US.For all the Star Trek fans, yesterday Bing had added Klingon to Bing Translator. Now in a few simple clicks you can translate text from English to Klingon (and vice versa!)
And today Bing will take you where no Home page has taken you before. Visit Bing today and enter one of the secret phrases in the search box to be transported to the Final Frontier.
Go to Bing Home page and just enter ‘Beam me up’ and press enter for an amazing experience. Keep your Speakers ON. Once transported, click on the pages to get more amazing pics. Give it a try.
Beam Me up might be first secret phrase, we might see more. As its known, will be added here.
Recently I came across this post on flying AR.Drone 2.0 using Windows Store App. Those who are into coding can check for more details at the source.
The Parrot AR.Drone 2.0 is an awesome device packed with cool features. The drone contains two cameras, one pointed forward that streams live video, and one pointed downwards (for all your surveillance needs). Its got four powerful engines that make it fast and maneuverable. The drone’s firmware keeps it stable and level while stationary or performing maneuvers, handling a huge burden for the user. It’s a fun device to write code for, and even more fun to pilot when you’re done!
There are few projects that have created AR.Drone APIs that can be used for Windows 8 Desktop Apps. While in this post it shows how to fly the Drone using Windows Store App as the author Peter Dwersteg has built his own API compatible with WinRT.
Check out the Source- Channel 9 for the demo video and for more details. For any query on this, please contact the authors - Clint Rutkas, Peter Dwersteg
As you know NASA’s International Space Station (ISS) is an orbiting Laboratory that combines the scientific and engineering talent of 16 nations to maintain the largest human outpost in Space. Its is the largest object built outside the planet Earth.
The International Space Station (ISS) is a unique spacecraft in low-Earth orbit. It is the largest and longest inhabited object ever to orbit the Earth. There has been uninterrupted human presence on the space station since 2000. The ISS is an amazing feat of technology that allows humans to explore, live in, and perform science in space.
The present ISS crew is commanded by Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams.
Did you know you can see the International Space Station from your house with your bare eyes? As the third brightest object in the sky, after the sun and moon, the space station is easy to see if you know where and when to look for it.
To celebrate the 12th anniversary of crews living and working aboard the station, its starting a new service-NASA’s Spot the Station service. This service sends you an email or text message a few hours before the space station passes over your house. The space station looks like a fast-moving plane in the sky, though one with people living and working aboard it more than 200 miles above the ground. It is best viewed on clear nights.
Sign up for the alerts at http://spotthestation.nasa.gov/
Spot the Station is available worldwide to anyone with an email account or SMS-enabled phone. Several times a week, Mission Control at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX, determines sighting opportunities for 4,600 locations worldwide. If your specific city or town isn’t listed, pick one that is fairly close to you. The space station is visible for a long distance around each of the listed locations.
This service will only notify you of “good” sighting opportunities - that is, sightings that are high enough in the sky (40 degrees or more) and last long enough to give you the best view of the orbiting laboratory.
(Image credit and source: NASA )
Also, do you know Windows 8 Store has a some NASA related Apps too, here’s a screenshot of one of them-
As we had seen earlier (1) , (2) , Internet Explorer team congratulating Mozilla on its Firefox browser release or achievements, now Mozilla sends a Congratulatory cake to IE. The occasion is IE10 launch!
IE team had tweeted about it yesterday.
Thanks to @firefox for helping celebrate #IE10 launch w/ cake! We look forward to Firefox for #windows8 soon! twitter.com/IE/status/2619…
— Internet Explorer (@IE) October 26, 2012
At the SXSW Interactive Opening Party hosted by Frog Design and Microsoft, the Coding4Fun team has unveiled their latest invention, BoxingBots!
You're controlling a 6-foot tall metal robot that's trying to punch out your opponent's 6-foot tall machine. It's Real Steel in real time.
BoxingBots combines Kinect's motion sensing technology with pneumatic robots in a 6-foot square ring. Two players face off to try to knock each other's blocks off.
Check out the video to see these massive robots in action -
Check more details and screenshots here: http://channel9.msdn.com/coding4fun/projects/boxingbots
Apart from capturing screenshots, one of its uses is you can extract text from images using this utility. That is, you can turn your screenshots into editable texts. And its quite accurate .
You can click above or can go here : Christmas Game
Please note, it’s a Christmas promotion and may not be available later.
(Source:http://finereader.abbyy.com/)
The video demos an overview of the Xbox companion app which integrates Xbox Live and Windows Phone on Nokia Lumia handsets.
Coming in the next couple of months, Xbox users will be able to download the system software that updates the dashboard look and feel, as well as giving you a whole heap of new features.
(Source)
Want to create a cool ringtone for your Windows phone? Check this Visual guide which will take you through the steps.
(Click for enlarged view of pic)
Also check how-to article on custom ringtones and review of some of the new ringtone-making apps in Marketplace
(Source: Windows phone Blog)
Last Friday, it was November 11, 2011, 11/11/11 and many of us on twitter had tweeted this rare date occurrence mentioning in some way or the other.
“This clip is a visualization of all the Tweets mentioning 11:11 on 11.11.11. Each “1” is a location that moves with the conversation on Twitter. Their scale varies depending on the volume of Tweets posted from the location they represent. You can see the main wave move from right to left, and then a second one that occurred at 11 p.m. around the world.”
At 11:11:11 on 11/11/11 I too had tweeted about it with a pic.
(Source:Once in a lifetime)
The channel 9 team is again at its spookiest best. Its ‘famous’ Halloween videos brought every year has come up this year again with a Halloween video with brilliant performance from its team. Warning: Those with weak hearts can skip this video.
It's that time of year again...when the ghost and the goblins come knocking at your door. This year we invite you to watch a story about frirendships, love, horror and of course- a crazy serial killer! Enjoy!
Starring : Dan Fernandez, Laura Foy , Paul Mestemaker, Tina, Golnaz Alibeigi (Please add those who I might not have recognized and not have included in this.)
Set this screensaver to give you tips to help get you up to speed on using Office 2010. Offers links to more detailed articles and videos when you return to your desktop.
Training on new software takes forever, right? Not necessarily. In this Office Show, one desperately overworked trainee learns how the Office 2010 Screensaver can get him up to speed on Office in just a couple of minutes a day. Plus, rescue a perfectly good big-screen monitor. Get the Office 2010 Screens saver HERE
Supported Operating Systems: Windows 7, Download size 70.0 MB , Requires Windows 7 validation
This is one of the Best Ad from Amul, its related to recent outburst from Former Pakistani fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar's against Sachin Tendulkar in his autobiography . Its in Hindi .
(Picture Courtesy :Amul)
As it has become customary for the IE Team to congratulate the Firefox team on its new release of its browser, this time also the IE Team delivered Congratulatory Cupcake to Firefox on its ver 7 release this morning.
This was the Cake sent -
And the IE Team tweeted about it also. Very Sweet !!
Today’s Google Doodle features Anant Pai on his 82nd Birthday.(17 September 1929 – 24 February 2011) Anant Pai popularly known as Uncle Pai was the creator of Popular Indian Comics Amar Chitra Katha (ACK) in the days when internet was in its infancy or was not there. ACK brought the Indian mythology, history in the form of comics.
I like this kind of Local touch that Google gives from time to time. I hope Bing also brings some more of its stunning Homepage images from India from time to time.
Do you know which was the first Bing image of the day ? This interesting Tuesday Trivia tweet from Microsoft answers this.
The first Bing Picture of the Day was a hiker standing in Polychrome Pass overlooking the Alaska Range Denali National Park.
Many of us thought the answer was "Marines standing in formation at Arlington National Cemetery." While this was used for the first public demonstration of Bing, it was not the photo used when Bing launched on June 3, 2009. The hiker was the first.
Look for stunning images daily on Bing and learn about it from its hotspots.
I’m sure you always wanted to try the immensely popular Kinect. Don’t worry, now you can try it before you buy. Its an initiative from XBox India.
Simply visit the stores listed below and experience the magic of the Kinect, right at home.
1. E Zone: Oberoi Mall, Mumbai
2. E Zone: Powai
3. E Zone: Koramangala Mall, Bengaluru (Bangalore)
BTW did you know that Microsoft Kinect according to Guinness World Records is the fastest-selling consumer electronics device on record. Microsoft has sold more than 10 million Kinect since its launch on 4th Nov.
(Source: @XBox360India)
