Microsoft could face legal action over mass Xbox 360 bannings

Last week, Microsoft started rocking its banhammer in a big way, permanently banning 1 million Xbox Live users from the online gaming service for playing on a modded Xbox 360. But was Microsoft's choice to ban 5% ... continue

Automattic, Those Champions of Open Source Plug The Microsoft Cloud

Automattic, the company behind WordPress and self-proclaimed nazis when it comes to enforcing the strictest interpretation of open source on others, have announced that they're moving WordPress.com to are plugging Microsoft's Azure cloud hosting. At the Microsoft (MSFT) ... continue

Microsoft store employees do sad, sad dance

Microsoft apparently didn't learn anything from the internet-wide mocking they got with their Windows 7 Launch Party ad fiasco. Engadget linked this video, which I'd almost advise you not watch because it's embarrassing for everyone involved. Microsoft, the ... continue

The War of Giants – coming to a web near you

This has to be one of the few times that I find myself agreeing with Tim O'Reilly but his post today over at O'Reilly Radar touched on something that I've been thinking about for some time now. ... continue

Time for Google, and Microsoft, to call Murdock’s bluff

There's been a lot of go-round this past week about Rupert Murdock yanking everyone's chain about pulling their content from Google unless the search giant is willing to cough up some money for the privilege of indexing News Corp ... continue

Chrome OS to launch within the week?

After several spurious sightings in the wild, rumors intensified this morning that the hotly anticipated Google Chrome OS might be released within the week. Google said earlier in 2009 that the open source operating system would be available ... continue

Banned Xbox sets headed to an auction site near you

Yesterday Kim reported here about the big ban hammer that Microsoft had dropped on about 600, 000 users that either had modded systems or pirated games. It turns out that those bans are permanent leaving those banned ... continue

Xbox 360 getting Facebook, Twitter, and Last.FM on November 17

The Xbox 360 dashboard update that will allow you access to Facebook, Twitter, and Last.FM through your console goes live on Tuesday, November 17. That's according to Marc Whitten, Xbox Live general manager. Here he is, doing ... continue

Microsoft unleashes banhammer on 1 million Xbox Live players

Cries of frustration, anger and grief rose up from parents' basements across the land as a million Xbox Live players found themselves cut off from the service in an anti-piracy blitz by Microsoft. Microsoft describes the number of ... continue

It’s a see-through future according to Microsoft

Back in July Microsoft made some waves in the tech blogosphere with its video that showed what they thought computing might be like come 2019. Well that old story looks like it might just have been the ... continue

Early Windows 7 Sales Eclipes Vista By 234%

The NPD Group have released early numbers for Windows 7 sales and they show that the new operating system is performing over two times better than the companies last OS, Windows Vista. Those numbers according to the ... continue

$199 XBox 360 Arriving At WalMart For One Day Only With $100 Giftcard Purchase

Oh Walmart how we love your ridiculous electronics sales, especially when they blow away the competition with such ridiculous offers as the $199 Microsoft Xbox 360. A new sale, starting on November 7th at 8AM has been announced ... continue