Microsoft Kodu: A 3D3C Virtual World Sample

http://www.microsoft.com/video/en/us/player/embed/25584671-bba8-4522-a1a4-73a38d713afdCES 2009: Kodu Demo[you will need Silverlight, Microsoft flash-like addon]This video demonstrate how a user can create a 3D game for the XBOX that include social interaction. So we have 3D (of course), Community (various players), Creation (look at how she is programming the 3D objects, and Commerce (the young developer that has created the … Continue reading Microsoft Kodu: A 3D3C Virtual World Sample

Microsoft just announced a $44.6 billion offer for Yahoo

According to ZDNET:Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer made the half-cash, half-stock offer in a brutal carrot-and-stick open letter to Yahoo!’s board of directors. The Redmond giant appears to laying the groundwork for a hostile takeover if it comes to that. Ballmer writes that the board spurned an earlier attempt at acquisition in early 2007:The compete letter … Continue reading Microsoft just announced a $44.6 billion offer for Yahoo