Xbox Live Dashboard Upgrade

   With the popular Kinect, which now gives users the ability to navigate through their device via voice and gesture command, Microsoft looks to add more applications to its already large dashboard, which consists of Netflix, Facebook, Twitter, Bing etc. The new layout is taken from the Windows Phone and WIndows 8 interface. It also incorporates the the cloud storage feature. The dashboard is a big change from the previous one. It lets users interconnect the different apps, making it easier for users to find what they are looking for.
   Microsoft is looking to add HBO to its line off apps as well, meaning, after users are resting from a game of  Call of Duty, they can take a break and watch How to Make it in America, all on their Xbox.This spells struggles for Google TV and Apple TV. Microsoft can thank their millions of subscribers for this.
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If you do not own an Xbox, will this make you buy one for tis season?

Top IT Products of 2011

As we all know, the end of the year has arrived and the things that come with it: bells, elves, and oh those lights that I love to see. Also this is the time of countdowns, not just for the new year but to rank the things that happened in the year. Justin Beiber may be on the top of your list, but for the brainiacs in the tech world they love innovation innovation innovation and these products below gave that to all those businesses looking for better efficiency.
-Microsoft Office 365 Click here
-Apples iOS5 Learn more
-Fluke Aircheck http://www.flukenetworks.com/enterprise-network/network-testing/AirCheck-Wi-Fi-Tester
-VMware v Sphere 5 http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/overview.html
-Google + Click to become member

The Office 365 is able to use the cloud function to combat with Apple's iOS5. It also has its own app store where purchases can be made on a wide selection of apps. Apple, has been very successful with its iOS5 software that can be found on the iPad 2 and iPhone. This was the first time that Apple has incorporated the iCloud feature which lets users store data on its panel that can be chosen to be privately or publicly stored. The Fluke Aircheck is a handheld WiFi analyzer that makes it easy to solve wireless networking problems, manage site profiles, and to see the performance of wireless-network components. The VMware vSphere 5 gives IT managers who need a virtual infrastructure that can handle production workloads. With so many social networking sites coming up, Google + has let its competition know that it has arrived and plans on staying. With video chat capabilities, and a classic but stylish layout, it will make Twitter and Facebook reconsider some things.