This Girl Quit Her Job at Microsoft By Singing a Song on YouTube [Video]

Set to the tune of Don McLean's American Pie, Karen Chang sang an epic song announcing her resignation from Microsoft that included quips about making "cells and numbers dance", "long lines of code" and where she's going next. Everyone who resigns from their job should be forced to do a song and dance number like this. [YouTube via Neatorama] More »

Kinects Could Get 3D Audio [Patents]

That swanky surround-sound system might have eight point one channels, but you've got to be sitting at their precise focal point to get the full effect. This newly-filed Microsoft patent application will track listeners throughout the room and provide 3D audio regardless of their position. More »

Windows Loyalists, Rejoice! You Too Can Now Make Cinemagraphs [Apps]

Until recently, apps for cinemagraphs—the GIF's less-active cousin—were only available for iOS, leaving a whole cinemagraph-loving, Windows operating-system using group in the lurch. More »

European Carriers: Lumia Can’t Compete With iPhone and Android [Nokia]

We like Nokia's Lumia range. We even like Windows Phone, even if we do wish it would get its shit together. Unlike Europe, which seems to think that Nokia's latest Windows-based offerings suck ass. More »

Windows 8 To Come in Three Editions (You Want The Last One) [Windows 8]

Microsoft just announced what its Windows 8 lineup will look like. You're going to have three options to choose from: Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro and Windows RT. But only two of those will be available as upgrades. More »
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