What do you buy for the gadget lover in your life who has, frankly, everything? They’ve already got the latest phone. Games consoles are piling up in their room and even their watch, their hat and their socks are probably smart these days. Well, you could start by not being so miserable when it comes to the gaming gifts you give them. How can you expect this fine and...
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Owners of the Xbox One have been warned to ignore a prank that could make their console completely unusable. The “joke” started out on the 4Chan site, where it was pointed out that you could follow a specific set of instructions to make the device play Xbox 360 games. The sequence of buttons and menu choices which you make are to turn it into the device which developers...
Some interesting details have just been released of a new 3D touchscreen which the people at Microsoft are working on. The idea is that an LCD flat panel screen shows 3D images which the user can feel and manipulate. The research team at Microsoft’s Redmond campus close to Seattle say that it works due to having force sensors and a robotic arm, which is used to move...
The new advertising campaign for Halo 4 could be your chance to finally make it onto the telly. The word is that the first TV spot on the 23rd of October will introduce the game to the public. However, things will get really exciting with the next ad, which will be shown after the game is put up for sale. This will feature a roll call of honour in which randomly chosen...
Details about Microsoft’s next-generation video game console has been seen in an internal document that has been leaked and are now circulating online. According to the 56-page document, which was dated in 2010, the next-gen Microsoft console, or Xbox 720, will feature “Kinect V2”, Blu-ray compatibility and some sort of augmented reality glasses. The...
Microsoft Corp. has unveiled the new SmartGlass streaming app and the new Xbox Music service at the company’s press conference in this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). In the company’s goal to make the Xbox 360 console more than just for gaming, the new Xbox Music service will grant users access to more than 30 million tracks. The app will not...
Software giant Microsoft has quietly launched the new So.cl, a social networking site that is specifically designed for students. Although a social network service, the company clarified that the website is not meant to compete with Facebook or any other existing websites. The company has been giving hints to So.cl since last year, but it launched the site over the weekend...
We’ve been hearing rumors about next-generation Xbox and PlayStation consoles are currently under development. Well, both Microsoft and Sony have denied these claims, but some players in the gaming industry are saying otherwise. Game development company Crytek has revealed that the biggest names in gaming have been staying in London trying out Microsoft’s newest...
Software giant Microsoft Corp. has announced the availability of its Windows 8 Consumer Preview, a pre-beta build of its next Windows operating system. This week, users can get the preview from its website at http://preview.windows.com. The new touch-based Windows 8 OS aims to power traditional PCs and tablet PCs, in an effort to counter the huge market gains of Apple...
With the continuing growth of music streaming services, Microsoft is rumored to be working on a similar service of their own to bring music to its products. CNET reported this week that software giant Microsoft is under negotiations with a number of record labels regarding a music service similar to Spotify, Pandora, MOG, Rdio and other subscription services. “Negotiations...