Microsoft Announces Price Drop For Xbox Kinect...

Microsoft today announced a permanent price drop on Kinect sensor for Xbox. The new reduced price will be $109.99 in US.

There will be also a permanently reduced price in North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific regions where Kinect is sold. On October 4, the Kinect sensor will be available for a permanently reduced price in Australia and New Zealand.
Microsoft also mentioned that there will be no price drops in EMEA and Japan regions. With the sales of the gaming industry in general is falling down, price drops of this kind should boost sales to some level hop

Microsoft Releases NEW Paint App For Windows 8

Microsoft today released a new app called Fresh Paint in Windows Store for Windows 8 devices.Its a delightfully real and fun painting app!
This apps seems to be built from the Microsoft Research Project called Gustav.
 
Features:

• Discover delightfully real paint that behaves like real paint where it should and better than real where you need it. Blend and mix colors to get just the look you want
• Help your kids be creative and explore their imagination
• Experience real painting and be creative without the mess and costly supplies
• Relax and enjoy yourself. There is nothing to learn because you already know how to use it
• Zoom in to see strikingly realistic details. Only Fresh Paint has an amazing, realistic paint engine developed by the company....

Microsoft new logo

Microsoft has updated its corporate logo for the first time in 25 years....

:Microsoft officials said they are revealing the new corporate logo on the cusp of the upcoming wave of releases of "new versions of nearly all of our products." Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Visual Studio 2012, Windows Phone 8, Office 2013 and a variety of other products are launching in the coming months.

Microsoft Fixes Windows Phone Marketplace Bug

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Microsoft has fixed the bug in its Windows phone Marketplace that was stopping users from downloading and installing new apps on their devices. The bug was initially picked up by the technology website TechRadar and the software giant had temporarily stopped publishing the apps while the bug was uncovered. The error was related to the digital certificates that were used to sign apps and thereby prevented users from downloading or updating the apps.
Todd Brix, Marketplace chief wrote on the Windows Phone Developer Blog...
"We fixed the digital certificate problem and last evening resumed publishing new apps,"