In Play

Twisted Pixel's 'Splosion Man passes the torch in attention-deficit anarchy to the Ms.

"...Ms. 'Splosion ManTwisted Pixel Games Xbox 360, 800 Microsoft Points ($10)..."

July 29, 2011 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Brand Upon the Brain

Art and advertising collide in the burgeoning genre of branded documentary

"...films documenting the charitable foundations of corporate clients like Microsoft, Pantene, and Downey, as well as nonprofits like the..."

July 29, 2011 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

When the New Thing Is Old News Already

Call it Murphy's nth Law of Computing: 'Any given program, when running, is obsolete'

"...It was Encarta," King said. Of course, by 2010 Microsoft's encyclopedia-killer was also gone, its CD-ROM format pushed into..."

March 4, 2011 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Newsgeist: 1/3/10

The spirit of the news

"...some interesting gaming options, if developers can get past Microsoft...."

Jan. 3, 2011 News Post by Eric Pickhartz

Video Game Gift Guide

Downloadable edition

"...(Don't get me started about Microsoft Points and Nintendo Points. At least Sony charges actual..."

Dec. 2, 2010 Screens Post by James Renovitch

How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe: A Novel

This ingenious debut novel is set in a time-skipping future

"...interaction with his boss, Phil, "an old copy of Microsoft Middle Manager 3.0." There are also sexbots for purchase...."

Oct. 29, 2010 Books Review by Audra Schroeder

Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter

Tom Bissell's latest book is an intelligent one-stop read that introduces modern gaming's big questions

"...industry's major players from indie developer Jonathan Blow to Microsoft's golden boy Peter Molyneux, Bissell gleans some answers but..."

June 11, 2010 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

I Sold the Lousy T-Shirt Off My Back and All I Got Was This iPad

What's Apple's touch tablet actually for?

"...debatably cheaper to develop for, the rumored Android and Microsoft tablets aren't here yet. If you want to develop..."

April 30, 2010 Screens Post by Adam Theriault

In Play

What's new is old again: BioShock 2 and The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom

"...360 The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom2K Play $10 (800 Microsoft points) Xbox Live Arcade..."

Feb. 26, 2010 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Get ’Sploded Now

All the gaming fun and only half the price!

"...say). And actually it has been reduced to 400 Microsoft Points (don't get me started on gamer currency). But..."

Jan. 29, 2010 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, Jan. 8-14

"...for the city of Seattle, delivers the keynote. 9:30am-5pm. Microsoft Building, 9606 N. Mopac, #200. $25. www.austinconnects.net...."

Jan. 8, 2010 News Feature

McCracken Named Pecan Street Project Executive Director

Former council member to head smart grid group

"...and more than a dozen corporations, including Dell, IBM, Microsoft, Applied Materials, Freescale Semiconductor, GE Energy and others to..."

Dec. 15, 2009 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Room To Read Fundraiser Tonight

Proceeds go to promote education scholarships for girls, local language children’s books, and library construction in India

"...John Wood, author of Leaving Microsoft to Change the World, started Books for Nepal, which..."

Oct. 15, 2009 Books Post by Ashley Moreno

AMODA's Operandi

Just what, exactly, is the Austin Museum of Digital Art up to these days?

"...get more involved with the multitouch technology – like Microsoft's Surface, which is like a giant iPhone screen, essentially...."

Sept. 18, 2009 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Q&A: Austin’s Coastal Neighbors

How Galveston looks to its past to prepare for its future – and what that means for Austin

"...we were able [during Ike] to go online via Microsoft trailers 36 hours after the storm. We were able..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Kate X Messer

Cool City: Getting Down With the Grid

Everybody's excited about the Pecan Street Project – they're just not sure what it is

"...roster of PSP corporate partners – GE Energy, IBM, Microsoft, Intel, Dell, Oracle, Cisco Systems, Freescale, and Gridpoint –..."

Sept. 4, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Wii Internet Browser Now Free

Nintendo finally realizes that no one pays for their surfing

"...reasons that are still unclear. Rumors began flying about Microsoft (the maker of PS3's competition the Xbox) being in..."

Sept. 2, 2009 Screens Post by James Renovitch

The Hightower Report

Reining in Corporate Tax Dodgers; and Doping Racehorses to Win Fast Bucks

"...close loopholes that allow such giants as Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, Citigroup, Pfizer, and Procter & Gamble to hide income..."

May 15, 2009 News Column by Jim Hightower

City Counseling: Website Redesign Crashes

City goes back to the drawing board

"...city of Austin website hit the municipal equivalent of Microsoft's blue screen of death last week. Once word spread..."

April 3, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

The Hightower Report

The Upside to Downsizing; and Home Depot Exec Blows a Gasket

"...week before that from such brand names as Williams-Sonoma, Microsoft, Clear Channel, Intel, and United Airlines. And the hemorrhaging..."

Feb. 13, 2009 News Column by Jim Hightower

aGLIFF's New Day

The Austin Gay and Lesbian Int'l Film Festival chooses a new board president.

"...All this newly elected blood makes us thirsty… er…..."

Jan. 22, 2009 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

Menorah Roundup

This season's best menorahs

"...9. Marit Meisler, Concrete Menorah Although seemingly simplistic, this..."

Dec. 13, 2008 Design Post by Andy Campbell

Getting Small

Austin's Red Fly Studio puts things into perspective

"...man in the industry: Nintendo, Sony, and, most recently, Microsoft. Their big dream centered on a tiny anthropomorphized mushroom..."

Nov. 28, 2008 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Why Archive?

The Harry Ransom Center explores its own raison d'être in a new exhibit

"...the traditional concept of archives." When writers work in Microsoft Word, archivists lose what the exhibition calls "false starts,..."

Sept. 5, 2008 Books Feature by Katherine Catmull

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Frankincense, adverbs, and porn, oh my!

"...made about $97 billion in 2006 – more than Microsoft, Google, Yahoo!, and Apple combined...."

Aug. 22, 2008 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

TV Eye

While you're watching the Olympics, who's watching you?

"...us Mac users, you have to download a plug-in (Microsoft Silverlight) in order to watch the video. The plug-in..."

Aug. 8, 2008 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

'Major League Baseball 2K8' Strikes Out Looking

"...their shoddy craftsmanship which further pushed me toward the Microsoft machine. I have always been a huge fan of..."

May 13, 2008 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Plato was an amateur wrestler, NASCAR inspirers were amateur bootleggers, and the characters in Twin Peaks were amateur coffee addicts: 216 cups (to go with their 42 slices of pie)

"...The spell check for Microsoft Word does not like the word "ain't."..."

April 4, 2008 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

After a Fashion

Gossip

"...not a major tech player out there, like Google, Microsoft, and all the others, that doesn't have a major..."

March 14, 2008 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Coolest. Kit. Ever.

Those Minority Report gloves hit the trade show

"...Patrick Sanchez talked about in the interactive issue. Apparently, Microsoft are very, very interested in the results. Now if..."

March 11, 2008 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

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