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April 3 is the drop date for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Kinect Star Wars bundle

April 3 is the drop date for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Kinect Star Wars bundle

Mark your calendars you Star Wars gaming fans and Xbox Jedi wannabes as we now have the date that we will finally be able to get our hands on the much touted Kinect Star Wars. April 3, 2012. That's ... continue
Microsoft Flight gets a release date, launch DLC

Microsoft Flight gets a release date, launch DLC

Microsoft Flight, the company's casual, free-to-play approach to the Microsoft Flight Simulator series, has finally been given a release date. Microsoft announced today that Microsoft Flight will be made available later this month on February 29. The core ... continue
Xbox Live getting Crackle, CinemaNow apps

Xbox Live getting Crackle, CinemaNow apps

If having YouTube and the other recently-released video content apps isn't quite enough to satisfy all of your video streaming desires, Microsoft has added two more apps, Crackle and CinemaNow, to Xbox Live. Crackle, for the unitiated, is ... continue
For the first time ever Xbox sales top Wii and PS3 worldwide

For the first time ever Xbox sales top Wii and PS3 worldwide

This news should be causing more than a few smiles in Redmond as the news that the Xbox 360 beat out Nintendo's Wii and Sony's Playstation 3 when it comes to worldwide sales for the first time ... continue
Possible increase in spam expected as once crippled botnet rises from thhe dead

Possible increase in spam expected as once crippled botnet rises from thhe dead

Back near the end of the summer of last year both Microsoft and Kaspersky Lab, a security software company, worked together to bring down one of the reported biggest spam botnets that was responsible for polluting machines ... continue
Microsoft Attacks Google Over Recent Privacy Changes

Microsoft Attacks Google Over Recent Privacy Changes

Microsoft is the latest to join in the debate about Google and their recent changes to their privacy policy. Recently, Google announced they will be making changes to their privacy policy and consolidating all of the privacy ... continue
Microsoft And Adobe Take Down File Sharing Service In Ukraine

Microsoft And Adobe Take Down File Sharing Service In Ukraine

It seems this is the month of shutting down file sharing sites. Microsoft and Adobe have filed to take down ex.ua, a file sharing service in the Ukraine. The site has been shut down after a six ... continue
Have you been wondering about Microsoft change of heart on open source? Thank Bill Gates for that.

Have you been wondering about Microsoft change of heart on open source? Thank Bill Gates for that.

I know that the Tux Brigade and open source diehards like to paint Microsoft as some great big bad monopolistic company that is out to destroy everything Linux and turn open source into a bad word; and ... continue
Changes to Windows 8 coming to next ‘beta’ release according to Microsoft – including the Ribbon in Explorer

Changes to Windows 8 coming to next ‘beta’ release according to Microsoft – including the Ribbon in Explorer

When Microsoft first announced that they would be making a Developer Preview of Windows 8 available for people to play with we could be assured that there would be a lot of things that people were going ... continue
Xbox 720 Will Be Released In Two Versions In 2013 [Rumor]

Xbox 720 Will Be Released In Two Versions In 2013 [Rumor]

The Xbox 720 is expected to be out next year in 2013 and new details emerge as to what we can see from the next generation console from Microsoft. A new rumor has emerged that says the software giant ... continue
Asus Rumored To Be Working On Kinect Ready Laptops

Asus Rumored To Be Working On Kinect Ready Laptops

Asus, maker of computer hardware, laptops, and even PC's, is rumored to be working on Kinect ready laptops. Microsoft announced Kinect for Windows a while back which brings some cool motion controlled technology to computers and laptops. The ... continue
Starbucks Supports Same Sex Marriage in Washington State

Starbucks Supports Same Sex Marriage in Washington State

Marriage Equality has gotten a big boost in Washington State.  In addition to Group Health, Nike and Microsoft now Starbucks has added its name to a list of corporate powerhouses that support same sex marriage. The Seattle Times has ... continue
[Rumor] Next Xbox to have “six times” the processing power of Xbox 360

[Rumor] Next Xbox to have “six times” the processing power of Xbox 360

There was a whole lot of chatter regarding the next Xbox late last year, with multiple rumors popping up from a variety of sources, most of which indicated Microsoft is preparing to make the big reveal at ... continue
Street Fighter X Tekken won’t have any Xbox 360-exclusive characters

Street Fighter X Tekken won’t have any Xbox 360-exclusive characters

Capcom confirmed awhile back that the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita versions of Street Fighter X Tekken would have at least two characters, and the latest trailers suggest there could even be more still. Surely, then, the ... continue
Microsoft dates, prices XBLA House Party line-up

Microsoft dates, prices XBLA House Party line-up

Following up on their reveal earlier this month, Microsoft has released details on its 2012 XBLA House Party promotion, including release dates and prices for all four titles. Major Nelson posted the House Party details over on his ... continue
Microsoft working towards constant updates for Minecraft XBLA

Microsoft working towards constant updates for Minecraft XBLA

4J Studios, the developer tasked with porting Mojang's Minecraft to the Xbox 360 by way of Xbox Live Arcade, says that the team is working closely with Microsoft to possibly have regular updates to Minecraft on the ... continue
Doom returns to Xbox Live

Doom returns to Xbox Live

You may recall that back in October of 2010, Doom mysteriously vanished from Xbox Live Arcade. Well, mysterious at first--ZeniMax later confirmed that the reason behind the disappearance had to do with "expiring rights", but that it ... continue
Windows 8 tablet hardware requirements set in stone

Windows 8 tablet hardware requirements set in stone

We all know that Windows 8 is coming and with it will be a flood of Windows 8 tablets but as with all things Windows there is the concern that OEMs will follow the same path of ... continue
16-Year-Old Microsoft Prodigy Dies From Medical Complications

16-Year-Old Microsoft Prodigy Dies From Medical Complications

Arfa Karim became the youngest person in the world to be awarded the  "Microsoft Certified Professional" title seven years ago when at just nine years old she mastered the company's programs. Now at 16-years-old we're sad to report ... continue
Microsoft Surface 2.0 Now Available, Not Your Average Tabletop

Microsoft Surface 2.0 Now Available, Not Your Average Tabletop

In a partnership with Samsung, Microsoft's latest Surface gadget, 2.0, is now available for pre-order and will be shipping this month. What is Microsoft Surface? Introduced years ago (and in a much more bulky package might I ... continue
Windows Phone Gets A Boost, Nokia Lumia 710 Free At Walmart

Windows Phone Gets A Boost, Nokia Lumia 710 Free At Walmart

Windows Phone still lags behind Android, iOS, and RIM, but this year, Nokia plans to change that. One such way is the Lumia 710 which is available for free at Walmart in black and white on a ... continue
Arfa Karim Randhawa, Computer Programming Prodigy, Dies at 16

Arfa Karim Randhawa, Computer Programming Prodigy, Dies at 16

Computer prodigy Arfa Karim Randhawa, who was the World's youngest Microsoft certified professional, died at the age of 16 in a hospital in Lahore, Pakistan. Randhawa was brought to the hospital a few weeks ago after she ... continue