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There's been some controversy since September of last year. It seems that Microsoft, while unsure if it's intentional or not, is going to make it quite difficult for people to install Linux on a computer that comes ...
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After purchasing Skype for $8.5 billion in 2011 Microsoft hasn't been quick to offer a Windows Phone version of their popular messaging and phone calling program. Now VP Rick Osterlod revealed that CES that a Skype for ...
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Smartphones have absolutely exploded the last several years, ever since the debut of the original iPhone in 2007. While that may be the case, expect fewer models this year according to executives.
One of the biggest reasons why ...
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Patent wars over smartphones, especially over the last several years, have been at an all time high. Microsoft announced that they signed a patent-licensing deal with LG, a number two maker of smartphones.
As much as Google would ...
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Microsoft has been talking about Xbox TV off and on for some time now, but we've heard very little in the way of details despite all of the chatter. The closest thing we got to details was ...
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As laptops and tablets increase in popularity, they continue to chip away at PC market share. Shipments of PC's went down in the final three months of 2011 with some speculating that 2012 could result in an ...
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Nokia has been announcing new phones, particularly the Lumia 900, and there's high hopes for the company this year. They're betting all their cards on Windows Phone and plan on bringing out a better line of smartphones ...
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Microsoft Corporation is taking heat for a patent it filed for what is being called the "Avoid Ghetto" GPS App. The app esentially links up with your GPS or Smartphone and when you are approaching an area ...
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While market share for Windows Phone 7 isn't the greatest, Microsoft is looking to change that. In a partnership with Nokia, the company showed off the Nokia Lumia 900 which also happens to be the first Windows ...
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Microsoft appears to have gotten ahead of themselves and uploaded a trailer for this year's XBLA 'House Party' promotion before, which confirms this year's lineup of four digital titles, before actually announcing the promotion.
According to the video, ...
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Microsoft has revealed the top 20 most played games on Xbox Live through the year of 2011, and you don't even need to be an expert in the industry to guess what game is at the top.
The ...
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There is no getting around it, Microsoft is facing an uphill battle when it comes to Windows Phone. Already several years behind the market leaders like Apple and Android the company has had a really hard time ...
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I remember when Microsoft first came out with its flight simulator game and the reaction was generally one of a job well done. With each successive installment of the game its popularity grew until it became pretty ...
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Of all of the video content Microsoft introduced to Xbox Live back in December, the UFC app was perhaps one of the most highly anticipated of the bunch. Its big debut was last Friday with UFC 141, ...
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With more people switching to and using Windows 7, XP continues to see a decline as does Vista (whew) according to PCMag and stats from Net Applications.
"Windows XP closed out 2011 with 46.52 percent of the global ...
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Debuted August 27th, 2001 for Windows XP and other variations of Windows, the Windows Team blog announced goodbye to IE6 today. The browser from Microsoft has been the subject of a lot of controversy over the years, ...
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While most tech gaming websites are busy handing out their picks for game and/or tech of the year, TorrentFreak has a "best of" list of its own: the top 5 most pirated games of 2011 on PC, ...
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Microsoft on Wednesday announced that their Marketplace for mobile smartphones now contains 50,000 published apps, a mark they call an "important milestone"
Statistics were confirmed by All About Windows Phone which pointed to a critical acceleration since the platform launched ...
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Turn 10 has been cranking out Forza Motorsport 4 DLC regularly since the game was released back in October, and January looks to be no different. Major Nelson revealed that next month, Forza Motorsport 4 will receive ...
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Microsoft is preparing to pull all "gun-like' avatar props from its XBox Live system on January 1.
News of the strange occurrence was announced by Gears of War developer Epic Games.
According to Community Manager Will Kinsler:
As of January ...
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Microsoft has decided to end it's CES run in 2012 and according to one report the company was not "forcefully rejected" as some claims have stated but rather chose to leave rather than pay a higher per ...
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In a post over on the official Microsoft Blog, Frank Shaw, VP of Corporate Communications at Microsoft, revealed that Microsoft's keynote at CES 2012 will be the last one for the company.
Microsoft has been a fairly big ...
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