Microsoft, Swatch Partner on Wireless Watch
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Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has hooked up with Swatch to deliver the latest in a line of smart wristwatches using the software giant's MSN Direct wireless content-delivery technology.
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RF Code has unveiled a device for tracking assets with active RFID tags that can be worn on the belt, transferring the data wirelessly to a BlackBerry or Windows Mobile device.
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(InfoWorld) - MicrosoftÂ and newly merged Alcatel-LucentÂ have partnered to deliver Internet-based television technology to Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel), the companies said Thursday. But it's not business as usual: the two partners could be headed to court over alleged patent infringements and, depending on the outcome of their dispute, may choose to go their separate ways. SingTel is the second Asian carrier to test Microsoft's IPTV (Internet Protocol television) software, bringing the total number of operators either trialing or commercially deploying the technology to 16. The deal is part of a partnership agreed in 2005 through which Alcatel-Lucent sells the Microsoft IPTV platform to smaller network operators, according to Ed Graczyk, director of marketing in the Microsoft TV unit. "We're selling our platform directly to around three dozen tier-one carriers and partnering with Alcatel-Lucent to sell to the tier-two and tier-three operators," Graczyk said in an interview on the sidelines of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Telecom World conference and exhibition in Hong Kong. The continued scope of that partnership, however, is now as fuzzy as the initial IPTV technology that Microsoft delivered to the first carrier customers of its early adopter program. In November,Â Alcatel filed lawsuits against MicrosoftÂ for several alleged patent infringements. The IPTV patents in question stem from the work of Oracle engineers who had developed fast-forward and rewind features for its video server technology. The patents were sold to a company Alcatel later acquired. Alcatel now maintains that some of the technology developed by the Oracle engineers has resurfaced in Microsoft TV IPTV Edition software as a result of several members of the original development team joining the U.S. software company. Both Alcatel and Lucent had developed IPTV expertise prior to their merger. Together, they now appear keen to stake their own claim. "We can offer carriers choice," John Giere, chief marketing officer at Alcatel-Lucent, said during an interview in Hong Kong. "We can provide the Microsoft solution if that is what carriers want. But with our technology, we can also provide an open system with open interfaces. Many operators don't want to be overly dependent on Microsoft, which offers a proprietary system." Even after forming its partnership with Microsoft in 2005, Alcatel continued to fund its Open Media Platform (OMP), which it acquired from iMagicTV Inc. The technology is deployed by a number of operators including Free in France and Telecom Italia. Another IPTV system in the Alcatel-Lucent camp is the MyViewTV platform developed in conjunction with Spain's TelefÃ³nica SA. Around 400,000 consumers are currently using the company's IPTV systems. The SingTel project is based on a combination of Alcatel-Lucent's services integration system and the Microsoft IPTV platform. It will include testing of broadcast TV and VOD (video on demand), with content featuring high-definition quality picture resolution.
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Software maker heads to LA to show off a host of gadgets that use one or another Microsoft technology to access movies, music and video.
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BEIJING -- Microsoft Corp. and a major Chinese TV set maker announced Monday they will jointly develop entertainment products linking television and the Internet, joining a race to profit from the Web's growing status as a channel to distribute movies and other programs.
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Network and multimedia hardware company Linksys is seeking beta testers to trial a new product for high-definition TVs, which enables displaying pictures, music or videos on the TV over a wireless network. Those not selected will have the opportunity to beta test future products from Linksys.
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Microsoft has teamed up with consumer electronics firm Thomson to launch set-top boxes supporting Microsoft TV&#39;s Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) software platform.
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Microsoft Corp. announced a partnership with Singapore-based Flextronics International Ltd. on Monday to market a new range of high-specification phones, running Windows Mobile, to handset makers and network operators worldwide.
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No. 1 software maker&#39;s new line-up features built-in fingerprint readers to make logging on easier. SEATTLE  - Microsoft Corp.
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Oxy Systems says its software allows users to wirelessly sync their PC music collections with their cell phones.
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Intellisync&#39;s synchronization software will soon be available on Danger Hiptop devices, through select carriers, allowing wireless synchronization to Outlook on the desktop.
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Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled a new set of Web-based services allowing users of its MSN service to publish and track each other&#39;s blogs.
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Microsoft has licensed its technology for producing wireless networked devices for Vista.
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SEATTLE - Software giant Microsoft Corp. and corporate network software provider Citrix Systems Inc. said on Tuesday that they had agreed to collaborate and license each other&#39;s technology.
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InfoWorld - Microsoft's Popfly technology for building mashups is now available in a public beta that allows users to publish applications built on it directly to the popular Facebook social-networking site.
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Companies to create real-time, rich-media collaboration for Windows Messenger users and later for Office Live Meeting users.
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Better all the time WPC Microsoft has used its annual Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) to stress that it's working to solve stubborn compatibility problems between Windows Vista and partner products.â¦